TIGSource: The Blackwell Convergence

The Blackwell Convergence

Derek Yu — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:34:00 +0000

The long-awaited third installment of the Blackwell series of games is here! Dave Gilbert’s The Blackwell Convergence reunites medium Rosangela Blackwell and her spirit helper Joey for another adventure. The initial release of the game was plagued by some technical problems with the e-commerce site (I know what that’s like), but they’re all fixed now and Convergence can be purchased for $14.95. There’s also a demo.

The first thing you’ll probably notice about Blackwell Convergence is that the game looks and sounds quite nice. I’m a big fan of Ian “Big Brother” Schlaepfer, who did the character portraits (he and his brother Greg are adventure game stars in their own right), and the background art and voice acting are very competent. Regarding the puzzles, it’s worth noting that the Blackwell games generally eschew typical item-based combinatorial puzzles for clue-based ones – Rosangela keeps with her a notebook in which clues can be jotted and then used (in a similar fashion to items).

By the way, this isn’t supposed to be anything approaching a review of the game, which I just started playing. For that, I’d wait for Adventure Gamers to write one! I thought their reviews of the first two games were pretty good.

"The Blackwell Convergence" by judgespear

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:32:18 +0000

whoa, I didn’t even notice that. now that you mention it, it looks like she has “chicken walker” legs

"The Blackwell Convergence" by EJ

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:03:23 +0000

This game looks interesting and all, but I can’t stop concentrate on the heroine’s bizarre legs. Seriously, what the hell!?!

"The Blackwell Convergence" by BluWacky

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:44:37 +0000

Blackwell Convergence is great.

Except I finished it in just over an hour (I click through dialogue, I read too fast to listen to them speak).

I don’t regret spending £10 on it per se (I’ve bought all the other Blackwell games, after all). I just wish it was longer :(

"The Blackwell Convergence" by judgespear

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:22:41 +0000

the way the faces move reminds me of Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker for the Arcade, which is both awesome and hilarious by the way

"The Blackwell Convergence" by Tazi

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:35:57 +0000

This will be a lot of fun! :)

The game’s seemingly improved a lot since the last installment, and judging from the gameplay videos even Rosa’s character/scripts are much better now.

"The Blackwell Convergence" by Adamski

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:51:32 +0000

Wow, some really nice artwork there.

"The Blackwell Convergence" by brold

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:36:43 +0000

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