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Since I make spy video games, I've spent quite a bit of time researching the spy genre in all media. Here are my picks for the best spy TV shows, including both dramas and comedies. If you'd like to see my spy picks in other media, links are provided at the very end. Last updated: August 2024 Dramas Mission: Impossib...

Since I make spy video games, I've spent quite a bit of time researching the spy genre in all media.  Here are my picks for the best spy films, including both dramas and comedies.  If you'd like to see my spy picks in other media, links are provided at the very end. Last updated: August 2024Dramas Mission: Impossible...

After releasing There’s Always a Madman: Fight or Flight about the male superspy Franklin Benjamin, I wanted to turn my attention to the female superspy Virginia West (only ever referred to as Virginia, no last name, in the first game).   For too long, I have consumed stores about capable female spies who go overlooked b...

The free demo for the spy thriller interactive novel There's Always a Madman: Do Your Worst is now available to play for free on Steam. You can wishlist the game and play the free demo on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2960890/Theres_Always_a_Madman_Do_Your_Worst There's Always a Madman: Do Your Worst i...

I'm very happy to announce my next game - a spy thriller interactive novel titled There's Always a Madman: Do Your Worst - is now available to wishlist on Steam.  The game will be coming to Steam in Q4 2024, and a demo will release on Steam later this week on June 10th. You can wishlist the game on Steam here: https://s...

As a video game player and also a video game developer, I've spent quite a bit of time playing and researching the spy video game genre, and I've even released my own spy video game There's Always a Madman: Fight or Flight.  So I decided to sit down and write out my recommendations for the best spy video games ever made ...

This is a short announcement post to signal that the spy thriller interactive novel There's Always a Madman: Fight or Flight is now available for sale on Steam right here! So what are you doing here reading this?  Go pick up a copy of the game, play it for yourself, and see if you've got what it takes to save the world....

Continuing the weekly countdown to release for the spy thriller interactive novel There's Always a Madman: Fight or Flight (Steam page here) on March 22, 2024, here is a character profile for a key character in the game, the financier Vladimir. Name: Vladimir Summary: Vladimir is the moneyman.  If you need financing fo...

Continuing the weekly countdown to release for the spy thriller interactive novel There's Always a Madman: Fight or Flight (Steam page here) on March 22, 2024, here is a character profile for a key character in the game, the socialite Brandy. Name: Brandy Summary: As a beautiful redheaded woman living a life of luxury,...

Continuing the weekly countdown to release for the spy thriller interactive novel There's Always a Madman: Fight or Flight (Steam page here) on March 22, 2024, here is a character profile for a key character in the game, the madman Brutus. Name: Brutus Summary: Brutus is a dangerous adversary.  For starters, he has a b...

Yes, but with an asterisk.  As you progress through your mission to save the world from a madman, you will receive achievement notifications popping up in the corner of the screen based on your choices and how they lead to certain mission outcomes. However, these are not tied into the Steam achievement system.  Why is t...

Continuing the weekly countdown to release for the spy thriller interactive novel There's Always a Madman: Fight or Flight (Steam page here) on March 22, 2024, here is a profile for the fictional spy agency the Threat Prevention Unit.Agency name: The Threat Prevention Unit (TPU for short) Summary: You've heard of the CI...

Continuing the weekly countdown to release for the spy thriller interactive novel There's Always a Madman: Fight or Flight (Steam page here) on March 22, 2024, here is a character profile for a key character in the game, the spymaster Mr. Samuel. Agent name: Adam Samuel Title: Director Unofficial codename: The Cane Ma...

The town of Puzzleburg has just gotten bigger!  The free content update This Town Ain't Big Enough is out now and expands A Weekend in Puzzleburg (Steam page here) with new characters, new quests, and new items. Here are the three quests now added to A Weekend in Puzzleburg: Billie the Kid (side quest): this is an Old ...

Continuing the weekly countdown to release for the spy thriller interactive novel There's Always a Madman: Fight or Flight (Steam page here) on March 22, 2024, here is a character profile for a key character in the game, the lab tech Becca Hatcher. Agent name: Becca Hatcher Title: Gadgeteer Unofficial codename: Thatch...

Continuing the weekly countdown to release for the spy thriller interactive novel There's Always a Madman: Fight or Flight (Steam page here) on March 22, 2024, here is a character profile for a key character in the game, secret agent Virginia West. Agent name: Virginia West Title: Field Agent Unofficial codename: Agen...

It's now under two months until the release of the spy thriller interactive novel There's Always a Madman: Fight or Flight (Steam page here) on March 22, 2024.  As a result, I will be counting down the final stretch with a new character dossier each week.First up is the main character you'll be playing as in There's Alwa...

I'm very excited to announce that the cozy RPG A Weekend in Puzzleburg (Steam page here) will be getting a free content update called This Town Ain't Big Enough releasing on February 13, 2024. When I launched A Weekend in Puzzleburg back on February 17, 2024 (almost one year ago at this point), there were a few ideas I ...

There's Always a Madman: Fight or Flight will cost $9 at launch when it releases on Steam March 22, 2024 ($9.99 normal price with a 10% launch discount to reward early players). To arrive at this price, I examined similar games both in terms of their price on Steam (non-sale price, rounded to the nearest dollar for simp...

I am thrilled to announce that There's Always a Madman: Fight or Flight has passed Valve's certification checks and can be considered to have "gone gold" roughly two months ahead of its release on Friday March 22, 2024 (for reference, "going gold" generally means when a game starts being physically printed onto discs, wh...