James Plays: Grim Fandango (Part Five)

The Land of the Dead is a transitional place where souls go to make their journey to the next level of existence. Depending on whether you were good or evil in your last life, you can get a great travel package (like a golden ticket on "The Number 9" train to Heaven,) or a walking cane (to prepare you for a four year trek on foot across the land.) Manny Calavera is a travel agent for the Land of the Dead's premier agency for soul direction sales. Manny begins to suspect something, though, when his co-salesman, Domino, is getting all of the golden-ticket passengers, while Manny is getting evil souls. Manny hijacks the soul of Meche, a woman who has lived a good and pure life; but when he runs her soul through the system, it indicates that she was evil and must walk! Before he can stop her, she has begun her trek, and in the process of seeking and finding her (with the help of an elemental spirit called Glottis) he reveals that Domino is running a scam: he is hoarding the golden tickets of good, pure souls, and sending them to the gates of Heaven with counterfeit tickets. Those souls are then directed to the depths of Hell for trying to cheat. Manny joins the resistance movement and heads out on a four-year mission to stop this dastardly plot, save the soul of the beautiful Meche, and hopefully gain some redemption for himself in the process. No copyright infringement intended!