I already knew the game but this review was HILARIOUS :D The spoof at the end is just awesome. :D It's incredible how much effort you put in your videos Octavius!! Great job!
I always thought this game was terrible, creepy, sexist, embarrassingly bad titillation. That was until I saw the actual box-art just now, and noticed the word 'comedy' describing it. They totally knew what they were making and I now believe they were trying to 'do irony' and failed :)
LMAO! You know what? I think you may have topped Angry Nerd here. It was nice seeing some of the other choices available. My God, they were worse than the main narrative of the game. Also, your "game" was fucking hysterical. Awesome sauce!
This has been one of my favorites of your videos so far. Great skits to help balance the insanity of this "game". Keep up the great content (even though this on's nearly a year old XD).
This game is a cultural experiment. The box says it "plays like a game, feels like a movie." That makes sense, since it's both too stiff and hands-off to FEEL like a game and too choppy to PLAY like a movie. Full-motion video was quite the peculiar trend. For a while in the 90s, it supposedly was the future of video games. It's interesting how this sort of thing can easily be recreated with a DVD player or a crappy 2000s computer running Microsoft PowerPoint. And more people would rather make and play games resembling the retro 2D graphics of the 8-bit era than make full-motion video games. This is more like an X-rated version of some DVD menu game they throw in with your kids' meal at Wendy's. 'Get on the stick' - old-timey expression meaning "get a move on it" or "get started, even if it makes you uncomfortable," though it sounds like in this context it means something else. Is this game porn? Who knows. It's like a parody of porn. One centered around the bad acting. Why was bad acting in porno flicks ever a popular thing? Why can't old porn just cut to the chase? Why did people buy a $30 VHS with "40 minutes of sexy content" when only 1 minute could contain any form of intimacy or nudity? Were there some local laws in some areas that required these VHS porn tapes to have everyone pretend to be plumbers, accountants, pizza delivery guys? Mario makes a more convincing plumber than any of these plumbers.
I recognized that voice in the opening bit immediately! All it needed was "🎶im gonna take ya for a ride🎵". Also, omg this is another one of the videos i had overlooked when initially binging this channel. Its so damn funny. Youve been putting out bangers for YEARS and YEARS you deserve so much more attention and subs, god damn
The girl in it has an interesting career; Jeanne Basone was 'Hollywood' in the original GLOW then later went on to do a lot of short wrestling videos which would be of...interest to men and loads of bondage, submission and domination videos. She went from hitting the ropes to being hit by ropes.
I was staring at 24:52 and then I noticed that sign. Why is it called a restroom? I tried having a nap in a cubicle once, but I could not get comfortable. People just kept coming and going. So I tried using the disable toilet for a kip. It was much roomier, but an actual disabled person turned up, and kept banging the door.
As hilarious as ever! I find I always get much more emotionally invested in a game if I can relate to a character but sadly unlike John I don’t wear ties (nor am I a plumber)
Dying here. Absolutely hilarious. Both you, and the game. And the soft toy octopus. Especially the soft toy octopus. I'm off to watch the Manic Miner and Horace vids.
This game is empowering. Everyone should at least have a go at making a game or writing a story because no matter how bad it may end up you can always point to it and say yes I could do better but at least its not as bad as plumbers dont wear ties.
Decided to do a 5 year Anniversary channel marathon so here is my HI to try and make the algorithm be nice. Fun and great no matter how many times i have watched them.
I had a 3DO years ago. I remember finding this game and wondering what kind of mysterious backwoods hallucinogens these "game developers" were dipped in. They sold this. In stores. At full price. And somewhere, someone bought it. The 3DO was loaded up to the tits with bad games but this one had to be the worst title available. Awesomely hilarious vid. Way more entertaining than playing the game. Good thing you had all those WTF rainbows laying about.
I got here through Barshens and honestly, major props for A) Having the confidence to actually do that shot. I'm pretty sure I would've chickened out if I were in your shoes (which is a shame because I look great in heels). B) Not using it as easy thumbnail bait. On a side note, you totally nailed that "Come hither"-look at 24:27
Cthulhu is calling me and telling me that gamers don't wear scarves. You made a fatal flaw with your remake, you forgot to remove the pop filter when recording the audio.
Jesus... you warned this was bad on twitter. I thought it was at least going to be an interactive movie. There's gotta be something very wrong with a game when the average premade dvd menu on imovie is a better interactive experience. Thank you for putting yourself through this in order to make such a fun video out of such a miserable game. You're the hero this website needs.
