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The Essence Of Child-Like Imagination | Pajama Sam Retrospective - TGX Game Reviews
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I was young once. Crazy, I know. Back when I was young I used to get games at the bottom of a cereal box. Many games that I got at the bottom of a cereal box were from the Pajama Sam series. A point and click edutainment series by Humongous Entertainment. Pajama Sam was a staple of my; and many people's childhoods. So I decided it would be nice to give the entire series a retrospective. I can't wait for people to tell me that I forgot about Pajama Sam 4. Trust me guy's, I'm pretending to forget it to make the revelation and the final few minutes come as a surprise to people who aren't overly familiar with the series. But people will still comment that I forgot 4, because subtly continues to be the black market contraband of the internet and people don't know to read the description. Pajama Sam then, does it hold up? Let's find out.
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Humongous was my childhood. I live in Israel and we didn't have all of these games, so I didn't know there were even more than one entry to each series. I grew up playing Pajama Sam 2, Putt Putt Joins the Circus and Freddie Fish 3 thinking each were a stand alone game and only about 6 years ago realized the whole series were online. Ron Gilbert was a great pioneer of adventure games.
"the only time I have anger issues is when people tell me I have anger issues."
I relate to that so much. Seriously, if my dear old mother would just keep her mouth shut, she'd see just how much better my 'attitude' can be.
Ah yes, Pajama Sam. A series then I haven't heard of in years.
The red button was an E-STOP button. Lots of machines need to be reset or recalibrated when suddenly stopped
The music for the Pajama Sam games actually isn’t MIDI, they are full-band recordings. The reason they sound “submerged in water” is the level of compression that was needed to fit them on the CD-ROM. The music for the third game, by George “The Fat Man” Sanger, is now available on Bandcamp in high quality. It’s really fresh to hear it that way and shows how much care was put into these games.
Funny that you mention Dave the Barbarian, I’m right at the end of marathoning the entire show lol. It’s such an underrated gem.
Best pun in PJ Sam 2: The stapler is anxious that George Someone is trying to get him fired, and George Someone is a staple remover
Saw this a while back. Definitely the best episode of Season 4 for TGX Game Reviews. I like how you compare and contrast each individual game, but the conclusion statement really hit home and tied into the rest of the video quite well.
The Pajama Sam trilogy was a piece of my childhood and would play on my pc multiple times
Pajama Sam 4 was a game I’ve never heard of until yesterday, so hearing someone talk about it was like heading into unknown territory
For those who are wondering about the Jailer’s voice actor, it’s Scott Burns who voiced Bowser in several Mario games and Beltino Toad from Star Fox Assault (like TGX said)
As the jailer, Scott Burns is doing an impression of 70's comedian Paul Lynde.
@@haakenbailey7381He also voiced the rat charlotte's web.
Also, I just realized at 35:25 that the Plumbers have an ass crack on their head because of their shape. What a classic Ron Gilbert joke.
Doing the lords work. I remember being in kindergarten playing pajama sam, I also remember children I'm the library playing zoombinis. These "children" still haunt me to this day, because I don't remember seeing them anywhere else in my elementary school
Wow...that speech at the end was surprisingly profound.
Very thought-provoking.
I remember owning the first 2 PJ Sam games along with Putt Putt saves the Zoo and Freddi Fish 1,3, & 5
Voice of the candy cage reminded me of Paul Lynde who is absolutely fabulous
Not sure about who plays the jailer, but his voice seems to be modeled after mid 20th century comedian Paul Linde who voiced templeton the rat in the 1973 animated film charlotte’s web. His voice was parodied several times in 90’s and 2000’s cartoons such as Escargoon in Kirby Right Back At Ya and Roger in American Dad
He was Scott Burns he was in other Humongous Entertainment games and the was voice of Fatty bear.
FEAR OF THE DARK! FEAR OF THE DARK! I HAVE A CONSTANT FEAR THAT SOMETHING'S ALWAYS NEAR!
The wood sinking with that music playing gave me the chuckles.
33:15: He sounds like Mr. Udderly in Spyfox: Dry cereal.
And the guard in front of Le Roach’s restaurant in Spy Fox 2 Some Assembly Required.
I was like damn what is he wearing? And then he said pajamas lol
Pajama Sam will always be extremely important to me. I love being able to play them on modern consoles
At 33:03, the voice actor's name is Scott Burns. If you check the Humongous Entertainment wiki, he's done a lot of voice acting for the other Humongous Entertainment games (I recognized his voice because it was the same as Snappy Turtle from the first Freddi Fish game).
I initially thought it was Paul Lynde (Uncle Arthur from Bewitched & the voice of Templeton the Rat from Charlotte's Web) but it seems that Scott Burns can just do a really good impression of Lynde.
