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Let's play The Darkside Detective https://store.steampowered.com/app/368390/The_Darkside_Detective/ In the moderately fine city of Twin Lakes "spooky crap" happens daily, but only one person shows up to investigate. Detective Francis McQueen walks the line between ghosts and demons, and the constant threat of his division's closure. Often, he walks that line together with Officer Dooley, who is there mainly for the pay and free loot. The Darkside Detective series currently features 16 cases of ever-increasing complexity, because parts of the fanbase keep demanding harder puzzles and more moon logic. Also, apparently, it has "Music from Ben Prunty, the audiomancer behind gems such as Into the Breach, Subnautica, and FTL." Sounds nice! CASE 1.1: MALICE IN WONDERLAND  CASE 1.2: TOME ALONE  CASE 1.3: DISORIENT EXPRESS  CASE 1.4: POLICE FARCE  CASE 1.5: LOCH MESS  CASE 1.6: DON OF THE DEAD  CASE 1.7: BUY HARD  CASE 1.8: POLTERGUYS  CASE 1.9: BAITS MOTEL   https://store.steampowered.com/app/795420/The_Darkside_Detective_A_Fumble_in_the_Dark/ CASE 2.1: MISSING, PRESUMED DARKSIDE Video 1/2  Video 2/2  CASE 2.2: TWILIGHT YEARS  CASE 2.3: DRUID'S DELIGHT  CASE 2.4: FUNFAIR DISMISSAL Video1/2  Video 2/2  CASE 2.5: ROYAL FUMBLE  CASE 2.6: CLASS OF THE TITANS 1/2  2/2  CASE 2.7: GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PASSED  CASE 2.8: ONE FLEW INTO THE CUCKOO'S NEST  CASE 2.9: TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE   
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I absolutely love this game! I've replayed it a couple of times but have yet to play the sequel.
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Jan 17, 2022 19:05
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I bought this game a while back, but only played it recently, and was so charmed by the all the references and jokes. Glad to see it getting some love here!
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Jan 17, 2022 20:26
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Well I for one was shocked by the culprit here.
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Jan 19, 2022 02:22
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I'm shocked that SelenicMartian is playing a good game. I was getting a bit worried about him, but this and Pirate DOOM seem to be pretty good palate cleansers.
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Jan 19, 2022 02:31
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Francis McQueen reads the title of every book in the city library.
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Jan 24, 2022 16:02
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The audio desyncs around the 20 minute mark, and falls behind the actions on screen.
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Jan 24, 2022 18:59
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There were a few clever references in the book titles.
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Jan 24, 2022 20:38
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Pipe puzzle AND a sliding tile puzzle? Now that's terrifying.
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Jan 30, 2022 03:44
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We finally go to the Darkside, after helping Shaq wipe his rear end!
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Jan 31, 2022 15:10
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Should I be concerned that the first case isn't marked solved yet?
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Jan 31, 2022 16:16
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Nah, it's because I went back into it to show the wet pixels last time.
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Jan 31, 2022 16:35
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Ok, that makes sense. I thought it might be foreshadowing time travel hijinks of some sort.
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Jan 31, 2022 20:31
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Raxa sure did use a lot of words to describe a very basic puzzle. ...come to think of it, does that kind of puzzle have a name? I don't think I've ever seen them outside the context of adventure games.
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Feb 2, 2022 02:18
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It's Light's Out, isn't it?
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Feb 5, 2022 19:49
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I think I've seen that tentacle before.
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Feb 7, 2022 02:06
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I dunno. When I saw it it made me feel like I could... like I could... like... I... could... TAKE ON THE WORLD!
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Feb 7, 2022 02:19
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Detecting at a retirement party is not what it's cracked up to be. McKing 
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Feb 7, 2022 16:09
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That case felt too smooth. If younhad gone past the garage the forst time, it would have been one easy look.
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Feb 7, 2022 23:55
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The wizard hat / walking luggage thing is another Discworld reference. One of the protagonists has a sentient walking luggage chest that occasionally eats people.Gnoman posted:That case felt too smooth. If younhad gone past the garage the forst time, it would have been one easy look. Lots of adventure game item nonsense though! The last few chapters had been a fair bit lighter on that sort of thing.
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Feb 8, 2022 01:59
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No puzzle to not get shocked by the thing that shocked the gremlin? Very disappointing. Feels like more adventure games could skip over the whole "walking around" part. Certainly makes things go faster.
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Feb 11, 2022 05:46
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We have a new sidekicks! Dooley, come back!
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Feb 14, 2022 18:06
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This game is lovely, lighthearted fun. Just what I needed to cheer up a bit. Thanks for showing this, I'll be sure to get a copy of this and the expansion too.
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Feb 14, 2022 22:24
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If I understand their description correctly, there are 125 packs of blood wolves in the area. Seems like they're pretty good at not talking to government narcs.
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Feb 14, 2022 22:54
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McQueen is surprisingly good with kids. Also, the kids were great fun. Go bloodwolves!
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Feb 15, 2022 02:07
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The aliens on the signs ... are those from Commander Keene?
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Feb 15, 2022 03:49
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Mummy madness, macabre monkey members, mansion mischief, and more.
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Feb 21, 2022 15:33
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As breezy as the game is it does take a certain talent to keep such an irreverent tone and not have it get annoying, although McQueen seemed particularly fond of the "..." response in this case. I was actually kind of disappointed that all 3 locations' puzzles weren't linked, seemed like a natural progression for the (original) finale.
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Feb 24, 2022 03:45
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I love this game, and thanks for reminding me I haven't finished the 2nd game - I could really use the gentle humor right now.
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Feb 26, 2022 21:58
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What a week, huh?
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Feb 28, 2022 15:46
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I was wondering how they would reach 20 screens and then the vents happened. If it wasn't a Die Hard reference I'd consider that cheating.
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Mar 3, 2022 02:01
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Nice! Now I'm all caught up. I usually watch these before bed time, not intentionally but that's usually how it turns out.
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Mar 7, 2022 05:20
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Mar 7, 2022 15:03
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Hey, snacks are important!
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Mar 7, 2022 16:00
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Boys? Nobody snacks more than my wife. Snacking is a unisex awesomeness lady 
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Mar 7, 2022 16:29
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I think Patricia is into McQueen...
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Mar 8, 2022 02:25
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At this point McQueen should just keep exorcism kits inside of his jacket, since it would come in handy so much.
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Mar 8, 2022 04:22
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Tombot posted:At this point McQueen should just keep exorcism kits inside of his jacket, since it would come in handy so much. It feels like it should be pretty standard kit for his line of work. That said, very few cases actually start with McQueen expecting to confront a case, so maybe he would if he was expecting trouble.
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Mar 8, 2022 19:59
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Now this is a grand epic final "setting up the sequel" case!
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"I wish I didn't have to go back to work" seemed like a perfect set-up for "You're fired." McQueen and Dooley could set-up their own private agency! But that's not a good cliffhanger I guess.
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