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1. THE MAKING OF THE LOST FILES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: SHERLOCK HOLMES' UNIQUE CHARACTER IS HARD TO CAPTURE, BUT EA'S TWO GRAPHIC ADVENTURES BRING ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE'S DETECTIVE TO VIVID LIFE. DON YOUR DEERSTALKER, HAIL A HANSOM CAB, AND SHARPEN YOUR DEDUCTIVE SKILLS AS YOU SOLVE THESE LOST FILES FROM HOLMES' ARCHIVE--THE GAME'S AFOOT

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Wheeler, Gem

Subjects
Electronic Arts Inc., Computer software industry
Abstract

On paper, point-and-click adventures and detective mysteries seem to go together like Holmes and Watson. Suspects to grill; clues to chase; tiny pixels to, er, squint over until you discern [...]

Published
2024

2. THE MAKING OF Callahan's CROSSTIME SALOON: YOU'LL ENTER IT AS A STRANGER, AND YOU'LL LEAVE AS A FRIEND. JOIN ADVENTURE GAMING LEGEND JOSH MANDEL FOR A BEER OR TWO IN CALLAHAN'S CROSSTIME SALOON: A HILARIOUS, UNSUNG CLASSIC FROM THE LATER YEARS OF THE POINT-AND-CLICK ERA'S GOLDEN AGE

Author

Wheeler, Gem

Abstract

Ever wished for a community of friends you could always rely on for laughter, camaraderie, adventures across time and space and several universes' worth of puns? Welcome to Callahan's Crosstime [...]

Published
2023

3. THE STORY OF LEISURE SUIT LARRY: EVER LOOKED FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES? LET US INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR PAL, LARRY LAFFER. OVER THE COURSE OF SIX SIERRA ON-LINE GAMES, WE JOINED THE WOULD-BE LOTHARIO ON HIS QUEST TO FIND THE WOMAN OF HIS DREAMS

Author

Wheeler, Gem

Subjects
Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis
Abstract

The name's Larry: Larry Laffer. Not quite as resonant as that of another famous womaniser, perhaps--although, funnily enough, four suave men bearing a suspicious resemblance to the pre-Brosnan Bonds can [...]

Published
2022

4. THE MAKING OF FREDDY PHARKAS FRONTIER PHARMACIST: ONE OF SIERRA ON-LINE'S LESSER-KNOWN NINETIES ADVENTURES IS A ROOTIN -TOOTIN' TREASURE LADEN WITH WESTERN LORE AND GAGS GALORE. JOSH MANDEL'S WITTY TAKE ON FRONTIER LIFE FEATURED A MOST UNUSUAL TAKE ON THE COWBOY LEGEND WITH ITS PRESCRIPTION-FILLING, SCHOOLMARM-COURTING HERO

Author

Wheeler, Gem

Subjects
Pharmacists
Abstract

WORDS BY GEM WHEELER When you're facing a stampede of snails, deadly levels of horse flatulence and a no-good schoolmarm, only one man can save the day. Pharkas, Freddy Pharkas: [...]

Published
2021

5. THE STORY OF THE LAURA BOW MYSTERIES

Author

Wheeler, Gem

Subjects
Williams, Roberta
Abstract

Sierra On-Line gives the whodunnit a whole new spin in these classic detective adventures. Young, reporter Laura Bow brakes both a Louisiana bayou and the New York streets to solve [...]

Published
2021

6. THE MAKING OF THE LAST EXPRESS: MYSTERY, ROMANCE AND INTRIGUE ON THE LEGENDARY ORIENT EXPRESS. FORGET AGATHA CHRISTIE, JUST THIS ONCE. INSTEAD, TAKE YOUR SEAT AS THE WHISTLE BLOWS. THE LAST EXPRESS - ONE OF ADVENTURE GAMING'S ALL-TIME CLASSICS - IS ABOUT TO SET OUT ON A TROUBLED JOURNEY TO ISTANBUL

Author

Wheeler, Gem

Abstract

Before the fabled Orient Express reaches its destination, some of its passengers will have met a gruesome end, while others will see their lives changed forever, as a fiendish plot [...]

Published
2021

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