Episode 8 - Adult Man Brain - Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor

What would motivate someone to turn into a podcast? Welcome to the first episode for Fanbruary this year! We’re starting off with a classic adventure game in Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor, part of an extremely prolific series which we haven’t played before. Given that the character of Nancy Drew is a detective, the object of the game centers around solving a mystery, in this case the mysterious illness of Linda Penvellyn. The game starts off very strong, allowing you to freely roam the mansion and pick up clues and information where you can, giving it a real detective-y feeling to it. It does start to get into more traditional adventure game puzzles as time goes on, but there is still a very worthwhile experience here, both in those early hours, and to some degree the writing and design of the world are compelling as well. Still, know what you’re getting into with these games, there are going to be some obtuse puzzles and other tedious roadblocks to get through, but if you’re carried through it by nostalgia or the storytelling, I’d say it’s worth checking out. We’re going to be talking about the game’s story and characters, the slow descent into adventure game madness, and the least fun minigames of all time. Thank you for joining us, and for submitting game suggestions, for Fanbruary this week! This was a game on our maybe list for last year, and I gotta say, now that the mystique of it is gone and the game is finished, it wasn’t actually what I was expecting. And that’s a little bit bad but a little bit good also. Did you grow up with these games, or point and click adventure games generally? Let us know in the comments or over on our Discord! Submissions are closed for Fanbruary this year, but feel free to throw us some suggestions anyway, as we’re always looking for interesting stuff to play. Next time, we’re going pretty far in the opposite direction and talking about Far Cry 5, so we hope you’ll join us then!