How funny can be a game that parodies the classic noir fiction, but happens neither on the Discworld, nor in the skeleton-laden Land of The Dead, but looks like just a “straight” parody of the genre set in our boring Earthrealm? Incredibly funny it seems. Presented in true B&W and equipped with a P.I. hero who likes to provide elaborate narrations full of metaphors, Nick Bounty is a game which stays true to the original detective novel, at the same time being completely crazy.
It all begins with a scene borrowed from The Maltese Falcon – a man delivers a box with mysterious contents (more…)
Tags: A Case of the Crabs, A Goat in The Gray Fedora, Dangeresque, detective fiction, Discworld Noir, Flash games, freeware game, Grim Fandango, gumshoe, hard-boiled, LucasArts, Maltese Falcon, Mark Darin, mystery story, Nick Bounty, noir, PI, SCUMM, Strong Bad, web-browser games
Emerald City Confidential succeeds first and foremost as an adventure because it tells a good story. I cannot emphasize even nearly enough how much this game has surprised me with its gripping narrative with a fresh take on the already well known Land of Oz and its inhabitants. (more…)
Tags: Dave Gilbert, detective fiction, Discworld Noir, Dorothy and Toto, Emerald City Confidential, Grim Fandango, hard-boiled, Kansas, Land of Oz, noir, Oz, Playfirst, The Wizard of Oz, Thomas Regin, Wadjet Eye Games
Things just got more complicated, partner!
Somehow almost all my entries seem to go along with cartoony pictures. It’s hard to stay serious in such circumstances. Thankfully I have now dabbled in a realistic, gritty, FMV whodunit adventure game series called Casebook and am able to offer you a taste of something much more dark and realistic for a change. Dedicated especially to fans of solving crimes through methodical clue and evidence gathering and patience-demanding forensic work.
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Tags: Adventure Classic Gaming, Adventure Games, Aerograph, Areo, Areograph, Bow Street Runner, Casebook, casual games, City of Vice, cop drama, detective fiction, freeware game, Indie Games, mystery story, noir, police procedural, Sam Clarkson
Posted by Igor Hardy under Film Curiosities
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Gumshoe tells the story of a run-out-of-luck sap from Liverpool called Eddie Ginlay – hitting 31, living alone, small-time bingo caller and noir-fiction aficionado for years trying unsuccessfully to make out as a nightclub comic. As far as the man’s social life goes, his woman was stolen by his wealthy brother a year earlier and his constant Sam Spade-like manner of communicating with people makes them think he’s not right in the head, or at best a poor joker.
Ultimately, even Eddie himself has a mocking way of looking at his life-style. He puts a half-serious advertisement in the paper to appear the day of his birthday, describing himself as a private investigator. Soon, he gets a call from a potential client asking for a meeting, but it will be a very different kind of a job from what Eddie would expect…
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Tags: Albert Finney, British cinema, detective fiction, gumshoe, hard-boiled, Michael Gambon, mystery story, noir, PI, singing detective, Stephen Frears
