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Episodic Content EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 5 hitting in December 3 Tales of Monkey Island draws to a close this December with the release of the final episodic chapter on the 8th of next month. Dubbed “Rise of the Pirate God,” Telltale Games has said... Game SERIES Debate to the Death! MGS VS Half-Life 237 Last week's bonus questions brought in even more discussion than the week before, and when you outdo a Zelda and Final Fantasy debate, that's saying something. And boy did you guys and gamer girl... Fourth Tales of Monkey Island episode hits this Friday 6 The fourth and second-to-last episode of Telltale's Tales of Monkey Island series, intriguingly entitled "The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood," comes out this Friday.Accordin... Review: Tales of Monkey Island, Chapter 2 19 Telltale games kicked off their Tales of Monkey Island episodic series with a bang in "Launch of the Screaming Narwhal." We came away very impressed with the inaugural effort, praising ... Have a tidbit of Tales of Monkey Island's second episode 2 The new Monkey Island series from Telltale started out with a bang. Brad Nicholson and I both enjoyed it considerably. On Thursday, the next episode, The Siege of Spinner Cay, will be released.&n... Review: Wallace and Gromit: The Bogey Man 11 For every beginning there is an end; for every initial episode of a new, adorable Telltale Games episodic series, there is a finale.For better or worse, the fourth episode of Wallace and Gromit's... Review: Wallace and Gromit: Muzzled! 10 Ah, Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures. With half your season already complete, what will you offer us in the final two episodes? We've already taken on mutated bees and unruly houseguests -- ... E3 09: Ron Gilbert contributing to Tales of Monkey Island 13 When I met with Telltale Games to take a first look at their upcoming series of Monkey Island episodic games, I was pleasantly surprised to have the opportunity to meet Dave Grossman, writer/prog... E3 09: How does Tales of Monkey Island look? Keep reading 16 Alright, let's clear the air here. With all the hubub of E3, it's easy to get confused. There are two new Monkey Island games coming out soon. One of them, Tales of Monkey Island is an episodic g... Strong Bad is collecting himself 6 If for some reason you hate episodic content and despise downloading multiple parts of games we have good news for you. Telltale is collecting all five chapters of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attr... Telltale bringing Wallace & Gromit to Xbox Live Arcade. How grand! 9 Home of episodic PC and Wii gaming Telltale Games has just recently announced that it will be making its Xbox Live Arcade debut this spring with Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures. How grand... Sony bigwig wants better episodic content 10 Episodic gaming is proving itself to be an interesting new avenue, although it's fair to say that a few companies haven't quite gotten the hang of it yet. Not that I wish to make an example of Va... Penny Arcade Adventures Episode Two dated for October 29th 17 I quite enjoyed the first installment in the Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness series, my only beef being that it wasn't long enough (but good episodic content neve... Penny Arcade Episode 2 has gone gold 12 [video]105968:456[/video]Awesomesode indeed!Hothead games has announced that the Windows, Mac and Linux versions of Penny Arcade: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 2 has gone gold. ... Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 2 coming soon, have some new screens 10 The boys at Penny Arcade know how to capture both our hearts and our expendable income. After hosting the best open-to-the-public gaming event on the West Coast, it seems a perfect time to showca... Burnination time! Strong Bad comes to WiiWare and PC August 12th 24 The date is finally confirmed: you will be able to play Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People starting this August 11th on your Wii or PC. The first episode of the series is called "H... First episode of American McGee's Grimm is out now, free for a limited time 16 The debut episode of American McGee's Grimm entitled "A Boy Learns What Fear Is" is available for download.As with each of the other 23 game episodes, it will be free for the first 24 h... The Trogdor comes in the night, we just don't know which one 13 You may remember that Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, featuring all of your favorite characters from Homestarrunner, was due for a July release on WiiWare. Well, July ends today. So... Telltale to release Wallace & Gromit episodic game 19 I adore Wallace & Gromit. Unfortunately, after gallivanting through three incredible shorts and an Academy Award-winning feature film, the wacky inventor and his verbally-challenged dog compa... Watchmen episodic game in works: Alan Moore shoots self, then turns in grave 82 Anyone who has read Watchmen and seen 300 knows that Zack Snyder's upcoming film adaptation of Alan Moore's greatest graphic novel is going to suck. Nearly very single scene in the trailer is ne... Sam & Max Season Two getting a collectors DVD, other stuff 6 Telltale Games announced today that Sam & Max, everyone’s favorite pair of anthropomorphic animal investigators, will be getting a collectors edition