So you've religiously followed the Sam and Max episodic adventure series from JoWooD since its inception, and you're wondering why you should bother picking up the official retail box set when it hits in August? Well wonder no more, fair reader. The list is in, and it isn't bad at all. Along with the six episodes themselves you shall receive:

• An all new "Making Sam & Max" behind the scenes video
  
• A full-sized printed poster featuring artwork by Sam & Max creator Steve Purcell
  
• Trailers for all six episodes
  
• Previously unreleased character bios
  
• Loads of concept artwork
  
• Desktop wallpapers
  
• An MP3 soundtrack sampler

Also included: A box! The opening theme music on the soundtrack sampler alone is worth the set's $29.99 price tag for the sheer cruising down the road pretending you're a dog and a rabbit-thing factor alone.

Perhaps that's just me.

Anyway you look at it, it is a fine set that could very well inspire me to play episodic adventures like I watch television...waiting for the box set. Michael Fahey>

The Adventure Company And JoWooD Announce Bonus Content For Sam & Max: Season 1 Retail Release

Funniest game of the year to retail with a full-size printed color poster and a Bonus CD of extras!

Toronto, Canada; Vienna, Austria. June 7, 2007. After much anticipation, Sam & Max, the legendary dog and rabbit crime-fighting stars, are making their way to all major retail stores worldwide in August 2007 with Sam & Max: Season 1 for Windows® - and they're bringing along a full-size printed color poster and a Bonus CD full of hilarious extras!

This is the stuff of every collector's dream, with goodies that include:

* An all new "Making Sam & Max" behind the scenes video
* A full-sized printed poster featuring artwork by Sam & Max creator Steve Purcell
* Trailers for all six episodes
* Previously unreleased character bios
* Loads of concept artwork
* Desktop wallpapers
* An MP3 soundtrack sampler

All of this is included with The Adventure Company/JoWooD retail version of Sam & Max: Season 1 for Windows® releasing to fans around the world in English, French and German!

Sam & Max aren't your average crime-fighting duo. Sam is a six-foot tall canine shamus with a love of justice. Max is hyperkinetic rabbity-thing with a taste for violence. Together, Sam & Max are the Freelance Police, ridding the streets of bottom-feeding sludge one dastardly miscreant at a time. Now you'll finally be able to learn how this episodic series came together with its bizarre humor, vivid 3D graphics and clever gameplay in the all-new behind the scenes video footage. Hear development secrets about Sam & Max, straight from the mouths of series creator Steve Purcell and members of the Season 1 development team.

"We are very excited to bring Sam & Max: Season 1 to a bigger audience than ever with our Windows® release this summer and can't wait to give fans the treats they've been asking for on the Bonus CD!" said Albert Seidl, President and CEO for the JoWooD Group.

Sam & Max: Season 1, the funniest game in years, will be released worldwide for Windows® in August 2007 for a suggested retail price of $29.99 USD/€29.99.

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