ROD MCSCHLONG GETS PUNCHED IN THE DONG by Hubert Janus
The dong (more accurately: đồng) has been the currency of Vietnam since 3 May 1978. The dong was also the currency of the predecessor states of North Vietnam and South Vietnam, having replaced the French Indochinese piastre. It’s more vulnerable to inflation than to physical violence, so there are worse things to be punched in than it. If only Rod McSchlong had gone to an authentic Vietnamese restaurant, rather than to a sushi bar, then he could have solved his problems in a much easier way.
Okay. Here we have a sequel to last year’s surprise hit about Dick McButts. It’s funny, but it’s also just more of the same – complete with ‘bad version’, although that only pops up when you make a rash choice near the end of the game – and it has fewer surprises. It made me laugh. There are good moments. But it didn’t catch me unawares. (How could it?)
There just did not need to be a sequel, I think.