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| Batman: The Telltale Series | Publisher: Telltale Games. A episodic story-driven game focused on Batman (Bruce Wayne) dealing with politics and criminal justice. The price is either by episode or bundled with all episodes. URL: https://telltale.com/series/batman/ | Platform: iOS, Windows, OS X, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One Cost: $4.99-$24.99 Age: 17+ Genre: Graphic Adventure | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English Themes: Criminal Justice, Politics Dialogue Intensity: Heavy | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons | Publisher: 505 Games. After losing their mother, two brothers must try to find a cure to heal their ill father. The brothers' adventures are simultaneously controlled by one player. The language spoken in the game is fictional. URL: http://www.brothersthegame.com/ | Platform: iOS, Android, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC, OS X Cost: 4.99 Age: 13+ Genre: Puzzle, Platformer | Game Type: Traditional Languages: Fictional Themes: Family, Cooperation, Survival Dialogue Intensity: None | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Codenames | Publisher: Czech Games Edition. A tabletop game where players must give single-word hints to their teammates to get them to guess the correct words from a table. A more advanced version of the classic game "password." The theme of the game revolves around discovering team spies by their codenames. URL: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/178900/codenames | Platform: Tabletop Cost: 15.99 Age: 10+ Genre: Tabletop | Game Type: Social Languages: English Themes: Negotiation, Synonyms, Vocabulary Dialogue Intensity: Heavy | Players: Multiplayer Type: Analog |
| Coup | Publisher: Indie Boards & Cards. A tabletop game based around deception, players draw two cards with different character types that can assist them in different ways. The goal of the game is to overthrow the other players. Players are encouraged to lie about their two character types, and try to catch each other in their lies. URL: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/131357/coup | Platform: Tabletop Cost: 11.19 Age: 9+ Genre: Tabletop | Game Type: Social Languages: English Themes: Politics, Deception, Negotiation Dialogue Intensity: Heavy | Players: Multiplayer Type: Analog, Digital |
| Covet Fashion | Publisher: CrowdStar. Covet fashion is the game for fashion inspiration. Shop and stylew ith real brands, enter fashion callenges and challenge the way you define your personal style. URL: http://www.covetfashion.com/ | Platform: iOS, Android Cost: Free Age: 13+ Genre: Simulation | Game Type: Social Languages: English Themes: Clothing, Fashion Dialogue Intensity: Light | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Dawn of Hope: Skyline Adventure | Publisher: Mad Head Games. You are the one we have been waiting for, the Champion who will brave the dangerous forbidden zone to retrieve the legendary Nucleus. With it, we can save this world and cure all sickness ? and yes, even heal your dying father! The path will be dangerous, and enemies will try to stop you at every turn. But we have faith that you will prevail. So go forth, over the rooftops and down into the ruins of the Old World. Good luck, human. You will need it. URL: http://www.bigfishgames.com/games/11641/dawn-of-hope-skyline-adventure-ce/ | Platform: Windows, OS X Cost: 13.99 Age: 13+ Genre: Hidden Object, Puzzle | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English Themes: Mystery, Investigation, Fantasy, Puzzles Dialogue Intensity: Medium | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Dragon Age II | Publisher: Bioware. Play as a male or female member of the "Hawke". Escape from the Darkspawn to the city of Kirkwall. From there, you will establish a home, gain power, and eventually, with the help of your allies, become the Champion of Kirkwall. URL: http://dragonage.bioware.com/ | Platform: Windows, OS X, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 Cost: 19.99 Age: 17+ Genre: Action, RPG | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English Themes: Politics, War, Medieval, Prejudice Dialogue Intensity: Medium | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Dragon Age: Inquisiton | Publisher: Bioware. The story of | Platform: Windows, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One Cost: 29.99 Age: 17+ Genre: Action, RPG | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English Themes: Politics, War, Civil Rights, Medieval Dialogue Intensity: Medium | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Dragon Age: Origins | Publisher: Bioware. Set in a fantasy medieval world, choose one of six character backgrounds to discover your roots. All six paths continue on to trying to stop the plague of the Darkspawn. URL: http://dragonage.bioware.com/ | Platform: Windows, OS X, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 Cost: 19.99 Age: 17+ Genre: Action, RPG | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English Themes: Politics, War, Medieval, Prejudice Dialogue Intensity: Medium | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Fallout 3 | Publisher: Bethesda. Set in the distopian future version of Washington DC, you play as the vault dweller, who leaves the safety and comfort of his vault to explore the wasteland and search for his or her father. URL: http://forums.bethsoft.com/forum/33-fallout-3-general-discussion/ | Platform: Windows, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 Cost: 9.99 Age: 17+ Genre: RPG | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish Themes: War, Distopia Dialogue Intensity: Heavy | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Fallout 4 | Publisher: Bethesda. Play as either the mother or father of Shaun, who is kidnapped in a post-WWIII distopian wasteland. Track down his