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Adventure Games EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Play the first case of Ace Attorney Investigations 14 What has always been completely amazing about the Ace Attorney games is their incredible quality throughout the series. Most game series start losing steam around number three, but the adventures... Hotel Dusk getting sequel, The Last Window 41 Hotel Dusk really was a great little game. It took everything you loved about old school adventure games and made it all look like an A-Ha video. What wasn't to love? If you're one of those who g... REO Speedwagon: The Game (we're not sh*tting you!) 32 REO Speedwagon is getting its very own videogame, heading to the PC and Mac. I know you don't believe it, or at the very least think we're talking about a funny Flash game. We sh*t you not, howev... Wallace & Gromit episodes 2, 3, and 4 hit XBLA this week 7 Screw traditional episodic gaming, Telltale is putting out the remaining three episodes of Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures on Xbox LIVE Arcade this Wednesday. That's The Last Resort, Muzz... Fourth Tales of Monkey Island episode hits this Friday 6 The fourth and second-to-last episode of Telltale's Tales of Monkey Island series, intriguingly entitled "The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood," comes out this Friday.Accordin... Telltale is going to blow you... in the mind 31 See what I did there? It was a sex joke. I hope it wasn't too immature for you. For those of you able to stand my sophomoric humor I have good news. Telltale is working on putting out a new game ... Review: Machinarium 64 Machinarium may be the best adventure game I've ever played. I don't know if I outright prefer it over the motion-controlled glory that is Zack and Wiki, or the wacky time-travel-laffs of Chariot... Tim Schafer misses platformers more than adventure games 32 It’s easy to assume Tim Schafer misses the adventure genre. The man established his name a billion years ago at Lucasfilm Games, at a time when the adventure game was king and Lucas better ... On XBLA this week: Sam & Max Season Two, Axel & Pixel 5 Yes sir, it's point-and-click adventure week on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Starting this Wednesday, Silver Wish Games' Axel & Pixel (800 Microsoft Points) plus Telltale Games' Sam & Max Season Two... iPhone users can now check out Myst FREE 4 If you're a fan of the old point and click adventure game Myst and you like to replay such games for nostalgia every once in a while, you may already be aware that several portable versions alrea... Beneath a Steel Sky - Remastered hits iPhone this Friday 23 This really is one of those games you should feel guilty for not playing.Not only does the cyberpunk-themed point-and-click adventure game Beneath A Steel Sky take place in a dystopian Australia ... Machinarium available for pre-purchase 14 It's been brought to our attention that Machinarium, the game that Chad and I really liked while Anthony and Ashley did not, is now available for pre-order on Steam. (Protip: Chad and I are right... Axel & Pixel hitting XBLA soon, here's what it looks like 6 Point-and-click adventure games? Hey, you can never have to many of those -- especially when it comes to a platform like Xbox LIVE Arcade. The Czech Republic-based indie developer Silver Wish Gam... Review: Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 3 10 Another chapter in the Telltale Games' Tales of Monkey Island episodic series was released yesterday afternoon. Chapter 3, or the “Lair of the Leviathan” kicks off as a powerful whale... Monday Mind Teasers: Merlin's Revenge 2 2 Are you done walking in circles from last week? This week we have a spectacular game that shouldn't be too hard to convince you to play. First question: did you love Diablo 2? Thought so. Last qu... Monday Mind Teasers: Walking In Circles 5 On our previous flash adventure we ran into yet another locked room and most of us promptly conquered the “escape the room” in record time. However, this time around the block won't b... The draw of exploration: Antarctica to Oblivion, Shackleton to Shadow Complex 21 [Editor's note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive the opinions of Destructo... Review: Flower, Sun and Rain 49 So we're a little late with this review of Flower, Sun and Rain, but cut us some slack, interpreting and attempting to understand a Suda51 game takes some time (plus some patience). Since we're a... Marvelous announces Sakura Note, an 'everyday fantasy' 12 A few days ago, 1Up revealed that Marvelous Entertainment (famous for its Harvest Moon and, more recently, for publishing Grasshopper's No More Heroes) have announced a new DS game called Sakura ... New Okami game coming to the DS 99 Earlier this month, Capcom trademarked the word Okamiden leaving many to believe that Capcom would finally be