Tesla: The Weather Man is, obviously, not a game about a weather man named Tesla. What it is, is the story of one Nikola Tesla, a man who, according to Thoughtquake, had the ability to 
control the weather, go into bullet-time, and levitate objects. Well, not really, because even they admit that Tesla is simply a game of comedic history, but it is based on a real person, ahem, Nikola Tesla. The story is predictable, in a sense, to anyone that knows about Tesla and Edison’s AC-DC (electricity, not the band) war. For anyone not familiar, it breaks down into this: Edison is a self-entitled jerk who gets pissed when Tesla wins a deal to have his AC (alternating current) electricity distributed instead of Edison’s DC (direct current) and decides to destroy Tesla’s lab and steal his inventions. Tesla then finds a sort of.... power-glove, which gives him powers over the weather and some non-weather related things.
Tesla: The Weather Man, looks like a game that just screams that it’s going to be boring, yet, thankfully, it’s not. Not by a longshot. Tesla: TWM is a puzzle platformer with some RPG elements, which involves collecting elements scattered around the levels (like Mario’s coins) and silly titles such as Master of Junk and Day-old-bread, that make the game more addicting than it would have been as a simple platformer. Add to that hilarious enemies (robot dinosaurs anyone?) and some unexpected abilities, such as pigeons.... pigeons! Which is based on the fact that Tesla himself loved pigeons. I can tell you right now that yes, Tesla: TWM is a good game. Hell, it might even be a great game. Any fan of Tesla, any fan of puzzle-platformers, heck, any fan of fun stuff, should buy this game.
Anyway, now that I got past that part, let me explain were Tesla shines and where it doesn’t. First of all, Mark Twain (a.k.a Sam Clemens), is the narrator for the entire game, and he serves as the voice that guides you through the game. Twain himself is actually fully-voiced and even has that nearly-authentic Southern accent that makes the game even more hilarious than it already is. Tesla: TWM has a lot of subtle references to real history, such as Mark Twain’s friendship with Tesla and, as I’ve already mentioned, Tesla’s love for pigeons. All of this makes the experience even more fun for history buffs and Tesla fans, while also keeping the game fun, entertaining, and maybe even a little bit educational, for those who don’t know much about Tesla.
