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Just Adventure
Type of site
Gaming website
URLwww.justadventure.com
CommercialYes
Launched1997

Just Adventure is a computer game website dedicated to the genre of adventure games.[1] Founded in 1997, it publishes reviews and previews of adventure games, as well as opinion articles and interviews with game designers. The site was founded by Francis "Randy" Sluganski, who died on November 6, 2012, from cancer.[2][3]

Ragnar Tornquist, the creator of the adventure games The Longest Journey and Dreamfall: The Longest Journey has stated that the reviews on Just Adventure are "very important to [him]".[4] In 2000, PC Gamer US columnist Michael Wolf called Just Adventure "the best site on the Web for the adventure game fan".[5] In 2003, Mark H. Walker noted that Just Adventure was "the Internet's largest gaming site devoted to adventure games".[6] Similarly, Anastasia Salter wrote in 2014 that Just Adventure was "one of the major adventure game fan sites on the web".[7] The site has not been updated since August 2019

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  1. ^ Herold, Charles (October 31, 2002). "GAME THEORY; Fighting Zombies: All in a Night's Work". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015.
  2. ^ "An adventure game fan has died". The International House of Mojo. 2012-11-08. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
  3. ^ "Francis "Randy" Sluganski Classified Obituary". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2012-11-08. Archived from the original on 2012-12-22.
  4. ^ "Dreamfall - Update 12". Ragnar Tornquist. Archived from the original on 2011-10-13. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
  5. ^ Wolf, Michael (August 2000). "Alternate Lives: Just Give Me Adventure". PC Gamer. Vol. 7, no. 8. Future US. p. 132.
  6. ^ Walker, Mark H. (June 25, 2003). Games That Sell!. Wordware Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 155622950X.
  7. ^ Salter, Anastasia (November 2014). What is Your Quest?: From Adventure Games to Interactive Books. University of Iowa Press. ISBN 9781609382759.
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