'Psych' Builds To New Season With Social Media Challenge

Admit it, folks. Murder, theft and all, Santa Barbara's not a bad place to spend this coming fall.

Well, there's bad news: chances are, no idyllic beach-front home for you or me. But if you dig "Psych," it's probably a nice place to visit. That's exactly where USA Network would love to send you, if you don't mind doing Shawn and Gus a favor before the hit comedy kicks off its sixth season Oct. 12.

Stars James Rodday and Dule Hill have filmed a set of special videos based at HashTagKiller.com unfolding the duo's hunt for the #HashTagKiller (HTK) over the seven weeks leading up to and past the season premiere, with the game officially having opened Wednesday at 3 PM ET/PT. It will be up to devoted "Psych-Os" to examine crime scene photos and, in the style of Shawn Spencer's faux-psychic "gifts," deduce just what exactly feels out-of-place.

Players can exchange messages back and forth with Shawn and Gus throughout the social media game daily, while solving points and playing games that will determine a leader board throughout the seven-week challenge. Some players might even become the HTK's next "victim," reports TVLine exclusively on the challenge.

Need to know more? Check out the introductory vignette yourself at Hashtagkiller.com, to see how Shawn and Gus first take the case.