Personally, I enjoyed the parallel universe chase scene at the end -where Octav' is chasing Octav', Octav' is chasing Octav' because she's chasing Octav', but also Octav' is chasing Octav' because Octav' wants to get with Octav' -but not in the same way as the other Octav', because that's illegal. Also, if you replaced the letter opener with a pair of scissors, there's a barely-stretched "scissoring joke" to be made, which might be responsible for one (or several?) Quantum Singularities within our current universe.
Thank you for making this really bad game into a very entertaining video I like the solid snake part and the ending reinactment that had me cracking up 😂😂😂😂😂
Read the description after watching about 1:30 into the video. Huh, didn't know Nostalgia Nerd could make such awesome sounds with his voice. I assume that he did the octopus voice... :P
Got on to your channel from Cannot Be Tamed :) Ever since the avgn did this I've always wondered "Is that all there is to it?" And yes, it looks like it is ;) I don't own a 3do so I'll have to watch out for that rare pc version...If I even want to suffer through this myself!? Thank you for reviewing this XD
This game definitely seems more like an experimental website circa the 90s than a game. So very odd. Super amusing video though. :D I came over after the video with the Mouse Police with Guru Larry, and it 's a like and subscribe situation here now for sure.
Good to see that all your videos are back. It's great to be able to watch them once again. Keep up the good work. Seriously though, this woman deserves our respect for murdering her own sanity for playing these games as well as her dignity... For doing that thing at the end where she wears nothing but a bra... What the f*ck am I watching ?
At the abandoned building part, I immediately thought that "Yackety Sax" would make the scene more amusing... After all, it's still less absurd than what's happened previously!
That actress was the original bad girl, Hollywood from the GLOW women's wrestling league...her most famous wrestling days were prior to being in the game, she also did numerous guest appearances in popular films and television shows.
I'm glad you seem to have recovered from those disgusting comments you were getting a while back. You seem much more confident in yourself recently. Keep it up 🙂
I have a deep fascination towards FMV games and every time I see someone review Plumbers, I'm at the same time scared and intrigued. This is probably the most footage I've seen of it and it makes me even more scared. How, indeed, were the people fooled to "star" in this? Then again, Hollywood is, at any given time, filled with actors looking for a job, any job, because I've heard eating is nice, or something.
I'm more or less positive the 'developers' of this game were working in the adult industry before hand and probably with some degree of accuracy, assumed that rather than put any effort in they would simply photograph themselves in varying states of undress in order to garner some ill deserved money. Sad really... But once you've seen them they're old news. Where next? No replay value at all... Better to hold back and maintain an air of mystique and put some actual effort in. Then you will still have a job after everyone is spent. The male actor is probably still doing plumbing as it is a very stable industry. Until they replace pipes with smart pipes or something...
Tender Loving Care with John Hurt. Thats another mindfucker of a game. If it could be called that. I mean there are game bits in it. But then it goes all psyco-sextual. But at least it has FMV. Ahhh those days when we thought FMV was "WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF TOMMORROW!!!!"
Octav1us Kitten It’s more like one of those interactive DVD’s that came with board games in the early 2000’s. Only the board game DVD’s were good when compared to this.
Kitty girl reviewing bad games??
Forget Netflix and chill!
I'm gonna binge watch this!!!
*salutes*
"You get on the stick" made me almost chew my tongue off.
I already knew the game but this review was HILARIOUS :D
The spoof at the end is just awesome. :D
It's incredible how much effort you put in your videos Octavius!! Great job!
What if Tommy Wiseau made a game?
It would tear your console or PC apart.
"Oh hi Jane."
He wouldn't, because he knows that the computer business is too competitive
It would probably be more enjoyable than this
Oh Hai ties
I rewatch this when I'm having a bad day, never fails to make me laugh!
This is one of the most amazing reviews I think I've ever seen on RUclips, just wow.
I always thought this game was terrible, creepy, sexist, embarrassingly bad titillation. That was until I saw the actual box-art just now, and noticed the word 'comedy' describing it. They totally knew what they were making and I now believe they were trying to 'do irony' and failed :)
LMAO! You know what? I think you may have topped Angry Nerd here. It was nice seeing some of the other choices available. My God, they were worse than the main narrative of the game. Also, your "game" was fucking hysterical. Awesome sauce!
