In this guide, you’ll find all the hints and solutions for the Academic Impact in The Rise of the Golden Idol.
The Rise of the Golden Idol: Academic Impact Walkthrough
Chapter 1 – the Curse: Scenario 1
Academic Impact: The Death of a Brilliant Mind
Words:
- Car: Car
- Woman in red coat: Cyril
- Note in her inventory: Debra, Brandon
- Ring: Ring
- Man with glasses: Bagman
- Key, in his inventory
- Building in back, with a red door: Issac, bridge
- Dead body in street:
- Body: Slipped on, went for, fell from, collided with
- Brown address book: John, Robkin, Thomas, Crow, Caleb, Reynolds
- Pack of Cigarettes: cigarettes
- Speech: Nowak
- Snow covered stairs: Stairs
Hints:
- The tricky part of this case is going to be figuring out the victim’s cause of death. If all else fails, process of elimination. What couldn’t he have died from?
- The speaker of the speech says that critiquing Nowak is critiquing themself, so that must be their name
- The speech has one person’s writing in red, which matches the red pen held by the victim.
- The dead man has several addresses in his inventory, none of which must be his, as he wouldn’t need a rolodex for his own name and address
- Does the symbol on Sir Issac’s door match with any other evidence?
- The victim has a pack of cigarettes on him, but they don’t match any of the ones sold in the cigarette machine.
- Does the victim’s torn yellow sleeve match anything else in the area?
- The victim sliding down the stairs does not necessarily mean he fell down the stairs. He could have landed on them.
- What’s with the disturbed snow on the bridge guard rail?
