Peter Moorhead's Murder

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Peter Moorhead's Murder is an interactive short story featuring a strong artistic direction and merges visual novel and point-and-click adventure game mechanics in its storytelling. Will the forty-minute inaugural episode of this philosophical cyberpunk murder mystery leave you wanting more?

A Cyberpunk Murder Mystery Set In Tokyo

Murder's first episode serves an intriguing basis for future episodes, and on its own it is enjoyable and definitely worth the relatively low price of admission. Considering Murder is an interactive short story, this section comes with a mild spoiler warning. In the "Murder Is A Thinking Man's Game" section I will discuss the story in greater detail.

Murder stars Motomeru Minori--perhaps foreshadowing the protagonist's

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