Pajama Sam 3

Designer(s) | * Rhonda Conley
* June 1, 2001 (Playstation)
* 2001 (Macintosh)
* May 15, 2014 (Linux, Steam)[1]

***Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet*** is an adventure game developed and published by Humongous Entertainment, for the Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, PlayStation, and Steam operating systems. This was the last adventure game to feature Pamela Segall Adlon as the voice of Sam. In the final game of the series, Aldon is replaced by Elisha Ferguson.

## Contents

* 1Plot
* 2Gameplay
* 3Reception
* 4References
* 5External links

## Plot[edit]

Pajama Sam has eaten nineteen boxes of cookies in a rush to collect box tops to redeem for an action figure of his favorite superheroand namesake, Pajama Man. The twentieth box of cookies flee to the pantry of their own accord, and Sam dons his costume and pursues them. He is whisked away through his pantry to Mop Top Island, home to the six food groups of the USDA's Food Guide Pyramid. Mop Top Island is analogous to Sam's body; locations are based on, and named after, organs and body parts.

Sam arrives in the land of snacks and sweets, at a celebration—a play on "political party"—held by the Snacks and Sweets Aggressive Majority Party, a political party that intends for the snacks and sweets to conquer the island (representing Sam's own poor diet). Upon expressing concern that he may spoil his dinner, the SSAM imprison him in a candy cane jail. He escapes (by eating the bars) with his cellmate Florette, a broccoli stalk and the vegetables' delegate for a food-group peace conference at the "Food Pyramid". At the Pyramid, Sam learns that only two of the delegates (Florette, and the snacks and sweets' own Luke Wigglebig, a lollipop who opposes the SSAM) are present for the meeting. The other four—the dairy foods' cheddar cheese wedge Chuck Cheddar, the fruits' green apple Granny Smythe, the bread and grains' baguette Pierre le Pain, and the meat and proteins' kidney bean Bean 47—are unaccounted for, and General Beetfoot of the vegetables intends to launch a counter-offensive against the snacks and sweets if he realizes the delegates are missing. Sam sets out to rescue the delegates and avoid war, gathering up his lost box tops in the process.

Sam rescues Bean 47 from a construction site in the Foot Hills (the feet), rescues Pierre le Pain from a boardwalk amusement park at Muscle Beach (the muscular system), collects Chuck Cheddar from a dig site and ski resort (the teeth), and rescues Granny Smythe in the Bluburbs (the gastrointestinal tract). Sam returns to the Food Pyramid to find the delegates in heated debate, unable to compromise. Intervening, Sam declares "no food is an island", and helps the delegates to understand that different kinds of food work best together. The delegates declare peace, and amid the celebration, Sam realizes he missed dinner.

## Gameplay[edit]

Originally released as a **Junior Adventure** for children ages 3–8, the aim of this game is to get the 4 missing delegates for the meeting to declare happiness between the 6 food groups, with the intent of teaching children about healthy eating. Each of the four missing delegates can be in either of two unique predicaments, which are randomly chosen on a new playthrough, and as in the second title of the series, players can also choose which scenarios to play with at the options screen.

## Reception[edit]

 Publication

 Review Corner

*Pajama Sam 3* received positive reviews from critics. Bonnie Huie of *Macworld* praised the game's dialogue an animation work, and noted that "[t]hough the game is more entertaining than it is educational, it's impressively complex."[9] Charles Herold of *The New York Times* praised Sam's optimistic outlook, the humor, and the replayability, and declared that the game was enjoyable by both children and adults, saying that "[l]ike Sesame Street, Pajama Sam respects the intelligence of its audience, even when that audience is a little bit older than intended."[10]

## References[edit]

1. **Jump up^** "Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet on Steam". Steam. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
2. **Jump up^** "*Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet* for PC - GameRankings". GameRankings. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
3. **Jump up^** "3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet Information, Screenshots & Media". Adventure Gamers. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
4. **Jump up^** "*Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet* Review". IGN. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
5. ^ Jump up to:***a*** ***b*** "Pajama Sam 3 - Review Corner". May 2000. Retrieved June 11, 2015. Kids will love this engaging adventure that gets them thinking and solving problems, learning about the importance of a balanced diet, and having fun!
6. **Jump up^** "Pajama Sam series on Unikgamer". Unikgamer. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
7. **Jump up^** Don Oldenburg (2004). "Parents' Choice Awards - Pajama Sam 3". *Parents' Choice Award*. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
8. **Jump up^** "Infogrames Awards - Pajama Sam 3". Archived from the original on June 18, 2003. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
9. **Jump up^** Huie, Bonnie (Aug 1, 2000). "Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet". *Macworld*. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
10. **Jump up^** Herold, Charles (12 October 2000). "GAME THEORY; Pure, Simple Fun. Cynics, Beware". *The New York Times*. Retrieved 16 April 2016.

## External links[edit]

* *Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet* at MobyGames
* Humongous Entertainment official website