Twelve days of Gabriel Knight
As any of our regular readers will probably know by now, I’m a big fan of adventure games: old, new, good, bad – give me a point-and-click and I’m a very happy girl. So what better way to say ‘Merry...
View Article1001 Future: Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller
A game that employs the talents of the amazing Jane Jensen, creator of Gabriel Knight, as a story consultant is sure to have a great plot. But does Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller, a dark and gritty...
View Article1001 Future: Sam & Max Save the World
While many might not have played a Telltale Games’ release until they picked up The Walking Dead, the developer has been making episodic adventure games since 2005. One of the first they worked on was...
View Article1001 Reviews: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
This article was written by Kevin Kutlesa, one of our lovely contributors. For more information on this writer or if you’d like to get involved yourself, take a look at our Contributors page. The...
View Article1001 Previews: Broken Age
Back in May 2013, I wrote about how I’d become a slacker backer for Double Fine’s point-and-click adventure Broken Age. Earlier this week I received my Steam key for the first act of the game and I’ve...
View ArticleTop 5 Memes: Tomb Raider
We’re back once again to bring you our top 5 memes, this time for the Tomb Raider series. It’s been quite a few months since our last look at the Internet’s best quips about our favourite video games,...
View Article1001 Previews: 4PM
Whilst having a gander at Steam Greenlight last week, I came across an intriguing-looking project called 4PM by Bojan Brbora. I couldn’t help but want to find out more about this ‘experimental drama’...
View ArticleThe Last Cargo delivers terror
When was the last time you played a game where the main protagonist was in a wheelchair? There isn’t very many, right? Well this is is the bold move of games developer Ehnenu, with their new fantastic...
View Article1001 Previews: Homesick
Back when we started 1001-Up.com in February 2013, the Kickstarter campaign for Lucky Pause’s adventure game Homesick was the first we ever backed as a team. We were lucky enough to get the chance to...
View Article1001 Future: Gray Matter
Gray Matter is industry veteran Jane Jensen’s point-and-click adventure game that explores the relationship between magic and science. Did this title fail in an underwhelming puff of smoke or were we...
View Article1001 Previews: Cinders
I regularly keep an eye on Steam Greenlight and last week came across a new entry by developer MoaCube. Cinders is a mature take on a well-known fairytale, and we’re grateful to Tom Grochowiak for...
View Article1001 Previews: Aderyn’s Cradle
Update at 07:03, 05 February 2014: We’ve received word that Mojo Game Studios have changed the name of their title to ‘Aderyn’s Cradle’, out of respect for Flying Cafe’s Cradle. Doesn’t make their...
View Article1001 Previews: Randal’s Monday
We recently heard that Daedalic Entertainment and Nexus Game Studios are teaming up to bring the upcoming point-and-click Randal’s Monday to gamers everywhere. It’s pretty obvious that the 1001-Up.com...
View Article1001 Future: Cinders
Cinders is MoaCube’s retelling of Cinderella, a classic fairytale I’m sure we all know. But far from being obsessed with attending the ball and marrying the prince, this visual novel asks its players...
View Article1001 Previews: Only If
After coming across upcoming experimental adventure game Only If on Steam Greenlight earlier this week, we reached out to developer Tarek Ghandour with questions on this intriguing new project from...
View Article1001 Previews: Woolfe – The Red Hood Diaries
Here’s a very promising game we’ve recently discovered over on Steam Greenlight which has now received the thumbs-up by fans. It’s not often that we see well known fairy tales re-imagined so we...
View Article1001 Previews: Niko: Through the Dream
Whilst browsing Steam Greenlight last week, we came across the gorgeous-looking Niko: Through the Dream by Spanish developer Studio Paint. We reached out to the team with a few questions about their...
View Article1001 Previews: Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today
Last week we received an email about a new Kickstarter campaign for Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow comes Today, and were invited to play an extended demo. We were so impressed by Fictiorama Studios’...
View Article1001 Future: Journey
We take a look at the award-winning PlayStation 3 exclusive Journey, winner of many Game of the Year 2012 awards from websites such as IGN and Gamespot. Is it as good as everyone is making it out to...
View Article1001 Previews: Exogenesis: Perils of Rebirth
Earlier this month we received an email from Quickfire Games after they saw our review of MoaCube’s visual novel Cinders. We’ve since learned about their upcoming Kickstarter campaign for Exogenesis:...
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