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The Blackwell Series
''Blackwell'' is a series of five graphic adventure video games from independent game developer Wadjet Eye Games, created by Dave Gilbert. The plots of the games generally focus on Rosangela Blackwell, a spiritual medium, and her spirit guide Joey Mallone, who work to help ghosts transition to the afterlife. Gameplay All five games are point-and-click graphic adventure games. Games The Blackwell Legacy The first game in the series, ''The Blackwell Legacy,'' was released on December 23, 2006. The protagonist of the game is Rosangela Blackwell (Rosa), who is a young freelance writer living a solitary life in New York City. Her only close relative, her aunt Lauren Blackwell, dies following years of being in a coma in the local hospital. Shortly afterward, Rosa is asked to write about a suicide in a college dorm for a small newspaper. Rosa experiences headaches throughout the day culminating in a ghost named Joey Mallone appearing in her apartment. He explains that she is a "mediu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wadjet Eye Games
Wadjet Eye Games is an American indie video game developer, voice casting/directing contractor/subcontractor and publisher which specialises in point-and-click adventure games. It was founded in 2006 by Dave Gilbert (game designer), Dave Gilbert as a means to publish his own games, but has since expanded to publishing games by other designers as well. History Gilbert produced ''The Shivah'' in 2006 for MAGS, the monthly one-month Adventure Game Studio game contest. After winning the contest, Gilbert continued to improve ''The Shivah'', adding voice acting and extra puzzles, then released it as a commercial title. It was originally sold via Manifesto Games, until Gilbert formed Wadjet Eye Games in order to sell it himself and move into game design full-time. In 2006, Wadjet Eye released ''The Blackwell Legacy'', the first in the ''Blackwell (series), Blackwell series''. This was followed in 2007 by the continuation of the series, ''Blackwell Unbound''. In February 2008, a publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |