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Sam & Max (Nearly) Save Christmas 20 Dec, 2007, 11:57 / 10 comments

By The Tingler


In case playing through the game's not enough for ya, Telltale have released a machinny... makinama... mcnugget... short game film thing based on Sam & Max: Ice Station Santa, although there are a number of differences particularly with the Three Spirits. And I say short, it's actually about 20 minutes!

See it at GameTrailers now, although Telltale promise it will be up in some other form on their website soon. UPDATE: Ahh, there we go!

"God **** us, every one!"
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  • Udvarnoky on 21 Dec, 2007, 02:19…
    I would have made a news post for this but Mojo Admin blew up so I'll just just tell everyone here to check the latest Telltale newsletter for this year's Steve Purcell Holiday Greetings art.
  • Udvarnoky on 21 Dec, 2007, 02:18…
    Telltale's new site for the video

    http://www.samandmaxchristmas.com/
  • MrSneeze on 21 Dec, 2007, 01:35…
    Well, that was misleading. It's just a gameplay video of sorts with a few alterations. Not really a machinima video. :(

    Fun nevertheless :D
  • fov on 21 Dec, 2007, 05:03…
    Paul Marino from the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences seems to think it fits into the machinima category...

    http://blog.machinima.org/2007/12/telltale-brings-holiday-special-and.html
  • MrSneeze on 21 Dec, 2007, 06:57…
    Heavens forbid it's some kind of promotion, eh?

    In a broad sense, yes, it is machinima (machine cinema), but since it rarely deviates from what you actually do in the game, it doesn't follow machinima "rules". Would you consider the Full Throttle gameplay movie machinima?
  • fov on 21 Dec, 2007, 07:07…
    Oh, I'm not denying it's promotional. :)

    I just found it interesting that a self-proclaimed machinima expert wrote it up on his blog without any prodding from us whatsoever!
  • MrSneeze on 21 Dec, 2007, 15:42…
    Ah-ha! The plot thickens! Self-proclaimed you say? :P
  • Sp0tted on 20 Dec, 2007, 22:21…
    Why is the office at the beginning not the same?
  • The Tingler on 21 Dec, 2007, 10:31…
    There are definitely a few differences all over the place - like characters in different locations.
  • The Tingler on 20 Dec, 2007, 12:05…
    I particularly love the Boxing and the ad break! Pity they cut out the Maim-tron.