making a new Okami game. Well, turns out it was true! Okamiden is featured in the la... Indie Nation: 78641 - A Targ Adventure 9 Our "Indie Nation" series highlights worthwhile, independently-produced games. Oh hello I did not see you come in! You have played with the Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden game and enj... SCUMM and Star Wars together at last 19 One of the greatest travesties mankind has ever committed on itself is having let adventure gaming's prime run its course without a LucasArts Star Wars adventure game using the SCUMM engine being... The Memory Card .65: A glimpse into the future 29 “The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time.Sequels can be very rewarding for a... Sega indoor theme park opens in Dubai 23 Ah, Dubai. It’s become one of the fastest developed cities in the world and offers some unique attractions. Now, it’s the home to a 76,000 square foot Sega theme park. The theme park... Review: Tales of Monkey Island, Chapter 2 19 Telltale games kicked off their Tales of Monkey Island episodic series with a bang in "Launch of the Screaming Narwhal." We came away very impressed with the inaugural effort, praising ... Have a tidbit of Tales of Monkey Island's second episode 2 The new Monkey Island series from Telltale started out with a bang. Brad Nicholson and I both enjoyed it considerably. On Thursday, the next episode, The Siege of Spinner Cay, will be released.&n... Monday Mind Teasers: Swan's Room 5 Last week had not one, but twelve puzzles for you to peruse over in the past week, and I encourage you to go back and give them each a try if you haven't yet. However, if you're all caught up and... Preview: Brutal Legend (multiplayer) 17 Brütal Legend has a ton going for it. The single-player experience is impressive, the soundtrack is going to rock so hard, and the game is still scheduled to rock October now that Activision... Telltale would love to revisit Loom 14 Mere mention of the Lucasarts classic adventure game Loom throws me back into memories of childhood quicker than I can take a breath. At age 12, I stared at a single screenshot of the game in a P... Craving a blogging cat adventure game for the Wii? 38 *man walks into Nintendo office*"Okay, I have a great concept for a game. Hear me out. It’s an adventure game. You know, kind of like Zack & Wiki. But, no, you don’t play as ... Sexy sprites: New Machinarium trailer gives me the vapors 30 How coincidental is it that the moment I added the recent Ali Larter/Beyoncé craptastic thriller Obsessed to my Netflix queue (just released on DVD!), a brand-new trailer for upcoming PC a... Review: Wallace and Gromit: The Bogey Man 11 For every beginning there is an end; for every initial episode of a new, adorable Telltale Games episodic series, there is a finale.For better or worse, the fourth episode of Wallace and Gromit's... Watchmen artist working on Beneath a Steel Sky remake 16 Beneath a Steel Sky is one of the greatest adventure games ever made. Watchmen is likely the greatest graphic novel ever made. Watchmen was remade with the blessing of Dave Gibbons, the artist wh... Monday Mind Teasers: Crimson Room 24 "Ahhhh!" "The horror!" "Minimize in fear!" These screams might well describe your reaction to this game back in 2004 when it first hit the Internet. And boy did it h... Dear Telltale: I love you, but ... 49 For helping make point-and-click adventure games popular again and for single-handedly proving that episodic gaming could be a successful and creatively fresh way of releasing videogames, I will ... Monday Mind Teasers: Samorost 1 & Samorost 2 4 After last week's little game Little Wheel, I decided to make this week dedicated to the game that heavily influenced it and countless of other online flash games back in the day. Is Samorost old... New Dante's Inferno dev diary is full of Lust 37 The new Dante’s Inferno dev diary shows us the oh so sexy second layer of hell known as Lust. We get to see what the environments look like and what it could of have looked like. One thing ... Dante's Inferno Web site takes us on a tour of Lust 13 A new circle of Hell opens up every ninth day of the month over at the official Dante’s Inferno Web site. Today, we got a chance to see what the second circle of Hell, Lust, looks like. It... Save the world by destroying the world in Tornado Outbreak 5 When I first heard about Tornado Outbreak, I was hoping it would be some awesome realistic game of destruction. Turns out it’s a kid’s game. Dang. So, you’re some kind of creat... Preview: Machinarium 22 If there's one thing we like here at Destructoid, it's robots; if there's two things we like, it's robots and adventure games. When we received a preview copy of Machinarium this weekend, our exc... RetRose Tinted: LOOM 19 I've been playing a lot of adventure games lately and it has made me yearn for some of the classics of my youth, particularly with the impending release of The Secret of Monkey Island SE. So it w... Preview: Rabbids Go Home 14 The Rabbids are done with Earth. They want to go back home to the Moon and they're going to do it the only way they know how to: like a bunch of morons.  