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The Deskchair AdventurerWelcome to The Deskchair Adventurer, a game review site devoted entirely to Adventure games.What's an Adventure game?I'm using the term in its classic sense, that is, to describe games that are the descendents of the old text game "Adventure." These are games in which you explore an environment and do lots of puzzle solving. It's a very distinct, recognizable form (although there are the occassional hybrids). Tomb Raider is sometimes described as an adventure game, but it's not. It's a shoot-em-up with the occassional puzzle. Riven: The Sequel to Myst and Day of the Tentacle are adventure games.
Aren't there enough game review sites already?
Some of these games are really old, or obscure. What's with that? And why do you review demos? No one does that!
As for demos, some are great, some suck, and no one tells you which do which. Good games don't always have good demos, and some poor games have surprisingly good ones. So you do a 50 meg download and it's a pure gamble. And if you don't have the money to buy the game anyway, it's nice to know which demos can give you your adventure game fix, right?
Do you know something I don't?
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