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The Adventuress

January 10th, 2008

Freakin’ Sweet - Ron Gilbert signs with Hothead Games!

Some very good news has come our way via this post from Kotaku. Ron Gilbert, SCUMM genius creator and the man behind such fantastic games as Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island, has finally signed a contract to be Create Director over at Hothead Games. And what’s even better? Now he has some […]

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November 16th, 2007

New DS Rumblings

I’ve heard a lot of rumblings of late about a brand spanking new DS that Nintendo is “possibly” coming out with. Now, no one is sure if there has been a real re-design to the DS, as Nintendo ain’t gonna tell us hopeful boys and girls about it, but it’ll probably happen. It makes […]

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August 29th, 2007

New Myst Online Episode - “Deception”

For those of you playing GameTap’s online game, Myst Online Uru Live, there is good news coming your way. You get to see a new episode or what other MMOs would call a “patch” coming out in September. Early September. So early, that you might get the update within the next week. But […]

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August 21st, 2007

Double Fine gets shnazzy new layout

Check out Double Fine’s brand new web site layout!! It is purty nifty and now features a RSS feed, which someone, like an adventuress really loves… so that she may get new news about cool stuff that I might get to play some day.
Now, is this new layout a preview of things to come? […]

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August 17th, 2007

Blackwell: Unbound news

So, have you guys played the game by Wadget Eye Games called The Blackwell Legacy yet? You haven’t? Well, I haven’t either, but I really have been meaning to play it, because I’ve heard some really awesome things about it. Hmm, maybe I have plan for the weekend. OH YES.
Anyways, […]

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August 16th, 2007

Insecticide Website Receives Plastic Surgery

Gamecock has finally given the Insecticide webpage a little bit more content that you and I can oooohh and ahhh yet. They’ve even changed the look of the site a little bit and put some more pretty pictures too look at in a scrolly picture thing! I love scrolly picture things! You […]

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July 19th, 2007

Germany to build EPIC GAME DEVELOPMENT CENTER

When the German’s do anything related to game development, you can almost be assured that adventure gaming is involved. And that’s where I come in… you know, to give you all the news about adventure gaming.
According to this article, which you can find on Kotaku’s website, some German business people shall be […]

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July 16th, 2007

More Insecticide News… Yay?

With the end of last week’s E3 Expo, a lot of games have had a new light shed upon them. One of those games, Insecticide, by Crackpot Entertainment, is a game that I thought wasn’t going to have a chance in heck to make it out in the big scary world of game publishing. […]

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June 27th, 2007

Use Insecticide Liberally

There is now a new trailer out for Crackpot Entertainment’s cockroach filled game, Insecticide. Here, why don’t you take a look?

It seems pretty darn awesome… at least I hope it’s pretty darn awesome. It seems a little Psychonaut-ish to me. Why? I don’t know… I think it’s […]

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May 31st, 2007

Old Developer Joins New Team

Ahhhhh, isn’t it great when good talent can be hired on to make your team even better? Well, that’s exactly what happened with TellTale Games. According to The International House of Mojo, that’s exactly what happened. Chuck Jordan, who was once a writer/programmer for LucasArts, and who also help create The Curse of […]

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