Elliott Thomas

FMV. The interactive movie. Shameful to some, guilty pleasure to others. During the ‘90s it seemed as if the future of gaming had arrived, but in what seemed a blink of an eye, the live-action subgenre essentially flatlined and quickly became an oft-shamed era of gaming. Any such titles that came after that, such as […]

When one thinks of spy capers in the 1970s, more often than not the images conjured up are usually of dashing secret agents, car chases, explosions and dastardly evil supervillains hell-bent on world domination or destruction. But put such preconceptions aside. The Low Road, the first point-and-click adventure game from independent developer XGen Studios, is […]

When horror works, whether in games, books or movies, you're afraid to continue but something inside wills you to keep clicking, to keep reading, to keep watching to find out what happens until you reach the bitter end. And when you do, it leaves you shaken and stays festering in your mind for days after. […]

What is it like to get old and harbour guilt for a mistake made decades ago? How would you react? Bottle it up and alienate those around you? Seek help? End your life? This is a question brought up on multiple occasions throughout , a very short but elegantly simple and wonderfully written point-and-click adventure […]