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Death on the Nile (Oberon Games, 2007)
Several of the more famous Agatha Christie books have been adapted into computer games: AWE made traditional point-and-click adventure versions of Murder on the Orient Express, Evil Under the Sun and...
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The Scoop (1989 Computer Game)
Not a review, I’m afraid, but instead a plea for information. [No Spoilers Here] I’ve been playing a lot of older mystery games recently to see if anyone has ever managed to get the format right. My...
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Two Computer Games
In my ongoing quest to find a mystery computer game that doesn’t mangle the mystery side of things, last week I played two: Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull and Special Enquiry Detail: Engaged...
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Victorian Mysteries: Yellow Room (Freeze Tag Games, 2012)
I’d told myself I wasn’t going to play any more hidden object games, but when I got an email announcing the release of a game based on Gaston Leroux’s locked-room classic, The Mystery of the Yellow...
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May Roundup
Sorry, sorry. I had a whole plan for getting my act together. A proper schedule of updates and features. Not just blogging, either. Proper working hours for my writing and editing work. More exercise...
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Reboot
Happy 2013! 2012′s blogging stats don’t paint an entirely successful picture: a mere 17 posts, at least 2 of which are apologies for the lack of posts. Got a few thousand views, though, so that’s...
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Last Window: The Secret of Cape West (2010, Nintendo DS)
Last Window: The Secret of Cape West for Nintendo DS is a sequel to 2007’s Hotel Dusk. Like its predecessor, Cape West is a staunchly old-fashioned mystery adventure with an arresting visual style; the...
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Three Adventure Games
So my blogging schedule was a bust. No surprises there, really. But I must say I impressed myself with how quickly I flubbed it. Oh well. Never apologise. I’ve been very busy. A lot more people seem to...
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Phoenix Wright, Dual Destinies (Capcom, 2013)
I’m slowly crawling my way through the latest Phoenix Wright game, Dual Destinies. I want to like them: the bombastic courtroom setting is funny; the impossible crimes are intricate and original. But...
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