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Law & Order: Dead on the Money

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Tag: detective

Deadline
DOS

Deadline

The J Man September 24, 2007

Reading Time: 6 minutesZork alum Marc Blank turns his interactive fiction talents to one of videogaming’s earliest mysteries. Who was behind a wealthy industrialist’s death, and how did they kill him inside a locked room?

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Reelect JFK
Windows

Reelect JFK

Ryan DiGiorgi July 4, 2007

Reading Time: 18 minutesJFK’s assassination is botched – how would he handle Vietnam, civil rights, and the ’64 election? Static slips into his loafers to find out.

adventuredetectiveFMVpoint-and-clickWindows 3.x 44 Comments on Reelect JFK
Mean Streets
DOS

Mean Streets

The J Man July 2, 2007

Reading Time: 12 minutesTex Murphy hits the irradiated streets of future San Francisco in his first adventure. Can you solve the case of Dr. Linsky’s apparent suicide?

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Snatcher
Sega CD

Snatcher

Ryan DiGiorgi April 12, 2007

Reading Time: 10 minutesStatic plays the hell out of Hideo Kojima’s brilliant love letter to Blade Runner.

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Manhunter: New York
DOS

Manhunter: New York

The J Man February 27, 2007

Reading Time: 9 minutesFloating alien eyeballs have enslaved the human race and reshaped society. You are a human “manhunter” tasked with tracking and eliminating dissidents. Will you follow your orders or join the revolution in the Sierra adventure that tries way too hard to be a Sierra adventure.

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Spycraft: The Great Game
DOS Windows

Spycraft: The Great Game

The J Man January 28, 2007

Reading Time: 7 minutesTravel between Moscow and Russia, solving an assassination mission for the CIA. Well, travel to some computers and make them solve it.

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