Because in addition to being incredible nerds, my girlfriend and I are also tremendous drunks, about a week ago we decided to go on a "date" that involved buying two bottles of wine and Heroes of Might and Magic III. We procured the former from the family-owned liquor store on the corner that only ever seems to play Bollywood soundtracks, and the latter from GoG, vendors of the finest classic PC games and serpent oils. But mostly PC games.

This, in turn, led to my registration with GoG's internal computerbrain, which emailed me yesterday to tell me that I could download Tex Murphy 1 and 2 for no money until December 24. What's more, they told me to forward the link to my friends, so that everyone could experience the joy that is Tex Murphy! And because you happen to be reading my blog right now, you are basically my friend! Here you go!

So what is Tex Murphy? I... Uh... Ahem. I don't really know.

From the look of it, it's an oldish-school adventure game modeled after pulp detective novels and Patrick Swayze films from the eighties, which are three things I approve of without reservation. In any event, it looks like the kind of thing your work computer could run, so why not give it a whirl while you're supposed to be finishing up whatever it is your particular place of employment has you do at the end of the year? You're probably about to go on holiday for a week or two anyway, and if you aren't your job is clearly terrible, so you have nothing to loose but your dignity and the respect of your family.