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Telltale beats itself silly
Posted by Jake	January 8, 2007
So the new year has come and gone, and this blog page has become pretty neglected. Hi there! How's it going? Anyway, every new year all the big gaming sites like to look around their office, dig through their old reviews and game databases, dust off their favorites, and give them awards. The games of the year, the best of a particular genre, and classics like the game with the most long-winded title* all get their day in the sun. * Fortunately CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: 3 Dimensions of Murder dodged this particular bullet. How is Telltale itself stacking up? Pretty well! Sam & Max: Culture Shock took home GameSpot's "Funniest Game of 2006," and IGN's "Best Adventure Game of 2006," narrowly beating out our own CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder for that one! It's a good day when you lose an award to yourself. In addition to CSI's nomination for best adventure game, Telltale itself was also a finalist for IGN's Best Developer award. Culture Shock also made the New York Times' best games of '06 list, and is appearing in top games of 2006 lists in many magazines around the world (most of which I can't read). So, a good year for lauding. Want to help the laud-fest march right through Q1 2007? Telltale titles are also up for nominations for Best of 2006 Readers Choice awards at IGN, Gamespot, and 1up. Look around for Sam & Max and CSI 3 and get voting! Now, though, it's time for the awards that really matter: the ones we give ourselves. Yes, that's right, it's time for... An email went around the office asking what items or events in 2006 were most deserving a textual pat on the back. Strangely, most of the suggestions were about our trusty office (set to be demolished - hopefully via huge white-hot fireball - this Summer). Let's take a look... Best Productivity Enhancement: John Drake and Kris Kilayko for bringing in new coffee-making equipment on their own initiatives. Nominated by Dave Grossman and John Drake Best Moment of Gallantry: When Randy Tudor went out to help the woman who couldn't turn off her car alarm because her fingernails were too long. [This may have happened in 2005] Nominated by Dave Grossman Best Kitchen: The old server closet, beating out the former best kitchen, "the space between the walls behind Graham's desk," by a wide margin. Nominated by Jared Emerson-Johnson Best Emergency Burrito: Mi Familia, a traditional place where you can order ahead and you can order a head. Nominated by Dave Grossman Best Dave: Dave. Runners up: Dave, Dave. Nominated by Marco Brezzo Best Telltale speaking engagement wherein the existence of CSI 4 was leaked months in advance but nobody caught on: Dan Connors, Greg Land, and Ubisoft's CSI presentation at the IGDA Bay Area Chapter meeting. [video forthcoming] Nominated by Emily Morganti Best scary rendition of Frosty the Snowman at the Telltale Christmas party: Dan Connors. [video forthcoming] Nominated by Dave Bogan If there was an award for Most Awards Submitted, Daniel would win it. In fact, he has. Congratulations! Best Climate: Tropical Office Entrance. Loser: Siberian Tundra, AKA Maurice Richard Memorial Conference Room. Nominated by Daniel Herrera Best Milkshake: Theresa and Johnny's Lemon Curd Nominated by Daniel Herrera Best use of office space: The Romper Room Nominated by Daniel Herrera Least Referenced Book in Bookshelf: Using Turbo Prolog by Phillip R. Robinson. Nominated by Daniel Herrera Best Office Acquisition: Tie between Crazy red Blob piñata and Order Up drive-thru window in office expansion. Nominated by Daniel Herrera Well, that finally wraps it up for 2006! An excellent year for Telltale, and, hopefully, for all who enjoy video games. So, what are your Best of 2006?
Tagged Around the Office, CSI, Events, Press, Sam & Max	Digg this entry Send this to a friend 13 Comments

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	Comment by Kevin	January 8, 2007, 12:19 pm

	Best game Telltale is secretly developing?
	Comment by numble	January 8, 2007, 1:29 pm

	Episode 5!
	Comment by Jake	January 8, 2007, 2:41 pm

	hyper magazine had culture shock in the top 10 pc games of 2006
	Comment by Hero1	January 8, 2007, 3:51 pm

	sighs wistfully at the mention of the lemon curd shake
	Comment by Squinky	January 8, 2007, 4:02 pm

	Episode 5! Aww, I was hoping that other game would be better.
	Comment by numble	January 8, 2007, 5:05 pm

	Deirdra: You'll be greatly saddened to hear that I got a lemon curd shake today! Fortunately, they were doing lemon curd pancakes as a special :) (For those not in the know on Theresa and Johnny's, lemon curd is the rarest and also most delicious of the milkshake flavors)
	Comment by tabacco	January 8, 2007, 9:05 pm

	Before we left, I said someone should bring the camera so we could take a picture of the lemon curd shake to add to this very blog. Everyone scoffed and informed me that lemon curd shakes were a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Yeah, well, now they're twice-in-a-lifetime. So there.
	Comment by Emily	January 8, 2007, 10:19 pm

	A Swedish magazine, called "Level", mentioned Sam and Max then they where talking about the best (game)things that happen this year... But i cant really remember in what category it came up...
	Comment by fajerkaos	January 9, 2007, 8:12 am

	Whaaat? Lemon curd pancakes? Were they any good? Did anyone try them?
	Comment by Squinky	January 9, 2007, 10:21 am

	no, I got the chicken chutney melt. Sorry :(
	Comment by tabacco	January 9, 2007, 11:24 am

	A Best Dave of 2006 award?! Hmm...Did I ever mention that I ran a humor/advice column with my roommate Dave in college, where we formed a Dave Club? It's interesting to see that Dave communities are a regularity, and warrants further investigation...
	Comment by UWWDave	January 10, 2007, 8:55 am

	Hey Guys, Congradulations and honestly well deserved! Thanks for bringing back the world of adventure to life, now I know why all my correspondence to Lucasarts was never heard, because you guys left and started this lovely Teltale house :-D Keep it up please! I am working on collecting all your games from now on ;) Cheers.
	Comment by Mazen	January 12, 2007, 1:21 am

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