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Final day for Appletell’s pirate game giveaway, now with more treasure

by Kirk Hiner on May 24, 2009 at 08:19 AM

Today’s the last day for entries into Appletell’s pirate game giveaway, in which we’re awarding one winner copies of Freeverse’s Jack Keane and Coladia’s Destination Treasure Island. But is that all? Of course that’s not all. We’ve decided to throw in two games of your choice from the Appletell review… Continue Reading »

Final weekend for pirate booty Appletell game giveaway

by Kirk Hiner on May 21, 2009 at 11:56 AM

Pirates are bad. They steal. They kill people. They’ve got horrible hygiene. It’s just not a pleasant thing. But that hasn’t stopped Hollywood and the gaming industry from glamorizing them, and why should it? I’m guessing sword fighting skeletons would be nasty in real life, too, but that doesn’t mean… Continue Reading »

Appletell giveaway: Pirate games for Mac OS X

by Kirk Hiner on May 12, 2009 at 08:01 AM

Pirates have sure made a comeback, huh? No longer relegated to goofy musicals and crazy notions like the idea that Geena Davis could ever be a respected ship captain, pirates are now back where they should be: the subject of big budget action movies and sexy Halloween costumes for the… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews Jack Keane for Mac OS X

by Kirk Hiner on Mar 30, 2009 at 07:24 AM

I had a lot of fun with Jack Keane. I’d like to think this has more to do with the quality of the game than with any sense of nostalgia, but I imagine that’s not the case. Those who never got into adventure games or who have never actually played… Continue Reading »

Jack Keane sets sail for America

by Kirk Hiner on Dec 5, 2008 at 07:23 AM

All you fans of pirates (the handsome, comical, romantic kind, not the amputated, murderous, drunken kind that, you know, actually existed) will be pleased to note that Jack Keane, “A hilarious, action-packed adventure game in the spirit of Monkey Island,” will be shipping out to retailers across North American on… Continue Reading »

Adventure returns to the Mac courtesy of Jack Keane

by Kirk Hiner on Sep 11, 2008 at 08:45 PM

Normally, an announcement such as this would go right to the daily Macintosh/iPhone software update round-up, but when it’s pirates and it’s adventure and it’s Freeverse, I have to make an exception. An article at Apple’s website offers details on Jack Keane, an adventure game developed by Deck13 Interactive and… Continue Reading »

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