Starman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 12

The thrilling double-size conclusion! The Law and Order Party may have been stopped, but the Overlord Project they planned to exploit still exists. In order to save the world again (for the first time!), Tex Murphy will have to brave a secret compound under Alcatraz and play a deadly game of chess... after solving several more illogical logic puzzles.

Starman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 11

In which - after a quick demonstration of how the death scenes work in a game set in flashback - we endure an annoying, trial-and-error sequence to bring down... BIG JIM SLADE! We top it all off by getting past the most nonsensical puzzle in the game, involving a randomly electrified floor.

Starman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 10

In which we perform brain surgery on ourselves - a task made easier by judicious use of a cheat code (Don't judge - that brain maze puzzle is impossible!) and break back into The Law and Order Party HQ to find the secret lab of Overlord scientist and total loonie John Klaus.

Starman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 9

In which we track down Robert Knott of the Law and Order Party and pull The Oldest Trick In The Book to bring about the most unlikely escape ever. We then get to enjoy an honestly well-acted scene  before solving another cipher and another round of pestering everyone we've met with every damn thing we've heard of.

Starman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 8

In which we infiltrate the offices of the fascist Law and Order Party and I briefly break the game by typing in a password before I should have learned it. We also learn that one of CAPIRCORN's agents was VERY successful in infiltrating The Law and Order party and Sylvia hasn't been entirely honest about her past...

Starman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 7

In which we head to the Big Surf Lodge and a confrontation with hired killer Big Jim Slade. By which I mean we hide in closets and showers in an effort to avoid a confrontation, because he's the kind of guy who packs heat in the shower. We then get to solve a surprising number of logic puzzles in order to figure out how Slade is getting his orders and who his next target is.

Starman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 6

In which we meet billionaire philanthropist J. Saint Gideon, who is absolutely NOT the ultimate bad guy of this game even though his first appearance is preceded by dramatic music and ominous chanting in Latin!

We also get to meet the local mutant chess shop owner, explore yet another lab belonging to a dead scientist who was working on Project Overlord and learn the final fate of Sonny Fletcher.

Starman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 5

In which we explore the secret lab of Bosworth Clark and then do some real detective work - i.e. making phone-calls, going through legal records and asking people the same questions over and over in the hopes of learning something useful from one of them.

Look, it isn't always bourbon and babes, alright?!

Starman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 4

It's logic puzzles galore, as we have to tape together a cut-up key-card,  transpose times to open a safe and explore some ancient Anasazi ruins in order to find a hidden laboratory. At least we get to talk to Wanda Peck some more... *sighs*

Starman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 3

In which we explore Carl Linksy's secret warehouse office, drug some bananas for the sheer, simple joy of doing so (and not because we will need drugged bananas later) and have a much better second-interview with Sylvia.

We also see Tex's first meeting with Chelsea in a flashback within a flashback, try - and fail - to romance Special Agent Wanda Peck and have our first encounter with Sonny Fletcher - the one PI in the world more sleazy than Tex Murphy.

Starman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 2

In which our investigation into Carl Linksy's "suicide" gets off to a messy start, as it turns out the Police Detective in charge of the case hates our guts. We then explore the Linsky home, get some helpful tips about proper banana maintenance and solve the first puzzle of the game right before our first encounter with Delores Lightbody.

Starman Plays Tex Murphy: Overseer - Part 1

In which - after a brief discussion of how this game came to be (and came to be rushed to completion) - we reenter Tex Murphy's life mid-nightmare/80's music video and learn the story of how he met his future ex-wife whilst taking the biggest case of his life.