Point-and-click adventures once ruled the PC gaming roost, and they captured the imaginations of an entire generation of players by shifting the focus away from action and reflex-based challenges towards narrative, characterisation and creative problem-solving. These titles took fans from …
I usually try not to look at the critical responses for games I think I might end up reviewing because I don’t want to influence my own response. It’s a tactic that’s worked for me in the past, but Thimbleweed …
Few games are quite as high on my “to watch” list as Thimbleweed Park. The next project from Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick (creators of Maniac Mansion), Thimbleweed Park is the spiritual successor to their 1987 classic; right down to …
It almost seems pointless telling you about Thimbleweed Park, as most anyone who’s ever played a game, ever, knows about it. But just in case you’ve recently returned from Mars, where you were hiding in a cave with your eyes …