We need to find a way into Damon Gant’s office. But who is gullible enough to let us in- Oh hey Gumshoe!

I apologize to Future Emma for introducing her to libertarianism. I can only hope she grows out of it when she becomes a scientific investigator.

As for the case, the full picture still eludes us, but we have the big details sorted out at this point. With the evidence we’ve found in Gant’s safe, we should almost be able to take this all the way.

Our client dropped a bombshell on both us and Edgeworth during the last trial. She confessed, openly and publicly, to using forged evidence to pursue a conviction.

Devastating a blow that might be, it did buy us one more day to investigate the murder of Bruce Goodman.

Fair warning, never trust an organ player with a cross-shaped necktie and an ominous theme song. It’s always trouble with those types.

But despite that, this case is quickly arriving at its conclusion. As with most cases in this series, the current one has to do with the circumstances of an entirely different case worming their way back into the modern day. This time, it’s the Joe Darke killings from two years ago.

And its clear that whatever truth we find at the end of this road, Damon Gant will be at the center of it.

We’ve done it. We’ve proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Detective Marshall was the one who broke into the evidence room, disguised as Detective Goodman. Now, we just need to know why.

And just like that, this case has grown even deeper and more complicated. But what does it all mean? Hopefully next time, we’ll find out in Rise from the Ashes.

Oh no. Edgeworth’s cunning has returned in full force. He’s taken everything we’ve proven and spun it around right back at our defendant.

But we’re the Turnabout Terror. This trial isn’t over yet.

I wonder how much playtesting went into these games when they were being developed because what impresses me most about them is how well they guide the player to the conclusions that want to be drawn without ever explicitly saying them until they’re certain said player has already figured it out.

While you don’t need to “be” smart to play these games, they make you “feel” smart for making the deductions on your own, even if you were being led to them all along.

It’s a mark of skill in game design that the development and localization teams can consistently pull that off.

The trial begins, and now we can finally shed some light on this supposed “second murder”.

This part of the case, where we need to point to the discrepancy in the video, is one of the infamous parts of the game. While it is truly impossible to get a game over, since we’re never given a penalty for making incorrect guesses, we are subjected to one of the most irritating background noises while making our selection.

Furthermore, though I don’t have any issues with mouseclick, most of the people who played this game did so on the DS. They were making their selection on touchscreens, which only compounded the number of misclicks.

Unfortunately, this isn’t the last time we’ll see this footage. Except more of it in the next few episodes.

We’re significantly closer to determining the cause of our “second murder” in the police department. With a bit more legwork, we should be more than ready for tomorrow’s trial.

One of the things that jumps out to me most, playing Rise from the Ashes in its current incarnation, is how easily many of these 3DS gimmicks are adapted to a standard gaming controller. Sure, it’s obvious enough that these were intended to be used with a touchpad and microphone, to immerse the player into the proceedings better. But even knowing that the current control scheme is sufficient to pull off the job.

It makes one think back to all of the “revolutionary” gimmicks that have been introduced to gaming over the years, and how most of them ultimately still pale in comparison to a good controller. There’s wisdom somewhere in that, though I can’t seem to place it.

At last, we finally have clearance to step into the evidence room. There must be something in there that we can use in our upcoming trial. We just need to find it.

If it wasn’t obvious from the luminol spray or the evidence inspection before, we have yet another use of the DS touchscreen here to remind when this case was written. Thankfully, the puzzle attached to it is pretty easy, so even my exhausted mind could figure it out.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite up to the task of staying awake, so we had to cut the stream off a little early. Next time though, I’ll do my best to be more awake and alert.

We found out who was arrested for killing our murder victim in an entirely different location from where we found him. I suppose that means we should hear his side of the story.

Yeah. I suppose that’s what that means.

Well, at least we can discount the possibility that Meekins actually committed a crime. Honestly, I am convinced that there is absolutely nothing happening behind his eyes. But that does raise the questions: Who used Goodman’s ID to enter the evidence room? And for what purpose?

Get ready. This case is going to get way more complicated, and quickly.

Now that the first day of the trial is over, we have a new lead. And that means that our investigation begins again!

Since some of the people in the Twitch chat were wondering about luminol, especially since it’s relevant to the current case, I thought it might be a good idea to briefly describe what it is here.

Even after a bloodstain is cleaned up, trace amounts of it, invisible to the eye, linger for years afterward. If luminol is sprayed onto one such formerly bloodstained surface, the surface will start to glow in the dark. Though other chemicals can be detected with luminol, blood is the most common use case. The only thing I got wrong is that a blue light is required, but the concept is still true.

Funnily enough, you can buy it for private use, but to be honest I struggle to come up with a reason I would need luminol in my daily life. That said, it is still used today in crime scenes the world over, which is partly why it remains a staple of modern murder mystery fiction.

The Cough-Up Queen’s testimony proved to be a bit too spicy for her own good, but this day of trial is not yet over. We have yet another witness to cross-examine, so for now let’s get right back to it.

We’re still laying the groundwork right now, but the big takeaway is that there appears to be significant infighting between the Prosecutors’ Office and the Police Department. And our case is right in the middle of it all.

In addition, we have a new angle to attack the case from, in connection to the murder that allegedly took place in the Police Department’s Evidence Room, involving the same victim at the same time. Next time, we’ll continue our investigation on this fresh lead