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Published monthly(!) from the offices of Telltale Games in beautiful California. Visit us: www.telltalegames.com! Vol IV, # 2 Mar. 2008 |
 
SAM & MAX SEASON TWO BUILDS TO EPIC FINALE
Episode 204 available now! Episode 205 coming in April!
Last week, Telltale released the fourth episode in the Sam & Max Season Two saga -- and suddenly, it all made sense. The seemingly disconnected stories of the season's first three episodes came into focus. More unanswered questions than you knew you had were explained in minute detail. Some players laughed until they fell to the ground in convulsive seizures. This is, without a doubt, the most important Sam & Max episode you'll ever play. (Until the season finale next month.)
Hyperbole aside, Sam & Max 204: Chariots of the Dogs is an episode we've been dying to release, because it finally lifts the curtain on the story the designers have been patiently piecing out for months. According to the reviewers, it's one of the best Sam & Max episodes ever. We hope you'll agree.
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  Don't believe us? How about these impartial third parties, hmm?
Adventure Gamers, 5/5 - "It is the Sam & Max episode we have been waiting for. After flirting with elements of perfection, the elusive goal is finally attained."
Destructoid, 10/10 - "I already knew the Sam and Max episodic series was one of the best things to ever happen to adventure gaming; until Chariots of the Dogs, I didn't know it was one of the best things to happen to gaming, period."
IGN, 8.3/10 - "Chariots of the Dogs is definitely my favorite episode this season, and one of the strongest episodes of the entire series."
| |  | | It's not too late! If you haven't been following Season Two, there's still plenty of time to dive in while the story's hot.
Just buy it (if you haven't already), set aside a few evenings for great gaming fun, and enjoy the lovingly crafted fruits of our labor.
(Editor's Note: Although it's received the highest review scores of any episode to date, we don't recommend starting with Chariots of the Dogs. This episode is best if you play the rest of Season Two first.)
» Get the full season bundle
» Check out the ep204 trailer & demo
» Discuss Sam & Max on the forums
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Hey wait! What's going to happen in the season finale? We can't tell you that, of course, because then we'd have to kill you. And if we did that we wouldn't have any customers. But we are brimming with excitement over the season finale, and sources close to us believe that we won't be able to contain ourselves much longer. Keep an eye on the blog for episode 205 news next week.
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HEY YOU! PLAY SEASON TWO! (OR AT LEAST BUY SOME SCHWAG...)
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Sam & Max Season Two
If you're not playing the season yet, start from the beginning.
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Sam & Max Season Two Upgrade
If you already got one episode, upgrade to the full season for the rest!
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Sam & Max 204: Chariots of the Dogs
If you've been buying episodes one by one, here's the latest.
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Sam & Max Merchandise Bundles
Cost-saving bundles for the discerning yet frugal collector.
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SAM & MAX NOW ON YOUR TV
It happens all the time. Someone unfamiliar with what we do at Telltale sees the DVD case for Sam & Max Season One and gets all excited, thinking we released the 1997-1998 Freelance Police cartoon series on DVD, only to be horribly crushed to learn that no, we just make these silly games. To those people we've been known to say, "Screw you! Our games are great!" But now we have the ability to say something much nicer and more productive: "Don't despair! The Sam & Max cartoon series is on DVD, too!"
This excellent box set was put together by Shout Factory, a company known for rescuing cult TV shows from obscurity to release them in really classy box sets. Their Freelance Police set is no different, featuring three whole discs (two containing the 24 episodes of the show, and a third crammed with bonus features), new artwork by Steve, and even a Freelance Police sticker. We like this set so much, we're selling it now in our online store. We're pretty sure you'll like it too. BUY IT!
Learn more about the DVD box set:
Glowing DVDTown.com review
Toon Zone interview with Steve Purcell
Massive forum thread discussing the DVD
| | | | WIIWARE SERIES IN THE WORKS
World domination to follow
It's official. We're working behind the scenes on not one, but TWO new episodic series. One of those will be launching on Nintendo's WiiWare service. The other... well, we're not telling yet. But big announcements regarding both series are coming soon, and the Telltale blog will be the place to find them. That's all. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
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NEW PRODUCTS IN NEED OF A GOOD HOME
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Sam & Max Freelance Police - The Complete Animated Series
The Fox Kids series is now on DVD!
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Fox Bunny Funny
What happens when secret desires put you at odds with society? By Telltale's Andy Hartzell.
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Space Wolf T-Shirt
An enigmatic design by Graham Annable. (Click the viewer above to see the Space Wolf short!)
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Sam & Max Surfin' the Highway
After a decade selling for way too much money on eBay, it's back!
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