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Here’s a strange sort of game that I could write three different reviews for. Secrets of the Luxor is divided into three sections, and the three parts are so profoundly different in tone, ambience, and player enjoyment that I’m a bit puzzled as to how to review the game as a whole. First things first. […]

Ripper is a frustrating game because it has so many terrific qualities alongside so many bad ones. This game is from Take Two Studios, the same company that produced another much loved AND hated game: Black Dahlia. Ripper is a cleverly conceived game that transports Jack the Ripper from Victorian London and drops him in […]

Pronounced “ching”, Qin is a dreamlike game that gives you the opportunity to visit China and explore a vast ancient underground burial city. The format of the game is quite Myst-like, a point-and-click slide show. You play a character that is in China working on an archeological expedition on behalf of a gigantic Western conglomerate. […]

Okay, here I go again, flying in the face of a chorus of bad reviews. I know, I’m so contrary. When released in July of this year, Arxel Tribe’s Ring received some of the worst reviews of any game in the late 90s. And to all of those reviewers, I give a grand, Wagnerian raspberry. […]