The second episode of Sam and Max Season 2, Moai Better Blues, takes our heroes to Easter Island, where they must stop the "Volcano God" from destroying the Moai civilization.  Ancient prophesy has predicted a dog in a suit and a giant horrible mouth coming to save them all... uncanny prophesies of doom including Max... does that make an even dozen?  But the question... how does this installment stack up to the series so far?

Telltale Games continued their Sam and Max series in late 2007 with Ice Station Santa, beginning their second season of the game.  I'd always meant to pick up season two, but with work and life and specifically Team Fortress 2, I hadn't found the time.  Imagine my squee when I noticed that not only had Season 3 begun, but Telltale and Valve were providing Sam and Max items and hats for Team Fortress 2!

Sam and Max Episode 6 of Season One, Dark Side of the Moon is a great continuation of the series.  And it's got a really need puzzle solving boss battle that harkens back to the former days of glory for the Adventure game market.

However, this game doesn't really stand on it's own.  It depends heavily on previous chunks of the game being well known to the players, and it's a bit of a letdown on the writing side of things.  It's still great... but it's not the best of the series.

I have a confession to make: [i]Sam and Max: Abe Lincoln Must Die[/i] was the first Sam and Max episode I ever played. I've been playing them again and working through the reviews one at a time to be absolutely fair, but this is the best in the series, bar none.

[i]Oh and did I mention it's free?[/i]

Continuing the adventures of Sam and Max, this episode takes us to Ted E. Bear's Mafia Free Casino, that just so happens to have operating staff in pinstripe suits and games named "Whack Da Rat."

Seriously, the funniest of the three games so far, and worth the play, all the way.

Second in the series of Point and Click Sam and Max games, Situation: Comedy takes place in the studios of WARP, the local TV affiliate with a problem: host of the daytime talk show Myra has taken her audience hostage for a three and a half day shooting session! It's up to you to get them out!

The setup is apropos, for you will be spending a lot of time talking in this game. The repeating conversations type of talking.

When I was a kid, the only exposure I had to Sam and Max was through their television show. I never knew they had a comic book until 2005 when I met a big fan of "underground comics." And I didn't know about their old Lucasfilm game until a few months ago.

Luckily for me Telltale Games is making a new series of Sam and Max point-and-clicks, and the first in the lineup is "Culture Shock," a very fun romp through the world of Vigilante Freelance Justice.