Sam & Max Save the World (PC) Collector's Edition

If you've never had a six-foot dog and a hyperkinetic rabbity-thing solve your problems, you haven't lived. The Sam & Max Save the World (PC) Collector's Edition brings Telltale's landmark episodic adventure to physical media in a LucasArts-sized big box that'll make your PC shelf look like it time-traveled back to the golden age of point-and-click.

Sam and Max weren't just characters. They were proof that adventure games could be genuinely, absurdly funny without sacrificing smart puzzle design. When Telltale launched this first season in 2006, it kicked off the episodic revolution that would eventually give us The Walking Dead. The remastered version, built by original developers with Steve Purcell's blessing, polishes everything up while keeping the anarchic soul intact. This Collector's Edition includes a DVD with both the remastered and original releases, plus those original Telltale special features.

But the real draw here is the feelie pack, and it's spectacular. Prototype hypnosis glasses. An Alien Love Triangle Times front page. A Toy Mafia Casino fridge magnet. A Max for President campaign button. Bosco's virulent disease napkin. A postcard from the gift shop on the moon. These are props ripped straight from the game world, the kind of in-universe ephemera that makes a collection feel alive. Add in the "Highway Surfin" mini print, episode comic cover postcards, and the big box packaging that fits a standard CE protective case, and you've got something that belongs on display.

This is the Freelance Police at their finest, packaged for the collectors who remember when PC games came in boxes worth keeping.