E for All fun
Posted by emily October 17, 2007
Well, the good news is that Nick, Will*, and I made it to LA. But not without some drama. I'll give you the Cliff Notes version now while I wait for a super secret file that Jake wasn't quite done tinkering with when I left to download. (Hint: This super secret file will be on display at our E for All booth AND will hit the web on Thursday. So make sure you're either at the LA Convention Center or on the internet that day. We're all counting on you.)

Okay, so the first bad thing was when the cab that was supposed to show up at 4:15... didn't. At 4:18 I called the cab company to find out where it was. At 4:25 I finally got off hold and was able to speak to a human being, who told me that the cab driver didn't want to come back to my house because if he did, he'd get penalized for not having shown up initially. I mentioned that we'd been standing on the sidewalk since 4:00 and no cabs had come by. The dispatcher said "It won't be much longer" and we hung up.

So, 4:35 rolls around and the cab still hasn't shown. Our flight was at 6:00 and we had a ton of bags to check so I was starting to panic. While I waited on hold (again), Will called a different cab company who said they'd send someone right over. At 4:53, the second cab showed up and we piled in with all our bags and said "Quick, follow that car!" (Okay, we didn't, but it might have been funny in a "we're about to miss our flight so everything's funny, except when it's not" kind of way.) Meanwhile the dispatchers from the original cab company were so busy arguing with each other about the fact that no one had picked us up that they didn't hear me saying "Never mind, we just got in someone else's cab" and I took the bold measure of hanging up on them. So there, Yellow Cab.

My panic had subsided to a dull anxiety by this point, but we were still in very real danger of not getting on the flight. We got to the airport at just the time that we would have been cut off from checking luggage and dashed to the nearest curbside check-in. And then! The guy looked up our flight and said it was delayed. I have never been so happy to hear those words. I think I actually said "YES!" and did an air pump with my fist. It was mildly embarrassing.

In future I should be careful what I wish for, because the 6:00 flight ended up being delayed until almost 8:00 and we didn't get to our hotel in LA until well after 10:00. Amazingly, everything in LA has gone smoothly, from our bags being the first ones off the chute (guess it pays to show up at the airport late!) to the drive from the airport to the hotel being boring and uneventful. Now all we have to do is get through a day of set-up and four days of convention. Piece(s) of cake.

Despite the picture-less nature of this blog, I assure you we DID bring along a working camera (two, in fact!) and will be taking pictures of the whole extravaganza. Watch the blog for more E for All goodness all the rest of this week. Oh yeah, and don't forget that melty-good surprise headed for the site on Thursday. It makes me smile, and I have no doubt you'll do the same. Hell, you might even go "YES!" and pump your fist in the air. (Don't worry, we won't tell anyone.)

If you are planning to be at E for All, come see us at booth 1123! We'll have an exclusive Ice Station Santa demo available for your playing pleasure, and of course all the merchandise we could cram into our suitcases and the delight of meeting Telltalians in person. And c'mon, how can you miss out on that?

*Telltale's new lead tester, for those not in the know.
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Awesome! I can't wait to meet you all this Thursday!!
Comment by Mack Daddy October 17, 2007, 3:35 am
The joys of air travel, eh? I'm glad you guys made it OK. Worn out, but otherwise well. At least everything in LA went smoothly. I hope you guys have fun at the expo. I'll be sure to check out this website on Thursday.
Comment by Rasher October 17, 2007, 5:49 am
Wish I could come!
Comment by Guybrush Threepwood October 17, 2007, 8:31 am
The super secret file is the Ice Station Santa trailer, right?
Comment by mhaley October 17, 2007, 12:51 pm
Why does Will have a * next to his name?
Comment by tobar October 17, 2007, 5:07 pm
Oh and I'm glad things are going smoother now for you. =)
Comment by tobar October 17, 2007, 5:07 pm
Why does Will have a * next to his name?


*Telltale's new lead tester, for those not in the know.
Comment by Emily October 17, 2007, 5:15 pm
Hey, I don't know which hotel you guys (and gals) are staying at but there's a great little place called 'The Pantry' over on Figueroa that serves great breakfast! It's been there since the 20's I think and it's kinda famous. Since your going to be in town for a couple of days I thought I'd recommend it. I wouldn't steer you wrong...
Comment by Mack Daddy October 17, 2007, 11:38 pm
Thanks for the free tickets, i enjoyed the 3 hours at the show, loved asking both of you a ton of questions, but one remains unanswered, just how popular in numbers is Sam and Max. Not asking for how many units sold of the first season, just want some data on fanfare, or how many lovers of Sam and Max are there in the world?

Great show, the demo was cool, didn't play it much, i will just buy the complete season on the 9th.

Keep the games coming, and you'll get my wopping 35 bucks each season.

Keep up the great work and thanks be to Steve Purcell for bringing back the series, the writing of the games is outstanding.

Also, Bosco is an excellent charater. Love his attitude toward the government, atleast someone in this world is talking about Skull and Bones, i would love to him bring up the bilderberg group, or some other secret society like the bohemium grove, where our lovely politicians hang out and talk about how to continue to pass laws that only hinder our constitutional rights. (Vote Ron Paul)

Love the games, thanks for keeping the genre alive.
Comment by Jeff October 20, 2007, 7:20 pm
Just for kicks, www.alexa.com classifies you as:

Telltalegames.com has a traffic rank of: 48,603

Not bad at all, you have more hits that Mitt Romney, and Rudy Guiliani's websites. Ron Paul is at 16000, it would be nice to see you guys up where he is. Keep up the great work on the games.
Comment by Jeff October 20, 2007, 7:23 pm
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