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Telltale Texas Hold'em
''Telltale Texas Hold'em'' is a 2005 poker video game released by Telltale Games. The game was hinted at by Telltale Games before release when they stated that they would release a mini game or two before the announcement of their first adventure game. ''Telltale Texas Hold'Em'' was released by Telltale to examine the benefits of digital distribution. The game would serve as the basis for Telltale's other poker games, ''Poker Night at the Inventory'' and ''Poker Night 2''. Plot Harry Weinhead, Boris Krinkle, Theodore Dudebrough, and Grandma Shakey compete against the player in the Telltale Texas Hold'Em tournament, a fictional poker tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Boris Krinkle looks very much like Leonard Steakcharmer, a minor antagonist/character in ''Sam & Max Save the World'' and ''Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space'' (and Carter Coleman voices both characters). This fact is mentioned by both Theodore in ''Telltale Texas Hold'em'' and by Max in ''Sam & Max Save the World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telltale Games
Telltale Incorporated (trade name: Telltale Games) was an American video game developer based in San Rafael, California. The company was founded in July 2004 by former LucasArts developers Kevin Bruner, Dan Connors and Troy Molander, following LucasArts' decision to leave the adventure game genre. Telltale established itself to focus on adventure games using a novel Episodic games, episodic release schedule over digital distribution, creating its own game engine, the Telltale Tool, to support this. It closed in October 2018 after filing for bankruptcy protection. Telltale's initial successes were on games using intellectual property, intellectual properties with small but dedicated fan bases, including ''Sam & Max'', ''Wallace & Gromit'', ''Homestar Runner'', and ''Bone (comic), Bone''. Around 2010, the studio gained more lucrative licensing opportunities in more mainstream properties such as ''Back to the Future (franchise), Back to the Future'' and ''Jurassic Park''. Telltale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polygon (website)
''Polygon'' is an American entertainment website that publishes blogs, reviews, guides, videos, and news primarily covering video games, as well as movies, comics, television and books. At its October 2012 launch as Vox Media's third property, ''Polygon'' sought to distinguish itself from competitors by focusing on the stories of the people behind the games instead of the games themselves. It also produced long-form magazine-style feature articles, invested in video content, and chose to let their review scores be updated as the game changed. The site was built over the course of ten months, and its 16-person founding staff included the editors-in-chief of the gaming sites ''Joystiq'', '' Kotaku'' and '' The Escapist''. Its design was built to HTML5 responsive standards with a pink color scheme, and its advertisements focused on direct sponsorship of specific kinds of content. Vox Media produced a documentary series on the founding of the site. History The gaming blog ''Poly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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This is an index of Microsoft Windows games. This list has been split into multiple pages. Please use the Table of Contents to browse it. This list contains game titles across all lists. Notes See also * Lists of video games * Index of DOS games * List of Windows 3.x games {{Index footer Windows Windows Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Games Developed In The United States
Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) systems which, in turn, were replaced by flat panel displays of several types. Video systems vary in display resolution, aspect ratio, refresh rate, color capabilities and other qualities. Analog and digital variants exist and can be carried on a variety of media, including radio broadcast, magnetic tape, optical discs, computer files, and network streaming. History Analog video Video technology was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) television systems, but several new technologies for video display devices have since been invented. Video was originally exclusively a live technology. Charles Ginsburg led an Ampex research team developing one of the first pract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telltale Games Games
Telltale or tell-tale may refer to: Advisory devices in vehicles: * Tell-tale (spacecraft), a status indicator in a spacecraft control system * Tell-tale (sailing), a piece of fabric attached as a guide for adjusting a sail * Tell-tale (bridges), cords or chains suspended from bridges to warn vehicle drivers of low clearance * Tell-tale (automotive), a light to signal a problem in a vehicle * Yaw string, or telltale, a short string to indicate aircraft movement * A hole in the firebox of a steam engine to warn of corrosion * A safety device on a British Railways Mark 1 railway carriage linking the communication cord with the railway line Other: * ''Telltale'' (TV series), a 1993 ITV miniseries, starring Bernard Hill and Nigel Harrison * ''Tell-Tale'' (film), a 2009 film based on "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe * Telltale Games Telltale Incorporated (trade name: Telltale Games) was an American video game developer based in San Rafael, California. The company was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Video Games
2005 saw the release of many sequels and prequels in video games, such as ''Resident Evil 4'', '' Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30'', '' Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening'', ''Mario Kart DS'', '' Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'', '' Need for Speed: Most Wanted'', and '' Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones'', alongside prominent new releases including ''Brain Age'', '' F.E.A.R.'', ''Forza Motorsport'', ''God of War'', ''Guitar Hero'', ''Nintendogs'', ''Shadow of the Colossus'', and ''Sniper Elite''. The seventh generation of video game consoles also began with the launch of the Xbox 360 on November 22nd 2005 The year's best-selling video game worldwide was ''Gran Turismo 4'' for the PlayStation 2. The year's most critically acclaimed title was ''Resident Evil 4'' for the GameCube and PlayStation 2. Critically acclaimed titles Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews. Trends In 2005, the total U.S. sales of video game hardware, soft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PC Zone
