History VideoGame / BenJordanParanormalInvestigator

* FishPeople: The villains in Case 6. [[spoiler:It turns out, however, that the real ''and benevolent'' Fish People had died out a long time ago, and the real monster is a creature of which even they were afraid]].

** The maze on Minotaur Island in case 6 is almost blatantly inspired by the minotaur's maze in KingsQuest VI. Biggest difference is that this time the minotaur's been quite dead for a while.

At the time of writing, the series is almost complete, with seven finished episodes and the last one currently in production. The finished episodes can be found [[http://www.grundislavgames.com/benjordan/ here]].

* OneHundredAndEight: Conveniently, Case 5 is set in Japan... and the most points you can get? 108. Coincidence?
* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: If the Osaka Police department worked the way a police department ''REALLY'' did, Ben would probably have not only been '''a)''' Probably turned away before he could do anything, '''b)''' have had a ''LOT'' harder time obtaining evidence if he wasn't turned away, and '''c)''' would have made for a boring game.

* {{Confessional}}: One appears in case seven. Ben can confess to [[IdleAnimation many]] [[KleptomaniacHero silly]] [[TryEverything "sins"]] he has committed over the course of the series.

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[http://www.youtube.com/user/hercrabbiness?blend=1&ob=4 Hercrabbiness]], who is currently doing a LetsPlay of each game in order, is the voice of Annie Roberts in Case 2.

* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: Ben's family not understanding his job is somewhere between a RunningGag and a Running Pain In The Ass.

* TheRemake: Case 1 was later remade into the Deluxe Edition, which has better graphics, more puzzles, an extended storyline and voice acting. Done again with Case 2.

** In Case 1 (Deluxe maybe), there's a reference to ''LauraBow'' with picking stuff up and "putting it in your purse".

** One of the office doors in the Basilica in case 7 is labeled [[UmbertoEco "U. Eco"]]

* ShownTheirWork: [[spoiler:Yamamoto]] in Case 5 is actually aware that fingerprints at a crime scene are worthless to the police database if they don't match anyone ''in'' said database. Forensics aren't magic.
* ThrivingGhostTown: Many of the towns Ben visits are practically ghost towns. Several of them are pretty much meant to be small towns. Even lampshaded in ''2'', where the person working at "Bean There Done That" says that there really aren't that many other jobs. (Medicine Man, Grocer, and Bartender are all taken.)

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In this series of {{Adventure Game}}s by indie developer [[http://www.grundislavgames.com/ Francisco Gonzalez aka Grundislav]], we follow Ben Jordan, a young man from Philadelphia who, after being a long time fan of TV shows about the paranormal such as ''{{The X-Files}}'' and encouraged by his grandfather, Arthur, and his stories about his travels around the world, decides to become a paranormal investigator.

* FridgeLogic: Jordan gets paid for the Skunk-Ape job, the ghost ship job, and the haunted manor job... but for any of the other games, there's no obvious compensation for his work. How does this kid pay for air fare?
** In Case 6, someone doesn't have a reflection, because a puzzle requires you to have a mirror behind someone. Shouldn't Ben Jordan have pointed out that he was a vampire?

* OneHundredAndEight: Conveniently, Case 5 is set in Japan... and the most points you can get? 108. Coincidence?

In this series of {{Adventure Game}}s, by indie developer [[http://www.grundislavgames.com/ Francisco Gonzalez aka Grundislav Games]], we follow Ben Jordan, a young man from Philadelphia that, after being a long time fan of TV shows about the paranormal such as ''{{The X-Files}}'' and encouraged by his grandfather, Arthur, and his stories about his travels around the world, decides to become a paranormal investigator.

* BiggerOnTheInside: [[spoiler: "The Horror", in Case 4, traps Ben and Simon in a place like this. And it has no obvious exit.]]

