My Notes

edited September 2010 in Sam & Max
Like with Tales of Monkey Island, I took notes while playing through the season for the first time. I won't post them all at once, but here's the notes I took during the Penal Zone.


I'm so excited about this season. I hope it runs on my computer and that I wasn't spoiled for too much of it!

Hints go home.

...Subtitles come here.

Nice stars!

Hey, it's the trailer music!

What. What just happened.

My computer crashed! I guess I'll try running it with a lower graphics settings.

Okay. Work this time.

Aaah hit the Road icons in the inventory.

I don't have much to say here because I've seen the tutorial a few times before.

I'm almost bored, actually.

I used point and click when it told me to use WASD/click and drag. I am the subversive master!

I like how the music is all distorted in Max's mind. Even if it does remind me of Eversion X-6.

That is the best opening theme I have seen in the past 21 years. And one month. And one week. And two days. Bit quiet, though.

Okay! I part I don't already know about!

They're really being thorough with this New York thing. It's like the Futurama episode where they reminded everyone every two seconds about how Fry's full name was Philip J Fry.

Sam's a control freak?

So Bosco and Bluster Blaster are in Vegas... That doesn't mean they don't appear, though. I know Sybil's in this episode. Or her phone is.

Yes! Radical! is in the jukebox in Stinky's! That's one of the best songs from Season 2!

Aw, the navy music is back. Oh well! It's good too.

Use demon broth on alien brain? Maybe?

That moleman thing was actually disturbing.

Did Flint's voice change? Something changed.

Twilight Eternal! The best music from Season 2! I'm so happy!

There's an invisible wall in the middle of the street. That can't be good for the traffic.

Aw, everyone's so mean to Harry.

Sam's line when you click on the thing that does science sounds like a rejected Strong Bad line.

Sam has the same expression as in Hit the Road, too.

Okay, I think I know how to get the demon broth.

If I didn't see him alive in the prologue, I would judge Sam and Max harshly for causing Harry's death.

I like this game. It's like every old school adventure, only they give you a reason to do all those strange and unintuitive things.

Why is Max grinning while the alien brain speaks? He looks scarily happy.

What's with the giant unerasable target on the front of the screen? Glitch? (You can click and drag to make it go away, but I didn't figure that out for a couple more episodes)

Had to reload an earlier save... Stupid "You can't save right now".

Wow, Superball addressed Sam by his name instead of "sir".

Nebulon? Like Nebulon from Homestar Runner?

Donut Button? Wow, that's an obscure reference.

GAH (Guess what power I'd just activated for the first time)

Hey, the gameplay video!

I'm disturbed by the noise Max makes when he activates his powers while the gorilla's shaking him.

Sam picked up Stinky's phone! Now how am I supposed to get back to that random, pointless street corner?

Am I using the Crimetron right? Sam keeps saying something about speed dial, but he can't use the phone, and computer figuring it out thing he keeps saying doesn't make sense because Bob just gets offended when I try using the phone on the COPS.

I wonder where I'm supposed to teleport Stinky to.

Oh no, I can't get the inventory screen to close.

Hope I haven't progressed too much since my last save.

Okay, good.

The mole room has been accessible the whole time?

So Sam and Max aren't aware that the mole men die? And they just randomly walked into a room of instant death. Smart. I knew it was okay because the game let me do it.

Is Sam panting?

Got the beacon.

I shouldn't find the banana manhole thing so funny.

Maybe I'm supposed to drop the gorilla attacking Max into the door guard.

Finally!

Trap Skun-ka'pe in their building? I like Sam and Max's building.

I didn't need to see shirtless Harry.

Well here we are, right back where we started! Must be how all these time travel shows go. (I was quoting something there)

I missed a lot of possible dialogue with girl Stinky, I think.

Ms Bosco isn't sexist anymore. It's like she lost her whole personality.

But I don't want to destroy Sam and Max's building. It's iconic.

I supposed I should move or something so Skun-ka'pe doesn't keep shooting me.

I hope it's Toybox the comic.

Sam's pushing 40, is he?

Okay, I can't teleport anymore.

What a coincidence. I was just thinking about what Sam and Max's skeletons might look like. I wish I was joking.

Comments

  • edited August 2010
    I'd like to see some more of these... quite interesting.
  • edited August 2010
    "Sam picked up Stinky's phone! Now how am I supposed to get back to that random, pointless street corner?" :D
    I thought exactly the same thing. I like these.
  • edited September 2010
    You should definitely post them for the other episodes. I was actually thinking a lot of the same things...I wish I'd thought to try something like this. :D
  • edited September 2010
    I'm glad people like them. I should have the next one up today or tomorrow. Or the day after, if I really don't have time.
  • edited September 2010
    Here's my Tomb of Sammun-Mak notes.


