This week our team had to answer questions and compete with the other three teams for the judge’s affections (e.g. Give me the tagline of a season of America’s Got Talent where all the contestants are from New Jersey). A few of my suggestions were used, but none of them won any points from the judges. As lot of the answers are in-jokes, I won’t be posting any of them here. Just know David Copperfield became sort of a running gag.
Thankfully, our team scored just enough with the judges to avoid having to send anyone off the island. There are now 25 players left, and Liam Neeson’s Walrus still has all seven of its members.
Our team of seven this week was asked to write a complete Choose Your Own Adventure story. More time was spent planning this one than actually writing it as our team went for high concept drama. Our entire story is below. I wrote Page 2.
Publisher: ASC Games Developer: Dreamforge Intertainment Year: 1998 Platform: Windows
If you’ve ever crushed hard on somebody and then saw those sparks disappear almost as fast as they developed, then you’ll know what it’s like to play Sanitarium.
Publisher: The Adventure Company Developer: Kheops Studio Year: 2006 Platform: Windows; Wii; DS
A non-sequel to the original Safecracker (though somewhat similar in style), this puzzlefest has a pretty simple premise: you’ve been hired by a wealthy family to break through all of the safes in the eccentric patriarch’s mansion and get to his last will and testament.
I’m back playing another Survivor-themed writing contest at Spookymilk’s blog. This time around we have twenty-eight contestants, a rather intimidating number. There are four teams of seven. My team (chosen by anonymous draft) call themselves Liam Neeson’s Walrus. The other team names are Miranda Priestly’s Unholy Sweater Crisis, Freshly Ruptured Hymen, and Big Brass…Band. My teammates are as follows:
Take 2 Interactive’s first FMV adventure was highly touted and had a high-profile cast as one of its selling points. Scott Cohen stars in this cyberpunk thriller as Jake Quinlan, a reporter for a virtual tabloid in 2040 New York City. A mastermind has been committing gruesome murders in the vein of Jack the Ripper, and has been anonymously contacting you in order to get himself some attention in the papers. Your girlfriend and fellow reporter has become the fourth victim. Luckily, she managed to survive the attack and is resting in a coma. Now the case has become personal. You must seek out the Ripper in order to help to save your girlfriend and prevent more pointless murders.
A rare adventure game by Sanctuary Woods, The Riddle Of Master Lu does a decent job of capturing atmosphere and flavor while sadly being mediocre in many game elements. You play as Robert Ripley, the real-life entrepreneur and collector of oddities. Chinese terrorists are on your heels to stop you from discovering the secrets of Master Lu (and also use those secrets to take over the world, naturally). You’ll travel to many exotic locales, including Peiping, Easter Island, and Sikkim trying to unravel the mystery, save the world, and save your neck. All the while, of course, collecting rare artifacts to help profits for your Odditorium back in New York.
Publisher: Freeware Developer: Legend Year: 1998 Platform: DOS
I’m stretching this by calling it an adventure game, as it is more of an edutainment title. But it was developed by Legend Entertainment and written by Bob Bates, so I’m going with it. This game is actually an ethics training program designed by the U.S. Government and used as an ethical training tool for its employees. As it was fully funded by the government, the game is freeware, and worth a play by anyone who is interested in ethics.
Publisher: Sierra Developer: Sierra Year: 1993 Platform: DOS; Windows; Mac
Sierra hired Daryl F. Gates to help design the fourth installment in this best-selling series. The former LAPD chief and founder of SWAT has a good sense for tension and has a breadth of knowledge regarding police procedure and office atmosphere. However, his ability to design an adventure game is not readily apparent.
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