The Scoop

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About the Story

Get the scoop, and you'll be the top reporter in London. Fail, and you'll go back to writing obituaries ... or be one yourself.

You're the new reporter at the Daily Courier, and you've just been scooped! Geraldine Tracey is murdered. No one knows who did it. Your rivals from the Morning Star have beat you to the story, and your editor is furious. Save your paper - and your job! - by solving the murder and scooping the Star.

You'll have to work quickly. Question witnesses. Follow suspects. Search for clues. Why did Fisher, who discovered the body, go there that fateful Saturday night? What happened to the murder weapon? Where is Mrs. Tracey's husband?

You'll have to work carefully. Some people you meet won't want to talk to you, but you might overhear what they tell their friends. Others may hide the truth, and you'll have to find them out. And remember - someone has killed once and could kill again to get rid of a troublesome reporter!

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More detail than you can poke a stick at, June 3, 2026

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I played The Scoop for over 100 hours with a few restarts. I ended up taking over 80 pages of notes keeping track of who had said what and appeared where, owing to the number of events that transpire, and things that occur at specific times. The game drip feeds detail that spans across the days before you run out of time. The minimal yet pleasantly stylised pixel art rendering of locations and people is complimentary, but not the main draw. If you are partial to Agatha Christie stories (or tv adaptations) like Poirot, you should be right at home with this game.

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Game Details

Language: English (en)
Current Version: Unknown
License: Commercial (Out of Print)
Development System: SAL
Forgiveness Rating: Cruel
IFID: Unknown
TUID: 716o6a3jaw15ewyx

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