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Benefits and risks of crowdfunding adventure games In spite of the commercial and critical success of Telltale Games' The Walking Dead, big publishers today still seem wary of the adventure genre when funding game development. Perhaps this is because the occasional success of an adventure game title is mechanically unquantifiable. An uninformed publisher may take notice of a game like The Walking Dead and imagine how it can make the game more… Posted by Mark Agerholm on 20 October 2013.

A guide to digital game distribution and delivery services for adventure games The catchphrase "going digital" has been popularized by content providers in the entertainment industry. Music, movies, and even television shows can now be easily accessed online as media-on-demand. In the games industry, by extension, gamers want their entertainment delivered digitally to their desktop or mobile computers and devices. For the adventure game genre, many developers, publishers,… Posted by Patrick Talbot on 22 September 2013.

The making and remaking of The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime The original release of The Journeyman Project was put together by a group of friends and colleagues assembled by Michel Kripalani (cofounder of Presto Studios), some of whom knew each other since childhood. They worked unpaid on the game, living and working together in a residential house in a cul-de-sac. Many of them passed on traditionally paying day jobs. Everybody contributed to the project… Posted by Peter Rootham-Smith on 27 March 2013.

The descent of the games industry: an adventure gamer's perspective There are many parallels between the workings of the film industry and the games industry. In films, innovative and imaginative works are often followed by disappointing and unsatisfying sequels that cater only to an established market, offering little that can be called "meaningful" artistic contribution. In games, similarly, the current market is saturated with big budget releases which… Posted by Lee Bettam on 15 March 2013.

The faces of Flashback If you are a longtime gamer, then you may be familiar with a classic game called Flashback. Indeed, if you hold an interest in the history of adventure gaming, then chances are that you already own this game or will want a copy of your own. Originally released for the Amiga (1992),1 Flashback is an impressive technological feat for a video game of its time, featuring animated cut scenes,… Posted by Mark Agerholm on 07 March 2012.

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