The Rabbids are running around the p... LucasArts partners with Steam for retro adventure revival 41 If you're a fan of LucasArts' classic PC adventure games, you've probably already rapid-fire F5'd your way into the light on this one, but if not, here's what all the fuss was about yesterday. Lu... Indie Nation: Rosemary 14 Indie Nation highlights interesting, independently-made games. Which you probably could have guessed.I have a confession to make: I'm not really a fan of the indie adventure game scene. Apart fro... Tales of Monkey Island Q&A with Telltale Designer Mike Stemmle 11 [Editor's note: Community member SurplusGamer did a little Q&A on Tales of Monkey Island with Telltale's Mike Stemmle. -- CTZ] In their heyday, graphic adventure games were one of the most po... Futuristic detective Tex Murphy comes to GOG.com 14 Tex Murphy seriescomes to Good Old Games this week.Futuristic dick.You see, it’s set ina mid-century Frisco,shown through FMV’s.Live action, in fact.The first three can be had now;oth... Game Debate to the Death! Portal VS The Longest Journey 102 Last week's debate started off the final odd debate brackets with the first of three PC rounds for the Dtoid Army to vote on. I don't think I could have picked a better rivalry to kick things off... Review: Wallace and Gromit: Muzzled! 10 Ah, Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures. With half your season already complete, what will you offer us in the final two episodes? We've already taken on mutated bees and unruly houseguests -- ... Sam and Max Save the World gets an XBLA release date 8 Telltale Games have been burning both ends of the wick recently: they just launched the first episode of Wallace and Gromit on XBLA, announced Tales of Monkey Island, and are about to release Sam... Preview: Tales of Monkey Island 8 The LucasArts brand of adventure games were always my favorites growing up. Among the very best the company had to offer in the heyday of the genre was Monkey Island. The series created a world w... Quest for Glory developers only approached once for a remake 37 Sierra (now owned by Activision Blizzard) only approached Lori and Corey Cole, designer and programmer respectively, to remake a Quest for Glory game once since the game was released in March 198... Club Seals, wear them as hats. That's cool with PETA 24 You know the folks at PETA get angry over the strangest stuff sometimes. That would be fine if they kept it consistent, but it appears that they're absolutely fine with baby seals being clubbed t... E3 09: New screenshots for Wallace and Gromit 2 I didn't have a lot of time to talk to the people at Telltale games about the next episode of Wallace and Gromit -- there was Monkey Island to discuss, after all -- but they did supply with me wi... E3 09: Dexter for iPhone lets you kill people, but it's ok 36 One of the most exciting games I’ve had a chance to see this E3 was a behind closed doors showing of Dexter for the iPhone. Nick Chester actually got a peek at the game back at GDC, and if ... E3 09: How does Tales of Monkey Island look? Keep reading 16 Alright, let's clear the air here. With all the hubub of E3, it's easy to get confused. There are two new Monkey Island games coming out soon. One of them, Tales of Monkey Island is an episodic g... E3 09: See Tales of Monkey Island screens, make a pirate pun 21 It is a longstanding tradition among games journalists that whenever Monkey Island is mentioned, two things must happen: first, the journalist must react with intense joy that one of the greatest... E3 09: See Tales of Monkey Island screens, make a pirate pun 21 It is a longstanding tradition among games journalists that whenever Monkey Island is mentioned, two things must happen: first, the journalist must react with intense joy that one of the greatest... E3 09: Telltale Games announces Tales of Monkey Island 40 Back in May there was a hot little rumor floating on the lips of adventure game fans: Monkey Island could be coming back. This morning, it was confirmed that the rumor is true, and not only one b... Acclaimed Wii game Fragile officially coming to America! 62 IGN has just reported that Xseed Games (the publishers of the addictive Retro Game Challenge) has picked up the North American release rights to widely acclaimed Japanese Wii RPG/adventure game F... Adventure gaming finds a new Ho(l)me(s) 8 If you’ve got an itch that only a digital Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper can scratch, then head on over to The Adventure Shop -- the only place (re: exclusive) where you can buy the PC... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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