Playing Brok yesterday got me in the mood for some adventure gaming, so after today's Christmas celebrations were over with (by which I mean "we ate our meal" — it was just me and Andie this year thanks to the whole pandemic thing) I had a rummage through my GOG.com library for some classics, and settled on a trilogy of games I haven't played through before: Steve Meretzky's Spellcasting series. These are three pretty racy illustrated text adventures from Legend Entertainment, which makes use of their hybrid point-and-click/text parser interface also found in Eric the Unready, which is a game I played a lot back in the day.
Spellcasting is a noteworthy series for its wry sense of humour — much of which still remains oddly pertinent today — and the ability to switch it between "Naughty" and "Nice" mode, with the former featuring some rather suggestive scenes plus the ability to bang your way through several members of the cast. (There's no explicit imagery, mind; most of it is implied or, at most, written in lurid prose.) This isn't just mindless smut, however; much like Meretzky's previous games Leather Goddesses of Phobos, there's a solid adventure to be had here, too; already I've seen both some interesting puzzles and a well-crafted, believable world that continues to go about its business as you stand in the middle of it all, somewhat bewildered.
I'm not far in yet, but I have been enjoying a bit of casual exploration this evening. Perhaps I'll make this a game I do an "Adventure Special" on at some point — as I mentioned previously, a few people have indicated interest in seeing some more adventure game videos on YouTube at some point after previous episodes on games like Uninvited and Jinxter. We'll see! If I'm going to do some, now's the time, after all!
Anyway, it's 2:30am. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and that you can have a suitably relaxing day tomorrow. Sleep off all that Christmas dinner, stuff yourself with terrible snack foods and prepare yourself for the arrival of a new year. We can do it!
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