Literature and leisure collide as gamers travel back in time to hunt down the supposed murderer of one of America's most darkly gifted writers in
Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy. Players search for hidden objects in a variety of scenes based on Poe's famously macabre works, collecting clues and interviewing witnesses to determine who the killer is. Images of crows, black cats, and apparitions are included to increase the haunting atmosphere, while adventure-style mini-games offer a respite from the hidden object gameplay and provide further clues as to the author's mysterious death.