Reaction: Ghost Trick

February 9th, 2011 by Joel Haddock

I bought Ghost Trick with a serious misunderstanding of what I was purchasing.  Based on what I had seen prior to release, my impression of Ghost Trick was that it was going to be an Incredible Machine-style puzzler, with the player setting up chain reactions of objects to achieve certain ends, and thus saving lives. As a big fan of The Incredible Machine, I was more than happy to give this a try.

When I got the game home and began to play, I quickly realized that my prior impressions were mostly, if not entirely, incorrect.

And I couldn’t have been happier.

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Beneath a Steel Sky – Now Free!

December 18th, 2008 by Joel Haddock

The fine people over at Good Old Games today released Beneath a Steel Sky, totally for free.  BaSS is an excellent point-and-click adventure game in the “classic” style, and if you enjoy being insulted by robots, you will certainly enjoy this.

I’d recommend giving it a try.