This has been one of my favorites of your videos so far. Great skits to help balance the insanity of this "game". Keep up the great content (even though this on's nearly a year old XD).
The stereo separation in this game is amazing.
amazing vid :)
Daniel Ibbertson new it😊
Hello generic university tutor with elbow patches :)
DJ slopes voice is unmistakable
Personal bias!
Hah yes I knew it immediately as well.
My favorite part of your review is where you did that skit at the end where you totally roasted the game with your own version.
This game is a cultural experiment. The box says it "plays like a game, feels like a movie." That makes sense, since it's both too stiff and hands-off to FEEL like a game and too choppy to PLAY like a movie. Full-motion video was quite the peculiar trend. For a while in the 90s, it supposedly was the future of video games. It's interesting how this sort of thing can easily be recreated with a DVD player or a crappy 2000s computer running Microsoft PowerPoint. And more people would rather make and play games resembling the retro 2D graphics of the 8-bit era than make full-motion video games. This is more like an X-rated version of some DVD menu game they throw in with your kids' meal at Wendy's.
'Get on the stick' - old-timey expression meaning "get a move on it" or "get started, even if it makes you uncomfortable," though it sounds like in this context it means something else.
Is this game porn? Who knows. It's like a parody of porn. One centered around the bad acting. Why was bad acting in porno flicks ever a popular thing? Why can't old porn just cut to the chase? Why did people buy a $30 VHS with "40 minutes of sexy content" when only 1 minute could contain any form of intimacy or nudity? Were there some local laws in some areas that required these VHS porn tapes to have everyone pretend to be plumbers, accountants, pizza delivery guys? Mario makes a more convincing plumber than any of these plumbers.
I recognized that voice in the opening bit immediately! All it needed was "🎶im gonna take ya for a ride🎵".
Also, omg this is another one of the videos i had overlooked when initially binging this channel. Its so damn funny. Youve been putting out bangers for YEARS and YEARS you deserve so much more attention and subs, god damn
Yay you're back, great vid love how you make even the dullest game entertaining.
Didnt know about the title , I thought it was a Mario Spoof, because of the title. Funny video
I just found you last month and I have your theme mostly memorized, this channel is awesome
Brilliant video. Love the “what the f@ck am I watching” badges, could do with a pin badge with that most days. Congrats and keep up the great work.
I would rock one on my backpack. You've got a good idea there.
The girl in it has an interesting career; Jeanne Basone was 'Hollywood' in the original GLOW then later went on to do a lot of short wrestling videos which would be of...interest to men and loads of bondage, submission and domination videos.
She went from hitting the ropes to being hit by ropes.
one of the best reviews Ive ever seen ) gamers dont wear scarfs needs to be made lol
You deserve sooo much more subscribers! Love your work!!
My gosh, it was sooo funny! :D Octavius' form of presenting games is just the best! :D
I was staring at 24:52 and then I noticed that sign. Why is it called a restroom? I tried having a nap in a cubicle once, but I could not get comfortable. People just kept coming and going. So I tried using the disable toilet for a kip. It was much roomier, but an actual disabled person turned up, and kept banging the door.
No rest for the wicked, and sometimes, you've gotta take a wicked dump.
You so deserve your own TV show this was hilarious 😂
As hilarious as ever! I find I always get much more emotionally invested in a game if I can relate to a character but sadly unlike John I don’t wear ties (nor am I a plumber)
Dying here. Absolutely hilarious.
Both you, and the game.
And the soft toy octopus.
Especially the soft toy octopus.
I'm off to watch the Manic Miner and Horace vids.
This game is empowering. Everyone should at least have a go at making a game or writing a story because no matter how bad it may end up you can always point to it and say yes I could do better but at least its not as bad as plumbers dont wear ties.
Decided to do a 5 year Anniversary channel marathon so here is my HI to
try and make the algorithm be nice. Fun and great no matter how many times i have watched them.
I had a 3DO years ago. I remember finding this game and wondering what kind of mysterious backwoods hallucinogens these "game developers" were dipped in. They sold this. In stores. At full price. And somewhere, someone bought it. The 3DO was loaded up to the tits with bad games but this one had to be the worst title available. Awesomely hilarious vid. Way more entertaining than playing the game. Good thing you had all those WTF rainbows laying about.
To answer the job question, YES. Plumbers will always be needed. They're like electricians. You can NOT outsource them
That letter opener guy has got more stamina than you'd think.
