Us adventure gamers are a strange and violent sort. To us, people fall into one of two categories: Those who like adventure games and those who don't. If you don't, please e-mail me with the names and location of your friends and loved ones (along with a description of their physical appearance), and I promise you absolutely no harm whatsoever will come to them. But, if you enjoy the occasional point-and-click now and then, rejoice, for I have wonderful news for you.
You see, it just so happens that some rude English guy has made four of the best free point-and-click horror adventures (although technically, only three of them involve pointing and clicking) you will ever download. His name is (not) Yahtzee, and the games are sometimes referred to as the John DeFoe quadrilogy. If this is not news to you, then you will probably (and wisely) nod in agreement when you read that these games rock, and that they're very much worth the money you spend on them (if, by now, you are thinking "oh, and how much do they cost?" or "screw it, I'm not paying for some old and boring games without teh Grafix of Power" then you are obviously a moron and should read this post again. But what the hell, I'll repeat it since I'm in a good mood: The games be free, yo). But you may not know that the fourth (and allegedly final) entry in the series was released in January, and that it's actually the best of the bunch (although it's not as scary as the rest. But, you know, whatever).
Maybe a short presentation of these games are in order, then. They're point-and-click (with one exception, which is a bit annoying but quite acceptable), they have some decidedly retro graphics (but if you really care about that you're not actually an adventure gamer, are you?), they're serious horror adventures (but not entirely devoid of humorous touches) and they will scare you shitless (this, of course, very much depends on your tolerance level).
Some more: They're relatively short (Will Not Eat Your Life, a plus), for the most part easy (which means they'll challenge you but not make you feel like the idiot you are), and all of it is made by this one bloke army. In other words, it's a real fucking impressive piece of work. So, no more of my yakking, go download, go play. One more thing, since y'all are probably to thick to figure it out for yourselves, this is the correct order of enjoyment (complete with links to each game. Damn I'm nice today): 5 Days a Stranger, 7 Days a Skeptic, Trilby's Notes, 6 Days a Sacrifice. Feel free to drop a comment here afterwards, and remember to spread the good word.
I just realized, if noone clicks these links I've just wasted a lot of time. So do it, ungrateful bastards, do what Papa Smurf tells you, or Rome will fall. I will see to it.
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