Reverb Publishing sure is pulling out all the stops to get its stable of PC digital downloads approved on Steam Greenlight. They’ve already pledged to donate money to rescue homeless kitties from euthanasia if Edge of Space is greenlit, and now they’re trying hard to push episodic point-and-click adventure game Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller through the approval process.

If Cognition, developed by The Silver Lining makers at Phoenix Online Studios, is voted into the next top-10 wave of Greenlight titles by the October 15th deadline, Reverb will give away 500 season passes to download the game’s complete series of four episodes which will be released roughly a month or so apart and will each take around 4-6 hours to complete.

So, go ‘Like’ Cognition on Facebook and give it the ol’ thumbs-up on Steam Greenlight to help push the game towards digital distribution and enter for your chance to play it for free when it releases. It’s that easy.

Watch this narrated gameplay demo walkthrough to make your voting decision a no-brainer.

The 2012 adventure game renaissance continues this fall with what appears to be another point-and-click masterpiece from Wadjet Eye Games.

Crafted by Wormwood Studios, Primordia is a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk adventure about a robot named Horatio, voiced by actor Logan Cunningham of Bastion and Resonance fame, who leaves his home in the city of Metropol to wander the desolate wastelands accompanied by a hovering droid named Crispin Horatiobuilt.

Instead of pounding players over the head with tedious backtracking and illogical trial and error like so many adventure games of yore, Primordia will focus on deep character interaction and puzzles with logical solutions and plenty of exploration. Plus, look at those hand-drawn graphics–yeah it may be a bit old and pixel-fuzzy, but the art design is phenomenal and very distinct in a genre filled with mystery crime thrillers and color fantasy worlds.

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Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller is the next adventure game from indie developer Phoenix Online Studios, a team you may know for the episodic King’s Quest homage The Silver Lining. It is the story of a Boston FBI agent named Erica Reed who is blessed (and cursed) with the post-cognitive ability to sense the past of any object she touches. She must use this innate gift to solve the mystery of a serial killer responsible for murdering her brother.

The first episode, titled The Hangman, is due out on digital download platforms this fall, and today gives us our first look at the game’s 3D cel-shaded graphics, creepy storyline and atmosphere, and traditional point-and-click puzzles and play mechanics. Yep, I’d say adventure game fans are in for yet another indie thriller. Be sure to swing by the Reverb Publishing booth at PAX Prime for a hands-on look at Cognition, if you’re in the Seattle area between August 31st and September 2nd.