Hewitt isn’t what you’d call a ladies man, but he’s desperate to become one.

You see… a senior-citizen version of himself, in a time-traveling robot, visited him in a dream with a warning of how miserable he would become if he failed to find a date for the homecoming dance. And so, you must undergo the great adventure of finding yourself a piece of tail (before the afore-mentioned homecoming dance) in this Monkey-Island-esque adventure game.

The characters in this game are all fantastic, and the overall look is reminiscent of something you might see on Nickelodeon. While animation isn’t the best, it’s a minimal part of these kinds of games anyway, and doesn’t detract from the overall enjoyment in any way.

The sound is pretty good too. The effects are minimal, but fitting, and the music is well selected. Each area of the game-world has it’s own soundtrack, and none of the tracks are annoying.

The gameplay is a little different then what you may be used to for this kind of game. Rather then clicking the ground to walk, you use the arrow keys or WASD, however, you still pount and click with the mouse to interact with items and people.

Once you get the hang of the controls, the game plays pretty easily. There are several mini games you will play as you progress, that each have their own control schemes, but thankfully each one gives you some instructions before dropping you into the mini-game itself.

The item management and selection controls were a bit annoying (I’d rather see a menu you could click on to use items, and have drag and drop interaction for combining items), as were the lengthy start-up tutorials, but the cleverness and humor of the puzzles you solve are fun enough to make you overlook any other shortcomings. Any game where you can cause a rabbit to become roadkill is A-okay with me.
The game is complete with save slots so you can track your progress when your boss busts you for slacking off, and a comprehensive walkthrough for people who don’t have the patience to figure EVERYTHING out.

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