Independent Adventuring Leads To New Horizons

Thanks to DIY Games for its column discussing the state of freely downloadable independent PC adventure games for July. The author raves: "I don't think I'm exaggerating if I say that July was by far the best month for independent adventure gaming this year", and goes on to profile titles such as A Very Special Dog ("You play a German shepherd with the task to save a life and find the culprit... you'll sniff objects, bark at people or lick them, all in order to successfully complete the game") and Apprentice II: The Knight's Move ("top quality independent gaming... [with] a very deep story and great character development.") Talking of character development, I'm afraid this is my (simoniker's) last ever Slashdot story post. Read on for details... Firstly, thanks to everyone who's helped make Slashdot Games (as well as my work on the Slashdot main page) a pleasure to edit over the past 18 months (and 3000+ posts) or so. It's been a wonderful experience, and I'm really going to miss it. Unfortunately, this is the final story I'll be posting, since I'm off to videogame trade site Gamasutra.com, which I've written for fairly extensively in the past, to take up a managing editor position.

I believe there will be an announcement about a new Slashdot Games editor reasonably soon. However, I'm sure the other editors will pick up some of the slack in the interim, so hang in there, everyone. In the meantime, please inundate the submission bin with stories about obscure Japanese console re-issues, why the Infinium Phantom is going to trounce the Megaton, and why the Reggielution is absolutely, positively going to be televised. Later, all.

Comments

Thanks!

[keiferb]

You'll be missed, Simoniker!

You've always seemed to maintain one of the lowest dupe:post ratios of all of the editors. Well, either that or my memory's going... =)

Best of luck to you at Gamasutra!

Sure. Mod me off-topic if you must. I'll just go play that dog-licking game.

hmmm

[syrinx]

maybe the new Games editor will change the color scheme to something other than retina-blasting ultraviolet?

seriously though, good luck at your new position, simoniker. :)

Re:hmmm

[NanoGator]

"maybe the new Games editor will change the color scheme to something other than retina-blasting ultraviolet?"

SURGEON GENERAL's WARNING: Use of this color range may result in skin cancer.

Re:hmmm

[TMLink]

It's better than the IT color scheme.

Has Slashdot gotten to the Daryl and Daryl stage of color schemes? There's gotta be better colors out there somewhere...

Heheh good luck pal

[NanoGator]

"I believe there will be an announcement about a new Slashdot Games editor reasonably soon."

And a new hot-pink color scheme!

interesting modpoint distruíbution.

[Emexies]

So, let me get this straight:

About half of the comments so far are about simoniker being missed, and they're all modded off topic. Why? Wasn't more than HALF the newspost about this very topic?
And come on, moderators, where's your sense of compassion, anyway? =)

Now THIS post, on the other hand, is clearly off topic, and SHOULD be modded likewise.

Re:Free adventure gaming

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow. "Hack And Slash".

Those Open Source Gamers sure know how to name and market their games! I can't wait for "Car Game" and "Punch and Kick" and "Yet Another Warcraft Clone."

Peasant's Quest!

[mh101]

How could a discussion about adventure games have missed Peasant's Quest!