ROOT CAUSE
Solving a genealogical mystery in THE ROOTTREES ARE DEAD
By Tom Sykes
They say detective work is primarily about sitting in front of a computer, and if so, have I got the desktop for you. Armed with Nut OS 1.1, the Cashew PC offers speedy net surfing and thorough database searching – all without the bloat of a modern Windows machine, or the sluggishness of a genuine late ’90s PC. It’s the main tool in your arsenal in The Roottrees are Dead, a game about filling in a massive, tangled family tree.
In the wake of a recent tragedy, which has claimed the lives of the current president of the Roottree Candy Company, along with his wife and three daughters, you’ve been hired by a mysterious client to chart the Roottree dynasty in incontestable black and white. That means combing through fictional websites, library books and periodicals, for the facts required to pin them down on your big, conspiracy-style cork board.