Jack Allin
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Inkheart review
The book-turned-movie-turned-fantasy adventure game comes to DS, and readers can learn how its adaptation fared.
2008 Aggie Awards - Readers’ Choice poll
The best adventures of 2008 go head-to-head for the coveted "Readers' Choice" Aggie Awards. Who will be the big winners? Have your say!
2008 Aggie Award nominees
For the first time ever, Adventure Gamers will soon be presenting awards for the best games of 2008. Finalists announced today!
Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek (Wii port) review
Nancy Drew arrives on the Wii, but at times her console adventure is tough slogging through the snow.
Troubling Nintendo Portent for the Genre
The future once seemed so promising, but the adventure market is now getting choked with Wii and DS ports.
Casual Invasion: Concealing Hidden Dangers
Lost in a crowd of hidden object hybrids, can adventure games find their way clear?
Whither the Publishers? (or Publishers Wither)
Key genre publishers are disappearing at an alarming rate, so where will new adventures come from?
Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst review
The popular hidden object series delves deep enough that even adventurers might want to seek out this latest incarnation.
Casual adventuring: CSI: NY and Nancy Drew Dossier
Old names get new games requiring a closer look for those expecting a traditional adventure experience.
CSI: NY review
A casual game detour into the Big Apple may leave some feeling sour, but there's entertainent to be found if you know where to look.
Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses! review
Pairing Nancy Drew and casual gameplay proves to be a deft match, as the first Dossier adventure is a refreshingly fun experience.
New Year’s 2009: Out with the Old, In with the Less Old
With an underwhelming 2008 behind us, looking ahead to the new year to come is cause for both hope and concern.
Rogue Leaders: The Story of LucasArts book review
Having turned the page from its classic adventure days, now you can return the favour in this hardcover history of LucasArts.
Christmas Quest trilogy re-re(?)-release!
If you missed out on AG's own holiday trilogy, you will be visited by the three ghosts of Christmas Quest.
Strong Bad’s the Brothers Chaps interview
A peek beneath the Strong Bad mask reveals the cool, attractive series creators Mike and Matt Chapman.
