• Sat. Jul 12th, 2025

How playing Blue Prince IRL solved a real historical mystery

There are mysteries hidden everywhere. That’s the essence of Blue Prince, a stunning puzzle game from indie developer Dogubomb that fuses fiendish brainteasers with roguelike randomization. It’s also true to real life, as I learned during an expedition with a historian to a medieval church to crack a mystery from a manuscript over half a millennium old.

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