News: The Shivah

September 10, 2007, 07:47 PM

by ian, via Wadjet Eye Games -
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Do you love Film Noir? Indie Adventure Games? Jews? If you answered YES to all of these questions, please email me through brandon. We should hang out. You should also probably check out The Shivah, since it is, as far as I'm aware, the only game directed at that implausibly specific niche.

As Rabbi Stone, a down on his luck Manhattan Rabbi accused of a murder he didn't commit(!), it's up to you to track down the real killer and clear your name. It would be kind of cliché if it weren't so absurd. The game has full voice acting, which ranges from hammy to fantastic, but is generally solid. All this and an extensive audio commentary. It's like they made the game just for me.

Brandon's note: Ian leaves out a few nice selling points, which I'll just steal from the main page: "Features rabbinical conversation methods, a unique method of fighting, an original score, and three different endings!" - that's right, there's a proper rabbinical answer to every question in this game. Cheers to Wadjet Eye games and writer/coder Dave Gilbert (any relation to Ron? No?) for making this piece of wackiness. It's like Wisdom Tree games but for different faith and without the crap!