How would you go about making a classic ‘whodunnit’ mystery novel even better? If your answer is “By turning it into a videogame where your time is divided between furiously tapping the touchscreen to keep the dialogue moving, answering sub-Layton calibre logic puzzles (usually about train times – Poirot gives this kind of thing too much thought) and desperately fighting aga𓆏inst an overly-fussy handwriting recognition system,” you answered… inc🌳orrectly!

The ABC Murders, originally released in 1936, is a cracking yarn (although clearly not ‘Poirot’s latest adventure’, as the back of the box claims), but this digital version🔜 is barely more interactive❀ than its paperback origin, and infinitely more annoying.

Jan 4, 2010