yeah everyone pushing up roses here and
today we're going to be tackling one of
those amazing humongous entertainment
games spy Fox in dry cereal now I didn't
play a lot of humongous entertainment
games growing up I was familiar with
most of them spy Fox being the series I
knew the least about to be honest I was
a little too old for them when they were
popular but despite my age I did play
the out of putt-putt goes to the
parade I think we've all done things
that were maybe too young for us to be
doing at older ages and lied about it in
front of our friends and what did i do
today but they said around watching MTV
even though my parents didn't allow it
yeah it was totally watching butan
Butthead lies all lies
I was helping putt-putt get a paint job
besides the putt-putt Series humongous
was also responsible for pajama Sam
Freddy fish daddy bear and of course spy
Fox this is an adventure game a
legitimate point and click with silly
characters well-written dialogue and
cartoony artwork in fact any of the hae
games could easily be adapted into
cartoon shows and not have to change
anything about the aesthetic spy Fox in
dry cereal is the first out of several
games in the series you play a spy Fox
which I assume is a play on words for
Sly Fox spy lemur just didn't sound as
good
he's basically a Maxwell Smart character
a parody of the James Bond character
lots of James Bond references in this
game by the way one of the most glaring
being the character monkey penny it's
good to see you agent ha monkey
penny now this is a real TV dinner right
the plot is as follows William the kid a
goat and CEO of nectar of the goats
wants to rid the world of dairy products
by capturing all the cows in the world
so instead the world would have to
purchase goat products gulps milk not
anymore
everything is going just as I planned
soon the entire world will be without
dairy
Mill alright okay that doesn't sound too
bad I'm not really a big fan of milk or
yogurt no cheddar cheese what
what's even more heinous is that William
the kid wants to collect all of the milk
in the world and create a giant milk
carton called the milky weapon of
destruction in which he will flood the
capital and blame all the cows and they
would all go to cow jail that does seem
a little delusional since there would
clearly be a trial and there'd be
evidence pointing towards William the
Kid but let's try to track him down
before any damage occurs imagine eating
dry cereal for the rest of your life
although let's be honest
Kix tastes amazing without milk before
we move on can we just take a moment to
appreciate the cleverness of the name
William the kid it's like two puns for
the price of one subtle - I love it when
puns aren't rammed down your throat I've
always been sheepish when it comes to
adding too many puns so this game really
goats me first things first we got to
talk to monkey penny about our situation
and how we're going to track down
William the kid we get a lead that
brings us to Howard Hugh heifer utterly
the third president of amalgamated Moo
juice incorporated but first hey want to
see my tattoo
my god wanna see my tattoo what's uh
okay let's go visit Howard now we can't
see him cuz he's up there but we do have
a photo of his ass and we all know
people can be identified by the
cellulite on their butt just as easily
as the features on their face let's see
here
yep it's a butt I immediately regret
saving this guy he's a little deranged
hmm
reel it in buddy you're weird is showing
I should have let him get chopped up by
these piranhas instead I froze them so
they couldn't okay after we bring Howard
back to our headquarters we can grab
some super nifty and punny gadgets to
help us do spy things here's a laser
toothbrush that can cut through metal
imagine if somebody used that on
accident by by cavities gotta be careful
though you can only fit a few items in
your coat at a time so you'll have to
figure out what you'll need and where
you'll need it as you play the game
takes place in Greece and a fictional
town named acidophilic which is weird
because nobody really sounds like a
native of the country and I can't be
sure but I don't think chicken knuckles
is popular Mediterranean cuisine but
what do I know it's all Greek to me I
love the characters on this little
island everyone is so goofy and fun to
talk to and the game does a great job at
making me feel like I'm gathering clues
and getting information out of people I
especially love Captain drydock and his
boat the SS winter prize he sounds a lot
like William Shatner
so captain do you think you could take
me out for a little boat ride I'd love
to but there's just one problem I can't
go anywhere without my lucky charm no
problem I'll get your lucky charm
I love lucky charms one of the puzzles
involves gambling which is thinly veiled
and the guise of go fish I hadn't played
go fish since I was young so I had no
idea what to do the first round I played
I eventually got it but damn what a
blast from the past I love this weird
gambling pig character - he's so
dignified I hope you're not easily
discouraged huh hmm when he's starting
to lose he takes on this expression look
those small soulless eyes this guy has
seen some it's like he's watching
his entire life go down the toilet as
you completely obliterate him and go
fish
when you win you can return the
captain's lucky charm and he'll take you
out to sea
what is all this white stuff wait a
minute it's milk dairy milk and none too
fresh I might add Oh milk right that was
totally my first thought from there we
find William the kids secret underwater
chambers I'll be honest with you even
though this is a children's game I
didn't find the puzzles to be on the
easy side much like titles like Laura
bow that take on the mystery genre spy
Fox does expect you to take some light
notes so you can figure out the puzzles
and remember what clues people give you
during conversations I would say this
would either be very easy or moderately
challenging for a kid though I believe
kids are smart and creative and would
love a game like this I find I was much
more savvy at puzzle solving as a kid I
wasn't being crushed by the burdens of
life so I had more time to think
creatively and now I can't even figure
out Go Fish yeah I mean man screw you
adulthood giving my joy back I just want
to sit around and play go fish another
cool feature about this title and some
of the other aichi titles is that it
offers randomization of some of the
puzzles there are different outcomes and
different scenarios depending on the
choices you make so that's a nice
surprise for kids when they decide to
replay it some people have called these
titles edutainment games but I don't
really consider them as such and yeah
you can turn anything into an
educational experience with any kids
game you can probably say are yes it's
teaching problem solving and social
values but with edutainment games they
rely more on academic learning with the
sole intent of teaching that's why a lot
of edutainment games were installed on
school computers they were meant as an
aid for subjects you may be learning in
an educational setting it's not that you
can't learn something from adventure
games but it's not on the same level
there's got to be some definitive
parameters I mean would you consider
Gabriel Knight solely an edutainment
game I learned some stuff about voodoo
but it's not edutainment look ma I
learned how to skin and sacrifice a
chicken today the humungous games spy
Fox included more resemble a
point-and-click adventure game meant
muezzin after gathering up all my clues
and using my nifty spy gadgets to get
William the kid I finally find the
location of all the hidden cows then
William the kid attempts to drown them
in their own milk my god this is dark
I'll save you cows
okay took care of the cows now where's
that conniving little goat aha
go ahead free the cows this time but
I'll be back to milk the world yet again
the last thing the world needs is
another escaped goat
I'll get that million the kid next time
wait what next time what what just
happened here he got away I lost you
could lose at this game but I I was
going to but the cows all I get is a
cookie well I didn't even save my
game cuz I didn't think you could lose I
mean come on humongous entertainment
have some mercy this is a kids game for
pete's sake
damn you William the kid damn you you
really go to me good save early save
often before I go though this rabbit
character reminds me of someone and I
can't quite put my finger on who so
people of the Internet help a gal out I
will now leave you with the strangely
familiar salty bunny character what's
nice about these hats is that if you
tilt the top up they give some little
rectangular candies which tastes a
little like soap I can't bear to pass up
a deal like this I'll take the teddy
bear let me just get that for you
ah come on hey everyone thanks for
watching my review on Spy Fox in dry
cereal I would like you to remember that
feta cheese does not taste good mixed in
with cornflakes don't do it if you'd
like to see the last review I did which
was on an actual edutainment game called
gross ology click the annotation and if
you want to see another humongous
entertainment game review check out my
friend brutal moose thanks again and
I'll see you guys in the next one
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