A Case of Distrust is a noir tale with many inspirations
I was sitting at my desk stubbing my cigarette out on my ‘to do’ list when the call came in. Godammit! shouted the chief. Where s my Monday news post! Alice is off and there s been nothing on the website for hours! He was angry. I could tell from the context of the words I ve jus
I was sitting at my desk stubbing my cigarette out on my ‘to do’ list when the call came in. Godammit! shouted the chief. Where s my Monday news post! Alice is off and there s been nothing on the website for hours! He was angry. I could tell from the context of the words I ve just written. Angry as a big dog. I lit another cigarette using the heat of my CPU, cracked my fingers a full 360 degrees, and dived into my in-tray. I pulled out the first thing that didn’t feel wet. A game called A Case of Distrust. It was a detective game, described as a mash-up of 80 Days, Phoenix Wright, and the board game Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective. With inspiration from Raymond Chandler novels and the title sequences and poster art of Saul Bass. I spat out some lint. Then some more lint. Actually, my cigarette had fallen apart in my mouth, it was tobacco. I vomited. I continued my work. Did nobody tell the developer of this game they are only allowed to mix two things? How am I supposed to write my headline? I can t write This game is X meets Y when there s also a Z and a and a ? This is all too much for a Monday. (more…)