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Watson is not only in grief for missing his wife but also a different family member, one of his favorite nephews has become a casualty in the war trenches of the first World War. He has evacuated his wife to the countryside, London faces an ever mounting threat with the first World War, zeppelins are bombing parts of London and it isn't a safe place to live any longer. Watson still lives in London but with a growing fear. In his retirement Sherlock picked up a perhaps unlikely new career, that of keeping bees. Sherlock Holmes has retired to the quite country side of Sussex leaving the busy streets of London and his Baker Street residence behind. George Mann takes the story of The Spirit Box into a new era, 1915. So far all the Sherlock books that I have read have featured in the proposed time frame of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. And it happens to be so in The Spirit Box. Having read several authors all writing in the Sherlock universe I have to say that George Mann also did a terrific job with showing this enigmatic detective duo, he even takes the Sherlock universe those steps further by integrating it with his own devised detective duo Newbury and Hobbes, their stories run parallel to the that of Sherlock and Watson. My first encounter with George Mann's writing was with The Casebook of Newbury and Hobbes and later with Will of the Dead (the fourth book in this series).
#SPIRIT BOX SERIES#
The series so far has featured two books by Guy Adams, two books by James Lovegrove and now also two by George Mann. The name is reported to make questions invalid if used with them (IE "Michael where are you") and the ghost will only process the name.Back in 2011 Titan Books launched there own Sherlock Holmes series with The Breath of God by Guy Adams, the series quickly picked up pace and now a few years later already 6 books have been published. Saying the name every once in a while might increase the chance of a response but never include it in a question. I sometimes ask "say something" and "can you speak" but they don't always work so I ask "do you want me to leave" and "are you angry" as they are more reliable. If you can't get "nothing detected" try saying them slower. "Where are you" and "are you here" are my go-to and most reliable questions. My advice is if you ever get "nothing detected" hold the box and ask valid questions in any probable ghost area (in the dark). After bringing more items in and asking questions with no response I picked it up and to my surprise got a response near one of the walls. It was a small room so I dropped it when it finally said "nothing detected". One time the spirit box took longer than usual to pick up my voice with no indication of a bug. I fixed it by turning it off and on again. One time I had the static bug and it only responded to me when I was outside. Usually I can tell when the static isn't loud or the numbers aren't cycling. Speech recognition problems aside 99% of the time I have a problem with the spirit box it's bugged and needs to be turned off and on again. Not to mention that the spirit box seems very limited on recognising phrases, my three go-to phrases are "Where are you?", "how old are you?" and "do you want us to leave?" Try alt-tabbing again and mouse click on the Phasmo sign on your start bar to fix it (also, use the spirit box after every alt-tab to check). The spirit box won't work, it won't even show "nothing detected". Not sure what causes the temperamental behavior, but it's a mild inconvenience.Īlt-tabbing in and out of the game sometimes breaks the voice recognition! Teammates can still hear you through the V and B chat, but the "game" doesn't. The day after that, it works fine for everyone.Īnd the day after that, Person C is the one who can't even get "Nothing Detected." The next day, Person A can use it fine, but now Person B can't. One day, person A can't even get "Nothing Detected" to pop up while the other three members can use it fine. Originally posted by Optimist Prime (the Gray):Spirit Box has been very hit-or-miss for my friends and I.