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Back in the mid to late 90s there was a now dead genre of computer games called Adventure Games. They featured puzzles and interesting story lines, and had some of the best humor ever presented in games. My favorites were the Monkey Island series made by LucasArts.

The humor (being the best part of these games) was often slapstick or just intended to be so blatantly lame that it became funny somehow. The character Guybrush (in development before he had a name his sprite was named guy.brush where .brush was the filetype used) often says things in conversation such as "I'm selling these fine leather jackets...". There are also numerous references to other things from pop culture. The characters Sam & Max make appearances in all 4 monkey island games. Stan's previously owned ship emporium is run by a man who is an overstereotyped used car salesman. He trys to sell you a ship with "Porthole defrosters" and Rack and Pinion steering.

As an example of how far these people would go for a laugh, I have captured some images from The Secret of Monkey Island in which you can ask one of the pirates in a bar about another game that was in production and he goes into a big advertising rant. This is by no means the best humor, but it was late and I didn't feel like playing any further into the game.