Eric Hamel

@erichamel.bsky.social

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Game developer, audio artist, composer, storyteller, and educator. Co-founder of Worthing & Moncrieff Games, and professor of game scoring at Berklee College of Music. I'm obsessed with murder mysteries. www.worthingandmoncrieff.com

Photo of the Kentucky Route Zero soundtrack on vinyl
Two pictures; One is a hand holding a tumbler of mysterious green liquid, the second is a shot of an in-progress session of the board game Mansions of Madness.
Photo of outdoor steps with text written on each in such a way that they look like stacked books.
Picture of an elaborate Witcher themed boardgame in progress. Shot includes a character board with stats, cards, a board with dice,tokens and figures everywhere.
Angled shot of the corner of the board game Settlers of Catan, players are just placing their starting locations.
Three images of the New England Crime Bake experience. The first id a mock crime scene to investigate, the second is a picture of the totebag with the CeimeBake logo, and the third is a photo of people seated in rows watching a presentation.
A camera slow pans around a room of suspicious looking suspects. All are well dressed with dark sunken, hollow eyes.
A Matter of Murder: SECOND STAB. Three suspects stand in front of stylized wallpaper. Thr man on the left is well dressed carrying rolls of documents, the woman in the center carries a crystal ball, the suspect on the right wears an apron and carries a decanter of red liquid.
Screenshot of an app with notes and icons from the social deduction game Blood on the Clocktower.
Two close-up photos of Mexican Train: a game played with little trains and dominoes, and a close up of the cardboard flowerbed pieces in the game Cottage Garden.
Photo of the Beach Boy album "Summer Days", with the vinyl spinning on the record player behind.
Two photos, the first is a beautiful hard bound book with gold lettering titled "The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection." The second photo is the interior title page reading "The Blind Mice and other Stories."
Close shot of a pin in the shape of a mouse pointer, pinned to a man's button-down collar.
Four cards played face up on a table, each feature a noble and a number. Two victory tokens lay to the left of the cards.
Photo of a SteamDeck console running King's Quest IV Retold.
A late game glimpse inside the Grimoire - the box of the Blood on the Clocktower game, showing tokens and indicators of the state of the game.
Screenshot of a Battlefield featuring Minutars, Dwarfs and other fantasy creatures from retro video game Heroes of Might and Magic 3.
Photo of a board game featuring pink game pieces in the foreground, stacks of cards, and the main board of the game in progress.
An over-the-shoulder shot of an elegant young heiress. The caption reads "What's on Baroness Von Pinch's gift list? She'd love a nice, solid alibi, or a juicy trust fund. A bottle of fast-acting poison is also always appreciated. Whatever's on your gift list, we'd like to wish you and yours a stylish and stimulating holiday season."   - Worthing & Moncrieff (www.worthingandmoncrieff.com)
Can't decide on a gift for Lord Plaidington? He'd like a nice moustache comb, an alibi for last Saturday night, and a croquet mallet with no fingerprints on it. Whatever you decide to bring to Plaidington Manor, we'd like to wish you and yours a keen and sporting holiday season. - Worthing & Moncrieff (www.worthingandmoncrieff.com)