#15 – Ben There, Dan That (PC)
I'm not very good at adventure games. I bought this in a two pack with Time Gentlemen, Please on Steam for $5 on the Idle Thumbs' recommendation. I didn't quite know what I was getting into except that they were adventure games by indie developers that were rather good.
To be honest, when I fired it up the first time I felt like I'd been scammed. It opened in a small window with no apparent option to switch to fullscreen. There's sparse music but no voice-overs. The graphics and animations were very base and simple. Despite these, the game is absolutely charming. It's well-written, funny, and at times absurd. It's short and easy (remember, I suck at adventure games so if I beat this one, it must be easy) and completely enjoyable. I haven't touched Time Gentlemen, Please yet, but I feel I may have already surpassed an acceptable dollars-spent to entertainment-gained ratio.
I personally enjoy supporting "the little guys" when I can, apparently even to the point of buying two games I may not even finish, so if you're into adventure games and you have $5 to spare, you should probably check these out.