Good episode as always, but Jake, I think you missed a quite important part in the Return of Obra Dinn demo.
You can actually find the log book in the demo. Inside the book you will find the list of people on the ship, and you will record their status, whether they are alive, missing, killed, or death by suicide.
If you choose killed, you also have to describe who and what kill them. The same goes for suicide, minus the "who" part. You need to do this because the character (if I'm not mistaken) is someone who works for an insurance company.
It's a very unique concept, but I kind of agree with Jake, I will not check the demo of this game again until the final version is released. Day 1 purchase definitely.