Game 165: Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds (1994) - Introduction

Written by MichaelWe haven’t played a game from Humongous Entertainment in a little while, since Ilmari played 1993’s Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon. While he tackled the first three of their games covered by the blog, I’m happy to settle in for a new series of theirs.Much like Ilmari in 2018, I also had no exposure to Humongous Entertainment. I might have heard something about Ron Gilbert making children’s games, but when I was 14, I would have thumbed my nose at the thought, since I had very clearly outgrown such childish endeavors. Only now, with the wonder of adolescence but a speck in the rear-view mirror, can I truly appreciate this experience. As much as Ilmari found the Putt-Putt games reminded him of Pixar’s Cars movies, there is an unmistakable similarity in today’s title to 2003’s Finding Nemo. Is it because the same cartoonish style of anthropomorphism is used in both? I suppose it’s a little different with animals, though. Imagine a squirrel looking at you with big, round…