BaD #19: Hardcore Gaming 101

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BaD #19: Hardcore Gaming 101

On 02/28/2020 at 05:09 PM by daftman

Hardcore Gaming 101 is a great resource covering a ridiculously wide range of games. Surely you're all familiar with them! They have collectively put out quite a few books, of which I have two. The Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures is HUGE and was a Christmas gift I received several years ago. Every now and then I pull it out and read a few entries, which sets me up to finish it sometime next decade, I think. It's especially interesting for me because I know so little about the genre. The other is about Treasure, the idiosyncratic Japanese action game developer—one of my all-time favorite developers. I've only scratched the surface on this one but I'm excited to dive deeper into it. Treasure still exists but is not actively developing new games anymore. I miss the days when we got new Treasure games.

Comments

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/28/2020 at 10:48 PM

I loved adventure games as a kid. Played a lot of Sierra games. Missed out on the LucasArts ones though... don't know why.

daftman

03/01/2020 at 08:29 AM

Isn't that like missing the best part?

Cary Woodham

03/01/2020 at 08:15 AM

I played a lot of the LucasFilm Games point and click adventures as a kid. My favorite was Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders. Back before The Walking Dead, TellTale used to make some pretty good modern point and click adventures, too.

daftman

03/01/2020 at 08:33 AM

It's kind of funny (and sad) that the thing that brought TellTale such success and reknown—putting out games with big expensive licenses attached—ultimately led to their downfall too. I wonder if they had to stuck to smaller "classic" style adventures games, or at least a mixture of the two, if they'd still be around today.

KnightDriver

03/02/2020 at 08:45 PM

I've dabbled in the genre but they've always frustrated me with obscure solutions. I'm always interested in them though and try some when I can get them on Game Pass. I played one recently but I forget the name offhand. It was good for a while until the inevitable obscure solution that got me stuck. Darn those games, I want to like them.