Telltale commited to their promise, Next titles of Sam & Max revealed

"Situation: Comedy” takes Sam & Max into the daunting world of broadcast television and the even more daunting talons of talk show host Myra Stump. Telltale is on track for delivering the remaining four episodes of Sam & Max: Season 1 each month through this spring.

Each Sam & Max episode will debut exclusively on GameTap, with Sam & Max Episode 3 “The Mole, the Mob and the Meatball” coming next on January 25. On February 8, fifteen days after the GameTap premiere, this episode becomes available for purchase from http://www.telltalegames.com/. Sam & Max Episode 4, titled “Abe Lincoln Must Die!” and Sam & Max Episode 5 “Reality 2.0” will begin distribution in the following months. While each installment features a self-contained story, the episodes also reveal clues about an insidious foe that will challenge the crimefighting duo as never before in a truly out-of-this world season finale. The title of the season’s epic concluding episode will be revealed in the coming months.

The first Sam & Max episode has received high praise from reviewers and fans alike, singled out as one of the best – and funniest – games of the year by sources ranging from the New York Times, Yahoo and Wired to IGN and GameSpot. 1UP.com calls Sam & Max “gaming’s first sitcom” and says it’s arguably the first series to merit the term “episodic.”

“Situation: Comedy” sells for $8.95 individually, or for $34.95 as part of the Season 1 collection. For those who have already purchased a single episode of Sam & Max and now wish to get the full season package, Telltale has created an upgrade path. Customers can simply pay the difference between the $8.95 single episode price and the $34.95 full season price in order to get all six episodes of the series as they become available.

The review for the second episode will be up soon!

--5abanja

Sam & Max Episode 2 Announced

Entitled "Situation: Comedy", the next installment of the wacky freelance duo takes place in a TV studio where a TV reporter is holding her audience hostage. Yes, crazy. There is even a new albino character named Hugh, we still don't know what his job is. Here are some screen shots, just be sure you don't laugh too hard.















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Sam & Max: Culture Shock Review Part II

The dialogue is top notch. Every time Sam says something, Max always has something even more hilarious to say. The game should be played again just so you could catch quirky line that you missed, it's just non-stop laugh! The only improvement that should be made, since this is just the pilot episode, is to change Sam's voice. There is no acting in it, no drama and no action, as if he was just reading the lines with no charisma.

The game play is very entertaining. It’s based on the golden point-and-click formula. The game should not be finished in haste, for those who complain about how short the game is should consider playing the game half an hour a day, so you won't get bummed after finishing the game so early. There is only one mini game in the episode, car crash, it is fun but get repetitive fast.

Tell Tale uses it own engine for the game. It used real time, not pre-rendered, graphics for the whole game. It really gives a lot of cartoon-y details that are really breathtaking. The improvement that they made is they offered two extra resolutions on the exclusive 800x600: the commonly used 1024x768 and the extra 1280x960.

Sam and Max: Culture Shock is a must buy for any regular gamer. Its characters, story, settings marks it as a classic in the adventure genre. Those who are saying that this is a kid's game do not know what they are missing out on. Congratulations Tell Tale, you have a bright future ahead of you.



Final Score: 9.8/10

Sam & Max: Culture Shock Review Part I

Sam & Max are back, this time, with vengeance.

Eager fans can finally have some joy after the devastating result of double cancellation. This time, Tell Tale Games promises to be the one that can revive the series, not only with one episode, but six! And after finishing episode one, nobody has to worry about Sam & Max being in the wrong hands anymore.

"Culture Shock" begins with Sam & Max sitting in their hectic office. The phone is stolen by a rat who is living in their office, and demands Swiss cheese for the exchange of the phone. So Sam finds regular cheese and shoots it with his gun to make holes, and Swiss cheese is made! These kind of whacky puzzles are just the tip of the iceberg!

As the story unfolds, we know that former child stars from the 70's hit TV show "The Soda Poppers" are being hypnotized by an actor called Brady Culture. His goal is to promote himself as the lovable former child star, that never was, and to regain his popularity back.

The characters are very, very well written. Each character has his own personality, from the highly insane to the tattoo artist/psychotherapist to the overly protected of his own clothes! You can tell how much time Tell Tale spent on creating those characters.

Part two will be posted shortly with the final verdict!

Sam & Max: Culture Shock has been officially released! ... on GameTap [Update]

The wait is finally over, for North Americans at least.

Sam & Max, which has been cancelled more than once in the last ten years, is released today via GameTap for the United States and Canada. Gamers who are awaiting the game can still purchase the game at Tell Tale's website here, but they have to wait a couple of weeks after GameTap's premiere.

The episode costs $8.95, and the whole season, which consists of six monthly episodes, will cost $34.95 so you can save approxiamtely $20. Preorders are said to begin in a couple of days.


[Update]: The Blog's First Ever Review Is Coming Soon!






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Sam & Max are finally back!

After much pain and sacrifice, Sam & Max are back after a 13 year hiatus. Entitled Sam & Max: Culture Shock, the first episode of the season will be released first at GameTap (USA only) on October 15th for an advanced 15 day experience before it is distributed world wide via Tell Tale Games ( the guys that quit their jobs at Lucas and formed their own company just to give us this great experience) web site on November 1st. It is going to be an excellent Eid this year.

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