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]

The Blobjob
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
ReleaseNovember 24, 1998
Genre(s)Educational
Mode(s)Single-player

Plot and gameplay

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b Cobbett, Richard (2011-09-10). "Saturday Crapshoot: The BlobJob". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  2. ^ a b c 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". Muropaketti.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-09-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "The Blobjob spel-info review". www.adventurespel.nl. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  4. ^ a b Kuorikoski, Juho (2015-04-30). Finnish Video Games: A History and Catalog. McFarland. ISBN 9780786499625.
  5. ^ https://www.tivi.fi/lehti/tietokone_3_1999/blobjob_6278 [dead link]
  6. ^ "Listasunnuntai #220". www.v2.fi. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  7. ^ "The Blobjob - Versione PC". AdvAncedStudios (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  8. ^ "Нафталиновые Квесты - The BlobJob / Грязная Работенка". nquest.ucoz.com. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  9. ^ "The Blobjob - gra przygodowa - przygodówka :: Przygodoskop". www.przygodoskop.pl. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  10. ^ "HS Klik! 19.11.1999 - Tampereen multimediapalkinto Nettiparlamentin Ideahautomolle". 2007-05-26. Archived from the original on 2007-05-26. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
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