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Riddle of the Sphinx, released in December 2000, was a valiant effort to combine the historical facts surrounding Egyptian civilization with modern speculation and a dose of fiction. Unfortunately, the game didn’t quite achieve this. Now, enter The Omega Stone: Riddle of the Sphinx II. Sir Gil Blythe Geoffreys, famous archeologist (played quite well by […]

”Greetings From Cyclone” The seedy town of Cyclone resides somewhere in the southwest deserts of the United States. You arrive—to catch up with your fellow band-mates—only to find that almost everyone has mysteriously disappeared. As your adventure continues, you’ll soon learn that the fate of your friends, the Cyclone residents, and the world, rests in […]

In 1995, when adventure games were accepted by the average gamer far better than they are today, Sierra On-Line released a game borrowing elements from “Myst” and “The 7th Guest.” This game was “Shivers.” “Welcome to Professor Windlenot’s Museum of the Strange and Unusual” In “Shivers” you play a teenager who has accepted a challenge […]