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The Roottrees Are Dead (2025)
8.1/10on IGDB
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After a plane crash, you're hired to fill in the family tree of a candy fortune. Back issues of magazines can turn up a face or a name that hasn't made it onto the web. A bit of gossip can be worth saving if it helps you recognize someone in a photograph or work out where they belong on the tree.
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Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One (2021)
7.6/10on IGDB
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A construction plan in the Gilded Cage case gives you a clue worth taking to Cordona's city hall. Searching for the right kind of business record turns up a company registration with an address, so a lead on paper becomes somewhere you can visit. Other cases use the Cordona Chronicle's back issues, where the district and section matter to your search.
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The Black Widow (2019)
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An animated portrait of Louisa Collins answers the questions you put to a virtual spirit board. The actor's performance draws on Collins's words from historical court records and letters. Listen for a name or subject you can ask about next, and the case opens up in a different order depending on what catches your ear.
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Nancy Drew: Alibi in Ashes (2011)
7.9/10on IGDB
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After the River Heights Town Hall burns, Nancy's friends help look for evidence that can clear her. A notice in the town paper undercuts a suspect's alibi, and an older clipping explains how a local shopkeeper lost his reputation. Reading the paper gives you better questions to ask the next time you talk to someone.
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Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective (1991)
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In ICOM's original CD-ROM game, a copy of The Times sits beside the London directory as a source of leads. You're free to read the paper and decide which name or detail deserves a visit. Those visits play out in filmed scenes, so a line on the page can put you in front of a witness you might otherwise miss.
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Kathy Rain (2016)
7.9/10on IGDB
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In the 2016 original, a newspaper clipping among Kathy's grandfather's things reports the death of a teenager. Showing it to her grandmother gives Kathy a lead beyond the old headline and a reason to ask what her grandfather knew. It's an early moment when investigating his death starts to mean investigating the town as well.
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The Painscreek Killings (2017)
7.2/10on IGDB
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As a reporter in a largely deserted town, you can start with headlines about Vivian Roberts's death and the arrest that followed. As you explore, the coroner's public report gives you another account to weigh against what you find. The game gives you enough room to go back to those first documents and see what the town thought it knew.
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