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Free-roaming sandbox-style games come in all shapes and sizes, and there’s no denying the biggest and best-known developer of the go-anywhere, do-anything chaos simulator is Rockstar. Whether they set you down in the middle of a modern-day city the size of New York or Los Angeles in Grand Theft Auto, a private prep school in […]
Posts Tagged ‘lucasarts’
The Best Sandbox Game of All Time (Is From The PS2-era)
June 25th, 2017 
Michael Crisman 
Posted in Console, News, Reviews, Sony, Xbox 
Tags: action, lucasarts, mercenaries, microsoft, open world, pandemic studios, playground of destruction, playstation 2, ps2, sandbox, sony, xbox 
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Thimbleweed Park Receives Update
December 8th, 2016 Carl Williams Thimbleweed Park receives updates including release date and game play video.
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Posted in Comp, News, Portables Tags: adventure, Gary Winnick, lucasarts, Maniac Mansion, point and click, Ron Gilbert, Thimbleweed Park 5 Comments »
Full Throttle Ahead for the Remaster Teaser Trailer
December 7th, 2016 Neil Reive Originally released in 1995 for the PC, Full Throttle became one of LucasArts’ most fondly remembered adventure games, ranking alongside stable-mates such as The Day of the Tentacle and Grim Fandango. So it is fitting that, just like those two latter games, Full Throttle will be getting the remaster treatment. Taking on that remastering task […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, News, Sony Tags: adventure, Double Fine, lucasarts, pc, Playstation 4, remaster, sony, Tim Schafer No Comments »
Stranger Things Adventure Game Released by Fans
October 30th, 2016 Carl Williams Stranger Things, a popular mini-series on Netflix, took the world by storm via nearly 100% word of mouth advertising. This show was set in the style of the early 1980’s. Boy did it capture the mood of that time period. From how the actors dressed to how they talked and the environment they displayed it […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: adventure, Itch.io, king's quest, lucasarts, Monkey Island, Netflix, point and click, retro, Season One, sierra, Stranger Things No Comments »
So Bad It’s Good – Jedi Power Battles ‘Forces’ You To Practice
June 11th, 2016 Michael Crisman I’m not about to beg forgiveness for that awful pun in the title, and I agree: I deserve every ounce of scorn you want to verbally unloaded on me for making it. I’m not sorry. Make my day. Come at me, bro. Also, on an unrelated tangent, Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles for the PS1 and […]
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Posted in Console, News, Sega, Sony Tags: action, dreamcast, jedi power battles, lucasarts, platformer, ps1, sega, so bad it's good, sony, star wars 3 Comments »
Futurama the Great Unlicensed Adventure Awaits
May 2nd, 2015 Carl Williams Futurama is one of those cartoons for adults that was not quite as offensive as Family Guy but was not as family entertaining as The Simpsons. It is also one of the least ported to gaming cartoons that we have seen (it did get a PS2 or Xbox 3D action adventure but that is it). […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: 3do, A Cyber Punk Adventure, Adventure Game Studio, AGS, Arjon van Dam, characters, computers, Episode 1 Season 1, full episodes Youtube, futurama, hell, Iker Maya, indie retro news, lucasarts, lucasfilm, New Futurama Episodes 2014, pc, point and click, Professor Vetus I Presume, renewed for 2014, seasons, watch Futurama Online, wiki, windows 1 Comment »
Psychonauts Wouldn’t Die – April 19th, 2005 – Today in History
April 19th, 2015 Carl Williams To say that Psychonauts had a storied development would be kind of an understatement. What started out in the wild world of the classic LucasArts title Full Throttle expanded. The game nearly died and was revived again by the hands of one man, Tim Schafer. Psychonauts was originally to be a drug filled romp through […]
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Posted in Comp, Macintosh, News, Playstation 2, Sony, Windows, Xbox, Xbox Tags: adventure, Ed Fries, Full Throttle, lucasarts, majesco, Tim Schafer 2 Comments »
New Game: Faye King- Jungle Jeopardy, New Point and Click Adventure, To Release in January 2015
December 21st, 2014 Carl Williams Classic point and click adventure titles are making a slight comeback lately. The team behind Maniac Mansion have their new game, Thimbleweed Park, coming (we have an interview in the editing process right now) and now we see another interesting Point and Click title. Fay King: Jungle Jeopardy we find ourselves tasked with not only […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: adventure, Faye King, indiana jones, Jungle Jeopardy, lucasarts, Monkey Island, pixel art, point and click, retro, retro game, retrogaming, Thimbleweed Park, Two Tales, windows No Comments »
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Strikes on the Nintendo 64: Today in History- December 3rd, 1996
December 3rd, 2014 Carl Williams There was a fair amount of buzz for Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire around the time it was announced, and leading up to release for, the Nintendo 64. For one, this was one of the first third party titles to hit and gamers were eager to see what 3rd parties could do on the […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Nintendo 64 Tags: 3d, action, disney, licensed, lucasarts, shadows of the empire, star wars 7 Comments »
New Game: A Golden Wake Coming to Windows from Wadjet Eye Games
May 29th, 2014 Carl Williams Wadjet Eye Games are no strangers to classic gaming. Having released such greats as The Shivah, Blackwell and Gemini Rue, Wadjet Eye Games know retro styled adventure gaming. A Golden Wake is another pixel adventure game set in the 1920’s, specifically the Florida Land Boom.
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: a golden wake, adventure, Blackwell, florida, gemini rue, lucasarts, retro, seirra, shivah, wadjet eye games 1 Comment »
