6 Classic Adventure Video Games Kids Today Should Be Made To Play

4. Loom

Loom (LucasArts, 1990) was that rarest of gems; a completely unique video game, whose story even by today€™s standards reads as innovative and enchanting. You play Bobbin Threadbare (LucasArts really did know how to name a hero back then), a member of a group of Weavers, in a distant future world where humanity has split off into various guilds. Other guilds include the Clerics, Blacksmiths and Glassmakers, but none are so revered as Bobbin€™s own, which has honed its craft to the point where they can weave the fabric of reality itself, using €œdrafts€, a form of musical magic. Unfortunately, not everything about the Weaver life is sunshine and rainbows, as a thirty minute stand-alone exposition to the game explains. Originally, this audio play was included with the game, on cassette, but it can now be listened to on a popular video hosting website. This story reveals that the Weavers can no longer have children and that seventeen year old Bobbin is the last. There are those that blame Bobbin€™s own birth for cursing the guild and wish to weave the €œtranscendence€ draft that will turn him into a swan and cast him out of the clan. Instead, Bobbin finds himself in the position of unwitting hero; the only member of his guild that can decide its fate. Loom is technically a point-and-click adventure, but without any of the usual inventory interaction. Bobbin€™s quest is instead advanced by learning and casting magical drafts, which are made up of musical notes. The game€™s backing music consists of strangely beautiful excerpts from a MIDI rendition of Tchaikovsky€™s Swan Lake. A pioneer in its day, Loom has aged gracefully, and I thoroughly recommend that gamers of all ages revisit its darkly charming narrative.
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