Platform: Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Power Macintosh Genre: Educational, Point-and-Click Adventure Developer: Brøderbund Designers and Writers: Jim Everson, Matt Fishbach, and Todd Kerpelman Overview “Chronoskimmer activated. History awaits!”- Carmen Sandiego Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational point-and-click adventure game for children ages 9 and up. Carmen Sandiego and her V.I.L.E. henchmen break into ACMEContinue reading “Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego (1997) review”
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Blackwall’s lie – Dragon Age: Inquisition
SPOILERS AHEAD! I recently finished the companion side-quest, Revelations, which involves finding out that your Grey Warden companion is actually an ex-Orlesian captain in Empress Celene’s army named Thom Rainier. These are my general impressions based on my first playthrough (and just finishing the quest, I have not yet finished DA:I at this point… somehow)Continue reading “Blackwall’s lie – Dragon Age: Inquisition”
Story mechanics in Assassin’s Creed
Like most stealth games, the Assassin’s Creed franchise is a prime example of the mechanical connection to the game’s subject, whether that be the characters, the story, or both. I have played the original Assassin’s Creed with Altair and through ⅔’s on Ezio’s storyline in AC: 2, AC: Brotherhood, and AC: Revelations. While I findContinue reading “Story mechanics in Assassin’s Creed”
Portal: Cake, deception, & companionship
For the past few weeks, between school and midterms, I attempted to play Portal in preparation for a short essay I would need to write about companionship in games for my “Interactive Narrative and Character Creation” class at DigiPen Institute of Technology. I tried my best to play through the game, however, by test chamberContinue reading “Portal: Cake, deception, & companionship”
Aviva Schecterson 