Jack Allin

Co-founder, editor-in-chief

As a games journalist for over twenty years, first as editor in chief of Adventure Gamers and now as co-founder/editor/podcaster at the Adventure Game Hotspot, Jack has written literally thousands of articles that both celebrate the genre's rich history and champion its future by supporting modern developers. He has also edited scripts for dozens of game localizations, and is currently co-writing and designing the upcoming adventure Fogtown.

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Happy Hotspot Holidays 2023 – A Developer Season’s Greetings Video

'Tis the season for our annual collection of holiday video greetings from all manner of developers, from genre legends to solo indies and everything in between, many of them with top new games released in the last calendar year... Read more

Demo served up by The Crimson Maid

Supernatural murder mystery from the creators of Last Days of Lazarus coming to PC and consoles in 2024... Read more

Lust of God to be fulfilled on PC

Lovecraftian erotic thriller to continue story begun in Lust for Darkness and Lust from Beyond... Read more

Snowman Story gets rolling on Steam

PC port of seasonal pixel art narrative adventure available now for Windows, Mac and Linux... Read more

Soul Tolerance: Prologue materializes on Steam

New sci-fi voxel art mystery series debuts from the creator of ENCODYA and Three Minutes to Eight... Read more

Demo becomes real for Cosmic Void's Tachyon Dreams Anthology

Comedic sci-fi freeware trilogy to re-released commercially with new content by the creator of Twilight Oracle... Read more

Gone But Not Forgotten Games

So many adventures have come and gone, all but lost to time. Adventure Game Hotspot writer Drew Onia makes his first appearance on the show, joining Jack and Joshua as they take a look back at some of those games that deserve better than to be consigned to the scrapheap of history. Bonus top five: Current games that aren't getting enough buzz and risk becoming the forgotten games of tomorrow... Read more

MADievals: The Rise of Rusty Steelknee charges out of early access

Complete version and demo of tongue-in-cheek fantasy adventure available now for Windows PC... Read more

Copies of Detective Hayseed: The Cloning Madness found on Steam

Sequel to 2016 comic adventure Detective Hayseed: Hollywood available now for Windows and Mac... Read more

The Expanse: A Telltale Games Series – Archangel review

If an hour-plus playing politics with The Expanse’s Chrisjen Avasarala sounds like your idea of a good time, “Archangel” is a match made in heaven. For all others, it’s merely an undercooked diversion that adds nothing new to the main storyline... Read more