From Strategyinformer.com: "I've played some fine adventures over the last few years that totally spat in the face of the idea that adventure gaming was dead, and I can say without hyperbole that the finest I've reviewed since LucasArts stopped making them is The Blackwell Deception from WadjetEye Games. It's better than the adventures the veterans of Double Fine, Telltale, Daedalic, Revolution, and Jane Jensen managed to put together. A clever, modern adventure with humour, poignant storytelling, sensible puzzles and a cool partner dynamic. Oh, and the central conceit - you play two characters, Rosa and Joey, and Joey is a ghost. Yes, it's Randall & Hopkirk: Deceased - The Game. Well, the fourth game. After skating on the edges of greatness for the first three titles WadjetEye (which when it comes to the Blackwells is mostly Dave Gilbert) finally perfected the formula in Deception and is now about to conclude the series with The Blackwell Epiphany. I got an early look to see how things were shaping up. Very well, I hope."
The Humble Wadjet Eye Games Bundle just launched. It includes 14 items including The Blackwell Legacy, Unavowed, and Primordia. As always, a percentage of profits from the bundle go to charity.
Stephen Mitchell from Grab It writes:
"As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. And so it must be with a fitting and touching conclusion to the Blackwell series. Over the course of five games, we've followed Rosa and Joey (quite literally) to hell and back. So to have their story finally wrapped up left me feeling conflicted in the best way possible."
Chalgyr's Game Room writes:
This edition of Memorable Music in Gaming pulls from several different sources. A couple tend to be the usual suspects - well-known Nintendo titles for example. A pair of PC games and an arcade selection round things out nicely, however.
Darius (Arcade) - Captain Neo
Darius has always been ahead of its time: at time of release and even now, more than 20 years later. Its philosophical, bigger-than-itself feel and atmosphere is just as relevant as it was back in the day when games were just beginning to incorporate 'heavy' storylines in their pixelated playgrounds. An early example of avant-garde in video games, the original music composed for this game - titled Chaos - may perhaps be the well-remembered, but it's nothing compared to the powerful and hypnotically epic Captain Neo. If you've ever wondered how a Roman soldier would be in audio form, here's your answer!
