Alright. Kyle is Famous: Complete Edition is a game I've played through probably thirty or forty times (?). There are so many different endings that I'll continue playing it for a while still. And it's a game that I consider to be a nice evening treat. Kind of like having a scoop of ice cream (or three) after dinner. A nice gaming snack that can be enjoyed when I've got nothing else going on or when I don't know what else to play. It's pretty priceless when I'm playing this with the volume way too loud, some of the more ridiculous dialogue happens, and I can hear my daughter and my wife chuckling from the other rooms in the house. My wife claims Kyle is an idiot, but who is to say, really?

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So, this is a choose your own adventure style digital gamebook, basically. Where you follow along Kyle's (mostly) misadventures, guiding him to and through some of the most ridiculous situations you're gonna find in a video game, lol. The are numerous branching paths, some of which unlock via playing the game, that will have you straight out laughing. Many are pretty morbid or gross, and yet also hilarious. My current favorite is the one where you time travel with Rachel, and it becomes a Gilligan's Island type scenario.

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Speaking of Rachel, your initial goal in guiding Kyle is to get him ready to interview Rachel, an incredibly famous and successful person in her own right. Kyle is the host of the most famous talk show on the internet, and preparation is key. But how does one prepare for an interview? Making a nice nutritious breakfast and preparing some (possibly) good questions for the interviewee? Maybe you decide to forgo that in favor of getting a little shopping in. Maybe your choices lead to your death and you as a ghost have to still fulfill your Earthly obligations. Maybe you decide to scrap it all and become a hot dog vendor. Who is to say? The variations are (almost) limitless. And that is, in and of itself, what makes this game great.

The actual presentation is via static screens with dialogue and dialogue options. There are no graphics outside of the pen you use to click through options and pages, and the pages themselves, which can look different as you unlock new screen options. You also unlock new pen options, btw.

Each run only really takes a couple minutes, and you can skip through the story set up and get to the beginning of your choices, to speed things up. Similarly, you can at any point in time skip to the interview as well. Speaking of which, you're on the clock from the moment Kyle wakes up. You have "x" amount of hours to prepare before the big interview. The number of hours available can increase based on at least one decision you can make. Each thing you do removes an hour from the counter. And therein lies the primary gameplay mechanic outside of the decision themselves. When the timer reaches zero, you head off to the interview. Where the insanity (most of the time) continues, lol.

Also, I don't know if John does all the voice acting himself, but whoever it is doing the voice acting is a true treasure. That person should realistically consider doing more voice acting. He's got the voice for it. Specifically in this game, he is hilarious. But yeah, he could easily be doing this thing as an actual occupation if he wanted to.

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The Hot Dog DLC just adds even more hilarity to the base game. I haven't unlocked the other DLC options yet, but I'd imagine it is much the same. And while the base game is free, I'd say the Complete Edition is the way to go, especially if you have tried out the base game and decided you'd like the full experience. It's a special game that deserves to be experienced by everyone regardless of the version you choose, however.