This is my first duplicate photo of the year (that I know of). I took a photo of the LA Noire video game box when I first got it and tonight I beat the game, so here it is again. I didn’t make it to 100% yet, with quite a few street crimes, hidden vehicles, film reels (which I’ve found *none* of), and other assorted things to discover, but I did finish the story. The game started out really strong, got better and better, then got a little confusing at the end as the story moved into a multi-case arc that tried to pull together almost everything that had happened so far. It played out like a final season of a long-running TV show that writers didn’t plan for and quickly created when the show got cancelled. I’m sure the story made sense, but too many characters and small plot details left me not caring anymore. The game was fun to the end, but I lost interest in the story about 4 or 5 cases before the completion. I do want to go back and replay some of the cases I did poorly in to see if I could interview people correctly this time. I’m still not sure exactly what the trick is to pick the right questions to ask…