''PC Zone'', founded in 1993, was the first magazine dedicated to games for IBM-compatible personal computers to be published in the United Kingdom. Earlier PC magazines such as ''PC Leisure'', ''PC Format'' and ''PC Plus'' had covered games but only as part of a wider remit. The precursor to ''PC Zone'' was the award-winning multiformat title ''Zero''. The magazine was published by Dennis Publishing Ltd. until 2004, when it was acquired by Future plc along with ''Computer And Video Games'' for £2.5m. In July 2010, it was announced by Future plc that ''PC Zone'' was to close. The last issue of ''PC Zone'' went on sale 2 September 2010. First issue ''PC Zone'' was first published by Dennis Publishing in April 1993 and cost £3.95. Billed as the first UK magazine dedicated exclusively to PC games, it was sold with two accompanying floppy disks carrying game demonstrations. The first editor was Paul Lakin. The magazine was split into four sections: Reviews, Blueprints, Features ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam & Max Beyond Time And Space
''Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space'', originally released as ''Sam & Max: Season Two'', is an episodic graphic adventure video game by Telltale Games based on the ''Sam & Max'' comic book series created by Steve Purcell. It is a sequel to Telltale's previous ''Sam & Max'' game, '' Sam & Max Save the World'', and was originally released as five episodes for Microsoft Windows over the course of late 2007 and early 2008, before being ported to other platforms in the following years. A remaster of the game by Skunkape Games was released in December 2021 for Windows, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One, and in September 2022 for PlayStation 4. Gameplay ''Beyond Time and Space'' builds on ''Save the World'' with more dynamic NPCs, an updated engine, a hint system, support for widescreen monitors, more realistic animations, and more mini-games within each episode. ''Beyond Time and Space'' features a calibration assistant when first run, which allows the player to set their graphics and diffic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam & Max Save The World
''Sam & Max Save the World'' is a graphic adventure video game developed by Telltale Games. The game was originally released as ''Sam & Max: Season One'' before being renamed in early 2009. ''Save the World'' was developed in episodic fashion, comprising six episodes that were released for Microsoft Windows over the course of late 2006 and early 2007. The episodes were initially distributed online by GameTap and Telltale Games themselves, although the later retail releases of the game were published by The Adventure Company and JoWooD Productions in North America and Europe respectively. A Wii port of the game was published in late 2008, and an Xbox Live Arcade version was released in mid-2009. A remaster of the game by Skunkape Games was released in December 2020 for Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows, in August 2021 for Xbox One, and in September 2022 for PlayStation 4. Based on Steve Purcell's comic book series ''Sam & Max'', the game follows the title characters Sam and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 7th-most extensive, the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 32nd-most populous, and the List of U.S. states and territories by population density, 9th-least densely populated of the U.S. states. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's people live in Clark County, Nevada, Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise, NV MSA, Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, including three of the state's four largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City, Nevada, Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state. Nevada is officially known as the "Silver State" because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the "Battle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Vegas Valley
The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the Southern Nevada, southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada, and the second largest in the Southwestern United States. The state's largest urban agglomeration, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Statistical Area is coextensive since 2003 with Clark County, Nevada, Clark County, Nevada. The Valley is largely defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a Depression (geology), basin area surrounded by mountains to the north, south, east and west of the metropolitan area. The Valley is home to the three largest incorporated cities in Nevada: Las Vegas, Henderson, Nevada, Henderson and North Las Vegas, Nevada, North Las Vegas. Eleven unincorporated towns governed by the Clark County government are part of the Las Vegas Township and constitute the largest community in the state of Nevada. The names Las Vegas and Vegas are interchangeably used to indicate the Valley, Las Vegas Strip, the Strip, and the city, and as a brand by the Las Vegas Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poker Night 2
''Poker Night 2'' is a poker video game developed by Telltale Games. It is the sequel to '' Poker Night at the Inventory'' and, like its predecessor, features characters from different franchises. The game was released for Steam, PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in April 2013, with an iOS version released the following month. Due to expiring licenses, the game was pulled from sale in September 2018. Gameplay Like the original game, ''Poker Night 2'' is a computer-based poker simulation between an unseen silent participant (the player) and four characters that is played in The Inventory that was featured in the previous game. Each player starts with the same amount of virtual money (which was raised to $20,000 per player and $100,000 total from $10,000 per player and $50,000 total in the original game), and competes in standard poker rules to try to eliminate all the other players by exhausting their money. In addition to the Texas hold 'em style of play featured in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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