kidnappers while helping locals and avoiding the radiation-mutated creatures of the wasteland. URL: https://www.fallout4.com/ | Platform: Windows, Playstation 4, Xbox One Cost: 59.99 Age: 17+ Genre: RPG, FPS | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese Themes: War, Distopia, Politics, Family Dialogue Intensity: Heavy | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Fallout: New Vegas | Publisher: Bethesda. Set in the distopian future version of the Las Vegas desert, you play as the Courier, who had an important package stolen and was nearly killed. Try to track Benny, the man who shot you, to get revenge and your package back. URL: http://forums.bethsoft.com/forum/89-fallout-new-vegas/ | Platform: Windows, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 Cost: 9.99 Age: 17+ Genre: RPG, FPS | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish Themes: War, Distopia, Politics, Survival Dialogue Intensity: Heavy | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Final Fantasy X/X-2 (Remaster) | Publisher: Square Enix. A fantasy tale of the protagonist, Tidus, who is an amazing Blitzball player. He is teleported to an unfamiliar world, where he must fight his way back to his homeland. Also included, Final Fantasy X-2 tells the story of Yuna, who must continue her life after losing the one she loves. URL: http://www.finalfantasyxhd.com/ | Platform: Windows, Playstation 4, Playstation 3, PS Vita Cost: 29.99 Age: 13+ Genre: RPG | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English, Japanese Themes: Fantasy, Technology, Politics, Class Heirarchy Dialogue Intensity: Heavy | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Heavy Rain | Publisher: Quantic Dream. A quicktime event driven action drama that tells the story of four protagonists: a divorced father, a detective, an FBI agent, and a journalist. All four of their stories are intertwined in an investigation to find the Oragami Killer. URL: http://www.quanticdream.com/en/#!/en/category/heavy-rain | Platform: Playstation 3, Playstation 4 Cost: 29.99 Age: 17+ Genre: Graphic Adventure, Action | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish Themes: Culture, Criminal Justice Dialogue Intensity: Heavy | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Lego Star Wars | Publisher: Traveler's Tales. Adventure game built with lego characters and set in the world of Star Wars. Navigates through the story of the Star Wars movie saga from Episode I to Episode VI URL: https://www.lego.com/en-us/starwars/games | Platform: Windows, OS X, Android, iOS, GameCube, GameBoy Advanced, PS2, Xbox Cost: 19.99 Age: All Ages Genre: Adventure, Action | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English Themes: Puzzles, Fantasy Dialogue Intensity: Light | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Never Alone | Publisher: E-Line Media. The player-character plays as an Inuit girl Nuna and her arctic fox navigating her through various environmental puzzles. Inuit cultural stories are unlocked and played as the player progresses throug the game. URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Alone_(video_game) | Platform: Linux, Windows, OS X, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Wii U, Xbox One, iOS, Android Cost: 14.99 Age: All Ages Genre: Puzzle, Platformer | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English Themes: Culture, Folklore, Inuit, Survival Dialogue Intensity: Medium | Players: Single, Multiplayer Type: Digital |
| One Night: Ultimate Werewolf | Publisher: Bezier Games. A tabletop game with a lot of negotation and discussion. Everyone draws a card with a different role. Two people will randomly draw "werewolf" cards. The werewolves know who each other are, and others play other various roles that help them to discover the identity of the werewolves. The goal for the werewolves is to survive, and the goal of the villagers is to kill the werewolves. URL: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/147949/one-night-ultimate-werewolf | Platform: Tabletop Cost: 14.59 Age: 8+ Genre: Tabletop | Game Type: Social Languages: English Themes: Negotiation, Deception Dialogue Intensity: Heavy | Players: Multiplayer Type: Analog |
| Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't So Frightening | Publisher: Atari. A point-and-click kids game. The protagonist (Pajama Sam) must find a way to stop the lightning and thunderstorms from terrifying everyone. URL: http://humongous.com/games/pajama-sam-thunder-and-lightning/ | Platform: Windows, Android, iOS Cost: 6.99 Age: All Ages Genre: Graphic Adventure | Game Type: Casual Languages: English Themes: Problem Solving, Puzzles Dialogue Intensity: Medium | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Pokemon Go | Publisher: Naintic, Inc. Play as a Pokemon trainer from your smartphone! Uses Google Maps to to create an augmented reality for you to explore as you walk around the real world. See how many Pokemon you can collect as you increase your trainer level. URL: http://pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/en/ | Platform: Android, iOS Cost: Free Age: All Ages Genre: Augmented Reality | Game Type: Social Languages: English Themes: Collection, Animals, Fantasy Dialogue Intensity: Light | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Portal 2 | Publisher: Valve. A puzzle-platformer set in Aperture Science research facility. The protagonist must navigate their way through various treacherous puzzles at the behest of the artifical intelligence in charge. URL: http://www.thinkwithportals.com/ | Platform: Windows, OS X, Linux, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 Cost: 19.99 Age: All Ages Genre: Puzzle, Platformer | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Russian Themes: Technology Dialogue Intensity: Medium | Players: Single, Multiplayer Type: Digital |
| Rite of Passage: Deck of Fates | Publishers: Mad Head Games. When your wife went missing, you thought there was no hope. That is until you were sent a mysterious invitation promising you answers. Your search quickly turns into the most dangerous game of your life. It's up to you to use the cards you're dealt to defeat the deadly Beast! Can you find the truth and save yourself before sunrise? URL: http://www.bigfishgames.com/games/11636/rite-of-passage-deck-of-fates-ce/?pc | Platform: Windows, OS X Cost: 13.99 Age: 13+ Genre: Hidden Object, Puzzle | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English Themes: Mystery, Investigation, Retribution, Puzzles Dialogue Intensity: Medium | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Safari Tales | Publisher: Kuato Games. A children's learning game involving interaction with various animals in their natural environment. Children are encourged to create their own story. URL: http://www.safaritalesgame.com/ | Platform: iOS Cost: 2.99 Age: 4+ Genre: Children's, Learning | Game Type: Casual Languages: English Themes: Animals, Ecosystems, Environment, Story Creation, Synonyms, Question Formation Dialogue Intensity: Medium | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Secrets of Great Queens: Old Tower Collector's Edition | Publisher: Vendel Games. It?s been many years since Queen Elizabeth?s mother was tried for being a witch. Now, an unknown foe is accusing her of the same! Someone wants her off the throne, and they?re willing to kill for it. Can you, her trusted companion, clear her name and save the kingdom before it?s too late? URL: http://www.bigfishgames.com/games/11628/secrets-of-great-queens-old-tower-ce/?pc | Platform: Windows, OS X Cost: 13.99 Age: 13+ Genre: Hidden Object, Puzzle | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English Themes: Victorian Era, Mystery, Puzzles, Investigation Dialogue Intensity: Medium | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Shadow Wolf Mysteries: Under the Crimson Moon | Publisher: ERS Games Studios. A blood moon has risen over a rural village in Southern France. Wild wolves are attacking the citizens at night as accusations fly about townsfolk turning into werewolves. Examine crime scenes to gather evidence and discover who is leaving strange coins on the victims and why. | Platform: Windows, OS X Cost: 13.99 Age: 13+ Genre: Hidden Object, Puzzle | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English Themes: Mystery, Investigation, Fantasy, Puzzles Dialogue Intensity: Medium | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| South Park: The Stick of Truth | Publisher: Ubisoft. A Role-Playing game set in the animated world of South Park. The player plays as "the new kid" who must solve the mystery of "The Stick of Truth" URL: http://southpark.cc.com/games/stick-of-truth | Platform: Windows, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One Cost: 24.99 Age: 17+ Genre: RPG | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English Themes: Comedy, Fantasy Dialogue Intensity: Heavy | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Spirits of Mystery: Amber Maiden Collector's Edition | Publisher: ERS Games Studios. After learning about your royal heritage, you?re off on a fantastic adventure to undo the amber curse and save the King and Queen! Return to your kingdom and free the people, animals, and objects from the Dark Queen?s treacherous grip. Fulfill your destiny and stop evil from taking over the entire world in Spirits of Mystery: URL: http://www.bigfishgames.com/games/6663/spirits-mystery-amber-maiden-collectors/ | Platform: Windows Cost: 13.99 Age: 13+ Genre: Hidden Object, Puzzle | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English Themes: Medieval, Puzzles Dialogue Intensity: Medium | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Terraria | Publisher: Re-Logic. 2D exploration and building game. Build your base and explore to find different metals to build stronger tools and weapon and eventually take on the challenges the world has to offer. URL: http://store.steampowered.com/app/105600/ | Platform: Windows Cost: 9.99 Age: 13+ Genre: Action, Adventure, Sandbox | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English Themes: Building, Mining, Geology Dialogue Intensity: Light | Players: Single, Multiplayer Type: Digital |
| The Jackbox Party Pack | Publisher: Jackbox Games. This is a pack containing several party games designed for multiple players. Each player must have a smart phone with an internet connection to play, as the phone serves as the game controller. URL: http://jackboxgames.com/ | Platform: Windows, OS X, Xbox One, Playstation 3, Playstation 4 Cost: 24.99 Age: 13+ Genre: Trivia, Party | Game Type: Social Languages: English Themes: Word Play, Comedy, Deception, Competition Dialogue Intensity: Heavy | Players: Single, Multiplayer Type: Digital |
| The Secret of Monkey Island | Publisher, Lucas Arts: A 2D adventure game navigated via a point-and-click interface. The player guides protagonist Guybrush Threepwood through the game's pirate world. Packed with hilarious dialogue and engaging puzzles, this is a very fun adventure for even casual players. URL: http://lol.disney.com/the-secret-of-monkey-island-special-edition | Platform: Windows, OS X, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One Cost: 9.99 Age: All Ages Genre: Graphic Adventure | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish Themes: Comedy, Word Play, Puzzles Dialogue Intensity: Heavy | Players: Single Type: Digital |
| Wanderland | Publisher: Artogon Games. Visit popular fairy tales and fix the broken stories! Familiar characters need you! Experience extensive hours of gameplay, with updates to your favorite tales all the time! | Platform: Windows Cost: Free Age: 7+ Genre: Hidden Object, Puzzle | Game Type: Traditional Languages: English Themes: Puzzles, Folklore, Fairy Tales Dialogue Intensity: Medium | Players: Single Type: Digital |
