Assorted gems of retro gaming nostalgia
Written by TBD with Reiko In a rare case for The Adventure Gamer, this game was actually played by two of us. Reiko introduced us to the game and started it, making the first gameplay post, and then I took over when Reiko was unable to complete it. As Reiko […]
Written by TBD Hector’s Journal #4: “The Emperor considers me a threat to his power. I’ll show him a threat. I’ll curry Cleopatra’s favour and see if she can help me oust the Emperor. I’m sure I’d be at least as good an Emperor – I can eat grapes and […]
Written by TBD Hector’s Journal #3: “I’ve been a Senator for 15 minutes and I’ve already been given the opportunity to become a Consul, a position of power second only to the Emperor himself. So how do I get the populace to vote for me? Sensible and affordable policies? Tax […]
Written by TBD Hector’s Journal #2: “You’ve heard the story before. The slave who became a general… or was it the other way around? Either way, I keep improving my station through means having nothing to do with my skills. Let’s see if I can keep this going – if […]
Written by TBD And so, after almost two months, we continue our playthrough of Rome: Pathway to Power. It’s been a while, so if you want to catch up you can read Reiko’s Introduction (here) and first post (here). For a quick summary, here’s what happened so far. HERCULANEUM Hector, […]
Written by TBD It seems weird to make a big deal about your manual being written by an award winning game designer when he had nothing to do with the game itself. So let’s get to rating Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender. I’ll start with some general thoughts. […]
Written by TBD. Rex Nebular’s Log: Stardate – Ides of March, 44 BC: I was just sitting down in the Senate before work when all the senators came in. After my good friend Brutus hugged me I felt a sharp pain in my bac… … Sorry, wrong log… … I […]
Written by TBD. Rex Nebular’s Log: Stardate – 13th b’ak’tun.1: I finally found my way off this planet, but it quickly became clear that it wasn’t exactly how I wanted to go out – can I try again?… I’m hopelessly stuck. Last time I reported in, I’d done some exploring […]
Written by TBD Rex Nebular’s Log: Stardate – 27th of Last Seed.7: I’ve explored the abandoned underground land of men. I have a few more items, but none of them are getting me closer to getting the vase that I’d almost forgotten about or escaping the planet. I’ve found some […]
Rex Nebular’s Log: Stardate – Later That Afternoon.3: I’ve been captured by a group of women. One of the woman keeps referring to me as scum – which is strange because usually people spend at least a few minutes with me before realising I’m scum. It seems the women want to […]
Written by TBD Rex is regretting his third wish, which seemed like such a fun idea in theory. Much like a previous game I’ve played, Leather Goddesses of Phobos, the title of this game has me forming an opinion on the type of experience I’ll be having before I even […]
Written by TBD It’s time to see how Amazon: Guardians of Eden fares in our PISSED rating. In my rating I’ll be specifically comparing it to the developer’s predecessor, Martian Memorandum. Do I feel like I was treated to an incredible journey of adventure? Let’s find out. Puzzles and Solvability […]
Written by TBD. Jason Roberts Journal Entry #5: I’d guessed I needed an arrow to enter the secret door – but for some reason two perfectly obvious arrows that I saw in a treehouse weren’t the ones I needed – I needed one that was hiding behind a bush – […]
Written by TBD. Jason Roberts Journal Entry 4: Determined to get inside a treehouse, Maya and I decide to attempt some acrobatics. Will we find the Swiss Family Robinson inside? I can only hope…When we last left our heroes, they had just followed Professor Stroheim’s directions and found a treehouse […]
Written by TBD. Jason Roberts Journal Entry #3: Well, I finally found out what the Captain of The Amazon Queen wants from me apart from cigarettes. Now I’m settled in for a nice relaxing trip to our destination. I’m sure nothing can go wrong here – Maya and I feel […]
Jason Roberts Journal Entry #2: I’ve made it to Rio Blanco – it’s taken a bit of effort – getting past one homicidal pilot and more than one deadly piranha. But for some reason I feel I need some cigarettes – and I don’t even smoke! (Boy those things must […]
Jason Robert Journal Entry 1: My brother is missing so I’ve decided to trick my workmates in order to get what I need to follow him to the jungle. I’ve already deceived Darlene Fitch and Male Guard, and tricked Female Guard by proxy. Now I need to try to deceive […]
Written by TBD CHAPTER 1: TERROR IN THE JUNGLE (continued) After the opening cutscene we went through in the introduction post, we start the game with Jason Roberts arriving at work. As always when starting a new game, I look at everything I can see. Just what I wanted – […]