Love these reviews. I started reading your classic rock reviews on Only Solitaire when I was 12 years old (I'm 38 now). Two humble requests from a longtime reader:
1) Would you share how you're playing these games? Are they all available on Steam or do you have an older computer system for gaming?
2) Any chance you would be able to review the Quest for Glory series (especially the first game)? It's another Sierra franchise I assume you are familiar with. "So You Want To Be A Hero" is one of my all-time favorites.
How cool is this to find George here on Substack…and then realize he is also a fellow adventure game enthusiast. I first learned about you from Mark Prindle’s site many moons ago, and enjoyed your reviews. Looks like I’m going to get to continue to enjoy them.
RE: PQ 4. I played this in 1998 or 1999 and haven’t played it since. Your review echoes my recollection: it was pretty fun and followed the Police Quest format before going off the rails at the end. I remember my mom hearing the Nazi character drop an F-bomb, which raised an eyebrow, but I was 17 or 18 at the time so she didn’t make me turn it off (though I did apologize). It’s a shame because as a Police Quest game, it did what Police Quest games are supposed to do…and did it better than PQ 3.
I appreciate your nuanced look at the game’s “problematic” elements, and I’m glad you chide the Digital Antiquarian. He always drops his hectoring and obnoxious political views into his reviews which just makes the blog more about HIM than what he’s reviewing. Very annoying. And with regards to this particular game, maybe LA WAS a crime-infested shithole at the time this game was developed and released? Maybe it actually is true to life in a way that a guy (Jimmy from the Digital Antiquarian) who lives in Denmark can’t understand because he never experienced it?
In any event, consider me subscribed. Also, I contribute to a blog called The Adventurers Guild (advgamer.blogspot.com), and like you QfG is my favorite series . . . though I’ve only reviewed the third game for the blog so far.
Looking forward I to digging deeper through your archives. Take care George.
Love these reviews. I started reading your classic rock reviews on Only Solitaire when I was 12 years old (I'm 38 now). Two humble requests from a longtime reader:
1) Would you share how you're playing these games? Are they all available on Steam or do you have an older computer system for gaming?
2) Any chance you would be able to review the Quest for Glory series (especially the first game)? It's another Sierra franchise I assume you are familiar with. "So You Want To Be A Hero" is one of my all-time favorites.
Thanks for all of the great content!
How cool is this to find George here on Substack…and then realize he is also a fellow adventure game enthusiast. I first learned about you from Mark Prindle’s site many moons ago, and enjoyed your reviews. Looks like I’m going to get to continue to enjoy them.
RE: PQ 4. I played this in 1998 or 1999 and haven’t played it since. Your review echoes my recollection: it was pretty fun and followed the Police Quest format before going off the rails at the end. I remember my mom hearing the Nazi character drop an F-bomb, which raised an eyebrow, but I was 17 or 18 at the time so she didn’t make me turn it off (though I did apologize). It’s a shame because as a Police Quest game, it did what Police Quest games are supposed to do…and did it better than PQ 3.
I appreciate your nuanced look at the game’s “problematic” elements, and I’m glad you chide the Digital Antiquarian. He always drops his hectoring and obnoxious political views into his reviews which just makes the blog more about HIM than what he’s reviewing. Very annoying. And with regards to this particular game, maybe LA WAS a crime-infested shithole at the time this game was developed and released? Maybe it actually is true to life in a way that a guy (Jimmy from the Digital Antiquarian) who lives in Denmark can’t understand because he never experienced it?
In any event, consider me subscribed. Also, I contribute to a blog called The Adventurers Guild (advgamer.blogspot.com), and like you QfG is my favorite series . . . though I’ve only reviewed the third game for the blog so far.
Looking forward I to digging deeper through your archives. Take care George.