Thursday, January 10, 2008

Quick Hit: Sam & Max Season 1

Sam & Max Season 1 may only be 6 episodes worth of gameplay that lasts, at most, 12 hours, but damn if it isn't some of the best 12 hours I've spent on my PC. It's consistently laugh out loud hilarious, and provides the classic experience of point and click adventure games without all the pointless wandering around wondering about how best to utilize a fire extinguisher ("That's not on fire.") or what possible use a rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle would have.

It's also currently the best example of how to do episodic content. The first episode hit in October of 2006, with episode 6 releasing in April of 2007. The first episode of Season 2 just hit last November, and the second season should finish up in April.

In short, Sam and Max are awesome, and Telltale Games have done and continue to do a great job with them.

2 comments:

Nikoda said...

This totally makes me want to play the original, though. I have it somewhere, too. I really should look for it.

Duke Norik said...

And if that fails, there's always BitTorrent.