St. Noire is an Alexa-based murder mystery board game.
St. Noire is an Alexa-based murder mystery board game.
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Nolan Bushnell reveals Alexa-powered murder mystery board game St. Noire

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Atari cofounder Nolan Bushnell and Hollywood creative director Zai Ortiz have created an interesting first in entertainment: St. Noire, an Alexa-powered murder mystery board game.

It’s an interesting new direction for games, and it is available exclusively on Amazon for $40. X2 Games created the game to seamlessly integrate voice commands and cinematic voice performance via Amazon’s Alexa.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.