Introducing me!

[harrisonpink]

I thought that if I was going to be spending any amount of time on these forums, I should probably do some sort of semi-serious semi-formal introduction so that people werent like "Who's this guy in red replying to my perfectly crafted threads?"

Hi everyone! I'm Harrison Pink, the new Designer / Writer here at TTG! I'm working on the Walking Dead team with Sean and Jake and Chuck and all sorts of other incredibly talented and passionate individuals.

I've been an adventure game fan my entire life. When I was a kid, I told my parents I wanted to be an inventor when I grew up. I guess that sort of came true. My passion was sparked by the Myst series (Riven specifically) to want to create worlds, and to tell a story through environment. Riven is so dear to me that I even went so far as to have a Riven tattoo! (no one can claim I'm not passionate!) Of course, I also grew up playing other adventure games too, like King's Quest and a large portion of the Lucasarts SCUMM-style games.

I grew up in Bermuda, went to school in Canada, and graduated from SCAD in Savannah. I worked in Atlanta for several years making smaller, mostly educational games for kids (something that I was well trained for, after teaching youth theatre for 9 years of summer jobs!), and eventually, by the grace of the heavens, found myself in California working for Telltale Games!

I'm super excited to be a part of not only a company that produces amazing experiences in the style of classic adventure games, but also a team of people that absolutely loves what they do and are so talented at it. I hope to do you all proud!

[Leplaya]

Welcome to the site!

[Blind Sniper]

Is The Walking Dead your first project, or have you worked on other games by Telltale?

[harrisonpink]

Is The Walking Dead your first project, or have you worked on other games by Telltale?

WD is my first project at TTG. The rest of the team has been amazing at setting the bar on quality. My intent is to repay them by meeting (or exceeding) that bar :)

[Jon NA]

Welcome!
You're lucky because I thought you were a new user who haven't seen the "Introuduce yourself" thread and I were almost going to spank you :D ... to death XD ... and then ban you ...
Sorry about that shameful part (the "baning you" thing, which was really really rude, unlike the whole formal and mature discussion about spanking)
Some things (Modship power fantasies) are better kept to oneself ...

[Tjibbbe]

Welcome! Always nice to know who writes which episodes. You should totally go on Jake and Sean's Walking Dead podcast, assuming they'll continue that at some point. Oh yeah, you should totally convince Jake and Sean to continue that thing. And then be a guest on it. I'm rambling. Welcome!

[RetroVortex]

Aww. I was hoping for the other kind of Harrison.

Well lets hope you do a great job.

And make sure you listen to the little men, big shot.

As we Wee Free Men! will tear ya a new one if you don't!!

[harrisonpink]

Aww. I was hoping for the other kind of Harrison.

What other kind of Harrison is there? :p

[Irishmile]

Nice to "meet" you... its always nice when TTG staffers participate on the boards

[Ribs]

Yeah, big welcomes and all and stuff. Although, be warned, 98% of the interesting discussion on these forums do not revolve around the actual games on Telltale, but rather about what GuruGuru is having a sudden craving for or what odd thoughts Doodo has about Human Nature.

[Secret Fawful]

What a cheerful, enthusiastic, sparkling personality. I welcome you, good sir.

[Rather Dashing]

What a cheerful, enthusiastic, sparkling personality. We'll have to fix that.

[Secret Fawful]

What a cheerful, enthusiastic, sparkling personality. We'll have to fix that.

Don't you dare corrupt this nice, polite young man!

Corruption is my job.

[puzzlebox]

It's lovely to see someone so passionate and enthusiastic - bodes well for the stuff you work on! Thanks for the intro, and welcome. :)

[harrisonpink]

What a cheerful, enthusiastic, sparkling personality. I welcome you, good sir.

Thankyou for such a warm welcome!

What a cheerful, enthusiastic, sparkling personality. We'll have to fix that.

I read that in a GLaDOS voice for some reason.

But don't worry. Once you meet me in real life I'm nothing like my internet personality ;)

[Icedhope]

Well thought I would drop in and say Hi.

[GuruGuru214]

98% of the interesting discussion on these forums do not revolve around the actual games on Telltale, but rather about what GuruGuru is having a sudden craving for...

LIES! THAT WAS ONCE!

...or what odd thoughts Doodo has about Human Nature.

Okay, yeah, that part's true.

[RAnthonyMahan]

What other kind of Harrison is there? :p

Ford.

Anyway, welcome! Always nice seeing one of the Telltale Team posting here.

[Secret Fawful]

How could I not buy an adventure game that says in the credits "Designed by Harrison Pink." I mean, that is awesome.

[RetroVortex]

Ford.


Be quiet or else we are going to die (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TRAnly5viA&feature=player_embedded)!

[lombre]

Harrison Pink? That sounds like the greatest color ever!

[RetroVortex]

Wait a sec...

There's still one thing we need to know!

What did you do with the Diamonds?

[WarpSpeed]

Harrison Pink? That sounds like the greatest color ever!

Now you'll know the inside joke when you find out that Walking Dead by Telltale will be done entirely in shades of pink! The rest of the fanbase will be going, "Huh???"

[harrisonpink]

Now you'll know the inside joke when you find out that Walking Dead by Telltale will be done entirely in shades of pink! The rest of the fanbase will be going, "Huh???"

Haha nah, I don't even like the colour. My favourite colour is purple though, so I guess I'm still not up any man-points there :p

Maybe I can get something purple added to the game somewhere though... hmmm. Then it might just end up feeling like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2BknSqWkFU).

[harrisonpink]

Wait a sec...

There's still one thing we need to know!

What did you do with the Diamonds?

I traded it in for the antidote....to the poison you just drank!

[ShaggE]

New TellTale manguy? I'M NOT READY FOR THIS. Oh god panic attack panic attack. I... I didn't sweep the floor or anything and now we have the whole world looking in and this just will not do!

*whisper* He's looking at us.

[GuruGuru214]

I traded it in for the antidote....to the poison you just drank!

Well, I'm sold. You, sir, will do just fine here.

[Alcoremortis]

Indiana Jones references are definitely underused. I will try harder to insert them into my conversation.

[harrisonpink]

Indiana Jones references are definitely underused. I will try harder to insert them into my conversation.

It's a tough nut to crack. I used to insert IJ references into my speech semi frequently, and most times I just came across like a loon.

[Alcoremortis]

It's a tough nut to crack. I used to insert references into my speech semi frequently, and most times I just came across like a loon.

The only one I've succeeded in using seamlessly was "I had bugs for lunch."

Which earned me the privilege of washing all the dishes after dinner. By hand. For the next few days.

[Iryon]

Achtung harrisonpink!

vilcommen to ze forums. You vil find yorself in ze best of all ze commounitis of ze whole internetz. </fake nazi accent>

Please accept my welcome in the name of those who lurk in the shadows.