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ZODIEX
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This Is the Zodiac Speaking is a 2020 video game whose protagonist, journalist Robert Hartnell, undergoes therapy after surviving an encounter with the Zodiac Killer. The character revisits the Zodiac’s crime scenes through dreams while trying to reconstruct the timeline of the murders. The protagonist is based on Bryan Calvin Hartnell, who survived the Lake Berryessa attack and, per the game’s framing, was stabbed eight times in the back.