    Yes yes, dialogue from the trailers...

    Oh, it's continuing.

    I guess the Max skeleton isn't facing a different direction like I thought it was from the screenshots.

    Sam tackled Max to keep him away from the projector! I don't know why I like that so much, but I just do.

    So is every episode's first puzzle going to be out of order?

    It's really hard to believe that it's 1902 with their 2010 accents and slang.

    That opening has not got less awesome, despite all the times I watched it on YouTube.

    Stand still, Maximus.

    Yeah, really not believing in the setting. It must take place in the same universe as Monkey Island.

    What's a gentleman of the boulevard?

    Wow, Sam swore! Or Sameth did, at least.

    Little Arctic Circle = Straight and Narrow?

    It's dollfaced girl!

    wait a second, it's baby Amelia Earhart and I hate her.

    So they were keeping the tickets below an open window on a train? I think they deserved what happened.

    I hope that not a vampire European guy is Jurgen!

    Yes! Jurgen!

    Heh heh. "Seamstress"

    Doesn't wolsbane protect against werewolves, not vampires?

    VAMPIRE ELF

    I bet that line was written by a grown man who keeps a toy in his office cubicle.

    Baby Amelia Earhart is a lot less annoying in this episode.

    And suddenly they're in Egypt.

    Jurgen talking about cheesy accents. That's funny.

    He never used gratuitous German before in the future.

    So Sam and Max are from the and from beyond time and space. Are they also from the Devil's Playhouse, whatever that is?

    Why does Sameth want to be curse with bad luck?

    Sameth's voice sounds really weird when he's freaking out over Max being a cow.

    I wish there were more mariachis in this tomb.

    Now I just have to cut the idol in half somehow. But not Harry keeps telling me not to litter.

    I like how there's hats and moustaches on everything in Max mode.

    Hey, a new place to go that I never noticed before!

    Or it's just the grampa moleman room again.

    This reel sucks. I'm going back to the train.

    Now that I know about the biplane, I can finally progress in the first reel.

    (nuts) whee, funtime! (I think that's what I said. My handwriting was very hard to read there)

    Who's Sam talking to? The skeletons?

    Sameth and Maximus must have kids to be Sam and Max's great grandparents. But... how?

    My best idea for looking through Jurgen's belongings involves switching the name of his room with Kringle's and telling Slushy that Kringle wants to see him, but it looks like that's not possible. Vampirising him looks like it'd work too. (Why did I think the name thing would work? Slushy wouldn't be able to enter Jurgen's room)

    Ooh, I missed the love letter.

    Now, I can finally get the toybox.

    I see Stuttgart's been upgraded from a villiage to a little town between seasons.

    Okay, that wasn't what I was supposed to do. (Likely from when I got the bad luck curse and walked through the arches instead of throwing the idol through)

    It's spelled "was", not "vas".

    This reel sucks too. I'll look at the last one now.

    I'm putting the hints back on.

    Fake legal? I don't get it.

    I tried ventriloquism on everything I can think of, but I guess I missed something somewhere.

    Argh, I need a walkthrough.

    Jurgen obviously knows who Kringle is, so maybe...

    I can't tell him to met Santa anymore?

    (The next two are from when I was browsing the forum for hints)

    The moles talk if you wait long enough?

    Finally! A hint I understand!

    (Back to the game)

    Jurgen looks weird with blue eyes.

    Yay, Jurgen's Inner Sanctum music!

    Papierweight's evil. Didn't see that coming. (yes I did)

    There's the future vision!

    I understand that I need the dummy... but how do I get it?

    I need the hints forum again.

    Oh, I didn't pixel search again.

    Sameth and Maximus are going to die.

    Narrator guy is kind of creepy.

    Max's ears are limp. That's weird. Weirder than the fact that his brain's obviously gone, I mean. He looks like his cartoon incarnation, only 3D. And with no brains.

    Ew. Never mind. That's disgusting.
  • edited September 2010
    Shwoo wrote: »
    Max's ears are limp. That's weird. Weirder than the fact that his brain's obviously gone, I mean. He looks like his cartoon incarnation, only 3D. And with no brains.

    Ew. Never mind. That's disgusting.

    XD You crack me up, Shwoo. You should post your notes for the other episodes soon, mmmmkay?
  • edited September 2010
    Glad you're enjoying them! They Stole Max's Brain! should be done on Monday, Australia time.
  • edited September 2010
    Just read the notes for Tomb of Sammun-Mak... it's funny how we all think different things as we play through the same game.
  • edited September 2010
    Shwoo wrote: »
    I bet that line was written by a grown man who keeps a toy in his office cubicle.

