Team Fortress 2 Meets Sam & Max
I have a slight crush on Team Fortress 2 and its ability to constantly release updates that make me giggle and want to pick up the game yet again (let's not discuss how many hours I've sunk into that game, eh?). This latest update made me squee like a silly bunny, however.
It appears Valve and Telltale Games are fans of each others' work. They have even squared off Red vs. Blue in some matches. Therefore, since they have such a camaraderie, and likely want to help promote each other, Valve is offering some Sam & Max items to those who buy The Penal Zone, which is the first episode in the upcoming series, The Devil's Playhouse.
What items?
Max's Severed Head
* It's not often you're given the gift of a beloved character's decapitated head by the very studio responsible for that character. Still, we're not complaining. It's soft, it wicks away moisture in the heat of battle, it highlights our eyes. It's got us thinking about all the other game characters we could be wearing around as clothes.Max's Pistol
* Who wouldn't want to squeeze off a couple rounds with the murder weapon of choice of a sociopathic cartoon rabbit? Probably quite a lot of people, when you get right down to it. Luckily, those people are all well-adjusted contributors to society with no police records, spotless credit ratings and few unresolvable moral failings. They also probably have no interest in playing TF2, so that means more murder-rabbit gun shooting for the rest of us.Sam's Revolver
* This might look like an ordinary revolver, until you realize that it helps a talking dog solve crimes. How many crimes has YOUR dog solved lately? And let's face it, his revolver kind of sucks too. Man, we want to talk about this gun more, but we can't get over how much your dog sucks.
Count me among those who wants to squeeze off a couple of rounds with the murder weapon of a sociopathic cartoon rabbit. Interested? You may wish to take a gander at The Devil's Playground's Steam page then.
VorpalBunny
Posted to Video Games on 16 April 2010
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Why can't I buy just the first episode on Steam?
Yay! More shit Valves console gamers will never ever see!
Seriously guys, you should write a little article on that. I don't know why no other game publication has ever written about that.
Well I hope these items are just reskins and not more crap unlocks. Meaning many have either been OP or completely useless (Equalizer, I'm looking at you) As for no console updates, you can blame EA and Microsoft. The PS3 version wasn't developed by Valve (the opposite of the standard third party outsource model), and MS is charging for everything. Plus, PC is simply more popular for FPS and frankly, plays better.
"Plus, PC is simply more popular for FPS and frankly, plays better."
This, about a billion times over this.