Eric Butler and Katie Chironis of Golden Glitch, makers of Elsinore.
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Ophelia tries to save Hamlet in the alternate universe of Elsinore

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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What if you could save Hamlet and prevent the tragedy that befell his family in the famous William Shakespeare play? That’s the job of Ophelia, the main character of a unique computer game dubbed Elsinore.

I saw a demo of Elsinore during the Intel Buzz Workshop/Power of Play 2017 event in Bellevue, Washington. It won the award for the most unique game at the indie game contest for the event. It was unique because it depicted an alternate universe for Hamlet, akin to the Bill Murray movie Groundhog Day, where the character of the film keeps replaying a single day, trying to get a desired result. It’s part of a narrative genre that is seeing a revival in recent years.

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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.