Grumpy Gamer

Ye Olde Grumpy Gamer Blog. Est. 2004

Verbs and Adventure Games

Jan 11, 2020

I was chatting with a friend the other day and the conversation turned to modern point-and-click adventure games and there was much lamenting on how the UI (the way you interact with the game) hasn’t changed that much.

I’ll be the first to admit I don’t play a lot of adventure games these days. It’s an occupational hazard. I usually rage quit or eye-roll quit within 20 minutes. I spend too much time analyzing puzzle structure.

Wanted: writer

Jan 5, 2020

I think the Seattle Central College needs a better tagline writer. No tagline would have been better.

Monkey Island
One of the games released in 1990

Stores wouldn’t have been able to keep it in stock.