Telltale Texas Hold'em
{{Short description|2005 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Telltale Texas Hold'em
|image = Telltale Texas Hold'em Coverart.png
|developer = Telltale Games
|publisher = Telltale Games
|designer = Brendan Q. Ferguson
Kevin Bruner
|composer = Jerry Logas and the Pier 23 Reunion Band
|engine = Telltale Tool
|released = February 11, 2005
|genre = Card game
|modes = Single player
|platforms = Microsoft Windows
}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://mixnmojo.com/news/Telltale-and-AG-open-shop-bank-on-character |publisher=The International House of Mojo |title=Telltale & AG open shop, band on character |date=2005-02-07 |accessdate=2012-10-29 |archive-date=2012-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226055457/http://mixnmojo.com/news/Telltale-and-AG-open-shop-bank-on-character |url-status=live }} Telltale Texas Hold'Em was released by Telltale to examine the benefits of digital distribution.{{cite web | url = http://archive.adventuregamers.com/article/id,487/ | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130116081622/http://archive.adventuregamers.com/article/id,487/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 16, 2013 | title = Introducing: The AG Store! | date = 2005-02-11 | accessdate = 2012-05-30 | publisher = Adventure Gamers }} The game would serve as the basis for Telltale's other poker games, Poker Night at the Inventory and Poker Night 2.{{cite web |url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/7/4307928/poker-night-2-venture-bros-evil-dead-borderlands |title=How Evil Dead, Venture Bros. and Borderlands ended up at the poker table |date=2013-05-07 |accessdate=2013-05-29 |publisher=Polygon |archive-date=2013-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606222206/http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/7/4307928/poker-night-2-venture-bros-evil-dead-borderlands |url-status=live }}
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.
Reception
Telltale Texas Hold'em was named "indie game of the month" by PC Zone magazine in June 2005.{{citation | title = Indie Game of the Month | date =June 2005 | publisher = PC Zone }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110101054911/http://www.telltalegames.com/casual/holdem Official Telltale Texas Hold'em website]
- {{moby game|id=/telltale-texas-holdem|name=Telltale Texas Hold'em}}
- {{IMDb title|1839627}}
{{Telltale Games}}
Category:Single-player video games