Summer is here, and it can only mean one thing: it's really hot outside. While it's easy to be wishing for warmer days each year as the cold winter comes upon us, there always comes a point where the heat is just too much to handle. Currently, I'm neatly tucked in my air-conditioned home, afraid even to go outside for a swim in my now bathwater-warm pool. It's time for videogames.
As an adventure game, The Journey Down: Chapter One hits all the right notes. It has plenty of charm and character, a mysterious story, an unlikely hero that gets wrapped up in things he doesn't understand, and puzzles that offer a perfect level of challenge, delivering a deeply satisfying "a-ha!" moment when solved. Oh - and did we mention that the game wraps all of this up in a uniquely African aesthetic?