Episode 203 - Night of the Raving Dead - Available Now!

[Jake]

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Sam & Max 203: Night of the Raving Dead

Hey hey! Sam & Max episode 203 is almost here, and we've posted the trailer, some screenshots, a piece of concept art, and a blot of teaser text to the Night of the Raving Dead website (http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/nightoftheravingdead). Also, there's a blog post (http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-293). It was potentially inaccurately paraphrased to me that the core of this episode was originally conceived by Steve Purcell,* who, when asked what should be in Season Two, blurted out "Eurotrash vampires." So, there you go.

Take a look at the new stuff, and discuss away!


* And Heather!

[Mysterysheep]

WOOOOOOOOOOOH!



Okay. I'm done.

Oh yeah!

*weeps openly*

[taumel]

Jawoll!

Oh the beginning looks very good and makes you even feel a little bit like in a Murnau/Schreck movie but as soon as the colour and the rave jumps in the magic is over and it more reminded me of the popular demo by farbrausch ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq-aLBNwpPQ ).

Would have been very cool to play a game in the silent movie style!

By the way shouldn't "dead" be "Toten" instead of "Todes"? Would be "Die Nacht der ausgeflippten Toten" then (plural). Also "Freiberufliche Polizei" sounds more reasonable than "Unabhängige Polizei".

[Haggis]

That... that... that might just be the best trailer ever, for any game.

[Buuga]

haha, that was ..amm... RAVING trailer! the best trailer evahh!

[Guybrush_Threepwood]

Awesome!

[Diduz]

I thought the trailer for Moai was the best one, but this is even better. :D
I think it really catches the Sam & Max delirium. I am especially intrigued by the screenshot with that new arcade sequence...
P.S.: What's the vampire saying at the end? "Look at me, I'm so..."?

[NickTTG]

My sources tell me he says, "Look at me, I'm so edgy and subversive."

[Diduz]

:D:D:D
Thanks.

[Mario]

For one sweet moment, i thought that maybe the whole episode would be in black & white. That would have been fantastic.

[Zeek]

Did I see that screen shot right? Are we going to have a Paper Boy mini-game involving delivering CDs to the undead at break-neck speeds? That's going to be one nice mini-game!:D

The vampire sounds like a Sacha Baron Cohen character. :D

EDIT: If you go to GameTap, you'll see a hint of more things to come like the return of the Commissioner, the next Desoto upgrade (which I'm happy to see finally), the reuse of the Secret Service dance from 104, Sam's Banjo, and a Sam & Max meets GTA scenario with the new mini-game.

[Marty]

lookin good. the driving minigame looks refreshingly new

[pheeph]

I saw a screenshot showing evidence of Sybil's bitterness toward Lincoln after the events of Moai Better Blues

[Molokov]

OMGWTFLOL! Best trailer ever. Love the silent movie effect, the "German" (ish?) title cards [with great approximate English translations] and the music.... and then we do get a little bit of a picture of our new Vampire character. This is indeed going to be a very very good episode, I can tell already! :)

[kgoodies]

can't wait, it made me wanna break down and dance... and i did... and people saw.... and they laughed. but i can't hold my lack of dance skills against sam and max, i still can't wait! and good for me i barely have to, only two weeks till it comes out! aren't episodic games the best! viva telltale, viva SAM AND MAX!

[Laserschwert]

By the way shouldn't "dead" be "Toten" instead of "Todes"? Would be "Die Nacht der ausgeflippten Toten" then (plural). Also "Freiberufliche Polizei" sounds more reasonable than "Unabhängige Polizei".

Yeah, I've already been all over the translation... and by the way, the best translation for "Freelance Police" would be "Freischaffende Polizei"... ("freiberuflich" passt grammatikalisch nicht so ganz... oder heißt das semantisch? egal... ;) )

[doom saber]

Correct me if I am wrong, but were you guys inspired by Castlevania in the creation of that vampire character? He looks so much like Issac from Curse of Darkness in both behavior (being a bit flamboyant) and appearance despite that the vampire in S&M doesn't have tattoos.

pic of issac (from the castlevania dungeon site):

http://www.castlevania.classicgaming.gamespy.com/Images/Scans/CoD/badguy-render2.jpg

[Derwin]

Thumbs... through... nipple rings...
AAAAAGHHHH!!!!

