Thimbleweed Park

Verbing and perturbing in a deliciously weird point-and-click.

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Well, aren’t we just as happy as a circus clown with a packet of smokes? The creators of this charmingly designed, neo-noir point-and-click title – who were the people behind both Maniac Mansion and The Secret Of Monkey Island – will be bringing their latest title to PS4 after all. Prepare to puzzle, pixel-hunt and perspective switch your way through its curious locale.

The eponymous town just so happens to be nestled cosily next to the site of a recent murder. Ripe for the investigating, then. That’s exactly what Agents Ray and Reyes – a Mulder and Scully-esque pair – must do, guided by your pinpoint-sharp eye for clues and conundrums. Right from the off, however, it’s clear that a decaying corpse is merely one of several dodgy goings-on in Thimbleweed Park. Twin Peaks to a parodic T, the place is a shell of its former self: now a population of just 80 poor souls, a pillow factory that’s seen better days, and, yes, a nicotine-addicted entertainer cursed to wear his clown facepaint for all eternity. Bummer.