Adventure Gamers
Encyclopedia
Adventure Gamers is a computer game website
created in 1998 dedicated to the genre of adventure games. It publishes reviews and previews of adventure games, as well as opinion articles and interviews with game designers.
The site's reviews have been quoted on many adventure game box covers, and it is listed as a trusted reviewer on CNET's
Metacritic
and Game Rankings
.
Adventure Gamers is respected by developers of adventure games. Ragnar Tornquist, the creator of the adventure games The Longest Journey
and Dreamfall: The Longest Journey has stated that the reviews on Adventure Gamers are "very important to [him]". In addition, Straandlooper
, the developer of Hector: Badge of Carnage
called Adventure Gamers "one of the foremost and widely respected websites about adventure games".
Jake Rodkin
, the co-director of Tales of Monkey Island
, used to write for Adventure Gamers.
Website
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created in 1998 dedicated to the genre of adventure games. It publishes reviews and previews of adventure games, as well as opinion articles and interviews with game designers.
The site's reviews have been quoted on many adventure game box covers, and it is listed as a trusted reviewer on CNET's
CNET
CNET is a tech media website that publishes news articles, blogs, and podcasts on technology and consumer electronics. Originally founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, it was the flagship brand of CNET Networks and became a brand of CBS Interactive through CNET Networks' acquisition...
Metacritic
Metacritic
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and Game Rankings
Game Rankings
GameRankings is a website that collects review scores from both offline and online sources to give an average rating. It indexes over 315,000 articles relating to more than 14,500 games.GameRankings is owned by CBS Interactive...
.
Adventure Gamers is respected by developers of adventure games. Ragnar Tornquist, the creator of the adventure games The Longest Journey
The Longest Journey
The Longest Journey is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Norwegian studio Funcom for the PC. First published by IQ Media Nordic in Norway in 1999, it was later localized for and released in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada, Spain, Denmark,...
and Dreamfall: The Longest Journey has stated that the reviews on Adventure Gamers are "very important to [him]". In addition, Straandlooper
Straandlooper
Straandlooper is an animation studio and video game developer based in Northern Ireland. They developed the episodic video game for iPhone, Hector: Badge of Carnage which is based on their character Hector: Fat Arse of the Law. Straandlooper is notable for being the first company where Telltale...
, the developer of Hector: Badge of Carnage
Hector: Badge of Carnage
Hector: Badge of Carnage is a trilogy of point-and-click adventure games produced by Straandlooper, an animation studio / developer based in Northern Ireland, and Telltale Games. It is based on the adventures of the character Hector: Fat Arse of the Law, a hard-nosed and soft-bellied Detective...
called Adventure Gamers "one of the foremost and widely respected websites about adventure games".
Jake Rodkin
Jake Rodkin
Jake Rodkin is an American computer game designer, writer, and graphic designer. He was the co-director Tales of Monkey Island, was the director the fifth episode of Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, was the co-leader and co-writer of Poker Night at the Inventory, and was the co-leader and...
, the co-director of Tales of Monkey Island
Tales of Monkey Island
Tales of Monkey Island is a 2009 graphic adventure video game developed by Telltale Games and LucasArts. It is the fifth game in the Monkey Island series, released nearly a decade after the previous installment, Escape from Monkey Island. Developed for Windows and the Wii console, the game was...
, used to write for Adventure Gamers.