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Walkthrough for Firmament Cliff We enter the game after a short initial video and meeting the previous Guardian in the form of a ghostly girl. We are approaching an unknown device on the table, called “Adjunct”. Press LMB to take it from the table. We look around. We approach the table on which lies a lone book […]

Once upon a time I lived across the street from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and could wander through its spectacular environs nearly every day. I soon became a flowering plant aficionado. So with great anticipation, I recently stepped into the opening chapter of , developed by Balloon Studios, hoping its landscapes would equal or exceed […]

Carol Reed, renowned detective, is secretly hoping that one more case will come her way before she leaves on vacation, thus beefing up her travel savings. In , Carol is contacted by Dalton Jonson, a flea market owner in the Swedish town of Norrköping. His wife, Daria, has gone missing and the local police have […]

The Moomins are quirky, loveable creatures that originated in the vivid imagination of author Tove Jansson, who wrote several novels for children. Snufkin is a wanderer who inhabits six of the nine Moomin books, and he is also the protagonist in Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley, an adventure game in which his musical skills come to […]

For seventeen years we’ve been visiting the marvelous Swedish town of Norrköping while solving mysteries alongside Carol Reed, a European version of Nancy Drew who surpasses Nancy in terms of maturity, nosiness, and epic trekking. Carol emigrated to Sweden from England many years ago and is now ensconced among its quaint byways and quirky residents. […]

Sweden is in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak as Carol Reed, a private investigator in Norrköping, receives a call from Jonna Brand to launch her sixteenth adventure. Jonna, whose sister was involved in one of Carol’s previous cases, texts Carol because her teenage son has disappeared. She is afraid to contact the police because […]

Is there a clear divide between reality and fantasy? And if so, can you walk this tightrope without teetering too far one way or the other? Old Gods Rising by Bad Blood Studios expertly tests the parallels and contradictions between truth and imagination, introducing players to a compelling hero with feet of clay, plausible excuses […]

is the remarkable fifteenth adventure featuring the eponymous private investigator. I’ve relished nearly all the previous Carol Reeds through their final twists and turns, and was delighted to find that ranks with the best of the lot. Originally from England, Carol is now a resident of Sweden, and as the story begins amongst the blue skies […]

As a title, Alternate Jake Hunter: DAEDALUS – The Awakening of Golden Jazz is as perplexing as it is awkward, as the only aspect that features prominently in the game itself is the name Daedalus. This is the first game in the series that I’ve played, and while I understand that Jake Hunter is the lead […]

It’s a bright, sunny day in lovely Norrköping, Sweden, and private detective Carol Reed is about to embark upon her fourteenth adventure. As The Fall of April begins, Carol’s sometime-romantic-interest Jonas asks her to help his sister’s friend, Andrea Valli. Andrea is suffering from memory loss, which she believes must have been caused by a […]