[Jake]

Steve Purcell and Dave Bogan might have been inspired by that, but more likely both characters go back to a more common vampire archetype... I think this mostly because I don't know if Steve has played that game.

[Sir Lemming]

Fantastic trailer! And fantastic Castlevania connection, doom saber.

[Soultaker]

By the way shouldn't "dead" be "Toten" instead of "Todes"? Would be "Die Nacht der ausgeflippten Toten" then (plural). Also "Freiberufliche Polizei" sounds more reasonable than "Unabhängige Polizei".
And they totally ignored the umlauts! Those things are not just for show (as in rock band names (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_umlaut)) you know. ;) Bonus points for effort, though.

And I loved the fake-English subtitles. Sam & Max: The Not-on-Staff Police!

[xChri5x]

I've watched the trailer on two different computers with two different internet connections and both times the video lagged throughout. Is there going to be a downloadable version?

[Jake]

downloadable version (http://files.telltalegames.com/samandmax/videos/season2/nightoftheravingdead/sammax203trailer.zip)

Also, GameTrailers.com has the video in a zillion different formats, so that's always worth checking out.

[xChri5x]

Thanks!

The best part of the trailer IMO is at the end with the shots of Sam & Max in slow motion. Perfectly executed!
I need to make that sequence into an animated gif.


Yikes! I didn't realize how big the trailer is until I finished downloading it. I hope my work doesn't notice the excessive bandwidth use, lol. Although I'm on my laptop using wireless, so maybe they won't be able to find out who.

[taumel]

Yeah, I've already been all over the translation... and by the way, the best translation for "Freelance Police" would be "Freischaffende Polizei"... ("freiberuflich" passt grammatikalisch nicht so ganz... oder heißt das semantisch? egal... ;) )

Nö, finde ich spontan so jetzt nicht; das paßt beides, wobei einem das Eine leichter von der Zunge gehen mag. :O) Hauptsache es ist nicht mehr "unabhängig", und der Fehler mit "dead" und "death" wird korrigiert. Ich frage mich oftmals wer bei Lokalisierungen zu Rate gezogen wird. Schön, daß die Gruselversion in Deutsch daherkommt. Wahrscheinlich haben wir dies Nosferatu zu verdanken. ;O)


Euer Graf Orlok

[xChri5x]

, I do not find Noe spontaneously so now; that does not fit both, whereby from the tongue likes to go to a lighter:O) Hauptache it is "unabhaegig" any longer, and the error with "DEAD" and "death" is changed. I always ask myself, who is pulled with localizations to rate. Beautifully that the Gruselversion into German comes along. Probably we have to owe this Nosferatu. ;O)

Your count Orlok


I hear that! lol

[taumel]

Ahm not exactly what i've said but also much better than "...Ürülüü hübeldü nibbeldidü Olnoga et ahh a la Dabaa..." :O)

[xChri5x]

Babel fish has let me down once again...

[War-overlord]

Awesome Trailer dudes ! The twenties horror-movie style is realy original and funny and the "not-optimal" German subtitles and the "even-less-optimal" English subsubtitles only add to the wacky flavor of Sam & Max.
Even though I'm glad to hear that the release date has been forwarded, it's a shame that I won't be able to get it when it comes out. With the start of the new semester and work I'll probably won't be able to download it until late thursday afternoon. On the other hand, the server will probably be less occupied then, so it has it's advantages.

[Haggis]

Ich frage mich oftmals wer bei Lokalisierungen zu Rate gezogen wird.
Yeah, I wonder about that as well. Who helped out with the German in the trailer?

[unsilviu]

great stuff I especially liked when the vamp started walking through the white surrounding ;)

[Yit]

DDR Minigame or I want my money back.

No seriously.

[wisp]

Yeah, I wonder about that as well. Who helped out with the German in the trailer?
they probably asked the winner of the german christmas ad contest..

