“The only free cheese is in the mousetrap.”  Hollywood: the place where dreams are made real, hopes are dashed, and fame often comes at a cost (one you must pay whether you are willing or not). Enter Chase Lowry, actor, who has been looking for a breakout role with director Duke Cain’s newest film, whose friend Vinny has been invited to Cain’s mansion. Your role is to explore the mansion to discover what is happening and where your friend has disappeared. But nothing is as it seems, and as you find various thumb drives with interviews, outtakes, and auditions, you begin to piece together a bigger mystery. Welcome to Surgent Studio ’s Dead Take.  Don’t be fooled - this game is more than just a puzzle game. Embedded in it is social commentary about the inner workings of Hollywood and how it can be just as destructive as it can be uplifting for the people who work within it. It blends video game animation with live action footage, with puzzles that vary in their difficulty. The g...