Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Monty Python's Meaning of Life PC CD British TV comedy insults humor joke game! Type: Game Platform: Windows Publisher: Panasonic Interactive Media Co. Released: 1997 Media: CD Irreverent. Tasteless. Mind-boggling. Giddy. Perplexing. Comedic. Weird. Different. Funny. No matter how you label it, there's a part of Monty Python's The Meaning of Life that fits just about any niche you might want to shove it in, including the trash bin or the high throne of honor on your shelf of computer games. In the end, acceptance or rejection will ultimately be a product of individual preference.Whatever else it may be, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is a two-CD set whose mayhem extends to gameplay in many forms, some meaningful, some not, but always with an eye toward discovering a tongue-in-cheek meaning of life. Despite the deep subject matter, levity, gross-outs, jokes, and insults are ladled out indiscriminately by the full voice casting of John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.With interactive media, full-motion video vignettes, puzzles, mini-games, and a smidgen of strategy thrown in, gamers can look forward to solving many of life's great mysteries. Birth, Growth and Learning, Fighting Each Other, Middle Age, Live Organ Transplants, Autumn Years, and Death are but some of the topics explored, all guaranteed by the designer's opening disclaimer to be "objectionable, tasteless and offensive" to nearly every group you can imagine.With little instruction from the manual, other than an admonishment to simply click your way through the adventure, picking up inventory items and taking your cue from the changing cursor, gameplay is simple and direct. Multiple left and right clicks, screen panning left and right, forward and backward, you'll eventually encounter the full Monty of bizarre clips, songs, flatulence, music, ditties, witticism, sarcasm, and general Python-style bedlam.Die-hard fans of the movie on which it's based will consider this the "Holy Grail," while non-Python fans may be moved to extol it as a "Complete Waste of Time," both of which are incidentally subjects for other 7th Level Monty Python titles. The only real advice for playing this potpourri of English humor is captured nicely at the end of the manual: "Please act responsibly. Do not play this game while driving."For Windows (32-bit Systems) [*Please review compatibility/platform sections in 'What You Get']