A new Arc for Pause:Continue means a new topic and this time it's left-of-centre adventure titles. InRetroSpect's Peter Willington begins his exploration of the unique and the less-discussed adventure games, beginning with talking to fellow podcaster Sam Turner about their shared playthrough of Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent.
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Nelson Tether: Agent Puzzle is a puzzle / adventure game, made by Telltale Games, Graham Annable helped with making this game. Who is Graham Annable? He is known for his series Grickle and worked for various animation studios like Disney and Nickelodeon. Together with telltale he has developed a unique game based on his Grickle series. This is the first "pilot episode" of the usual five Telltale games.
Something is afoot in Scoggins, Minnesota, and only Agent Tethers of the U.S. Dept. of Puzzle research can solve the mystery. The eraser factory (you know the one, supplies all of the White House erasers? No?) has mysteriously shut down, and Agent Tethers must get it up and running again before the prospect of a federal eraser shortage is realized. Sounds pretty straightforward, but the local law isn’t being helpful, and creepy little red men keep showing up in the most unexpected places.
