Independant game development sometimes results in the sort of gem that just doesn’t appear in mainstream gaming anymore. I’ve just spent some time playing Machinarium, an adventure with loads of puzzle elements and small arcade sections. The game is a real eye-opener and it just oozes atmosphere. The game tells a story about a little robot in a steam-punk-like environment, which consists of some excellent artwork.The puzzles are intelligent and coherent, which is somewhat rare in adventures, and you can positively feel the love the creators have poured into the game.

I’ve enjoyed just about the entire game, with the weak points of the game being that it’s made with flash, which means that the right mouse button just doesn’t work with the game, and that it’s a bit short. And the various minigames are really not that good. All in all, it’s a great game which I heartily recommend to everybody who is into adventure games.

Some of my friends suggested that I mention the games’ time to complete, which is about 10 highly entertaining hours for this one.