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Randy,

Good God what a relief it is to hear from an ardent supporter of the adventure game. I am so GOD-DAMNED sick of games where the point is no more than who can shoot who the most times. In other words, brainless, twitch f@#$%ing garbage!!! Like I told you before, Just Adventure was the first site I added to my favorites. I check your site at least twice a week for interesting stuff and you guys (and gals) never let me down. I literally cannot imagine a gaming landscape where the only choices on the shelf were Unreal Tournament 197 and Counter-Strike and all the other bullshit shooters.

I am in awe of the time and effort that goes into games that their creators know full well won't likely sell well, and yet the creativity and love that goes into them makes you wonder just how damned good they'd be if more people would appreciate them. I let a friend borrow several games, one of them Thief: Deadly Shadows (which, face it, it's awesome that the game actually came to the XBOX in the first place wherein it has a legacy on the PC and console gamers aren't typically known for their patience with games like this), and he said that it was "boring, too slow, not enough shooting and blah blah blah" the same bullshit you're tired of hearing from the Gamespots and IGNs and all the others. It BOGGLES my mind that people want nothing more than to race or shoot things, anything that doesn't engage your brain for more than seconds at a time. I CHERISH games that make me think and engage me like that. Hell, I love just reading reviews where one game's puzzles, etc. are compar ed to another. I love the lineage and back-and-forth that goes on in that regard.
Like you, I'm tired of the garbage that goes on in the gaming community nowaday, just like I'm tired of the recycling that goes on in the music industry. I just heard a garbage dance song that sampled "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell, itself a remake from a song from 1966! Hell, today's stupid youth don't know the difference, let's rerelease it.

Yes, your site has made a difference, Randy. I consider JA my adventure bible. You have your fans, and to hell with those that are willing to let gaming go down the shitter.

Do you realize that virtually all games on the horizon for the PS3 are sequels?!! Some of them are the 7th and 8th (and more) in their series!! I'd take Indigo Prophecy (although I DETESTED the Enter the Matrix-style action sequences, they very nearly killed the game for me) 1,000 times over versus 95% of the crap that comes out on a weekly basis. I know the reason that the average independently-produced adventure game doesn't see the light in the retail world, but it's a damned shame considering how much insight those people have as opposed to the yutzes at most big companies.

Anyway, sorry to ramble so long. I aspire to get a computer back and soon so I can catch up on the games that mattered, the ones where the love of adventure was easy to see. It's my favorite genre and it's sad to see that it is the one that most feel is sounding it's death knell simply because people don't want to think.

Sincerely, T.L.M.

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