Egyptian Mummy Found Covered In Tattoos Of Baboons, Cows And Flowers Dates Back 3,000 Years

Edit Huffington Post 11 May 2016
Many of us have a tattoo or two these days - but a 3,000-year-old mummy has now shown just how far back our love of ink goes ... Also featured on the mummy’s neck shoulders and back were wadjet eyes, believed to be symbols of protection against evil. Austin said ... The tattoos are believed to be sacred symbols, possibly used to advertise and strengthen religious or supernatural powers ... She added ... ....

3,000-year-old female mummy was covered in hidden tattoos

Edit Ars Technica 10 May 2016
On the 3,000-year-old mummy's neck, you can see two seated baboons on either side of a wadjet eye (top row), which is a symbol of protection. 5 more images in gallery ... Austin and her colleagues were stunned. The mummy, found in a village called Deir el-Medina in Egypt, was once a woman�who proudly inked�sacred Wadjet eyes on her neck, shoulders, and back, lotus blossoms on her hips, and cows on her arm ... Read 2 remaining paragraphs ....

Kathy Rain review

Edit Polygon 10 May 2016
Kathy Rain is a throwback to adventure games in the LucasArts style. Thanks to the work of publisher-studios like Wadjet Eye, this has become something of a sub-genre itself. Pixelated graphics and an ever-expanding inventory may have been a revelation when games like the Blackwell series and Gemini Rue revived them a few years back, but now they're something more akin to a cottage industry ... Kathy's roommate and Dr ... ....

3,000-year-old female mummy was covered in hidden tattoos [US]

Edit Ars Technica 09 May 2016
On the 3,000-year-old mummy's neck, you can see two seated baboons on either side of a wadjet eye (top row), which is a symbol of protection. 5 more images in gallery ... Austin and her colleagues were stunned. The mummy, found in a village called Deir el-Medina, was once a woman�who proudly inked�sacred wadjet eyes on her neck, shoulders, and back, lotus blossoms on her hips, and cows on her arm ... Read 1 remaining paragraphs . Comments ....

Comment on Shardlight Review – A Shattered City by Robert N. Adams

Edit TechRaptor 30 Apr 2016
Hey there, since you like Wadjet Eye stuff – I just noticed recently that A Golden Wake is on sale until May 2nd. It’s made by the same guy who made Shardlight and it’s a steal at $3. I picked it up myself ... ....

Kathy Rain Falls In Two Weeks, Showers Us With Hope

Edit Rock, Paper, Shotgun 21 Apr 2016
Kathy Rain [official site], one of the smartest-looking AGS adventures that doesn’t have the words “Wadjet Eye” on the digital box, is due out in but a couple of weeks – 5th May. And having played a bunch of scenes in a preview build, I’ve decided to twist dials and flick switches until my brain is set to. Very Interested. You might want to too ... ....

The making of Wadjet Eye's dystopian adventure Shardlight

Edit Gamasutra 08 Apr 2016
Francisco Gonzalez and Ben Chandler discuss their point-and-click adventure, which is set in a bleak future that is�plagued by a deadly disease ... ....

The Casual Gamer Reviews adventure game Shardlight

Edit The Examiner 01 Apr 2016
... game by Wadjet Eye Games, has just what the plague doctor ordered....

Urban Fantasy Adventure Unavowed Returns To World Of Blackwell Series

Edit Rock, Paper, Shotgun 29 Mar 2016
Part RPG, part adventure game, Unavowed is the next project from Wadjet Eye Games founder Dave Gilbert and even though it features entirely new characters, it takes place in the same world as the wonderful Blackwell series. I met with Gilbert at GDC and he explained the game’s origins and intricacies, as well as talking about his love of urban fantasy, and his development as a game designer and storyteller ... ....

Wadjet Eye's next game is a supernatural adventure called Unavowed

Edit PC Gamer 21 Mar 2016
Wadjet Eye Games founder Dave Gilbert has announced on the Adventure Game Studio forums that his next project will be a  dark, supernatural thriller called Unavowed. And unlike recent Wadjet Eye releases, this one is (mostly) all his ... It will support twice the resolution of most Wadjet Eye games—VGA ahoy!—and offer “all the usual guff,” like voice acting, developer commentary, and all-original music....

Shardlight Review

Edit Gamespot 15 Mar 2016
After fixing a dangerous nuclear reactor and killing a dying man by shooting his head with a crossbow, I finally meet one of Shardlight’s antagonists for the first time--Tiberius ... Developer Wadjet Eye Games’ old-school point-and-click adventure game is an amalgam of all-too familiar themes, ideas and mechanics ... Along the way, she stumbles into a conspiracy involving the government, a rebel group, and eerie mysticism ... ....

Wadjet Eye Releases a New Game

Edit Kotaku 09 Mar 2016
Wadjet Eye’s Shardlight is about a sick woman in a post-apocalyptic ......

Shardlight Released

Edit GamersHell 09 Mar 2016
Developed and published by Wadjet Eye Games for PC, Shardlight is now available Steam, ......
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