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GAME REVIEW – Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse (PC/Mac, UK Retail Edition)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Telltale Games. Originally released digitally via the Telltale Games website in 2010, this new UK retail edition from publisher Lace Mamba Global includes all five episodes of the game, as well as five collectible badges and an art poster by Sam & Max creator Steve Purcell!

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AMO COMPETITION – Win Sam & Max – The Devil’s Playhouse (PC/Mac)!

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To celebrate the release of Sam & Max – The Devil’s Playhouse (UK Retail Edition), AMO has teamed up with publisher Lace Mamba Global to offer our readers the chance to win one of three copies! Each copy has a recommended retail price of £24.99 and includes five collectible Sam & Max badges as well as an artwork poster by Sam & Max creator Steve Purcell! Read on to find out more!

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GAME REVIEW – Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse, Episode 5 – The City That Dares Not Sleep

By Marty Mulrooney

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The final episode of Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse is finally upon us. A somewhat mixed season so far – in this reviewer’s eyes at least –  the City That Dares Not Sleep wastes no time making amends. It is an epic finale in every sense of the word. What’s more, the game has changed. We no longer get to play with the ‘Toys Of Power’ (nearly all of them were destroyed at the end of last episode remember) and Max is a now a lumbering giant, a monster destroying the city. This leaves Sam going solo in the more traditional Telltale mould, desperate to save his little buddy. What ensues had me grinning from ear to ear…

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GAME REVIEW – Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse, Episode 4 – Beyond The Alley Of The Dolls

By Marty Mulrooney

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The penultimate episode of Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse has finally arrived. Regular readers of AMO will remember that I was slightly disappointed with last month’s effort, feeling that the latter parts of the game were rather safe and cookie cutter. Thankfully, the cliff-hanger ending certainly made up for any prior misgivings, indicating that the next instalment would be a much stronger endeavour. It was therefore with great anticipation that I loaded up Sam & Max’s latest adventure, Beyond The Alley Of The Dolls…

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