Gabriel Knight Games

Year: 1993 (started)

Publisher: Sierra Online

Developer: Sierra Online

Creator: Jane Jensen

Country: USA

Genres: Point-and-click adventure

Platform: PC/Mac

 

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The Gabriel Knight series feature the titular author and bookstore owner turned “Shadow Hunter.” In the second two games in the series, the player alternates between playing as Gabriel and playing as his assistant/occasional romantic interest Grace.

LGBTQ  references in this series: 

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (1993): Bruno

Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within (1995): Homosexuality and Werewolves

Gabriel Knight: The Blood of the Sacred/Blood of the Damned (1999): Lady Howard and Estelle Stiles

Citations

  1. DWTerminator. (2011, December 22). Holiday 2011 Classic Review – Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYvUnPrJ720
  2. Gabriel Knight. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Knight
  3. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Knight
  4. Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the sacred, blood of the damned. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Knight_3:_Blood_of_the_Sacred,_Blood_of_the_Damned
  5. Ravipinto, D. (2004, January 23). Gabriel Knight 3 Review. Adventure Gamers. http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17459
  6. Ravipinto, D. (2004, January 30). Gabriel Knight 2: The beast within review. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17674
  7. The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_Within:_A_Gabriel_Knight_Mystery