Review: Memoria (PC)

For an old school gamer, point-and-click adventure games are remembered with a great deal of fondness. The LucasArts back catalog is held up reverently, along with the Myst and Journeyman Project series, as examples of a simpler and more elegant time in gaming. Where twitch reflexes were blessedly not required to enjoy the game. It was like going to see live theatre: cultured, artistic, cerebral. While the genre has been badly under-represented the last several years, it's not dead. Daedelic Entertainment decided to put out a classic style adventure game, set in their Dark Eye universe, and did a solid job. It's easy to see where Memoria comes from, but it suffers from the same problem about where to go that many classic adventure games experience.

Review: The Night of the Rabbit (PC)

Night of the Rabbit recalls fond memories of my favorite adventure games from my past – be it the Sierra or LucasArts classics or even some of the lessor known Dynamix titles like Willy Beamish or Heart of the Dragon.

The Willy Beamish mention was quite deliberate – the games have a similar spirit to them - taking control of a young boy in a beautiful animated world. Whereas Willy Beamish was a contemporary world, Night of the Rabbit is its own creation – a world almost taken direct from beloved children's books such as the Velveteen Rabbit or Winnie the Pooh.