    What line was this.
  • edited September 2010
    Shwoo wrote: »
    Narrator guy is kind of creepy.

    that i agree with it
  • edited September 2010
    Wow these are great, keep going!
  • edited September 2010
    Monday, hurry up!
  • edited September 2010
    What line was this.
    I don't really remember. I think it was something negative about a grown man keeping a toy in his office cubicle, and I thought it sound self-deprecating, like the "You have all the style of white 30-year-old video game programmers" line from 203.


    Here's the notes for They Stole Max's Brain!:

    So, 303. I had a dream about it! Both Sam and Max got their bodies stolen, and they had to put their brains in some creepy cloth sacking to get their bodies back. And the TARDIS was there, for some reason. Also Charlene Doofenshmirtz. Charlene stole Max's brain!

    And now, the game.

    Wow, no cold open!

    And now Sam is growling. he has a good reason, I guess.

    I guess there's a lots of dialogue options this time?

    Haha, he slapped them again!

    I could watch Sam slap the molemen all day.

    Skunkape? That's quite plausible!

    This is beginning to sound like Phoenix Wright.

    Max's... funeral? D: D: D:

    I still can't get over Sam's inexplicable facial hair.

    I love how Sam switches from causal to rabid in seconds.

    Sam, you want to interrogate him, not run him over.

    I like Sam's flick slap for the rat.

    Dweeb in a goofy hat? Papierwate? I bet he came out of the projector.

    I think Foreign Guy is my new favourite character. And not just because he sounds like Parody Guybrush.

    I love how ambiguously foreign Foreign Guy is. Is he German? Is he Spanish? Is he Norwegian? Who knows?

    Aw, seeing Max on the map makes me sad.

    Rhinoplasty!

    I'm beginning to love Sam's noir ramblings more and more.

    "It wasn't exactly ironic, but I didn't care." That's the best line I've heard all week!

    Some more interactivity would be cool, though.

    The bad side of town isn't that far from Sam and Max's office.

    Calling a dog an animal. Insulting.

    What if it was a sleigh in July on Mount Kosciusko?

    I agree with the COPS. Sam needs to stop being such an angry jerk and go back to being a deceptively mild jerk.

    No Max mode!

    It is Papierwaite! I was right!

    Max! :D :D :D

    I'm glad Max still has a sense of humour. It was beginning to feel like something other than Sam and Max.

    Max is starting to remind me of Bender from Futurama.

    Looks like Sam's okay now. Good.

    I have that talking dog exhibit behind Sal is clickable.

    Yog-Soggoth looks like ZEX from Star Control 2. He thinks you're ugly too, Sam! <3

    I hate it when the sun unexpectedly goes nova!

    Hey, a Moai head.

    Okay, putting the Pharaoh brain in Max's body, just like I saw in the trailer. (I was pretty sure it was Sammun-Mak, but they weren't calling him that, so I didn't write it down)

    Haha, Anubis!

    I had no idea they spoke English in Ancient Egypt. I thought I turned hints off. Stop blatanting at me.

    I'm finding it impossible to think of the Pharaoh as male with that voice.

    How does Max know about Sal? Do he and Sam share a consciousness or something?

    That's the second vaguest Monkey Island reference I've ever heard!

    I think I have to tell Sal to poke the guard in the eye over the headset, but I can't figure out how.

    But as I was writing that, I think I know how to annoy Papierwaite with the tapestry and the Hindenburg.

    Ah! Okay. Mentioning the beast only works in front of the dinosaurs.

    I feel so sorry for Sal now. Poor Sal.

    I thought cockroaches were beetles. (I just Wikipediaed it. Apparently they're not)

    Is there some sort of property about six-foot tall dogs in suits that makes them easier to capture? (I think the line was something about how Sam was just a six-foot tall dog in a suit)

    Now I'm certain that I'm supposed to make Pharaoh Hindenburg explode on the tapestry.

    Why doesn't the Pharaoh have a problem with Sam throwing him in the air?

    I like how Skun-ka'pe or Papierwaite were nice enough to give Max's brain control over a display that shows his expression.

    Oh, awesome! (The third act had just started)

    It's cool how Sam pronounces Sammun-Mak differently to the way Sammeth did.

    "Bosco never existed" what.

    Sam's uncle had a dog? That's disturbing.

    Old Bubbles! (Nefertiti. I think I took her desire to change her name more seriously that most people)

    I don't trust Norrington at all. He's clearly Papierwaite's boss.

    So I guess I need to make Stinky's knees seize up for some reason.

    Looks like the COPS forgive Sam for being noir earlier.

