Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Sam & Max figures are unusually silent]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/18/sam-and-max-figures-are-unusually-silent/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/18/sam-and-max-figures-are-unusually-silent/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/18/sam-and-max-figures-are-unusually-silent/#comments ImageWith all the joy that Sam & Max has brought to your desktop over the years, isn't it about time they bring some joy to your actual desk? These new figures from Symbiote Studios should do just that, offering up some cute, stylized versions of both Sam and Max or one sweet statue.

The figures will set you back $20, while the 17-inch statue demands $75 of your precious monies (at gunpoint). Check out a detailed image of the statue after the break.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>figureslucasartssam-and-maxSam-and-Max-The-Devils-PlayhousestatueSteve-Purcelltelltale-gamestoysWed, 18 Apr 2012 17:30:00 EST<![CDATA[The Sam & Max DeSoto that almost was]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/11/the-sam-and-max-desoto-that-almost-was/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/11/the-sam-and-max-desoto-that-almost-was/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/11/the-sam-and-max-desoto-that-almost-was/#comments The DeSoto you know could've been something very different, as this concept art from Steve Purcell's blog reveals. The image is from Sam & Max Plunge Through Time, a never-released game first announced in 2001 as an Xbox exclusive.

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Sam: Whatcha got there, little buddy?
Max: Why, Sam, it's a book about us? That's creepy!

Telltale Games is selling the 20th anniversary edition of Sam & Max Surfin' the Highway, bundling together the 197-page graphic album with the publisher's Sam & Max episodic adventure game for the PC. The book, which has been out of print for nearly a decade, contains the complete collection of Steve Purcell's Sam & Max comics, including 25 new pages of previously unreleased artwork.

The collection is currently available in paperback for $29.95, which includes both the book and a DVD containing the most recent 5-episode season of Sam & Max. A more pricey $59.95 hardcover edition is also available, which ships with both seasons tucked between its supple pages. Closet lagomorphs with some extra geld can also shell out for the $99.95 bundle, which nets the book, games, soundtrack, the complete animated series and a Sam & Max t-shirt and hat.

Sam: And look, the thing was also nominated for an Eisner Award. That'll look good on the wall.
Max: Yup, right next to Hitler's head!
Sam: You're a scary bunny.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>adventurecomicssam-and-maxsteve-purcelltelltaletelltale-gamestelltalegamesWed, 08 Apr 2009 08:25:00 EST<![CDATA[Classic LucasArts artwork turned into movie posters]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/04/classic-lucasarts-artwork-turned-into-movie-posters/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/04/classic-lucasarts-artwork-turned-into-movie-posters/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/04/classic-lucasarts-artwork-turned-into-movie-posters/#comments All too often when mixing genres, the results - like that Mountain Dew left over from last night - fall flat. However, one enterprising forum-goer has has defied convention (and warmed our hearts), successfully marrying classic LucasArts adventure games with our wall's longstanding desire to be covered in nostalgia.

The results consist of several beautiful posters, most based on original artwork lifted from an era when LucasArts wasn't afraid to point and click, including Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman masterpieces, The Secret of Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle. Designed to be printed and hung, we can't think of a better way to hide that unsightly crack above your bed.

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We did a terrible thing at last week's Game Developer's Conference. Aside from our usual barrage of photographs and "reporting," a select group of attendees had to endure a particularly inane and utterly pointless line of questioning -- just for laughs. This is what happens when you hunt down several adventure game connoisseurs and challenge them to solve a typically obnoxious adventure game puzzle.

The Player
Steve Purcell, illustrator and writer best known as the creator of Sam & Max. We're surprised he even talked to us after last year's drunken debacle.

The Puzzle
You're standing in front of a cave. The goal is to get inside the cave, taking care to foil the ferocious robot bear guarding the entrance first.

The Inventory
  • (1) perforated parasol
  • (1) rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle
  • (1) sealed manila envelope
  • (1) miniature macaroni Tim Schafer statue
Find Steve Purcell's solution to the "meta-puzzle" after the break.

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