Jess Morrissette

@decafjedi.com

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I'm a professor who studies politics, games, and pop culture. I stream retro adventure games every Wednesday night at twitch.tv/decafjedi. Co-host of the Quest Quest podcast. Links to all my other stuff at decafjedi.com!

An ad for the 2004 Kids' Choice Awards featuring Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz.
Ghosts 'n Goblins ad featuring Fisto. Source: The One, May 1990.
Morgan LeFlay from Tales of Monkey Island
Space Quest 5 classroom screenshot with the caption "The Sierra Syllabus."
King's Quest: Mask of Eternity print advertisement. Source: PC Gaming World Issue 26 (February 1999).
The Battle for Middle-Earth print advertisement. Source: PC Gamer, February 2005.
Cover: The Legend of Zelda 2 manga.
A container of McCormick Paulspice.
Vault 13 promo art.
Requiem print advertisement. Source: PC Gamer, August 1998.
A graphics card print advertisement featuring Lara Croft's breasts and a gun reaching out from a flat panel monitor. Source: PC Gamer, October 1998.
The cover of PC Gamer, October 1998.
A print ad for Caesar III styled like a postcard, depicting the construction of the Colosseum.
A Caesar III print advertisement in the style of a postcard from Julius Caesar to Cleopatra. Source: PC Gamer, October 1998. The postcard reads: "Dear Cleopatra, Just wanted to drop you a note to let you know that I'm anxiously looking forward to your visit to my city. As you can see from this postcard, our city continues to expand. There is plenty to entertain you here: gladiator contests, chariot races, and the most luxurious baths in all the West. I'm not implying that someone of your renown beauty would need a bath, of course, just that maybe you'd like to take one with me. I mean not WITH me, obviously, but at the same time. In separate baths. AT the baths. I wish you godspeed and a safe journey. All my best, Caesar"
Arby's logo: "It's hard to believe that Arby's name isn't short for "roast beef."
The Odyssey in cinematic 9:16.
King's Quest: Mask of Eternity print advertisement. Source: PC Gamer, August 1997.
Tales of Monkey Island screenshot.
A sealed copy of Myst.
Myst box art.
The origin story of Bat-Botanist.
An unboxed copy of Bard's Tale.
Expensive ice cubes.
A still from the video of The Lonely Island's "We're Back." "This is that Garfield sex music!"
Cedric from King's Quest 5: "Look out, Graham! A sudden illness!"
A magazine feature page from PSM3 depicting the video game character Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII lying down with her eyes closed, styled to look as if she is lying in a coffin or open casket. She wears a white gown, and her hands are clasped over a PS3 copy of Final Fantasy XIII on her chest. Text in the upper right reads, "The Death of the J-RPG?"
Sweet Success: O.D. McKee, America's Snack Cake King.
A screenshot of K.C. Colossus' character select screen, featuring his two most popular catchphrases: "I'll rip off your ears and feed'em to ya!" and "Keyboard."
CompuServe print advertisement: "You Don't Have to Know How It Works to Appreciate All It Can Do." Source: Compute!'s Gazette, December 1986.
A DM that reads: I have an idea for the best/worst game ever the next time a game jam rolls around and we have time on our hands. STAIR QUEST The entire game is a series of AGI-style staircases (inspired by the King's Quest series) the player must navigate up/down using the cursor keys. Poor navigation results in falling and, of course, death. The player "wins" if he or she completes all four (or three or six or whatever) staircase levels. I was thinking it should include a text parser with a bunch of verbs but only one noun: stairs (and its synonyms). So, the only parser interaction is essentially ______ STAIRS (which produces various ridiculous responses). In between levels, we could have our AGI avatar featured in cutscenes in which he engages in existential reflection about the meaning of stairs and his relationship with staircases, etc.
Stair Quest box art.
Wolverine mug with X-Men symbol.
A Tudor's Biscuit World themed Make-A-Wish cake.
Breakfast photo, Tudor's Biscuit World.
Denny's ad, 2026.
Missing cat flyer.
Tales of Monkey Island cover art.
Mass Effect print advertisement. Source: PSM3 (UK), Christmas 2007.
A page from the May 1996 issue of Computer Player. It's an article about Duke Nukem 3D with a bizarre "Get Nuked" font choice.
King's Quest 5 NES cartridge.
Dwight from The Office holding the Sabre Pyramid.
Camerica wireless joystick print advertisement. Source: Game Player's Encyclopedia of Nintendo Games, 1990.
Hero's Quest print advertisement. Source: Game Player's PC Strategy Guide, May/June 1990.
Loom cover art from the May/June 1990 issue of Game Player's PC Strategy Guide.
Loom print advertisement. Source: Game Player's PC Strategy Guide, May/June 1990.
Movie poster for Sylvester Stallone's Cobra.
Full Throttle print advertisement. Source: SFX, August 1995.
A 1986 print advertisement for Leather Goddess of Phobos, Trinity, Ballyhoo, and Moonmist. Source: Compute!'s Gazette, November 1986.
Larry David in colonial drag.
Box art for Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill
Zork I cover art.
An assortment of Tandy games.
A Microsoft SideWinder print advertisement featuring Lara Croft. Source: PC Gamer UK, December 1999.
Final Fantasy VIII print ad with a fun gutter.
Print advertisement for Mindscape games. Source: Compute!'s Gazette, October 1986.
The Sims Online print advertisement. Source: Computer Gaming World, October 2002.
SimCity 4 print advertisement. Source: Computer Gaming World, October 2002.
Return to Zork screenshot.