I saw Tomonobu Itagaki at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, "あなたが今しているように?"

I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

For the most part, this game is great, but is easily carried by basically everything about it's characters. The dialogue, performances and animation are all pretty insane from an indie developer in 2005, and it's just a joy to see them move and talk.
However, I think the gameplay isn't exactly a strong suit here, with the entire game taking a nosedive in quality around the second half. I've seen countless discussions about this game over the years and never saw anyone mention the Theater, Matador or Napoleon levels, and I think I have a good idea why. It definitely feels like this was an adventure game first and a platformer second.
Raz is definitely a really cool protagonist though, and I can't wait to get to his next adventure, and see if Double Fine managed to improve on their gameplay chops in the 16 years it's been

I should note, I did play the modern Steam version so I basically had no issue with the Meat Circus like a lot of other people might have