  cover art  Arlo’s Adventure  (Cinopt Studios; US: 17 Feb 2013)
Arlo’s Adventure was a tough game to review. It reminded me of
the times my dad took me to shop for games. I judged the game by
the cover, took it home, and then played the crap out of it. I
remember the games that were surprisingly good, the games that
were terrible (or frustrating), but the games that were just
okay all blend together in my memory. If Arlo’s Adventure were
released in the late 80’s, it would have blended in with the
others. This appears to be the goal of Cinopt Studios, a
development team that consists of just two people.  Just to be
clear, Arlo’s Adventure is not a tie in game for Justified. It
is about a man who lost his magic and needs to traverse the
forest, caves, and mountains to get it back. Arlo isn’t the
strongest character. He doesn’t have much at stake besides
getting his powers back. The idea of protecting his land is too
impersonal. On the way to self-rediscovery, Arlo fights off
giant spiders, zombies, ninjas, a