An independent archive of PC adventure games released between 1990 and 2010: their history, how to play them legally today, and the small indie adventures worth an evening now.https://brethren-et.com/enhttps://brethren-et.com/blog/why-adventure-games-aged-well/https://brethren-et.com/blog/why-adventure-games-aged-well/One technical reason and one design reason explain why old adventure games still play today while many games of the same era broke: a durable content format, and a pace that does not depend on reaction time.Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brethren-et.com/blog/parser-to-point-and-click/https://brethren-et.com/blog/parser-to-point-and-click/The move from typed commands to clicking: why the command line was replaced, which series mark the milestones, and what was lost as the interface got simpler.Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://brethren-et.com/blog/two-studios-of-the-1990s/https://brethren-et.com/blog/two-studios-of-the-1990s/Two opposing design schools in the 1990s: one prioritised hard puzzles where failure was possible, the other prioritised story and freedom from dead ends. That difference still decides which games you like today.Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT