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Bert - The Newsreader

by Anton Ulvfot aka Vargtass

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Windows version

File size: 0.7 MB
Downloaded: 6,966 times
Graphics: 320x200, 16-bit color

Operating System(s):

Windows

Game Genre:

Contemporary

Game Type:

Comedy

Story Type:

Original

MAGS (Monthly AGS competition entry):

✔

Release Date:

18 Jun 2002

AGS Panel Rating:

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Player Rating:

Website:

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Play Length:

Short Game (can be completed within 30 minutes)

Short Game	Can be completed within 30 minutes
Medium Length Game	Takes at least 30 mins to finish
Full Length Game	As long as a Sierra / LucasArts classic
Non-Adventure Game	Using Adventure Game Studio for something else?!
Joke Game	You know when it fits this category ;)
Demo	Unfinished Games / Commercial Games
Training Game	Games made just to try out AGS
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Content Advisory:

Mild

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Mild

Language(s):

English

Public Opinion

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15 people have rated this game so far:

Visual:

75%

Immersion:

68%

Puzzles & Pacing:

77%

Overall Enjoyment:

72%

About this game

Bert has been a newsreader at ICU for a long time and this morning he gets out of bed to go to work as usual... Winner of the June MAGS.

See the people who made this game and any other games they've worked on >>

MachineElf

Game Creator

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AGS Awards Nominations

Nominated, Best Dialogue Scripting in an AGS Game 2002

Nominated, Best Character Art in an AGS Game 2002

AGS Panel Review

"While the story is nothing original, the quality of the graphics and the humor make the game playable."

7 people commented on this game (newest first):

The graphics are really distinctive and well done but it's insubstantial even for a short game. The puzzles were very straightforward and it has more of a premise than an actual plot. It was amusing in places but I didn't find it really funny or particuarly interesting.
Not terrible though and it looks nice. There are worse ways of killing a few minutes.

2012-06-24 07:14:27 by Benway

I really enjoyed this fun little game, with very good graphics !

2008-11-08 10:12:55 by Marion

One of the best short games I've played. The music really fits the sad atmosphere, the graphics are amazing and the dialogues got a few chuckles out of me.

Despite being very short the story wraps properly and doesn't feel incomplete. It does leaves you wanting more, though!

2007-09-23 17:54:59 by jkohen

Great main character and the epilogue made the game worth playing.

2004-05-09 19:34:32 by lissette311

Kept me amused for a while, pleasant graphics and character, nice humor, stable.

2002-09-16 03:02:51 by Steve Webster

Excellent mags game. I remember when I first played it I was suprised with it's original style. Good game, decent puzzles and you should enjoy it....

2002-09-03 21:56:01 by Squinky

Great graphics, and clever concept.
Better than avreage, but there are some ilogiacal puzzles, as well as a walkingdeath posibility.

2002-08-31 23:25:00 by joserph

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