Loom

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game recommendations. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. Of all LucasArts adventure games, Loom has arguably aged the most gracefully. B

Steam News · Mar 23, 2015

Freeware Garden: Forge

I was 13 years old when I first encountered Brian Moriatry s Loom. It was on a friend s ninja PC that sported both VGA and AdLib cards and I was, understandably, blown away. The complex, whimsical story, the wonderful graphics, the unique musical interface and the amazing music itself were unlike anything I had ever seen. Or have seen since.

Steam News · Mar 19, 2015

Good Ol Lucas: GoG Add Outlaws, Zak McKracken & Indy

GoG.com has just added six Lucasarts(films) games, three of which are enjoying their digital debut. The debutantes are 2.5 wild west shooter Outlaws, Zak McKracken And The Alien Mindbenders, and Indiana Jones And The Emperor s Tomb. All three will make a smattering of people very excited until those same people actually take the time to revisit the games, at which point they ll either ...

Steam News · Jul 26, 2010

Bringing A Modern Touch To Some Retro Sprite Art

HTML5 is, in simple terms, a new language for the web that among other things will allow for videos and animations to play without the need for Flash. It can also breathe new life into old video game art styles. Joe Huckaby over on the Effect Games blog has a great piece up showing a few examples. Taking the work of artist Mark Ferrari and applying an old 2D technique known as "colour cycling", w...