This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. King’s Quest II: Romancing the Throne is the second installment in the King’s Quest series o...

King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne (Sierra On-Line) - 1985

Countdown (Access Software) - 1990
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. In Countdown you play as Mason Powers, a CIA agent who wakes up in a Turkish mental hospital...

Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity (Viacom New Media) - 1995
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity is a point-and-click adventure computer game based...

Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True (ICOM Simulations) - 1985
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Déjà Vu is a point-and-click adventure game set in the world of 1940s hardboiled detective n...

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (The Dreamers Guild) - 1995
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is a 1995 point-and-click adventure game developed by Cyb...

Comparing MongoDB to not-MongoDB (ex: DocumentDB or Cosmos DB)
Let’s start off first with what is MongoDB? MongoDB’s document model is simple for developers to learn and use, while still providing all the capabilities needed to meet the most complex requiremen...

Geisha (Coktel Vision) - 1990
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. This game is terrible. Also the screenshots contain nudity … which doesn’t change the fac...

What documents did my TTL index delete?
Introduction Have you ever had one or more documents removed from a MongoDB collection and you weren’t sure what they were? This can potentially occur if you have a TTL index defined, however the ...

Full Throttle (LucasArts) - 1995
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Full Throttle is a graphic adventure game set in the near future that follows Ben, the leade...

Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick (The Illusions Gaming Company) - 1997
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick is a point-and-click adventure video game ...

Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge (Sierra On-Line) - 1987
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Space Quest II is a graphic adventure game released on November 14, 1987 by Sierra On-Line. ...

Police Quest II: The Vengeance (Sierra On-Line) - 1988
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Police Quest 2 is a 1988 police procedural adventure video game developed and published by J...

Manhunter: New York (Evryware) - 1988
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Manhunter: New York is a post-apocalyptic adventure game designed by Barry Murry, Dave Murry...

The Crimson Crown - Further Adventures in Transylvania (Penguin Software) - 1985
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Released in 1985 under the title The Crimson Crown, on the same platforms as its predecessor...

Urban Runner (Coktel Vision) - 1996
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Urban Runner is a French produced computer game developed by Coktel Vision and published by ...

Ruby on Rails Global Summit '23
This year (January 24, 2023) I had the opportunity to present at Ruby on Rails Global Summit ‘23, which was a Geekle sponsored event. As I’m currently a Senior Product Manager at MongoDB focusing o...

Rise of the Dragon (Dynamix) - 1990
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Rise of the Dragon is a graphic adventure game released in 1990 for DOS and Macintosh, and l...

Beneath a Steel Sky (Revolution Software) - 1994
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Beneath a Steel Sky is a 1994 cyberpunk science fiction point-and-click adventure game devel...

Emmanuelle (Coktel Vision) - 1989
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Emmanuelle is an erotic graphical adventure game from Coktel Vision, originally released in ...

Eternam (Infogrames) - 1992
This review is part of the “Let’s Adventure!” series. See all reviewed games sorted by rating here. Eternam combines futuristic elements with historical settings. The player assumes the role o...