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AndreaDraco83 · 10-01-2008, 02:41 AM

From the very first moment I read the title of the thread I knew that the (in)famous Cat-Mustache puzzle would have been the top of the list. And I knew that the conclusion would have been something like that one: "Wonder why they don't make this kind of game anymore".

I hate this kind of shallow articles, and foremost this kind of presumptuous statement.

Anyone interested in the real backstory behind that puzzle should read here or here.

Maybe then it would be clear that that puzzle isn't the final nail in adventure's coffin. It was the nail in the coffin - as in: reduced budget, Chainsaw Monday, personnel cuts - that created that puzzle. It isn't a cause, but a side-effect.

10-01-2008, 02:41 AM	#2
AndreaDraco83 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Italy Posts: 2,684	From the very first moment I read the title of the thread I knew that the (in)famous Cat-Mustache puzzle would have been the top of the list. And I knew that the conclusion would have been something like that one: "Wonder why they don't make this kind of game anymore". I hate this kind of shallow articles, and foremost this kind of presumptuous statement. Anyone interested in the real backstory behind that puzzle should read here or here. Maybe then it would be clear that that puzzle isn't the final nail in adventure's coffin. It was the nail in the coffin - as in: reduced budget, Chainsaw Monday, personnel cuts - that created that puzzle. It isn't a cause, but a side-effect. __________________ Top Ten Adventures: Gabriel Knight Series, King's Quest VI, Conquests of the Longbow, Quest for Glory II, Police Quest III, Gold Rush!, Leisure Suit Larry III, Under a Killing Moon, Conquests of Camelot, Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist. Now Playing: Neverwinter Nights, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box