Jack Allin
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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Kickstarter to help make October Nightmares a reality
Cosmic horror game from the creator of The Whispering Valley set during the 1970s October Crisis in Canada... Read more
Art Heist – Escape Room Adventure perpetrated by M9 Games
New first-person mystery from M9 Games available on PC, Switch and mobile devices... Read more
FINIS gets started on PC and PlayStation platforms
Choice-driven 3D "psychological evaluation through colors" coming November 2nd to Xbox devices... Read more
Slay the Princess springs to life on Steam and GOG
Demo available on itch.io for subversive choice-driven dark fantasy visual novel... Read more
Demo, Indiegogo campaign detected for Alex Hill
Nancy Drew-styled slideshow mystery series to debut with Whispers at White Oak Inn... Read more
Makoto Wakaido’s Case Files Trilogy Deluxe detected on PC and Switch
Anthology of bite-sized pixel art mysteries available in English for the first time with all-new bonus case... Read more
One Night: Burlesque to open November 3rd
Visual novel-styled murder prevention mystery coming to PC and Nintendo Switch... Read more
Kona II: Brume emerges from the mist
Sequel to 2017 first-person mystery in rural Northern Canada available now on PC and consoles... Read more
The Art of Storytelling in Games
Joshua, Jack and staff writer Johnny Nys unpack interactive narratives, tackling themes like what makes a good game story, how to integrate puzzles, the benefits and drawbacks of player choice and multiple endings, the difficult balance between showing and telling, yea or nay on episodic gaming, and so much more. Bonus related top five: adventures we'd like to see turned into novels... Read more
Feels like Touch Detective 3 + The Complete Case Files is coming soon
All three games plus two bonus scenarios announced for Nintendo Switch early next year... Read more
Night Loops comes around on Steam
Time-looping isometric black-and-white adventure available now for download on Windows and Mac... Read more
Kickstarter pieced together for Fractured Hearts
Sci-fi adventure from the creator of Detective Hard-Boiled and Trails and Traces due out next year... Read more
The Telephone ready for connection on PC
First-person psychological horror game about ten missing girls available now for download on Steam... Read more
First details cooked up for Pizza Spy
Action-comedy adventure spoofing the espionage genre unveiled by the creators of Detective Gallo... Read more
The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo video walkthrough
Mr. Coo is trapped in a strange, nonsensical world, and he needs your help to get through it. But first of all, he needs to find all his pieces and put his body back together again! I'm sure there's some philosophical struggle behind all this nonsense,... Read more