Ep 43: Collateral Gaming vs. United Pixtures’ Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties (SPOILERS)

Title(s):

• Plumbers Don't Wear Ties [Wikipedia] [IMDb]
• Plumbers Don't Wear Ties: Definitive Edition

Developer(s):

• United Pixtures
• Limited Run Games (DE)

Publishers:

• United Pixtures, Kirin Entertainment (3DO)
• Limited Run Games (DE)

Designer: Michael Anderson

Platforms:

• 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Microsoft Windows
• PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch (DE)

Release date(s):

• 1993 (PC); September 30, 1994 (3DO)
• March 5, 2024 (DE)

PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast)

SHOWNOTES: On our first bad game review of the season, Collateral Gaming is exposing ourselves to the 1993 adult rom-com visual novel/dating sim, considered one of the worst video games of all time—Plumbers Don't Wear Ties! Made infamous by The Angry Video Game Nerd and just recently remastered for modern consoles by Limited Run Games, this obscure 3DO title hardly qualifies as a video game, and yet Ash and Beau find it uniquely endearing. So, come with us, and find out why plumbers never wear ties! And stay tuned for our next bad game review on E.T. the 1982 Atari game...

Collateral Gaming is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and is on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, YouTube, iHeartRadio, Chill Lover Radio, and wherever else you get your podcasts!

Collateral Media presents Robert Ortegon's Texas Sundown, a 2024 indie short film made by and starring the crew of Collateral Cinema, available now on YouTube: youtu.be/trpnh2fYkaY

(Collateral Gaming is a Collateral Media Podcast. Intro song is a license-free beat by Quality_Online_Media from Pixabay. All music and game clips are owned by their respective creators and are used for educational purposes only. Please don’t sue us; we’re poor!)