As it’s been a while since I’ve done a pure computer game, I decided to do another blast from the Macintosh past. This time the game is The Fool’s Errand, designed and created by Cliff Johnson, and originally published by Miles Computing. It’s a puzzle game that should hopefully appeal to you pencil puzzlers out there. I also talk about the follow-up games At the Carnival and 3 in Three, as well as the sequel, The Fool and His Money.

I also give the final winners of the Politika games, and talk about some recent appearances on other shows.

Show Notes:

• It’s official: The show is vintage
• Appearances on Gaming Uncensored and Michael and Evo’s Wingin’ It.
• Life changes
• Listen to Gaming Uncensored!
• Description of The Fool’s Errand
• Description of At the Carnival
• Description of 3 in Three
• Brief coverage of the Philips CD-i games
• Where to get these lovely games
• Coming up: The Fool and His Money
• Attend the UK Games Expo!
• Who gets the Politika games?
• Closing

Links:

• Cliff Johnson’s main page (click on the pictures at the top to navigate)
• The Fool’s Errand (Wikipedia)
• At the Carnival (Wikipedia)
• 3 in Three (Wikipedia)
• Pre-order The Fool and His Money
• Cliff Johnson’s work on Laff in the Dark monsters

Final thoughts:

As I was focusing primarily on the computer games, I inadvertantly forgot a few elements of Cliff Johnson’s recent career. After the Philips games wrapped up, he was a consultant to Disney Online, and designed the $100,000 puzzle for David Blaine’s book The Mysterious Stranger.

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