I played "The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy" a while back and loved it, so I put this video together to show you the best bits and what I liked most about it. There's a few small spoilers, but nothing too much - just enough to show you what you get in the game.

So, a few standout features for me were the artwork (obviously) and the game interface. I usually find it kind of irritating in games where there is a long list of objects down the left side and you have to virtually memorize the list of objects before you can look for them. With this game, the objects are listed in a book at the bottom of the screen which makes it much easier to glance up and down on the fly. There's some other really good interface elements, but I go through that in the video so I won't repeat myself and bore you.

There's also some cool little puzzles built in, and I show you a couple in the video to demo the kind of problem solving style. For me this was one of those games that I couldn't stop playing, so I finished it at 2am after one continuous sitting.

I have the free online version up, which lets you play the first part of the game - just click the link below to launch it:

Play the Free Online Demo of The Edgar Allen Poe Conspiracy

If you enjoy the free online demo, you can grab the full game below.

See larger image Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy (CD-ROM) List Price: $19.99 USD New From: $1.88 In Stock Used from: $2.50 In Stock Release date October 16, 2009.