Software:The Blobjob
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| Developer(s) | Detonium Interactive Intelligame Oy Sarajärvi & Hellén |
| Publisher(s) | Sampo |
| Designer(s) | John Hakalax Jan Wellmann |
| Programmer(s) | Mikko Miettinen |
| Artist(s) | Mare Ollinkari Jussi Raulo |
| Composer(s) | Timo Silvast |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | November 24, 1998 |
| Genre(s) | Educational |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Blobjob is an educational adventure video game developed by Detonium Interactive, released by insurance company Sampo in November 1998 for Microsoft Windows.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Plot and gameplay
The player is Joe Ridley, a security officer of the NanoBlob Corporation who needs to prevent an intruder from stealing a piece of technology that will adversely harm the world.[7]
During the game, the player is given a device that minituarises items in their pockets, which Finnish Video Games: A History and Catalog argues is one of the only times the endless inventory space is justified in-game.[4]
The game features a series of static screens, has live actors, and does not allow the player to save.[8]
Critical reception
Richard Cobbett of PC Gamer deemed it "the strangest edutainment game I've ever played".[1] Muropaketti felt the clumsy full-motion video product would bring new appreciation to hand drawn pixel art.[2] Michał Czajkowski felt its desire to appeal to the lowest common denominator made it lack challenge [9]
The game won the Grand Prize of the Mindtrek Multimedia Competition in Tampere.[2][10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cobbett, Richard (2011-09-10). "Saturday Crapshoot: The BlobJob" (in en-US). https://www.pcgamer.com/saturday-crapshoot-the-blobjob/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 mainonta, Kustantaja Otavamedia Oy Maistraatinportti 1 00015 OTAVAMEDIA <img src="https://muropaketti com/wp-content/themes/om-core/assets/img/oba png" class="oba-icon" alt="Opas selainkäyttöön perustuvasta mainonnasta">Käyttäytymiseen perustuva (2015-04-29). "Wiikon wanha: The Blobjob on hämmentävä suomipelireliikki" (in fi). https://muropaketti.com/pelit/peliartikkelit/wiikon-wanha-the-blobjob-on-hammentava-suomipelireliikki-2/.
- ↑ "The Blobjob spel-info review". https://www.adventurespel.nl/games/info/info-blobjob.htm.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kuorikoski, Juho (2015-04-30) (in en). Finnish Video Games: A History and Catalog. McFarland. ISBN 9780786499625. https://books.google.com/books?id=T1tiCQAAQBAJ&q=%22The+Blobjob%22&pg=PA71.
- ↑ https://www.tivi.fi/lehti/tietokone_3_1999/blobjob_6278 [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ "Listasunnuntai #220" (in en). https://www.v2.fi/artikkelit/pelit/1466/Listasunnuntai-220/.
- ↑ "The Blobjob - Versione PC" (in it-IT). https://www.advancedstudios.it/forum/threads/the-blobjob-versione-pc.3882/.
- ↑ "Нафталиновые Квесты - The BlobJob / Грязная Работенка". https://nquest.ucoz.com/index/0-248.
- ↑ "The Blobjob - gra przygodowa - przygodówka :: Przygodoskop". http://www.przygodoskop.pl/373/encyklopedia.htm.
- ↑ "HS Klik! 19.11.1999 - Tampereen multimediapalkinto Nettiparlamentin Ideahautomolle". 2007-05-26. https://www.hs.fi/klik/arkisto/1999marraskuu/991119klik23tamperepalkinto.html.
External links
- The Blobjob at MobyGames
- Article in Skrolli (page 42), a Finnish computer magazine
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