    Okay, so I have to turn into a cloud so that Stink can't kneel so I get the token Sal has, give Sammun-Mak a unique gift so I get the thing Stinky has, and win the other token off the rats somehow.

    Aw, poor Foreign Guy.

    Okay, Max toaster for Sammun-Mak.

    Not a toaster for Sammun-Mak?

    Nooooo! Not the toasters! I'll miss you, fruit toast. Toast with Vegemite, not so much.

    Max is both a toaster and stuck on Sam's back...?

    Max is such a hypocrite, complaining about other people talking about out of date trends, and then making a Zero Wing reference.

    How to predict the finishing move... Maybe I'll try future vision again.

    Cool, it worked.

    No! Sam! D:

    Aw, Sam has such an existent moral code.

    Dumped by Papierwaite?

    Okay, I'll finish him if you insist.

    And now he's quoting Star Trek.

    Why's Papierwaite unconscious? Sam's conscious. (I'm not sure what I was talking about there, even 30 seconds after I wrote it)

    I like this music. It's very mild and pleased.

    Hey, Sam clones! A lot of Sam clones!

    I've been wondering what the dealeo with all those naked Sam was since the season was officially announced, Narrator.

    Were the episodes always this short? (I think I was rushing because I wanted to know the story by the end of the day, and I had school for six hours)

    So the Pharaoh was voiced by a woman.
  • edited September 2010
    "Haha, Anubis!"

    LOL, silly Anubis.
  • edited September 2010
    Shwoo wrote: »
    I'm finding it impossible to think of the Pharaoh as male with that voice.
    +1.
  • edited September 2010
    Shwoo wrote: »
    "It wasn't exactly ironic, but I didn't care." That's the best line I've heard all week!

    I love that line. I try to shoehorn it into every conversation I have, now.
    Shwoo wrote: »
    Max is starting to remind me of Bender from Futurama.

    I've actually thought the same thing at times...glad I'm not alone there.
  • edited September 2010
    I wish I didn't have to keep changing the settings to what I usually use whenever there's a new episode.

    Skunkape! He wasn't in the trailer!

    Gah! Floating narrator heads!

    That was a short cold open.

    Did Max's gun just run out?!

    Aw, he can't bring himself to shoot himself. That's adorable.

    Well, looks like Skunkape's feeling better.

    Max needs to stop wanting to eat Sam.

    Carob icecream? That sounds disgusting. Though better for dogs, I suppose.

    Mama Bosco! I knew it!

    Rarely utilised! Hah! (I believe Sam was talking about his sense of smell here)

    So as Max gets more experienced at psychic powers, his future vision gets less useful? What? It makes sense from a gaming perspective, but...

    Is max supposed to be invisible when I'm shooting at the coffee mug?

    Another tunnel? I thought that led back to Stinky's.

    I hope the password's foot snake squiggle squiggle bird.

    Radical! Again! One of the best tracks!

    What's the point of ventriloquism if I can't use it to mess with Sam.

    I regret doing that to Sal.

    Bluster Blaster's speech patterns seem different.

    No comment on the stripper thing.

    Noir Sam: The Return.

    Why's Sam helping Stinky lie?

    Unobtanium joke?

    It's the seances!

    The bobblehead is probably a better president than Max.

    A can'o'nuts would be really useful right now.

    Aw... That's just as adorable as it was in the trailer. (A Sam clone hugging a rabbit clone and Sam unconsciously hugging Max)

    Ah, Sal is Mr S. That was obvious from the first episode.

    I can't stop laughing at Stinky and Sal kissing.

    Hey, I was right about Papierwaite's password! I'm awesome!

    Norrington is Yog-Soggth. I think that was one of my guesses, so cool.

    Sal! D: He fell...

    Aw, the rhinoplasty doesn't word on the Sam screens. He's inanimate, right?

    What? What am I doing back down here?! (I think I somehow appeared back at the bottom of the cloning chamber after getting to the control platform. The exclamation mark was because I was concerned that the platform was still up there and that I wouldn't be able to get up. It was fine, though)

    ...That was helpful. (Giving the letter to Mama Bosco, I think)

    Roscoe?

    Here's to Sam's what now? That was weird and Shakespearean.

    I know it's some sort of word puzzle, but I can't figure out what the highlighted words signify.

    Okay, I'm getting there...

    Max = Guybrush Threepwood? Okay!

    Bosco clone? Is that what I have to do?

    Oh yeah, I can read minds. I forgot.

    Ah. That's why I need Bosco's spit.

    I'm thinking the Master is Papierwaite, since it sounds a lot like him. But that's the obvious choice.

    Charlie Ho-Tep?! Even though I saw a thread title indicating that Max fights him, I still didn't see that coming.

