Overview
Harry, Boris, Theodore, and GrandmaTelltale Texas Hold'em is a comedic poker video game developed and digitally published by Telltale Games for the PC on February 11, 2005. It later received retail releases, and received a Steam release on June 17, 2008.
The first game from the eponymous game studio, which was founded by former LucasArts developers, Telltale Texas Hold'em puts players in a simple Texas hold'em poker tournament against four 3D-rendered cartoon opponents (Harry Weinhead, Boris Krinkle, Theodore Dudebrough, and Grandma Shakey). Each of the four colorful opponents have a wide variety of animated banter and interactions, sometimes having dialogue with each-other. One of these opponents, Boris, was later re-used in the studio's Sam & Max games as minor villain Leonard Steakcharmer.
The game was originally developed by the studio as a test of not only the digital distribution model of the time, but with the studio's proprietary "Telltale" game engine, both of which were later optimized for their various and more well-known point-and-click adventure games. It later received a spiritual successor in 2010 with Poker Night at the Inventory, which later received its own sequel with Poker Night 2.
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