XP comes with age
Since getting back in touch with Emily Morganti last August, she has put me onto some great adventure games. There was detective-drama Lamplight City which asks some interesting moral questions; … Continue Reading <em>Guard Duty</em>: referencing the classics
I became a backer for the Myst 25th Anniversary Collection in May after hearing that Cyan had decided to complete a ‘never-been-done’ before historical anthology of the series. Although you’d … Continue Reading <em>Myst</em>: one of the best video game beginnings
It’s obvious from all the adventure game posts published on Later Levels that I’m a big fan of the genre who’s always on the lookout for new releases. So when … Continue Reading EGX 2018: <em>3 Minutes to Midnight</em>
We’ve all had nights out with mates where we’ve done crazy things we’d rather forget, particularly back when we were teenagers during our college years. The feeling of invincibility that … Continue Reading <em>103</em>: corridors, candles and clues
One of my favourite games of Rezzed last year surprisingly turned out to be Four Last Things, a quirky little point-and-click created by Joe Richardson and hosted in the Leftfield … Continue Reading Join <em>The Procession to Calvary</em>
As can be seen from last month’s retro console and age experiment, it’s fair to say I like a bit of data so let’s start this post with a few … Continue Reading <em>LAST LIFE</em> stuck in limbo
Last week I wrote about Backbone, a detective noir adventure I’d come across on Kickstarter recently. Its pixelated art and ‘challenging, thought-provoking storyline featuring themes of power, corruption, social decay … Continue Reading <em>198X</em>: every 80s game in one
I’ve often lamented about how the quality of campaigns hosted on Kickstarter varies considerably. Some end up producing titles which make me proud to be a backer, like those for … Continue Reading <em>Backbone</em>: detective raccoon in dystopia