    Must... go to school... Must... Finish game...

    Sam's hat? Hasn't been mentioned since season 1? Maybe not? (I guess I was talking about Sam being susceptible to hypnotism because he wasn't wearing his hat, but I have no idea what prompted this note)

    Oh! I can switch to Sam!

    Sam's important because he's a player character: I wouldn't have guessed that.

    What a second, don't change isn't a song, it's a description. That explains a lot.

    It would be awesome if Max wouldn't keep going back to the start whenever I change the music.

    What? How'd that happen? (Might have been talking about Max mysteriously not going back to the start whenever the music changed)

    The background music changed. That must be good.

    Oh, this is awesome!

    So this is what combining the powers means.

    I got Charlie Ho-Tep to turn into the toy that destroys him, but now what? Did I miss a hotspot?

    Forgot I had ventriloquism...

    I know I couldn't throw my voice into the toybox before. I checked!

    The picture froze. Good sign.

    Is Max dead again?

    Oh, good, he's not.

    Ah, he's just possessed.

    I didn't write many notes for this chapter.


    I wrote plenty of notes for that chapter, what was I talking about. The City That Dares Not Sleep will be on Friday or Saturday. Australia time.
  • edited September 2010
    Shwoo, shwoo, shwoo! Finish the last ep, i just discovered this thread and im dying to know the new notes!

    It is pretty amazing how in some ways people think alike and in others they are complete opposites.
    And a dream with Phineus and Ferb, Sam and Max AND Dr Who in it? Awesome.

    "Max, i know what were gonna do today! We're gonna defeat The Master!"

    Makes me pine for the ttg dr who game that will never be though :(
  • edited September 2010
    Shwoo wrote: »
    Aw, he can't bring himself to shoot himself. That's adorable.

    ...

    Aw... That's just as adorable as it was in the trailer. (A Sam clone hugging a rabbit clone and Sam unconsciously hugging Max)

    Sam's just adorable in general. He's probably not supposed to be, but he is; although I concede that that particular scene was ten times cuter than anything else he's ever done.
    Shwoo wrote: »
    Max needs to stop wanting to eat Sam.

    It's probably not healthy, and not just in the sense that only a mentally unsound individual would want to eat their best friend. I wonder how many calories are in a Sam...
    Shwoo wrote: »
    I hope the password's foot snake squiggle squiggle bird.

    Do they ever explain what the hell that even means?
    Shwoo wrote: »
    What's the point of ventriloquism if I can't use it to mess with Sam.

    Psychic powers are kind of boring if you can't use them to mess with people; they should have given you more options for mind reading and ventriloquism with other characters.
    Shwoo wrote: »
    I regret doing that to Sal.

    We all did.
    Shwoo wrote: »
    Sam's important because he's a player character: I wouldn't have guessed that.

    It's kind of meta in a way...shaka! Our minds blown.
  • edited September 2010
    Shwoo, shwoo, shwoo! Finish the last ep, i just discovered this thread and im dying to know the new notes!
    I'll try my best to get it up on Friday, which is tomorrow.
    And a dream with Phineus and Ferb, Sam and Max AND Dr Who in it? Awesome.

    "Max, i know what were gonna do today! We're gonna defeat The Master!"
    I would so watch/play that show/cartoon/game
    Player_2 wrote: »
    Sam's just adorable in general. He's probably not supposed to be, but he is; although I concede that that particular scene was ten times cuter than anything else he's ever done.
    I didn't realise I'd called Sam adorable twice in the same set of notes. I guess it's my love for his adorableness coming out.

    Do they ever explain what the hell that even means?
    It means "Foot, snake, squiggle, squiggle, bird", of course! Seriously, though, I can't remember.
  • edited September 2010
    What's the point of ventriloquism if I can't use it to mess with Sam.

    Yeah, I was so disappointed with that too.
    Do they ever explain what the hell that even means?

    A foot, a snake, 2 squiggles and a bird (seriously, Nefertiti's mom says so in reel 1 of 302) :P
  • edited September 2010
    That's seriously it? Ancient Egyptians went around having conversations that were nothing but "foot snake squiggle squiggle bird?" There's no possible English translation?! :eek:
  • edited September 2010
    What line was this.

    I got this straight away, I'm guessing its when amelia says positively revelatory.
  • edited September 2010
    Shwoo wrote: »
    I wish I didn't have to keep changing the settings to what I usually use whenever there's a new episode.

    Skunkape! He wasn't in the trailer!

    Gah! Floating narrator heads!

    That was a short cold open.

    Did Max's gun just run out?!

    Aw, he can't bring himself to shoot himself. That's adorable.

