• Sun. Oct 5th, 2025

31 years later, famously awful FMV game returns to PC

31 years later, famously awful FMV game returns to PC

Back in the early 1990s, the world wide web and the CD ROM opened up home computing to people around the globe. These technologies brought greater connection between cultures, encouraged the free spread of information, and represented a new possibility space for artistic expression. They also gave us Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties, one of the worst games ever made and a dismal example of the live video focused FMV genre made famous by Ripper, the Tex Murphy series, The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, Phantasmagoria, and more. Now, 31 years after it stumbled onto the 3DO and Windows for the first time, Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties is back, launching today on GOG in its Definitive Edition.