This Month's Most Viewed Games Tagged 'text' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg en-us Vespers3D is Orange River Studio's first experiment into a new genre of computer gaming, 3D Interactive Fiction (3D/if). It is adapted from the text-based interactive fiction game Vespers, by Jason Devlin.

Vespers, the text IF game, won numerous awards in recent interactive fiction competitions, including first place at the 2005 IFComp and "Best Game" and "Best Writing" (among others) at the 2006 XYZZY awards. Now Jason has joined Orange River Studio in our attempt to bring Vespers to life in 3D, while maintaining the richness of the original text version.

You can play the online Java version of Vespers here.

]]> 21 Nov 2006 08:02:13 The King has been removed from the throne by an act of treachery led by one of his closest friends and a band of nobles calling themselves the Society.

The old ruler and his loyal allies are forced into Exile but vow to return the rightful King to his throne, as the eyes and ears of Myzan focus on civil war an ancient threat returns.

Weary travellers tell tales of burnt out towns and ransacked villages, the dead walk again and all signs warn of the growing power of the once defeated Reapers !

Enter the Lands of Hope and choose your allegiance

]]> 24 Mar 2007 02:37:24 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations (also known as Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations and Phoenix Wright 3) is the third instalment in the Ace Attorney series of games for the Nintendo DS. It will be released in the United States in September 2007.

The game was released in Japan under the name Gyakuten Saiban 3 on the Gameboy Advance in January 2004 and the PC in March 2006.

Category: Point-and-click adventure (lawyer 'em up)

Release Dates: January 23, 2004 (JP), September 27, 2007 (US)

Developer: Capcom

]]> 20 Apr 2007 08:31:06 Doom3[CC] adds closed captioning so that hearing impaired, deaf and people who may not understand English well can read text of the spoken dialog and sound effects. It also features a Visual Sound Radar that shows the approximate distance and direction of a sounds origin. The captioning can be read in English, Spanish, Portuegese, French and German. Doom3[CC] was nominated for an award in the Independent Games Festival's Modding Competition of 2006. It has also been featured on the insert discs for PC Gamer UK and PC Zone UK.

]]> 01 Feb 2007 11:39:45 After the fall of the Second Galactic Union in 1716 GY, a ten-thousand-year dark age settled upon the galaxy. Interstellar travel was non-existent, and many star systems descended into a near-barbaric state, buring coal and gas for energy, and growing food directly from exposed topsoil.

In 11,203 GY, a treaty between the Empires of Tremain and Galium formed the Third Galactic Union. Ships of the Stellar Patrol (a pseudo-military wing of the Union government on Tremain) began exploring the galaxy, searching for the human civilizations that are the remnants of the Second Galactic Union.

You are a native of the planet Gallium. Although it is one of the most politically powerful worlds in the Union, Gallium is no garden spot. In fact, the Gallium Chamber of Commerce brochure entitled "Ten Great Reasons to Visit Gallium" ends on page 3. The author ran out of reasons after listing just two.

For five generations, your family has served in the Stellar Patrol. Your great-great-grandfather was a High Admiral and one of the founding officers of the Patrol. It was taken for granted that when you came of age you would join up.

Now, more than a year after signing up, and two months after being transferred to the S.P.S. Feinstein, you are still only ranked Ensign Seventh Class. You superior officer, Ensign First Class Blather, has been making your life miserable. You're begining to wonder if you're really cut out for the Stellar Patrol...

]]> 28 Nov 2006 02:39:20 Description
Take your train and travel far and wide connecting cities with tracks. Make money by taking passengers along. See the world.

Gameplay:
You throw words consisting out of letter coles into the oven of a train to beat your opponent to the station.

Game Modes:
The game consist out of either 8 or 9 game modes (depending on mixed mode being made):

Classic 6 : six fixed letters are given make as many words as you can

Classic 7: same as classic 6 only with seven letters

Replace: seven letters are given, the letters of the words you type are replaced by new letters

Anagrams: a word is scrambled, type the correct word

Slots: you have to fill an x-letter word with a certain letter on a certain spot. Example .ut. nuts

Keep: same as replace except the letter you didn't use are replaced

Secret: Same as classic 6 but you can't see the word list

Joker: Each letterset contains a joker

mixed*: a mode in which all previous modes come by

Notes:
*this game is still in development*

]]> 02 Mar 2007 08:46:50 TNM 7... called by many the "most anticipated program in wrestling history".

Is it true or just a blown-out-of-proportion marketing statement ? You be the judge.

Download the four-week trial version of TNM 7 by clicking the link on the bottom of this page. You can use all features TNM 7 comes with for four weeks. If you wish to keep using TNM 7 after those four weeks are over, you will need to register.

]]> 02 Mar 2007 08:35:33 A delightful read.
Inventive puzzles. Slowly ramps from super easy to darn hard.
Critically acclaimed interaction: IGF Finalist 2006.
AA quality music and art.
Relaxing and engaging.

Comic book, sit-com, stage-play.
You direct.

Shareware. Play first 2 chapters for free.
Small download: 5 minutes or less for broadband.
10+ hours of play.

]]> 01 Dec 2006 07:09:41 Front Office Football is designed to represent a snapshot of professional football as it exists under the current salary cap system. You play the role of the general manager of a team. In order to succeed in Front Office Football, you need to perform as well as possible in four different areas.

Team Performance. On the field, your primary goal is winning the coveted Front Office Bowl. Your fans, players and staff all want to see that championship banner raised to a new position in the ring of honor surrounding your stadium.

Financial Performance. Off the field, your team needs to show a profit, or the owner will become angry and threaten your job. You need to control salary and staff costs while balancing the need to spend money to build and upgrade your stadium against the risk of facing stagnant ticket revenue with an aging arena.

Roster Value. You need to negotiate contracts, sign free agents, make wise decisions in the amateur draft and outsmart opposing general managers in trade. Building a strong, capable roster means everything in Front Office Football.

* Franchise Value. The bottom line is that a happy owner has a franchise that's the envy of professional football. Nothing means more to the owners than seeing their franchise on the top of the list of most valuable franchises. You help put your team on that list by excelling in the three other categories, but the best general managers look for opportunities to move the team in order to find a home town with a strong economy that will support your team like none other.

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