    Well, looks like Skunkape's feeling better.

    Max needs to stop wanting to eat Sam.

    Carob icecream? That sounds disgusting. Though better for dogs, I suppose.

    Mama Bosco! I knew it!

    Rarely utilised! Hah! (I believe Sam was talking about his sense of smell here)

    So as Max gets more experienced at psychic powers, his future vision gets less useful? What? It makes sense from a gaming perspective, but...

    Is max supposed to be invisible when I'm shooting at the coffee mug?

    Another tunnel? I thought that led back to Stinky's.

    I hope the password's foot snake squiggle squiggle bird.

    Radical! Again! One of the best tracks!

    What's the point of ventriloquism if I can't use it to mess with Sam.

    I regret doing that to Sal.

    Bluster Blaster's speech patterns seem different.

    No comment on the stripper thing.

    Noir Sam: The Return.

    Why's Sam helping Stinky lie?

    Unobtanium joke?

    It's the seances!

    The bobblehead is probably a better president than Max.

    A can'o'nuts would be really useful right now.

    Aw... That's just as adorable as it was in the trailer. (A Sam clone hugging a rabbit clone and Sam unconsciously hugging Max)

    Ah, Sal is Mr S. That was obvious from the first episode.

    I can't stop laughing at Stinky and Sal kissing.

    Hey, I was right about Papierwaite's password! I'm awesome!

    Norrington is Yog-Soggth. I think that was one of my guesses, so cool.

    Sal! D: He fell...

    Aw, the rhinoplasty doesn't word on the Sam screens. He's inanimate, right?

    What? What am I doing back down here?! (I think I somehow appeared back at the bottom of the cloning chamber after getting to the control platform. The exclamation mark was because I was concerned that the platform was still up there and that I wouldn't be able to get up. It was fine, though)

    ...That was helpful. (Giving the letter to Mama Bosco, I think)

    Roscoe?

    Here's to Sam's what now? That was weird and Shakespearean.

    I know it's some sort of word puzzle, but I can't figure out what the highlighted words signify.

    Okay, I'm getting there...

    Max = Guybrush Threepwood? Okay!

    Bosco clone? Is that what I have to do?

    Oh yeah, I can read minds. I forgot.

    Ah. That's why I need Bosco's spit.

    I'm thinking the Master is Papierwaite, since it sounds a lot like him. But that's the obvious choice.

    Charlie Ho-Tep?! Even though I saw a thread title indicating that Max fights him, I still didn't see that coming.

    Must... go to school... Must... Finish game...

    Sam's hat? Hasn't been mentioned since season 1? Maybe not? (I guess I was talking about Sam being susceptible to hypnotism because he wasn't wearing his hat, but I have no idea what prompted this note)

    Oh! I can switch to Sam!

    Sam's important because he's a player character: I wouldn't have guessed that.

    What a second, don't change isn't a song, it's a description. That explains a lot.

    It would be awesome if Max wouldn't keep going back to the start whenever I change the music.

    What? How'd that happen? (Might have been talking about Max mysteriously not going back to the start whenever the music changed)

    The background music changed. That must be good.

    Oh, this is awesome!

    So this is what combining the powers means.

    I got Charlie Ho-Tep to turn into the toy that destroys him, but now what? Did I miss a hotspot?

    Forgot I had ventriloquism...

    I know I couldn't throw my voice into the toybox before. I checked!

    The picture froze. Good sign.

    Is Max dead again?

    Oh, good, he's not.

    Ah, he's just possessed.

    I didn't write many notes for this chapter.


    I wrote plenty of notes for that chapter, what was I talking about. The City That Dares Not Sleep will be on Friday or Saturday. Australia time.
    There is one thing I don't like about this episode. When Sam and Max are about to go in Papierwaite's office Max mentions that theres no tentacles guarding it this time, even tho it was sammun-mak in his body at the time. Also if you try to use rhinoplasty in papierwaite's office papierwaite will tell you his items are protected because of max using the rhinoplasty in the museum, even though it was sammun-mak not max. And max just seems to agree with him too.
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    All right. 305. I predict that Sal and Narrator are the same person. And also evil. And that Sam is Anubis. (...It wasn't really a serious prediction)

    It's been a whole week?

    Hey, is that the director in one of those pictures?

    People are always betraying Sam and Max. They reap what they sow, I guess.

    And Sybil's in the pictures! And Maximus!

    Dramatic.

    Hi Max.

    Mr Featherly?!

    Flying Maimtrons!

    I don't get the reference, but I laughed anyway. (I wish I'd mentioned what I was talking about there)

    That was a good entrance for Sybil. I like it. She's one of my favourite characters, though.