Fun fact: Jane was played by Jeanne Basone aka Hollywood from Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling
Ah, GLOW.
Al Bundy knows all about it!
Love the Alice Drawing on the wall
Not exactly Zachary Quinto's best work. Or his poor forgotten-about doppelganger's.
That was hilarious, great video as always!
I paused for a bit at 24:53, because I am a bad person.
Octav1us Kitten Glad you didn’t. ;-)
Octav1us Kitten You look far more beautiful than her, plus you actually have a sense of humor and personality.
Purely for research purposes....
I got here through Barshens and honestly, major props for A) Having the confidence to actually do that shot. I'm pretty sure I would've chickened out if I were in your shoes (which is a shame because I look great in heels). B) Not using it as easy thumbnail bait.
On a side note, you totally nailed that "Come hither"-look at 24:27
Thanks for playing that so I don't have to! It could be its own genre: PMV - Part Motion Video. We started, but we couldn't be arsed to finish!
Your content and yourself are so funny and creative, keep it up!
LOL love the spoof at the end :).
That was hilariously awesome! Just came by after watching Nostalgia Nerd's vid you were in. Think I'll stay a while!
"Did you put LSD in this again?" Lmao, I'm fucking dead. Subscribed!
that was perfect ! Seriously though, i've seen your tweets, I hope that university is going ok
Laughed my ass off. Then it got creepy. Then it got funnier. Probably your best video ever.
I keep thinking the video is broken and I need to restart the youtube app, and then I realized that's just the uhh, seconds per frame of this game
I never noticed the cat trying hide before. Guess it realized what kind of game it was in.
Cthulhu is calling me and telling me that gamers don't wear scarves. You made a fatal flaw with your remake, you forgot to remove the pop filter when recording the audio.
Your videos keep getting better and better keep up the good work. I enjoy watching you and you quirky since of humor.
That's made me laugh so hard that was brilliant thanks you've really cheered me up that was so funny
Jesus... you warned this was bad on twitter. I thought it was at least going to be an interactive movie. There's gotta be something very wrong with a game when the average premade dvd menu on imovie is a better interactive experience. Thank you for putting yourself through this in order to make such a fun video out of such a miserable game. You're the hero this website needs.
Mellow Gaming The angry video game nerd tore this "game" apart years ago. Nice to see another perspective on it.
Personally, I enjoyed the parallel universe chase scene at the end -where Octav' is chasing Octav', Octav' is chasing Octav' because she's chasing Octav', but also Octav' is chasing Octav' because Octav' wants to get with Octav' -but not in the same way as the other Octav', because that's illegal. Also, if you replaced the letter opener with a pair of scissors, there's a barely-stretched "scissoring joke" to be made, which might be responsible for one (or several?) Quantum Singularities within our current universe.
Thank you for making this really bad game into a very entertaining video I like the solid snake part and the ending reinactment that had me cracking up 😂😂😂😂😂
Read the description after watching about 1:30 into the video. Huh, didn't know Nostalgia Nerd could make such awesome sounds with his voice. I assume that he did the octopus voice... :P
Thresher: "TAKE YOU'RE DAMN CLOTHES OFF"
Me: "How about I take your head off?"
Got on to your channel from Cannot Be Tamed :) Ever since the avgn did this I've always wondered "Is that all there is to it?" And yes, it looks like it is ;) I don't own a 3do so I'll have to watch out for that rare pc version...If I even want to suffer through this myself!? Thank you for reviewing this XD
I just found you through Larry -your videos are great!
This game definitely seems more like an experimental website circa the 90s than a game. So very odd. Super amusing video though. :D
I came over after the video with the Mouse Police with Guru Larry, and it 's a like and subscribe situation here now for sure.
This is hilarious, TAKE YOUR DAMN CLOTHES OWF 😂😂😁
Octav1us Kitten I'm now picturing the late Bruce Forsythe saying it on a glitzy game show (not that you remind me of him in any way)
24:51 ...and you did! Very sweet of you to get into that red brassiere for us!
Loving the new intro, it's mega slick!
BTW, great video. I have been looking for another AVGN like subscriber and I enjoyed your review. Funny as crap. Thanks.
At last another vid. Love your vids please keep em coming
25:21 Her smile and optimism: gone.
Good to see that all your videos are back. It's great to be able to watch them once again. Keep up the good work.
