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The most fascinating game of 2018 looks like a relic from the early days of Mac gaming, comes from the dude who made Papers, Please, and is the best detective game I’ve played so far.

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Sources

Lucas Pope on life after Papers, Please | Eurogamer
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...

Find out more

How a book binds the Return of the Obra Dinn | Rock Paper Shotgun
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018...

For Lucas Pope, Return of the Obra Dinn was a bunch of appealing design problems | Gamasutra
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/3...

Games shown in this episode (in order of appearance)

Event[0] (Ocelot Society, 2016)
Snake Pass (Sumo Digital, 2017)
Her Story (Sam Barlow, 2015)
Into the Breach (Subset Games, 2018)
Florence (Mountains, 2018)
Minit (JW, Kitty, Jukio, and Dom, 2018)
Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope, 2018)
Detective Grimoire (SFB Games, 2014)
The Wolf Among Us (Telltale Games, 2013)
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments (Frogwares, 2014)
LA Noire (Team Bondi, 2011)
Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter (Frogwares, 2016)

Music used in this episode

Florence OST
Return of the Obra Dinn OST
CGI Snake by Chris Zabriskie (https://chriszabriskie.bandcamp.com)

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