A break from your regularly scheduled programming

Since Bad Mojo was freaking me out too much, and because I have the attention span of a gnat, I decided to download the free game, Jessica Plunkenstein and the Düsseldorf Conspiracy . What began as a senior class project for computer science students at Yale has turned into a hilarious point and click adventure game.

Now, this isn't a game that's going to knock your socks off in the graphics department. In fact, the developers seem to revel in the low-tech with graphics stolen straight from the pages of Microsoft's clip art books. But that's all part of the game's quirky charm. I've only just started playing, but I'm finding the writing both plucky (not unlike the story's plucky ingenue) and funny.

The story starts off as the liberal, feisty protagonist Jessica Plunkenstein gets sent by her parents to Miss Pernilla's Institute for Unwifely Women. When Jessica's plane ticket accidently get's swapped with ~~Indiana Jones'~~ Harrison J. Harris' ticket to the Amazon, hilarity ensous. Nelliegamer says: check it out.

Comments

Mike said…

Thanks for the tip and the humourous, yet insightful, review!

1:28 PM

nelliegamer said…

You're very welcome, mcgogo.

8:10 PM

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