Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder
Continues Thursday, April 3 at 9 PM EDT
- Special weird Elk Moon Murder troubleshooting stream tonight! I have a new sealed copy that I will open up and test! We can also talk about how it’s important to back up your CD-ROMs.
Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Moon Murder is a 1996 game written and designed by Shannon Gilligan, whose earlier work includes Who Killed Brett Penance? and the rest of the Murder Mystery series. For this series she worked with Activision, and the game uses the same proprietary engine as Spycraft: The Great Game. The cast includes L.A. Law’s Amanda Donohoe, “as one of the many suspects you interrogate.” The game’s interface centers around a weird PDA (“Personal Detective’s Assistant”), which I am of course a big fan of.
The Whispering Valley
Starts Saturday, April 5 at 8 PM EDT
This weekend I’m joining Valace06 over on on their channel to play The Whispering Valley (La vallée qui murmure), a folk horror point-and-click game from 2022. We’ll also be playing The Whisperer (Le murmureur), a short prelude. Make sure to give Val a follow, I hope to see you there!
Myst and HyperCard
Continues Friday, April 4 at 9:30 PM EDT
This MARCHintosh I’ll be playing Myst, a game that made a big impression on me back when it was first released in 1993. It’s been quite a while since I played it, so I’m excited to explore it again with fresh eyes. I recently picked up a new copy of the original release, so I’ll be sharing the packaging on stream as well.
Before we get into Myst, I want to start with a brief look at HyperCard, as well as Robyn and Rand Miller’s first game, The Manhole. HyperCard is an important piece in the history of computing and the web. I think understanding its powerful but approachable capabilities is important to appreciate the impact it had.
