I'm Going Back In.
Hi friends!
When I was young, my aunt bought me Secrets Can Kill and Message In A Haunted Mansion. I was so excited to solve the mysteries! I knew that Secrets Can Kill was going to be scary, so I had my dad move the computer from The Computer Room to a separate part of the house so my little brother wouldn't see anything scandalous. Being that this was a very complex game with multiple disks, it made the computer lag like crazy and some of the voices were distorted. I have a very distinct memory of the kid in the library saying "I VALUE HUMAN LIFE" in a scary robot voice. I thought, "Welp, that is our killer!"
Fast forward a few hours and I'm really feeling good about my progress. Then I blow up the boiler room. I was so terrified I shut it all down and never played again.
So now, here I am, at 35 years old downloading Steam and diving back in. Wish me luck!
As a side note, I've absolutely loved getting back into these old computer adventure games and discovering new ones. I recently played The Roottrees Are Dead and Titanic: Adventure out of Time, so if anyone has any similarities recommendations for this style of game, please let me know!