    And she's pregnant. Hm.

    I like how Curt won't stop making cheesy one-liners.

    Aaah! Not Peepers!

    I see Abe got his body back.

    Is every character ever in this episode? It's like Journey's End (A Doctor Who episode). No that I'm complaining.

    Satan?! And that looks like Jurgen, too.

    Why's Jurgen dressed up like it's 1902 again?

    And I can't get to the watertower by going behind the camera because?

    Wow, I wouldn't have thought of replacing the microphone with a corn dog. (I got it by trying everything with everything, not checking the forum for hints)

    I guess I need another rooster egg.

    ...That was disgusting.

    Oh right. The other episodes had opening credits, didn't they.

    that was pretty awesome.

    Dalek reference.

    I feel sorry for the Max heads. Sam just hates them so much.

    Electrocute Max. Okay.

    I love noir parodies.

    Hand Max head is kind of nerdy.

    Sam's private thoughts are surprisingly wordy and well written, considering he's trying not to the think them.

    I think Sybil needs to concentrate. She can kill Sam after they've saved the city.

    Ew. (Reaction to the "this must be where Max keeps his junk" "No, that's a few stories down" exchange, I think)

    Sam's slowly disappointed expression after he says "birthday" is adorable.

    Sam approaches the chocolate, vanishes, and appears in the same place. Then he says Max has been trying to poison him. What? (I get now that he was being shapeshifted into himself. It still doesn't make sense)

    So many Hit the Road references!

    I guess I have to make Max shake to get the roach off the top shelf, but he immediately stops when I go somewhere else.

    I knew Sam was going to fall asleep eventually.

    Haha, he's having a nightmare about the vet.

    Who indeed?

    So radiation just makes Sam pass out instead of reducing his nerves to goop?

    Oh! The cockroach is immune to radiation!

    Finally, I did it. I got the cockroach down. I have no idea how, but I did it.

    Maxthulu mode!

    Wheeee!

    There's no one else in here. Do I have to teach the roach to read?

    Microsoft Word reference!

    I can't believe putting the roach on the platter worked.

    Oh, of course. Sal!

    Oh no, Sal...

    :(

    Oh, there's Battery Park. I was looking for that.

    Sal is the betrayer. That's my guess. Sam Junior wasn't affected by the radiation.

    Or the Narrator. One of them.

    What. (Superego revelation)

    Now he's just quoting the beginning of the season.

    An idle mind is the Devil's playhouse? All right. Also, apparently this season was called "Max's Mind".

    A perfectly normal amount for a dog Sam's size to sweat would be barely at all.

    The dog has keys in his mouth. That's awesome.

    Time to randomly push buttons!

    This spitting thing reminds me of the Neverhood.

    That's not Gordon, is it? Sounds like Sammun-Mak.

    That is so Skunkape.

    Or his second-in-command, I guess.

    Nice collar, Sam.

    Aw. Poor Superball.

    If this was an 80s or to a lesser extent 90s adventure game, that bomb would've had a real time countdown on it.

    I don't see why I can't do anything with the video projector.

    Oh, I didn't see that photo down there.

    ...What. So Stinky isn't a cake golem?

    I'm surprised Skun-ka'pe didn't hear Sam talking to himself about how he tricked him. It's not like he was lowering his voice.

    Now[i/] he wants to leave. Must have picked the wrong door before.

    At the worst possible time, to.

    I bet the Save Sybil thing is a misunderstanding.

    Hey, that's the music that opened almost every episode of Season 2, only sadder.

    I have no idea what just happened. (This is when Max teleported himself to Stinky and blew up. I was really confused, but I understand now)

    :( :( :(

    That's the credits?!

    This is the closest a game has come to making me cry since Psychonauts.

    He ignored the mugging! D:

    Seriously. Maybe I'm just too emotionally attached to these characters, and by these characters, I mostly mean Sam. I'm sure Max will be back after the credits, but this is really well done.

    And now he's hugging himself! :(

    And here's Max! I think.

    Oh, it's the time elevator.

    Yay!

    So... Now they have a time machine. That's not good.


    And that's it until the next Telltale adventure game I play. I am doing notes for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, but I'm not sure how many people would be interested in that. Besides, I've played the game before.
  • edited September 2010
    "And I can't get to the watertower by going behind the camera because?"
    Don't be silly, there's a much more horribly contrived answer than that ;)
  • edited September 2010
    Sam just loves doing things the hard way.
  • edited September 2010
    Shwoo I'm guessing you got the Adventuring ending?
  • edited September 2010
    Shwoo wrote: »
    Sam approaches the chocolate, vanishes, and appears in the same place. Then he says Max has been trying to poison him. What? (I get now that he was being shapeshifted into himself. It still doesn't make sense)

    This one baffled me too, but I THINK the joke is that Chocolate is poisonous to Dogs, and the reason Max turns Sam back into a dog is because he would be poisoned by the Chocolate. It's still kind of a stretch, though.
  • edited September 2010
    Shwoo wrote: »
    Microsoft Word reference!
    When was that?
  • edited September 2010
    Tilan wrote: »
    When was that?