* FridgeLogic: Jordan gets paid for the Skunk-Ape job, the ghost ship job, and the haunted manor job... but for any of the other games, there's no obvious recompense for Jordan's work. How does this kid pay for air fare?
** In Case 6, someone doesn't have a reflection, because a puzzle requires you to have a mirror behind someone. Shouldn't Ben Jordan have pointed out that he was a vampire?

* ImprovisedWeapon: Ben's quite fond of these. Objects he has used to defeat his enemies include: [[spoiler: a a table with some cocaine on it, a crowbar, a sharp hook on a rope, part of a drain pipe, a camera, a customized vacuum cleaner, a rusty old trident, and a 2000-year old amulet with a demon trapped in it. Oh, and [[AndZoidberg a stolen gun.]]]]
* InformedFlaw: In Chateau Macabre, Ben thinks Percival's "really let himself go." He looks just as healthy and a good deal younger than he does in the games.
* TheMovie: Chateau Macabre

* OneHundredAndEight: Conveniently, Case 5 is set in Japan...and the most points you can get? 108. Coincidence?

* VoldeMart: "Bean There, Done that".

* SadlyMythtaken: Simon describes Sirens as taking the form of a beautiful maiden and causing sailors to go mad with desire, jumping off their ships to get to them. When they got close, the Sirens would reveal their true form and eat them. In Simon's version, Odysseus tied himself to the mast and plugged his ears with wax, but he's wee bit off: in ''TheOdyssey'', it was the rest of the crew who plugged their ear with wax, while Odysseus tripped out on the Siren's songs, after they'd tied him to said mast.

* BilingualBonus/ GratuitousSpanish: The ghost captain in the case 2 remake speaks actual, proper Spanish, though it can be somewhat difficult to understand with the heavy reverb effect.

* BilingualBonus/ GratuitiousSpanish: The ghost captain in the case 2 remake speaks actual, proper Spanish, though it can be somewhat difficult to understand with the heavy reverb effect.

* BilingualBonus/GratuitiousSpanish: The ghost captain in the case 2 remake speaks actual, proper Spanish, though it can be somewhat difficult to understand with the heavy reverb effect.

* BilingualBonus: The ghost captain in case 2 speaks actual, proper Spanish, though it can be somewhat difficult to understand with the heavy reverb effect.

* BilingualBonus: The ghost captain in case 3 speaks actual, proper Spanish, though it can be somewhat difficult to understand with the heavy reverb effect.

* TheRemake: Case 1 was later remade into the Deluxe Edition, which has better graphics, more puzzles, an extended storyline and voice acting.
** Same with Case 2.
* SadlyMythtaken: Sirens are described as taking the form of a beautiful maiden and causing sailors to go mad with desire, and jumping off the ship. When they got close to the Sirens, they would reveal their true form and eat them. Odysseus was apparently able to tie himself to the mast and plug his ears with wax. No, sorry, you got it wrong...Sirens would cause sailors to crash their ship into the rocks and the ''rest'' of the crew plugged their ears with beeswax so they wouldn't steer their ship into the rocks. Odysseus was tied to the mast so he could hear their song. Apparently, they teach a different version of TheOdyssey where Simon went to school in the UK.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "[[SuperMarioBros It's-a me!]] ThePope!"
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The music in Case 6 where Ben is sitting down to dinner with the guy who wrote the P.I. handbook.

* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Oh, come on, there's no way Percival could be the traitor mentioned in the beginning of Case 1 Deluxe, it's too bloody obvious! Right? ...Right?]]

* MoralDissonance: To solve one of the early puzzles in Case 6, [[spoiler: you have to get a guy arrested and steal his camera. ''Just so a local will tell you a good tourist destination'']].

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The murdering zombies in Case 5 turns out to be [[spoiler:people who have been poisoned by tetrodotoxin from blowfish sushi, just enough for them to [[OnlyMostlyDead appear dead for a couple of days]] and still be confused enough to be receptive to orders when they awoke]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: Hercrabbiness is the voice of Annie Roberts in Case 2.

** In Case 1 (Deluxe maybe), there's a reference to ''LauraBow'' with picking stuff up and putting it in any purse.