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L.A. Law: The Computer Game
You probably don’t remember L.A. Law. At least I’m going to assume that you don’t, and that it’s no longer at the front of pop culture as it was when this game was released. For a show so popular in the late 80s/early 90s, the fact that no DVD sets or episodes have ever been [...]
Martian Memorandum
Tex Murphy is your typical private dick in the not-so typical world of California, circa 2039. A third World War has slagged most of Earth, causing lingering radiation, a lowered population, and ghastly deformities for those unlucky enough to become mutants. A few safe havens, populated by a mix of radiation-immune “normals” and segregated mutants [...]
The President is Missing!
June 6th, 1996 – A daring military raid on a secret UN meeting in Liechtenstein results in the kidnapping of ten of the most influential world leaders. No group takes responsibility, but a list of impossible demands is anonymously delivered, along with taped statements from some of the captive heads of state. The political implications [...]
Deadline
I can hear some of you groaning right now. If you genuinely believe that games can become too dated to play, you’ll be rolling your eyes that I’m reviewing a text-only game that’s 25 years old. I have no defense against this, except to say that if you automatically discriminate certain games because they “look [...]
Reelect JFK
FAIR WARNING: There’s a bit of a story involved with this one, and not just my usual nostalgic musings and sarcastic screeds. Buckle in and try to keep up. Actually, don’t buckle in, you’ll never be able to keep up that way. As something of a geek, and a relatively young one at that, I [...]
Mean Streets
Mean Streets is the first of the Tex Murphy series that adventure gamers will probably know better from Access Software’s later FMV titles Under A Killing Moon and Pandora Directive. My own introduction to the world of San Francisco’s jaded, futuristic P.I. was actually Overseer back when it was released in 1998, and well before [...]