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

About this episode

The episode discusses the adventure game Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor, exploring its story, characters, and gameplay experience.

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…

Topics covered

• Nancy Drew
• Curse of Blackmoor Manor
• adventure games
• mystery
• video games

Keywords

• Fanbruary
• mansion
• detective
• puzzles
• nostalgia

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Far Cry 5, Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor

Books & works: Adult Man Brain - Nancy Drew: Curse of Blackmoor Manor

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