I have always heard that Indigo Prophecy (Farenheit in Europe) and Sam & Max Season One were gems. Granted, I've heard more about Indigo Prophecy because it's been out longer.

For the uninitiated, Indigo Prophecy is the forerunner of Heavy Rain. That is, it's basically an interactive move instead of a game in the classical sense. I've tried to play it a few times before in the past, but found the controls off-putting and the style too weird. I guess that all changed tonight, because when I hit the play button on STEAM, I was thrown into a compelling (ahhhh, industry buzz-word!) story with controls that-while different-work for the style of game that it is.

Sam & Max, coming from the classic adventure games, are a series of comical adventure games. Most of the time, I find adventure games to be filled with puzzles that make absolutely NO sense. Well, this game isn't any different. So far, the only puzzle that I figured out on my own was to use a gun on a block of cheese to make the dairy-product appear of the Swiss variety. While this game (at least the first episode) is cute-and I love the banter between Sam & Max-it's not nearly as grabbing as Indigo Prophecy.

Ok, back to the games.