Category Archives: Games

by Martin Mulrooney | 15/11/2024 · 7:47 pm

GAME REVIEW – Inspector Waffles: Early Days (Game Boy Color, PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

Inspector Waffles: Early Days is described by its solo developer Yann (Goloso Games) as ‘a top-down detective adventure with point-and-click mechanics.’ Inspired by classic Game Boy games – and with Game Boy Color as its lead platform – it looks and plays like a forgotten handheld gem from the ’90s, with players taking control of Waffles in his first days as an inspector in Cat Town. It launched today on Steam and Good Old Games, with the ROM version available on Itch.io and physical Game Boy cartridges available via Broke Studio.

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by Martin Mulrooney | 29/10/2024 · 7:24 pm

GAME NEWS – A Vampyre Story: A Bat’s Tale Announced!

By Marty Mulrooney

Halloween might be just around the corner, but an early Christmas present has arrived for point-and-click adventure fans! A Vampyre Story: A Bat’s Tale was announced earlier today by Tag of Joy, with the studio behind the wonderful Crowns and Pawns (read AMO’s review here) partnering with Bill Tiller and his Autumn Moon Games to make a new instalment in the A Vampyre Story series. Read on to watch the announcement trailer and find out more!

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by Martin Mulrooney | 19/09/2024 · 3:00 pm

GAME NEWS – Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: Reforged Is Out Now!

By Marty Mulrooney

Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: Reforged brings the classic 1996 point-and-click adventure to modern PCs and consoles. With 4K remastered visuals and enhanced audio, along with a whole host of quality-of-life improvements, there has never been a better time to join American tourist George Stobbart and Parisian photo-journalist Nico Collard in their quest to bring the Costume Killer to justice. Read on to watch the launch trailer – which riffs off the iconic original trailer and comes complete with a suitably atmospheric voiceover – and find out more!

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by Martin Mulrooney | 14/08/2024 · 11:59 pm

GAME REVIEW – Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Remastered (PC and PlayStation 4)

By Marty Mulrooney

Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Remastered is a five-episode point-and-click adventure game (collected here as a complete package) starring everyone’s favourite six-foot-tall canine detective in a suit and his hyperkinetic rabbity-thing sidekick. Following on from Skunkape Game’s previous remasters of Sam & Max Save the World in 2020 and Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space in 2021, this third and final season of Sam & Max dusts off the original 2010 release from the Telltale Games archives and brings it bang up to date for modern PCs and consoles in 2024.

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