YES!!

I've been waiting for ages for Polterguy to be mentioned in any capacity on the site. I friggin LOVED this game as a kid. There were definitely flaws to the design, and the developers didn't really seem to hone in on what made the game FUN (my favourite objects to hop into were the ones you could control, like some of the kid's toys or the dishwasher, but there were only two or three of these per house), yet it was still loads of almost-sandbox-game type fun to be had.

It's too bad they didn't ever make a followup to it, since there were a ton of great ideas in there that could have been fixed.

Also, the backstory in the game's manual says that Polterguy blames the father for his death because he was knowingly selling cheap and faulty skateboard wheels. When they fell off his board, it caused him to careen into traffic and get hit by a truck. His kids are actually just little sh*ts and his wife is a bitch, so it's fine to scare them too.

The end of the game reveals the dog to actually be a demon that you have to face in a final dungeon. It was the only part I could never beat, but I hear that once you defeat him, you someone win back your life... only to almost immediately die again for another stupid reason, I don't remember what. But Polterguy is all like, "F*ck it", and goes back to scaring the Sardinis

I like piles

Talkradar yay! Thanks guys!

My comment involves cameras, in a clever pun on the word aperture.

F STOP!

BEST. ARTICLE. EVER.

Thanks Chris!

The Dr. Pepper EA promo worked the same way too

Good stuff. Who needs reading??

Have you guys thought about throwing them onto iTunes after a few days so that people can subscribe to them (assuming you do more)?

Oh yay! I've been googling for info on this with no like at all. Awesome!

The last couple of contests have been US residents only again... Have the rules reverted back to before Canadians were allowed to enter for all contests?