Video games with esoteric or occult plots are nothing new, but I'm intrigued by the description of a forthcoming offering from developer Dark Motif, called Adam Syndrome. The game will be a Myst-style point and click adventure game with a fairly typical setup- the hero loses his wife, and in an attempt to discover whodunnit, uncovers a world-threatening conspiracy:

By following a 400 year old trail left behind by John Dee, the 16th-century occultist and famous advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, he unearths secrets of the biblical giants known as the Nephilim and the ancient myth of the Great Flood, and finds himself facing powerful adversaries - the members of a strange and elusive society - as he uncovers a malevolent plot. With time running out, Adam must stop these men from wreaking monumental catastrophe by unveiling a secret buried thousands of years ago by blood and by time itself - a shocking truth that will shake the very foundations of humanity.

The game looks like a blast and is sheduled for relaease late next year...let's hope it lives up to the hype!