Intrepid Homoludens

Click image for large version. Click here and here for more! The Curves Of Danger - latest screenshots! A cocktail of murder, mystery, and conspiracy - served shaken and stirred! View the latest tantalizers from this suspenseful adventure game from ForeverDream Studios! Come to the official teaser site! The Curves Of Danger genre: Adventure, classic 2D point-&-click developer/publisher: ForeverDream Studios release date: 2005 demo release date: soon, my dear. Quite soon. The Curves Of Danger is a classic murder mystery, embodying the thematic atmosphere of film noir. You'll play as Phil, a streetsmart, cynical, hard drinking, yet big hearted private eye, hired to solve the grisly murder of a famous, brilliant, and illustrious avante garde poet at the prestigious and posh AG Club Mansion and Estate. But things aren't all that they seem. Everyone looks suspicious, even when their alibis seem airtight. The deeper you probe, the more you realize that something more wicked is going on. Make it a double martini, because it could very well be your last round. Features: Inventory and dialogue based puzzles. Flexible gameplay within a tightly woven story. Beautiful and stylishly rendered black & white film noir world. Unforgettable pre-rendered 3D characters. Cinematic plot-unfolding cutscenes. Stylish, exclusively composed original jazz sountrack. Martinis Fruitcake This is our first foray into the arena of design for adventure games. We're working on it slowly and painstakingly, to give you an awesome experience. We'll keep you posted as to our progress. Beiddie Rafól Writer, Public Relations, ForeverDream Studios

Oh come on, Miss Thang! It's not like it's beyond you to try and dissect this bit of analogous summation. Go on, tell us - tell me! Why do you think male gamers have no girlfriends?

Nice try, Yuf Yuf, but your chat sessions with me prove that you could still be a sweet and sexy whoah-man without your crocodile veneer.

The true release date is sometime in 2005, episodic downloads. Obviously the person I work with neglected to update the site.

Hmmm... I did go see Rome and Florence with my sister years ago. I didn't like Rome that much, it was dirty, polluted, and our overall experience was rather uneventful. But Florence.........o my god. I mean, I was an art history student and just earned my BFA. So, go figure.

It hasn't turned up yet. Poor thing.

Happy Birthday, my hot little underaged man!!! O wow, you're a Virgo too?!! Waaaaayy awesome!!

Hypocrite.

Didn't say that at all, missy. If anything, go kick deadworm's ass for suggesting.

Yes, let's book a flight and go there right now!

So that means the women who screw him are fag hags?

I did just now. Fooking COOL!! Let's you and I go there, Chris! Unless you're a consummate pantywaist who'd rather point-&-click his way through a fake adventure like those wusses over at AG.

Yes, it compliments Mistress Emma's fuschia 'do.

Dalton played Bond with a more edgy 'angst-ridden' veneer, whereas Connery lent a more macho dashing spirit. Where I'm going with this I have no fooking idea. And thanks again for the warm birthday wishes. Too bad, Jake, that I'm not in San Francisco, would have loved to have a birthday martini with you at the Persian Aub Zam Zam Room in Haight/Ash.

Why creepy? For some reason I think those places are cool. I'd love to explore them.

Yeah. Chocolate cake. LMAO?

And you actually hope a video game would help him do that? Hmmm. Well, it's your funeral.

DAMN YOU, WOMAN, FOR MAKING ME WANT TO TURN STRAIGHT!

w00t! I put the Homo in Homoludens, baby!! Bastard, you know you didn't have to!! umm.....GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMEE!!! Thanks!!

Hot dang!! Now THAT is a challenge! Tell me, will his clown shoes squeak?

Then wouldn't he beat it in no time?

Next, please.

Which is why I see myself re-playing Beyond Good & Evil and Deus Ex in the near future. A good story, more or less compelling, is in both of these titles, but you also have the challenging winding gameplay [with looter chases and minigames in BG&E] and [in the case of DX] relative freedom to customize your experience. Best of both worlds? Why NOT?!! This is something that adventure game developers have failed to tap into, that it is possible to extend the value of a game aside from mere charms of story and character.

As if we had a choice.