{"id":3409,"date":"2021-10-25T10:39:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T08:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/25\/why-detective-video-games-are-the-perfect-way-to-experience-a-mystery\/"},"modified":"2021-10-25T10:39:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T08:39:43","slug":"why-detective-video-games-are-the-perfect-way-to-experience-a-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/25\/why-detective-video-games-are-the-perfect-way-to-experience-a-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"Why detective video games are the perfect way to experience a mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detective fiction tells a story pieced together by some clever person \u2013 and in a video game, that\u2019s you<\/p>\n

In one of her best books, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie puts these words into the mouth of her least favourite character<\/a>, Hercule Poirot: \u201cUnderstand this, I mean to arrive at the truth. The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.\u201d<\/p>\n

All detective stories are an attempt to reflect this. Uncovering the truth through clever reasoning, observation and logic is wondrous. You are forced to look at the world anew: a misplaced chair is no longer just a chair, but indicative of a killer\u2019s escape; a removed lightbulb tells us the killer did not want to be seen. In the eyes of a detective (or a great detective writer), everyday objects are imbued with alien significance. They no longer fit where we think they fit and when we find their proper place, a clear picture emerges. Poirot was a great detective because he obsessed over order and was more sensitive to misplacement. Sherlock Holmes could see tiny stains on a hat and understand the entire life of its wearer.<\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a>
\nDetective fiction tells a story pieced together by some clever person \u2013 and in a video game, that\u2019s you
\nIn one of her best books, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie puts these words into the mouth of her least favourite character, Hercule Poirot: \u201cUnderstand this, I mean to arrive at the truth. The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.\u201d
\nAll detective stories are an attempt to reflect this. Uncovering the truth through clever reasoning, observation and logic is wondrous. You are forced to look at the world anew: a misplaced chair is no longer just a chair, but indicative of a killer\u2019s escape; a removed lightbulb tells us the killer did not want to be seen. In the eyes of a detective (or a great detective writer), everyday objects are imbued with alien significance. They no longer fit where we think they fit and when we find their proper place, a clear picture emerges. Poirot was a great detective because he obsessed over order and was more sensitive to misplacement. Sherlock Holmes could see tiny stains on a hat and understand the entire life of its wearer. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Detective fiction tells a story pieced together by some clever person \u2013 and in a video game, that\u2019s you In one of her best books, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie puts these words into the mouth of her least favourite character, Hercule Poirot: \u201cUnderstand this, I mean to arrive at the truth. The …<\/p>\n

Why detective video games are the perfect way to experience a mystery<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}