    One of the times you try to leave Maxilla mode, Mama Bosco talks like the Paperclip used as help tool in Word.
  • edited September 2010
    Shwoo wrote: »
    I feel sorry for the Max heads. Sam just hates them so much.

    I feel sorry for them, too. You can see how hard they're trying to be like Max, seeing how they keep quipping to Sam, but he just smacks them and tells them off for imitating his little buddy. And then he's perfectly happy with the other Max that comes out of the time machine...? Hypocrite.
    Shwoo wrote: »
    ...What. So Stinky isn't a cake golem?

    I find it hilarious that we're confused by this revelation. "So, wait, she isn't a cake golem? But that totally made sense!" :eek:
    Shwoo wrote: »
    I have no idea what just happened. (This is when Max teleported himself to Stinky and blew up. I was really confused, but I understand now)

    :( :( :(

    That's the credits?!

    This is the closest a game has come to making me cry since Psychonauts.

    He ignored the mugging! D:

    Seriously. Maybe I'm just too emotionally attached to these characters, and by these characters, I mostly mean Sam. I'm sure Max will be back after the credits, but this is really well done.

    And now he's hugging himself! :

    Saddest ending ever. I actually cried. But...you almost teared up during Psychonauts? May I ask when...?

    Now that I think about it, though, that game was kind of depressing. Hm.
  • edited September 2010
    Gohaku wrote: »
    Shwoo I'm guessing you got the Adventuring ending?
    Yeah. I think I like the crimefighting ending better, but they're both good.
    Pak-Man wrote: »
    This one baffled me too, but I THINK the joke is that Chocolate is poisonous to Dogs, and the reason Max turns Sam back into a dog is because he would be poisoned by the Chocolate. It's still kind of a stretch, though.
    That's what I thought too, but I agree, it's a stretch.
    I find it hilarious that we're confused by this revelation. "So, wait, she isn't a cake golem? But that totally made sense!" :eek:
    I don't know what you're talking about. Sam turning her into a cake by reading the name of a recipe and turning her back by stealing the rib of a monster makes much more sense than her boyfriend turning a projector on and off. :p
    Saddest ending ever. I actually cried. But...you almost teared up during Psychonauts? May I ask when...?

    Now that I think about it, though, that game was kind of depressing. Hm.
    Milla's nightmare room. It was really depressing.
  • edited September 2010
    Shwoo wrote: »
    i don't know what you're talking about. Sam turning her into a cake by reading the name of a recipe and turning her back by stealing the rib of a monster makes much more sense than her boyfriend turning a projector on and off. :p

    The cake was a lie!
  • edited September 2010
    Player_2 wrote: »
    The cake was a lie!

    So Sal somehow knew sam would read from a book gained by going to hell, and that he would use a rib gained by getting a bonesaw and using it on the monster, to turn stinky back into her own self, and whats more she got up on the tabletop where the cake was. Plus the spell to create a cake actually works so why didn't it work when grampy stinky did it? You couldn't have defeated the soda poppers without the cake spell. I'm sorry but they must have changed what happened to her after 301, after revealing that she is a cake. Plus the nutro-specs says she's made from fishsticks, tar and ice cream in 301, or so i've been told.
  • edited September 2010
    Shwoo wrote: »
    I'll try my best to get it up on Friday, which is tomorrow.


    I would so watch/play that show/cartoon/game


    I didn't realise I'd called Sam adorable twice in the same set of notes. I guess it's my love for his adorableness coming out.



    It means "Foot, snake, squiggle, squiggle, bird", of course! Seriously, though, I can't remember.

    it's just what the hieroglyphics look like, and papierwaite made the password up in 1901.
  • edited September 2010
    So Sal somehow knew sam would read from a book gained by going to hell, and that he would use a rib gained by getting a bonesaw and using it on the monster, to turn stinky back into her own self, and whats more she got up on the tabletop where the cake was.
    Maybe he didn't know that specifically, but he could have just been ready in case something like that happened.
    Plus the spell to create a cake actually works so why didn't it work when grampy stinky did it? You couldn't have defeated the soda poppers without the cake spell.
    Sam just followed the recipe. It wasn't supposed to make a person out of a cake, so it doesn't.
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