Gaming off the Beaten Path

 I want to start this week by talking a little bit about genre bias and its impact on video game ratings. There is a huge variety of different gaming genres out there and not every gamer is going to enjoy every type of game. Whether you are writing for a major gaming site or you are someone like me, you are bound to have personal feelings on which genres you like and which you don't. I have made it pretty clear I don't really like racing games and that RPGs are my favorite, so I kind of grade those genres on something of a curve, even if its only subconsciously. Some genres appeal to more gamers than others, mostly fringe stuff. One of those fringe genres, at least I consider it to be fringe, it point and click adventure. These games are very different than anything else out there, for better or worse, and I recognize they aren't for everyone. But if you like these kinds of games, or can even tolerate them, you need to play 2064: Read Only Memories right now. 2064 is not an