The name "Zero Comico" (that literally translate as "Comedic Zero") derives from a line from the show of the trio I corti di Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo, in which the "Zero Comico", understood philosophically as the simplest comic message possible, is represented by Tafazzi, a character played by Giacomo.
A phantom technocratic regime established by the planetary federation forces the planet's population to live in bunker houses; the only contact with the outside world is television.
In one of these bunker houses live Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo; one day they are contacted through television by an individual (who looks like Tafazzi) who communicates to the three that they are the people who will have to destroy Pdor (a character played by Giovanni in one of the trio's theatrical shows, Tel chi el telùn), the head of the regime, and bring happiness back to the whole planet.
The three, however, remain incredulous when they discover that the device that will restore happiness to the whole planet is only a hologram of Tafazzi in his most famous sketch.
Being a graphic adventure, the game is focused on solving puzzles, and the characters have no energy statistics or keystrokes of combat, even if this does not mean that the protagonists never commit violent actions.