K R Parkinson has been a gamer his entire life, and became a dedicated adventure game fan after discovering Riddle of the Sphinx at CompUSA in the summer of 2002.
When not gaming, he can be found writing, reading, and reading about writing, and occasionally, programming.
Contact: krp[at]galvanicspiral.com
By themselves, both climate change and nuclear war could drastically alter the way humanity functions, but what if both of these catastrophes came along to wipe us out? This is the apocalyptic premise of the upcoming episodic adventure , set to debut later this month from Swedish developer Gaming Corps. A five-part 3D sci-fi adventure, […]
Escape-the-room games are a niche sub-genre of adventures, generally being puzzle-driven affairs with little-to-no narrative and taking place within a single scene. Typically, the goal is to solve the puzzles found in the given location and unlock the exit, thus ending the game. The popularity of mobile and touch-enabled computing has contributed to an explosion […]
Although they both rose to prominence in the 1990s, TV dramas and are still inspiring storytellers more than twenty years on with their blend of the seemingly ordinary with the mysterious. Following in their footsteps, British developer Variable State is hard at work on a new first-person adventure game, . Described as an “interactive drama”, […]
Halloween 2014 may have passed, but it’s never too early to start looking forward to next year’s spooks, such as those promised in a new psychological horror adventure called , which is seeking funding on Indiegogo. Currently in development at Turkey-based Blue Arc Studios, not much has been revealed about the game or its plot […]