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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 Destination Treasure Island for Mac OS X

by Kirk Hiner on Apr 21, 2009 at 09:44 PM

Destination Treasure Island is a point and click adventure game from Coladia Games, set four years after the ending of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. You play as Jim Hawkins, trying to unravel Long John Silver’s clues that will lead to his treasure. I had fun with the… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews Secret of the Lost Cavern for Macintosh

by Kirk Hiner on Jan 18, 2009 at 01:40 PM

As Arok, a 15-year-old cavekid, you set out on an adventure to find Klem, a shaman who fascinated you with his painting and sorcery skills. Arok seeks Klem so he can learn his ways, and wouldn’t you just know the journey would be fraught with bears, the need to catch… Continue Reading »

Full Throttle as cinema

by Bill Stiteler on Jan 15, 2009 at 11:06 PM

Older gamers will have fond memories of Full Throttle, a title that, in my opinion, is a contender for Best Mac Game Ever. Yes, even in a battle with X-Wing—and small wonder, since they were both produced by Lucasarts. In Full Throttle you play a biker named Ben who’s set… Continue Reading »

The 10 lamest adventure games of all time

by Bill Stiteler on Sep 12, 2008 at 01:00 PM

Gamers, like all people, tend to be nostalgic for their youth. We wax poetic about Galaga, our first time blowing up the vector graphic Death Star, and almost all of Myst (except the ending…no one liked the ending of Myst). However, just because a game is old doesn’t make it… Continue Reading »

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