buried at a shrine. At the graveyard, the Gunslinger discovers the bodies of his adoptive parents; the spirit explains that they were killed by the Sheriff while they were visiting Silverload, and the Gunslinger swears vengeance. Reuniting with Sheila, the Gunslinger learns that the Sheriff captured her father to force her compliance and sire her into a vampire. He agrees to help Sheila and spends the night with her; if not wearing the silver pendant, Sheila will sire him as well, forcing the Gunslinger to use a temporary cure to the transformation. The Gunslinger travels with Sheila to Silverload's mining camp, where captured humans are being forced to work, and rescues Sheila's father. Within the mines, he acquires dynamite and silver to use against the townsfolk. By burying the skull at the mountain shrine, he meets a powerful spirit named Wolfstar, and convinces him to destroy Silverload for good. The Sheriff attempts to capture the Gunslinger by threatening Sheila and her father, but is deterred by dynamite. In response, he kills both Sheila and her father with silver bullets. Using a train boiler and a bullet mould, the Gunslinger fashions silver bullets of his own, and defeats the Sheriff in a final showdown. He then infiltrates Silverload's church, where the Preacher attempts to free himself from the town by offering Ben as a sacrifice. Instead, the Gunslinger rescues Ben, kills the Preacher and his minions, and demolishes the church using the leftover dynamite. Wolfstar destroys Silverload, while the Gunslinger and Ben escape. Gameplay As is the case with other graphic adventure games, progress in Silverload involves finding and interacting with various "hot spots" in order to pick up objects, solve puzzles and interact with (or kill) the various characters in the town. Picking up certain objects will cause the game's (and town's) clock to move forward, and thus, the trick to success is to pick up the right items in the precise order. Otherwise, the player must restart the game from the beginning, or from the last save point. Reception The initial European PC release was universally panned by critics. Just Adventure gave it an F grade, and listed it as one of the five worst adventure games of all-time in their Dungeon of Shame feature. The review stated that the "few minor details" of "jerky animation, incoherent puzzles, bad interface and horrendous lip-synching ... separate Silverload from the gaming