The chocolate bar sounds like Escargoon from Kirby Right Back At Ya..
33:01 he sounds like robert the alien from American dad
that chocolate bar’s voice actor was the voice of the king rat in Jump start 2nd grade math I think maybe he was Scott Burns who’s been in a handful of other Humongous Entertainment games too.
I really don't agree with how harsh you were on the third game. I always returned to that one, because I thought it was the best, most classic of the Pajama Sam games, and the art? The background art was truly beautiful, with extremely tight compositions that efficiently tell so much story, the harmonious purple and yellow palettes and unique hard edged shading (no lazy gradients, instead they went the extra mile and it looks great!) with thick and thin, comic-book-like line art. The way it cleverly avoids one point perspective or using any straight lines. So much added depths with really, really tight shapes. The exaggerated stupidity of everything. It's truly one of the most beautiful art styles I've ever seen. I think the third Pajama Sam game has the best art of any Humongous game, I have to say. It really sticks in your mind and haunts your dreams.
I also think you're taking the soundtrack for granted, just because it was compressed into bad quality on the CD. I usually look past bad quality and appreciate the creativity behind it. I just think there's more good than bad in this case.
But why didn't you think the writing was funny on the third game? It definitely made me laugh the most with that manners class, those plumbers' dialogue and the guy who thinks he's wise for knowing which fork the cheese fork is.
There's clever things about the programming behind it too that are just really. . . Well, you have to understand about programming haha. They really went the extra mile. There's a lot to appreciate about these games.
The puzzles you called illogical are purposefully that way. The programmers called it 'moon logic' (it's fun to figure out because it's such stupid logic that could only exist on the moon). It made adventure games harder and funnier. I didn't get stuck the way you did, but it did make me laugh a lot, and is consistent with the art style/writing (representing something the way I kid would see it). I loved that so much.
If you can't suspend your disbelief for this, you will care about things like '"how can the physics work of a forty pound boy tripping over his cape and propelling himself onto the red button?" If they have the (right) spirit, an animator does things like this on purpose! Make the stupid look believable for a while.
The animation, I've heard, was 'painstaking' and 'a labor of love'. It was drawn on paper then scanned and retraced on the computer. Maybe there aren't as many frames as there are in a movie, but do we care if it's super smooth when it's so much better than the effort put into any other game? So much less jarring than modern puppet animation.
I think it's all too subjective and you made it sound too much like the third game was actually objectively flawed. It was nice how you went through each game, but just seemed a little too unnecessarily negative sometimes where it might not have been merited. Anyway I appreciate the examination of these old games!
Also, to the end speech: My little brother liked these games so much when I showed them to him, that he asked the kids at his school why they didn't know about them. (Because they don't have older siblings). But I do think they stand the test of time for this reason, and there's not much comparable in the market for kids these days. Have you seen the other apps on Google Play that the kids are into? :(
I wish kids still got games with good art, narrative and programming! They deserve it.
Actually the brand died because a shit company bought them out and made terrible decisions that caused them to make sub par games. Fun fact EVERY game company that was also bought by that same game company crashed and burned.
You should do Putt Putt or Freddie Fish next, was my favorite game series as a kid!
50:00 yo i had headphones on and that knock made me confused i thought someone was hitting my wall! xD
I now demand a review of the Freddie Fish series!!! Stolen ConchShell was the shit!
If anything I remember more of spy fox 🤣😆😆 interestingly enough it was a game that me and a few people from junior high school played it for the amusement, and again I say Dave the barbarian is pretty cool, love that show to this very day 🙂😁 *criminally underrated* and I loved recess, 🙂 Mikey and gus being my personal favorites and even relatable as well, well done to you good sir 😁
I was so elated to see them available on Steam. Well the first three anyway
The jailer reminds me of a more flamboyant Principal Prickly and Roger from American Dad
I think the jailer voice reminds me of Principal Prickly from Recess!
33:04 the chocolate bar jailer sounds like squillium and the dirty bubble from spongebob.
A boat that doesn't think he can float.
That 'coming out of the closet' joke cracked me up.
...Yeah, I'm easily amused.
33:24 perhaps the voice he reminds you of is Roger Smith's voice from American Dad. It's definitely not Seth McFarlane doing this voice here, but it's basically the same speaking style both performances were going for.
1:14am, I live by myself, 50:01 scared the shit out of me dude lol.
21:54 to 21:58 Oh, my god, did Sam just photocopy his own butt?! That's priceless! (:
"It's blank. I must be non-photo blue."
The "Bowling Ball" joke made me laugh so hard just now. I haven't laughed this hard in a long time.
Wish TGX would review all of the humongous-games titles.
