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The Adventuress

August 7th, 2007

Another Full Motion Video Game?

Well, if you’re a fan of those weird Full Motion Video (FMV) games, I have good news for you. And if you don’t know what they are, I’ll tell you. It’s when a video game development team decides to use real actors i their game instead of the traditional 2D or 3D type style. […]

By Amber -- 3 comments

August 6th, 2007

Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - New IM friend?

Oh, yes… that’s right. If you’re a fan of the awesome book, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and you love to chat, then I have good news for you. According to this article at Kotaku, you can now play the text based game on your favorite IMer. And by favorite IMer, I mean […]

By Amber -- 0 comments

August 2nd, 2007

Sam and Max Season 1 - Shippin’ out

If you are a weirdo (read: I love you) who doesn’t like to download their game off the internet and would rather have a box copy sitting on your pretty shelf, do I have good news for you. The retail version of Sam and Max Season 1 has officially shipped out to mine and […]

By Amber -- 3 comments

August 1st, 2007

Speaking of Indy… LucasArts brings us Lego Indy!

That’s right! If you’re a fan of the LucasArts lego series of games, well, then you’re in for a real treat. The LucasArts team has been developing a Lego version of our favorite fedora-ed hero, Indiana Jones. Take a look at the cute little trailer:

I think Indy looks even more adorable in […]

By Amber -- 5 comments

July 27th, 2007

Yet Another Richard Garriott Interview

Richard Garriott has to be the most eclectic (read: weird) person ever to create video games. Why, do you ask? Well, just take a look at this picture above. Yes, I know it’s small, but I’m sure you can see what he’s wearing. I’m not sure if he’s trying to go for […]

By Amber -- 0 comments

July 24th, 2007

dtp releases screenshot of new game: Overclocked

A couple of months ago, I announced here that dtp/ANACONDA games was due to release a brand new adventure gaming thriller called Overclocked. Now not only do we have an announcement, but according to GameBoomers, we also have lots and lots of screenshots. And what loverly screenshots they are. They definitely give […]

By Amber -- 2 comments

July 17th, 2007

What… in the world? Sports rings for Madden NFL??

Alright… This is the weirdest crap that I have heard in a LONG TIME. Apparently, for the new Madden NFL ‘08 game, you will be able to buy your own, real super bowl ring, based on the skill level you play on in the new Madden game. That’s the stupidest thing I have […]

By Amber -- 5 comments

July 13th, 2007

Zork-tastic…

Did you ever want to read a full history on that classic adventure game, Zork? Well, some fool rather interesting person decided to do just that over at Gamasutra. Oh yes… Matt Barton actually researched the history of Zork and wrote a rather impressing cover feature on the game, which is meant to […]

By Amber -- 1 comment

July 11th, 2007

Lost Odyssey - I have no words…

This looks pretty damned BAD ASSED:

I know… nothing to do with adventure games, but it still looks awesome. It’s almost exactly what you would expect of a movie trailer and while many games try to get that movie trailer feeling in their game trailers, it rarely works out right. This, though… they […]

By Amber -- 0 comments

July 5th, 2007

A Meme? Is that even legal here?

Well, I hope all of my American friends had a great 4th of July. I know I did, because I didn’t have to go to work or ANYTHING. And what did I do? Nothing! Well, I did play Age of Empires III all day, because I felt as though I had to […]

By Amber -- 11 comments