Adventure Games
Cheap Trick: 'The Magnificant Trufflepigs' and Unreliable Narrators
When the mental illness is just the predictable twist.
Gabriel Knight Creator Jane Jensen's Successful Second Act: Erotic Novelist
Jane Jensen was one of games' great storytellers. When the industry wouldn't let her tell those stories, she took her talents to erotica.
'The Signifier' Aims at Noir Psychodrama, but Ends Up at Remedial Psych
An intriguing premise and a clever idea for a visual style go badly wrong in this ambitious but clueless sci-fi murder mystery.
'Kentucky Route Zero' Pays Off on Nine Years of Hope and Doubt
A masterful exploration of shame, debt, magic, and capitalism comes to its surprising conclusion.
Watch a City’s Politics Shift Through the Rear View Mirror of Your Cab in ‘Night Call’
It's not much of a detective story, but 'Night Call' does have some great mysteries.
Work Is Hell and the Dark Comedy 'Yuppie Psycho' Revels in It
Come work at Sintracorp! The coffee is awful, the workplace is toxic, and you don't really have much choice.
'Unavowed' is an Urban Fantasy That Gives Me Hope for the Genre
The genre has never been my favorite, but Wadjet Eye's adventure has me seeing it with new eyes.
This Frog Detective Game is Great Small-Scale Comedy
'The Haunted Island: A Frog Detective Game' is sweet, funny, and frustration-free.
This Buddy Cop Adventure Game Shows That You Can Do a Lot With a Little
'The Last Time' blends the vignette game with a classic adventure, with excellent results.
'Thimbleweed Park' Knows Why People Like Me Give Up on Adventure Games
In its casual mode, 'Thimbleweed Park' offers a blissfully frustration-free adventure.
How 'The Red Strings Club' Sabotages Its Hopeful Cyberpunk Vision
The new game from the creators of 'Gods Will Be Watching" has bold, refreshing ideas about future sex—but also a pitfall into transphobia.