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Puzzles That Turn Looking into Play

Action games verb shoot. Puzzle games verb push. But Witness, Obra Dinn, and Lorelei share a different verb: look. How the design of observation-as-play has evolved across the genre. This hub collects the relevant essay and reviews.

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Related Essays

2026-05-08 · essay
Observation as Play — Common Grammar of Witness, Obra Dinn, and Lorelei
The Witness, Return of the Obra Dinn, and Lorelei and the Laser Eyes all turn the act of looking into a verb. A look at the grammar these three share.

Related Reviews

2016-01-26 · Thekla, Inc.
The Witness
More than five hundred line-drawing panels. Observation itself becomes the verb.
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2018-10-18 · Lucas Pope (3909 LLC)
Return of the Obra Dinn
A monochrome mystery where an insurance assessor must identify sixty crew and reconstruct their fates aboard a ghost ship.
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2024-05-16 · Simogo
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
In an eerie monochrome hotel, over 150 ciphers, numbers, and symbol puzzles weave through every floor.
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2015-06-24 · Sam Barlow
Her Story
Search a police database of live-action video clips to reconstruct the story of a missing husband. An FMV mystery.
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