Late summer mysteries

Three mysteries... or games which are mystery-shaped, at least. Plus one which doesn't fit the theme but does fit the symmetry group. The Mermaid Mask This Bed We Made Cognition Method He Who Watches The Mermaid Mask by SFB Games -- game site The piratical Captain Mortuga lies dead in a locked room. On his piratical submarine. Luckily, the young substitute captain has summoned the dynamic duo of Grimoire and Sally to solve the crime! This gets mentioned in "static deduction" genre lists, but it's actually not. It's a traditional mystery game. You interrogate suspects, search the mansion for clues, unlock a few locked doors, show every clue to every suspect, and eventually call everybody together in the Dining Room to Explain All. I mean, the mansion is a submarine and everybody was arguing in the Mess Hall before you barged in, but it's the same genre as Deadline or any millionth Sherlock Holmes game. Which is not surprising, because The Mermaid Mask is third in a series that dates…