Gray Matter Demo for PC and Xbox 360 in Europe

A demo for Jane Jensen's adventure game, developed by Wizarbox, Gray Matter, is now available for PC from the official Gray Matter website. It is also available for the Xbox 360 in Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, France and United Kingdom. A publisher has not yet been set for North America, so North American gamers will have to wait a while for the Xbox 360 demo. PC games and demos are region free, however, so feel free to download the PC version if you have a computer capable of playing it.

Doctor Who: The Adventure Games Conclude On Christmas

The fourth and final episode of the first season of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games is scheduled to be released on Christmas day, December 25, 2010 for free download in the UK.  The episode will be available to purchase on the same date to those outside of the UK for a small fee.  The episode takes place on Christmas, and begins right where the last episode left off, with The Doctor and Amy materializing just south of London, and about 1000 miles to the left inside an aquatic sea-bed colony called Poseidon.  It is written by Phil Ford, and takes place entirely underwater, featuring the enemies first introduced in Silence of the Library and Forest of the Dead.

This is the final episode for the 2010 season of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games, but the BBC has commissioned a second series of episodic adventure games which will be released next year.

Back to the Future: The Game Trailer

Game Trailers has the official exclusive premiere of the trailer for the Telltale Games five-part episodic Back to the Future Adventure Game series.

The trailer sets up the basic premise of how Marty and Doc manage to get back together, and the art, voices, music, and storyline shown is very faithful to the original movies. The first episode, It's About Time, arrives some time this month, and the rest of the five part series comes out one game per month after that, beginning in February. The game is available to pre-order now, for PC and Mac, at the Telltale Games Store. The pre-order gets you into the exclusive Back to the Future insiders forum, with behind the scenes interviews, the ability to chat with some of the staff and cast, and exclusive deals on merchandise.

Sorry for the Lack of Posts

Sorry for the lack of posts here. I was diagnosed with a chronic disease, and it got pretty bad for a while. It seems to be in remission now, so I should be able to get this page back up and running now.

Thank you for your patience,
Jennifer

ScummVM 1.2.0 "FaSCInating release" Released

ScummVM, the program that lets you play 2D point and click adventure games (such as most LucasArts, Sierra, Revolution, and Adventure Soft games) on modern operating systems and video game consoles, has recieved a huge update today with over a dozen new games added thanks to the Sierra SCI engine. Now ScummVM supports every SCI game up to King's Quest VI.

Other than the SCI games, another Sierra family game has been added: Coktel Vision's Fascination. The list of supported platforms has also increased, as ScummVM is now playable on Android, Dingux, Caanoo and OpenPandora.

Two Households, the second episode of The Silver Lining, the free fan continuation of King's Quest, is now available.

The developers have taken the criticism of the last episode into consideration, and have included an option for shorter narrations this time around, more exploration and puzzles, the ability to toggle between walking and running, and widescreen support.  The improvements have been added to the first episode, What Is Decreed Must Be, as well.

First Look at Telltale's Back to the Future

USA Today has unveiled the first look at Telltale's Back to the Future games, with a picture of concept art by Ryan Jones. They also revealed that Christopher Lloyd will return as "Doc" Emmett L. Brown. Bob Gale, who co-wrote the screenplays for the three films, will be working with Telltale's writers on the five episodes.