DVD for their second season of down... Pew! Pew! Preview!: American McGee's Grimm: A Boy Learns What Fear Is 14 Have you ever found yourself thinking that fairy tales are just too damn happy nowadays? If so, then you may just find a kindred spirit in Spicy Horse Games, a developer that is creating a new fr... Siren: Blood Curse priced, nearly ready for European debut 12 Wishing for a little episodic horror in your life? Come July 24th, fire up your PS3, and the wait will be over. That's the day that Siren: Blood Curse makes its debut in all its downloadable good... Destructoid review: Penny Arcade Adventures Episode One 101 I'd like to start by explaining my opinion of Penny Arcade as a comic strip, because your enjoyment of On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will be, either partly or in whole, dependent on wh... Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People info is cool and attractive 25 It seems to be that Telltale has been firing on all cylinders lately: Sam & Max Season 2 ended on a high note, and their latest endeavor, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, has bee... Destructoid review: Sam and Max 205: What's New, Beelzebub? 29 Ah, the season finale: a time when plot threads are tied up, true motives are revealed, and evil enemies come to light. Season finales are about climax, conclusion, satisfaction. While we're pret... Sam & Max season finale available today 13 Sam & Max Season 2 finishes up today, with the conclusion of the five-episode season now available on GameTap. Episode 205, What's new, Beelzebub? finds the duo de la awesome bargaining with ... You crack me up, lil' buddy: Sam and Max officially confirmed for Wii 52 Holy jumping weasel fritters on a hot cross bun! Now all you people who have Macs don't have to kill yourselves over your previous inability to play the Sam and Max episodes (they're really good... Sony downplays GTA IV's extras, but nobody's buying it 108 There once was a time when exclusives played a big part in console sales, and while times have indeed changed, having the right games on your hardware can still make a difference. It's public kno... Destructoid review: Sam and Max 204: Chariots of the Dogs 39 BUY THIS GAME. Or rather, buy the whole season. I've previously reviewed more Sam and Max episodes than I care to count, but this most recent one is by far the best, and the most undeniable proof... Destructoid review: Sam and Max Episode 202: Moai Better Blues 11 Another month, another Sam and Max episode. If you haven't subscribed already, you should have; if you have, you might wanna know what you're in for; if you don't know what I'm talking about, th... Destructoid review: Sam & Max Episode 201: Ice Station Santa 14 Gather round, lads, it's full disclosure time: I didn't play Sam & Max Season 1. I didn't play Sam & Max Hit the Road. I'm only perfunctorily acquainted with the entire adventure genre. ... Destructoid review: Half-Life 2: Episode Two 39 [This is just one of the new games available in The Orange Box. Don't forget to read our reviews of Portal and Team Fortress 2, and keep your eyes peeled for forthcoming console reviews.]I'll... Valve uncertain about the future of episodic gaming 36 Valve might be dropping the whole concept of episodic gaming once Half-Life 2: Episode 3 finally sees the light of day. While that release may seem like a distant prospect with Episode 2 still aw... Sam and Max: Season Two coming this Fall! 15 I am not an exclamatory sort of guy. I rarely, if ever, choose to exclaim things. And even when I do, I usually never go through the trouble of adding an exclamation mark, instead letting the pe... Tomb Raider Anniversary coming to the 360? 22 After Lara Croft's phenomenal rebirth last year with Tomb Raider: Legend (it's singular, n00bs!) and the success of said title on the Xbox 360, it was somewhat disheartening to see the 1... PBC presents: The New Adventures of Captain S 13 We at Destructoid are always receiving new videos and content from readers who want us to help get the word out about whatever it is that they happen send us at the moment. As you would expect, ... Don't read any reviews of the latest Sam and Max episode 7 While chances are decent that you either (A) don't care about the Sam and Max episodes or (B) have already downloaded it, or will in the next week, and wouldn't have read a review anyway,... Tycho and Gabe make digital debut in Penny Arcade Adventures 27 And, lo, the first episode of Penny Arcade's game, "On the Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness," is upon us, and I saw that it was good.Penny Arcade Adventures looks like a cartoony f... Gametap is cheap and easy, like a good whore should be 34 A few days ago, superstar editor and sometimes gastrointestinal specialist Aaron Linde said to me, "You know, I want to check out Myst Online: Uru Live and Gametap is having an introductor... Half Life 2: Black Box gallery 1 of 2 -- Team Fortress 2 screenshots 24 Valve has released a motherload of media today for both games bundled in its upcoming Half-Life 2 episode 2: Black Box. While the adventures of Gordon are always great, the screenshots of most i... SiN Episodes indefinitely postponed 8 One of the big buzzwords in gaming as of late has been "episodic content", and one of the frontrunners of the episodic content movement was Ritual Entertainment, the developers behind t...		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