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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 1d

It's a tradition that started at Telltale back in the aughts.

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 1d

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · Nov 9

Hey, last week was Halloween! And we had a contest! And now it’s time to unveil the winners…
The winning entries were carefully selected by a panel of Sam & Max experts (aka the Skunkape team) with invaluable input from Mr. Sam & Max himself, Steve Purcell. 🧵👇

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 1d

AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!! We've decided to push this year's arts & crafts contest by a month or two. It's still happening! Just not for Halloween. Stay tuned for future transmissions. 🫡

A screenshot from Sam & Max Save the World showing Max (a saw-toothed rabbity-thing) behind a podium in front of the White House.

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 9d

We’re working on it, at an embarrassingly slow pace. But it’s happening.

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 11d

This is awesome.

Graham Annable @grickle.bsky.social · 11d

The Hidden People are HERE! The magical village of Merrickville, Ontario, will be overrun with red gnomes hiding along the trails! Count them all and submit your guess at the Public Library! #grickledoodle #horror #october #thehiddenpeople #halloween #hiking #trails #cartoon #funny #merrickville

A photo of a red gnome, known as a Hidden Person created by Graham Annable, staring out from a wooded area.

An image showing a Hidden Person standing beside text that reads "Count the Hidden People Walk! in Merrickville, Ontario for the month of October!"

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 15d

Get all three Sam & Max games for CHEAP in the Steam Autumn Sale: 42% off for the whole trilogy! Tell your friends. (Tell your enemies, too! We appreciate the referral!)

store.steampowered.com/bundle/42652...

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 15d

Yeah, it was fun to maybe use the little extra bit of music from the soundtrack, and fun to zoom back out of Max’s head at the end of this sequence (which always started with his head crashing into the camera), but it also seemed a little wrong to mess with this title sequence.

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 15d

Get all three Sam & Max games for CHEAP in the Steam Autumn Sale: 42% off for the whole trilogy! Tell your friends. (Tell your enemies, too! We appreciate the referral!)

store.steampowered.com/bundle/42652...

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 15d

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 15d

How about a little random late night Sam & Max media? When finishing up the remastered edition of The Devil's Playhouse, we almost added this beat to the opening credits, to show a glimpse of the inside of Max's mind and add an extra title card spot for the remaster... but decided not to.

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 22d

👏👏👏

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 22d

We counted that as a correct answer. 😀

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 22d

Thank you to everyone who entered, to our GameTap pal Matthew Schwartz for donating the poster, and to Steve Purcell for offering to sign it. This was fun!

And hey, look at the calendar, it’s almost Halloween… 👀

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 22d

So that's a wrap on our "Yikes, has it really been 20 years?!" contest. The remasters are still on sale on Switch (for a few more hours) and PlayStation (for another two days) if you want to get them cheap!

See this thread for links: bsky.app/profile/skun... (or just, like, fire up your console)

Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · Sep 15

Twenty years ago this week, Telltale announced that they'd signed a deal with Steve Purcell to make episodic Sam & Max games. Time flies!

In honor of this momentous occasion, all three Sam & Max remasters are on sale on Steam, PlayStation, and Switch. (Sorry Xbox peeps, we'll get you next time!)

Sam & Max, the dog and rabbity-thing crime-fighting duo also known as the Freelance Police, wielding a big gun (Sam) and a baseball bat (Max) from their moving De Soto. This artwork first appeared on Telltale Games' website soon after they announced plans to make episodic games based on the franchise.

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 22d

For those who said Poker Night 1 only includes Max… not true! Sam has a very brief cameo in the opening cutscene, seen here at the 0:35 mark in NapalmX717’s playthrough.

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A screen grab from NapalmX717's Poker Night playthrough, showing Sam's cameo.

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 22d

Q: Counting each episode as one game, how many Telltale games did Sam & Max appear in?

A: 18 – there are 16 Sam & Max episodes, plus both characters appear in the two Poker Night games.

A visual representation of all 16 Sam & Max episodes, plus the two Poker Night games.

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 22d

Bonus fun fact: This episode was originally named Sympathy for the Devil, after the Rolling Stones song. The day before we announced the title, we checked with a lawyer who said using it okay as long as the song itself wasn’t quoted in the episode.

Oops…

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 22d

Q: What was the last Sam & Max episode to appear on GameTap?

A: What’s New, Beelzebub?

Sam & Max’s first two seasons were on GameTap, making the Season Two finale the last episode. (Google’s AI claims it was Bright side of the Moon. Alas, Google’s AI is wrong.)

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Sam & Max Episode 205 - What's New, Beelzebub? - Original Archival Trailer

YouTube video by Skunkape

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 22d

Also at E3 2006, GameTap announced they were resurrecting Myst Online: Uru Live, a multiplayer version of Myst that had been shelved a few years earlier.

It launched in February 2007, but didn’t attract enough subscribers and was discontinued the following year.

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 22d

Q: Besides Sam & Max, what other famous adventure game franchise did GameTap revive?

A: Myst

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 22d

This was sort of a trick question, because it never shipped. If you scoured MobyGames for the answer, our apologies.

A few Telltalians worked on Hit the Road, but Freelance Police was the game Telltale’s core founding team worked on together, and that’s why Steve trusted them with the license.

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 22d

Q: What game did Telltale’s founding members work on with Steve Purcell at LucasArts?

A: Sam & Max: Freelance Police

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Sam & Max Freelance Police Trailer

YouTube video by Sarisa Senshi

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 22d

Bonus fun fact: An early version of the script ended with Sam asking Max (about his gun), “Where do you keep that thing, anyway?”

When Steve reviewed it, he suggested “you shot me in the ass” paired with three possible insults: Buckethead, Pinhead, and Hammerhead. Buckethead won the straw poll.

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 22d

The trailer was made before any actors were cast. Telltale had worked with David Nowlin on the Bone games & he was able to record the lines quickly in his home studio.

The team liked his Sam and also considered casting him as Max, but decided they’d rather have two separate actors in the roles.

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Skunkape @skunkapegames.com · 22d

Q: Who voiced Sam & Max in GameTap’s E3 trailer?

A: David Nowlin and… David Nowlin!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=avKp...

Sam & Max E3 2006 Announcement Trailer (2006)

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