Oct 21 2008
Sam and Max: Season One Finished
I admit; as much as I can be on top of gaming news, I can be just as equally behind. It was only recently that I got a subscription to GameTap, and so it’s only been recently that I’ve played through the first season of the new Sam and Max games. Having grown up in the original Sam and Max era, I must now ask - why was I never exposed to them?!
To say that Sam and Max is a funny game is an understatement. Hilarity is at every click and every conversation; but don’t expect simple bathroom humor. Take for instance, this little quip from the beginning of the first episode:
ANNOUNCER: Life troubling your digestion? Reality blocking your passages? Expel your troubles with “Emetics,” the handbook for multi-colored happiness, and “seperate your bliss”!
MAX: Hey, it’s that personal color spectrum book!
SAM: Self-help for the helplessly selfish.
MAX: Perfect! I’ll take two.
Of course, S&M isn’t completely about the humor. It’s still a classic point and click adventure game. Now I know, point and clicks may feel a little old in today’s hyper gaming world, but I still love them. I like the mental challenges puzzle games present while staying relaxed, and Sam and Max turn the game solving sometimes into a Rube Goldberg device. There are times I catch myself saying, “I didn’t know this could do that!”
Needless to say, I’m already rolling into Sam and Max: Season Two, and I highly recommend Sam and Max to any readers who care for some gentle (and sometimes ungentle) humor and a classic styled video game.
