I really liked "Thimbleweed Park", except for the ending; it nullified everything that happened before in the game. But I really enjoyed playing through it, and I was extremely happy - and very nervous - to have @davidbfox.com sign the box last year! So I'm looking forward to this new installment!

The magic is up...

What a fitting end to our life's entertainment. Like the boxes of yore, these physical PS-relics are about to become a permanent addition to history. Who knows? In a thousand years, even they may be worth something again...

Can AI hold a brush/pencil/crayon/spray can/etc? No? Then don't let it hold the "art" in your "selfmade" computer game, either... THIS is art. Human made. THIS is what we love. We applaud talent. Not digitally regurgitated copies of other people's work.

@adventgamepod.bsky.social

The 2025 @agotyawards.bsky.social will be handed out on Monday, January 19th! Watch me present my top three as part of the international jury.

Not sure if it was the first one, but definitely this on in "The Dig"!

Tune in for the announcement of the nominees for the Adventure Game Of The Year Awards on January 7th! @agotyawards.bsky.social

Everybody's posting this like it's 2026 already...

Got my boxes signed! Thank you so much, game developers @tallstorygames.bsky.social and @inklingwood.bsky.social, and Monkey Island's Guybrush Threepwood voice actor @darmato.bsky.social !!! #AdventureX2025

You're one of us! You have a gift, and part of that is putting smiles on people's faces like this:

Finally on the train back home, so now my mind can relax and contemplate a series of @adventurex.bsky.social blogposts... 🤔 Great to meet these two amazing people behind it all, @summerb76.bsky.social and @tallstorygames.bsky.social!

Packed and ready for @adventurex.bsky.social in London this weekend! #advx2025

And so my task of judging the $109 Adventure Game Challenge entries is concluded! Some great games, some basic ones, and sadly one unfinished. Funny games, beautiful games, and games where I thought "What the heck is this?" Curious to find out how the other judges rated them! itch.io/jam/109-adve...

Big boxes signed by @davidbfox.com! Never thought this would ever happen! 🤩

Admiring @annebras.bsky.social's greatest collection of big boxes! #pcking #homecomputermuseum

@davidbfox.com was so kind to sign my boxes of "Last Crusade" and "Thimbleweed Park" at @homecomputermuseum.computermuseum.social.ap.brid.gy! Thank you!

And thankfully the Monkey Island boxes survived too, of course!

Moving house five times forced me to get rid of "Cruise for a Corpse", "Lure of the Temptress", "Beneath a Steel Sky", "Dune", "Curse of Enchantia", "Blue Force", "Lost in Time", "Under a Killing Moon", "Touché", "Ace Ventura" ... All gone... 😭 At least I was able to still hang on to these...

I had no idea Steam existed until the remake of Monkey Island came along. Almost 26 years later, I have 538 games in my library, and a wishlist of 103.

What actor's expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?

If you could, which adventure game world would you like to visit?

Loved your Monkey Island book, btw! Read it last year!

Adventure games I'm looking forward to this year...

Tomorrow, January 14th, sees the award ceremony of the @agotyawards.bsky.social! The ceremony goes live at 19:00 CET, and yours truly will cast his votes as a member of the international jury. Watch the ceremony here: t.co/ircrhJxjuE

In a game where TIME is of the essence, @wadjeteyegames.bsky.social wants to get his upcoming game "Old Skies" right, so it's only normal he spends loads of time on it. But he can also count on a bunch of trusty testers, willing to do the same. Or at least a small percentage of that 😅

On my blog, The Point 'n Clicker, you can read about my leisurely playthroughs of both classic and recent adventure games, as well as find links to all my official reviews for Adventure Game Hotspot. the-point-n-clicker.blogspot.com