Seriously, an hour long vid, without much editing jokes or yelling and screaming, just calm talking and dry delivered jokes
This vid has become ASMR to me. does anyone else feel like this?
Pajama Sam 2 was the best one.
Capturing the embodiment of darkness in a lunchbox?
...I may try to work that into a crackfic.
I personally loved the color and atmosphere of the first game 🌚
The Jailers voice in PS3 reminds me of Roger from American Dad for sure. Not sure if it’s the same actor though.
My friend pointed out it sounds like paul lynde!! the guy from PJ3 jail scene
Imagine Korn doing a cameo in a Humongous game
the voice is barney gumbal from andy griffith show
Might be too late but the jailers voice totally reminds me of Tom Kenny
The jailer voice reminds me of squidward
Pjs 1 is great, idk I like pjs3 a lot too, far more then pjs2 probably because of nostalgia ik it isn't as interesting on repeat playthroughs and compared to 1+2 but idk it's got it's charm. We don't talk about pjs4 lmao
Bro the minecart section was lit. I remember playing these games on my grandmas pc when i was like 3 or 4. There was also freddi fish, and putt-putt, those 3 were great as a child
Thank you for the informative retrospective on the series! I'm nostalgic for the 3rd game since I got it for free in a cereal box back when I was in 1st grade.
Three things:
1: I love this series.
2: I'm rather surprised there's no Sam x Florette fanart floating around.
3: I can't be the only one who imagined a Star Wars/Humongous Junior Adventure scenario after that Obi Wan reference, right?
I know I said three things, but here's a fourth and fifth thing anyway.
4: Screw Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff!
5: LIRWYLYS actually AUTOSAVES, which is what those pauses between screens are, the game autosaving! In a game that has the option to SAVE AND LOAD! WTF!?
it's honestly kinda a shame that there isn't exactly a pajama sam fandom,,
because if there was one, i just KNOW people would absolutely make fanart like that lmao
This game should have been called pajama Sam trilogy
Ayyy Putt Putt was my jam 👌🏻Never knew there was a whole different series of em!
Do freddi Fish next. this was awesome
Gripping speech about how sometimes certain trends and entertainment can only happen by circumstance and lightning in a bottle timing before the zeitgeist fades and audiences gradually forget as relics crumble to dust and lay buried deep in our memories until we ourselves succumb to the inevitability of entropy and death...
*tHiS vIDeO wAS BrOUGHt To yOu in PaRt BY my lovely patrons*
On a serious note though that was one hell of a way to end the video on a very poignant note.
I was liking the video until you mentioned negative comments about the soundtrack
45:56 THERE ARE DOTS IN THE VIEWSCREEN.
FOR A START.
@@hyperpowerfulform5132 REMINDING US.
rip taylor is who that voice is based on
33:16 I gotta play Assault again. That game is one of my favorites.
Talks about Pajama Sam 4 while Mega Man X6 music plays in the background. Both are the worst games in their respective franchises and putting them together sounds disastrous.
Eh my only real criticism is your opinion on the dark colors for the first game
I do believe that most of Pajama Sam 1 is set in a place called The Land of Darkness
If I'm not mistaken dark colors would be expecet in such a place
1:04:47 unless 👀
Someone gets millions and acquires the rights and rebrands these games for new generations to come *evil hand rub*
TGX and Baffacake in one day? Sweet.
Nice work, as always. Looking at your Patreon, I've noticed there's some stuff in the pipeline that wasn't listed in the Season 4 trailer. Really curious to see your thoughts on that infamous(?) PS3 fighting game.
WAIT!! METALLICA WAS IN DAVE THE BARBARIAN?!!!
Please do Freddie fish! They have re-released these all on the switch!
I lost my shit at the Evolution joke with the boat! Great reference my guy! 🤣
Man I loved these games
Wood doesn't...float?
lol i remember thinking thunder and lightning were both boys….
Do you have any plans to do the other Humongous series?
what do they say at 22:36?
memories.
Roller coaster tycoon and age of empires
aren’t there 4 Pajama Sam games?
"Do they need a big red button in the room so they can make a poorly received Sonic spin-off at will?"
Dude.
Duuuuuuuude...
Seriously, though, I agree that the 'big red button that ruins everything' is an overused trope/cliché/plot contrivance.
Thunder is a man
WAIT THUNDERS A WOMAN!!!??? I THOUGHT THAT WAS A MAN!!!??? IT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE ONE!!!!!
Yeah. I was surprised too. I also thought Thunder and Lighting was a married couple. But then again, if it could take me awhile to realize that Freddi Fish is a girl, I'm sure there is a lot of things I missed or interpreted differently.
:)
Pajama Sam is crash 1234 are the worst