Seriously though, this woman deserves our respect for murdering her own sanity for playing these games as well as her dignity... For doing that thing at the end where she wears nothing but a bra...
What the f*ck am I watching ?
At the abandoned building part, I immediately thought that "Yackety Sax" would make the scene more amusing... After all, it's still less absurd than what's happened previously!
Also, the "game" bit at the end is bloody hilarious... I'd've laughed harder if my throat wasn't sore xD
This is so funny! Keep it up! :-)
I was in a different tab when I started this video and all of a sudden I was like "Did I click on a new Kickscammer video instead?"
That actress was the original bad girl, Hollywood from the GLOW women's wrestling league...her most famous wrestling days were prior to being in the game, she also did numerous guest appearances in popular films and television shows.
I knew i'd picked the wrong week to stop putting mescaline on my cornflakes.
I'm glad you seem to have recovered from those disgusting comments you were getting a while back. You seem much more confident in yourself recently. Keep it up 🙂
octy question.... where did you get your cat ears????? im after a pair and can only find the small wire ones... :D
Soo funny. You made me laugh so hard 😊
Videos are getting better and better :)
You're a stronger being than I, there's so much cringe in that game, I have to take the review in small doses!! excellent video nonetheless. ^_^
Kirin was a subsidiary of Digital Pictures Inc responsible for Night Trap
It does rather explain lot.
Figures, lol.
No, it was a subsidiary of "Digital Stuff Inc" not "Digital Pictures"
Just discovered Octav1us . My new favourite channel.
...and out of the back of whose van was this game being sold..?
Just so everyone knows. Limited Run Games is re-releasing this game for PS4 in 2021! NO JOKE. Look it up!
And on Switch
Lol, you do love your odd ball games hun, keep up the awesome work!
This game has amazingly... bad sound quality.
It's more of an interactive exploitation film than a game
Best ending ever! Thank you!
The narrator suddenly wearing a chicken head will never stop being funny
Not that I know of either, tbh!
I have a deep fascination towards FMV games and every time I see someone review Plumbers, I'm at the same time scared and intrigued. This is probably the most footage I've seen of it and it makes me even more scared. How, indeed, were the people fooled to "star" in this?
Then again, Hollywood is, at any given time, filled with actors looking for a job, any job, because I've heard eating is nice, or something.
A couple of lunches worth at least.
I'm more or less positive the 'developers' of this game were working in the adult industry before hand and probably with some degree of accuracy, assumed that rather than put any effort in they would simply photograph themselves in varying states of undress in order to garner some ill deserved money. Sad really... But once you've seen them they're old news. Where next? No replay value at all... Better to hold back and maintain an air of mystique and put some actual effort in. Then you will still have a job after everyone is spent. The male actor is probably still doing plumbing as it is a very stable industry. Until they replace pipes with smart pipes or something...
the video game you made for your university class was hilarous
OMG!! This 'game' is vile! Great review, There's a problem with 'Gamers dont wear scarfs', the sound is far too good.
Million subscriber channel in the making!!!
Who doesn't make drawings of Bubsy being seriously maimed?
Glad I found your videos
If you put a collar on a cat, make sure it's the break-away type or expect your cat to be strangled by it.
Just found your channel through ashens. Subbed your funny and make some good content
Tender Loving Care with John Hurt.
Thats another mindfucker of a game. If it could be called that. I mean there are game bits in it. But then it goes all psyco-sextual.
But at least it has FMV.
Ahhh those days when we thought FMV was "WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF TOMMORROW!!!!"
It took 48 hours to make this game? I was thinking it was closer to 4.
2:58 - Jeanne Basone was actually around 31 when this game was made.
Your version was much more entertaining the the other "Game", Kudos Octav1us.
awesome video and that horace shirt is great
How is it that every shot looks like their last known photo?
Good to see u back 😀
I must play this game. I don't care how much people try to warn me away from it. I MUST experience every ounce of the insanity for myself.
2:40 , how would you automate a plumber's job? It's fairly secured.
I can’t get over this ‘game’ or whatever it thinks it is. Dead funny to watch your take on though, you made it interesting 😊😋
Octav1us Kitten It’s more like one of those interactive DVD’s that came with board games in the early 2000’s. Only the board game DVD’s were good when compared to this.
What a brilliant video - thanks :-)
One of your funniest videos! 😂 And my condolences for having to play this game... 😱