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GAME REVIEW – Slender Threads (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Slender Threads is a point-and-click thriller adventure developed and published by Blyts, the team behind the ‘genuinely funny, often hilarious’ 2016 comedy adventure Kelvin and the Infamous Machine. In Slender Threads, players must take control of travelling book salesman Harvey Green – himself an aspiring author with writer’s block – as he explores the sleepy seaside town of Villa Ventana. But with death dogging him at every turn, how many people will die before sunrise?

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GAME REVIEW – Loco Motive (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

Loco Motive

Loco Motive is a point-and-click comedy adventure developed by Robust Games (an indie team based in London, UK) and published by Chucklefish (also based in London, UK). Set on board the Reuss Express, a 1930s express train, the player must take control of three unlikely heroes as they try to solve the murder of its owner, Lady Unterwald of the Wald-Bahn Rail Company.

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GAME REVIEW – PRIM (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

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PRIM is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Common Colors (founded by Jonas Fisch from Frankfurt a.M./Germany) and published by Application Systems Heidelberg (Unforeseen Incidents, LUNA The Shadow Dust). It tells the dark yet humorous story of Prim, a young girl who – after her mother’s passing – discovers that her long-absent father is Death himself…

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

By Marty Mulrooney

A Vampyre Story: A Bat’s Tale

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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