Matt Sandorf: Journey to
Endless Entertainment
Matt Sandorf: Journey to Endless Entertainment is not just an artistic point-and-click game. It is a *sniff* advergame — a promotion for the Sony empire from music to gadgets to games. It was created by Rabbit Tell (Rodrigo Roesler and Bruno Maestrini), creators of the very popular Trapped series of games, and this one follows similar construction.
Now, advergames aren't automatically evil — remember Honda's gorgeous little Grrr game a few years back? — and Journey to Endless Entertainment is particularly well-executed, with surprising breaks through the fourth wall that I've never seen in a game before. The artwork varies between cute Lego scenery for the gameplay and charcoal drawings for the cutscenes.
I have to confess, though — it's difficult. I wasn't able to get through it without some help. Thankfully, you can save your game and reload if things just aren't making sense. It is definitely possible for you to paint yourself into a corner, so do save your game often!
What compelled me to keep playing was the jokes — if you liked Ben There, Dan That! but thought that some of the humor was just unnecessary, MS: JTEE offers a more G-rated experience but with somewhat less logical puzzles. You'll keep playing just to work out what you're supposed to do with a naked hamster.
In the meantime, I've given the genius everything except the immortal frog. Won't you help a poor JIG reviewer out?
Walkthrough Guide
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Walkthrough:
Storage:
Take folder and pepper from cabnet
Press the button to open the door
Maintenance:
Take the colored paint and the scissors from the shelves
Take the wire from the wall
Use the pepper on the glass of teeth
Wake the man
Take the memory card from the desk
Use the door
Meeting room:
Talk to the secretary, and get the 50 cents
Forest:
Nothing yet.
Movie room:
Take the hamster and popcorn from the machine
Talk to the guy with the camera, and get the 50 cents
Game room:
Take the whoopee cushion from the chair
Take the card from the table
Use the money on the vending machine to get a ball
Picture room:
Take the umbrella
Give the scissors to the man to get the large scissors
Forest:
Use scissors on the northmost bush
In the middle area, in the middle of the north-east line of bushes, pickup the jar
Cave:
Look at the rock markings
Talk to the man until he gives you a frog, and take a picture of the rock markings
Forest:
In the northern area, use jar on firefly
Music room:
Take elvis cutout to the south
Use memory stick with karaoke machine
Picture room:
Use elvis cutout with bluescreen, then use camera on that.
Give frog and hamster to man
Music room:
Give disguised frog to lady
take battery from jukebox
Meeting room:
Use wires and battery on power door
Power room:
Press the button
Shopping room:
Talk to elvis
Show elvis the hamster
Take the origami frog
Music room:
Put origami frog on table
use paint to turn him green. (Blue and yellow)
Use origami frog
Get screwdriver from toolbox
Movie room:
Use frog in popcorn machine
Use popcorn with man, get another 50 cents
Retrieve the frog
Use memory card with TV on wall, save picture of band.
Meeting room:
Use screwdriver on intercom
Meeting room:
Use screwdriver on intercom
Use money in vending machine
Give chocolate to secretary
Use the photo editor to merge the elvis picture with the band picture. Save it.
Use the station access option to give you complete access.
Shopping room:
Use screwdriver on intercom
Give memory card to elvis, print the picture of elvis with a band.
Give picture to elvis to sign
Cave:
Give picture of elvis to the man
Use frog in fountain
Data room:
Show memory card to man
Talk to computer: your name is Matt, you want to power the station, there are infinite bears. (I haven't tried other answers, they may work as well.)
Take the plutonium
Power room:
Give the following items to the man:
Frog (immortal)
Wire
Whoopee cushion
Ball
Card
Umbrella
Plutonium
Both antennas
Firefly
Paint
Game room:
Talk to man with PSP until he repeats
Music room:
Talk to David until he repeats
Talk to singer
Give PSP and memory card to David
And, that's it.
Posted by: evilmrhenry | September 29, 2008 4:56 PM