[Emily]

No, it was someone in our office who speaks German.

[langley]

No, it was someone in our office who speaks German.

Yeah, but that plumber might have been lying to us just so he could get that $20. At least the toilet is fixed now.

[taumel]

Never trust those plumbers, mostly they are italian...it's a me, Mario.

[TheSilentOne]

I love the organ music... awesome! Sounds a little like Gothic 1. The castle outside with the low clouds looks brilliant!
The German translation, however, is wacky. Next time a German native speaker should do the job.

[tabacco]

On the other hand, the server will probably be less occupied then, so it has it's advantages.

Hey, that's an insult to our CDN's servers! To slow them down, you'd have to top Steam and XBLA's combined bandwidth usage :)

[t_a_o]

I loved it too, but I would have loved it even more, if I could get it to load in my maxthon browser.
This browser is actually built on the IE core, so I don't understand why it don't. Hrmpf.

[wisp]

The German translation, however, is wacky. Next time a German native speaker should do the job.

the translation is not that bad. it sounds a bit odd and old fashioned, but it fits the theme..

[marsan]

Yeah, but that plumber might have been lying to us just so he could get that $20. At least the toilet is fixed now.

Lol. At least I loved it :)

[taumel]

the translation is not that bad. it shound a bit odd and old fashioned, but it fits the theme..

If old fashioned means wrong to you, then yes... :O) at least for the two parts which were mentioned and the missing umlauts, the rest is okay.

But i might be more afraid of that i'm supposed to stop them. What if i want them to win?

[Soup]

needs more female undead on the dance floor. It's Europe, not a frat party!

but now that the dancing action loop exists for sam & max, I expect to see more dancing! and banjo! Can't have too much banjo!

[NickTTG]

Awesome Trailer dudes ! The twenties horror-movie style is realy original and funny and the "not-optimal" German subtitles and the "even-less-optimal" English subsubtitles only add to the wacky flavor of Sam & Max.
Even though I'm glad to hear that the release date has been forwarded, it's a shame that I won't be able to get it when it comes out. With the start of the new semester and work I'll probably won't be able to download it until late thursday afternoon. On the other hand, the server will probably be less occupied then, so it has it's advantages.
hey its a dude! a good dude! :)

[NickTTG]

If old fashioned means wrong to you, then yes... :O) at least for the two parts which were mentioned and the missing umlauts, the rest is okay.


you're cool and german... we get it.

[wisp]

If old fashioned means wrong to you, then yes... :O) at least for the two parts which were mentioned and the missing umlauts, the rest is okay.
ohh, come on..it's not an exact translation, but i've seen a lot worse stuff in blockbuster movies.

[Anvilania]

the only thing scary is the rings on the vampires chest *shivers* euu.
great dance party sceen funny!! (told ya it wouldn't be scary) great spoof on Dracula and other movies dealing with vampires and zombies

[taumel]

you're cool and german... we get it.

Can't deal with critics?

[NickTTG]

Can't deal with critics?

haha no. I've just read a million posts about how the translations are off.

we're aware that they are off. If I could, I would replace them. But I can't... plus that would take time away from other unnamed trailers :D

[taumel]

You know it's kind of a running gag through the history of video games as still a lot of games lack a proper translation and i'm not even speaking about spoken text here, just written stuff. So from time to time it's just fun pointing that out. We have 3d graphics with millions of colours and not even jaggies are secure anymore but one thing remains for sure, those funny translations. :O)

[Zeek]

we're aware that they are off. If I could, I would replace them. But I can't... plus that would take time away from other unnamed trailers :D
Like the one for the unnamed episode?

[shurlogg]

I don't know, for me the phoney German text adds to the fun... I mean, the "not-in-staff police" was done intentionally as well, so... Just let me believe it was meant that way, please. ;)

[zozenka]

Way iz de vampire German? Shouldn't he be from Transilvania?
After seeing that video, I feel like partying all night long, baby!.....:cool: I should really get out of the house more often. And guess what - tomorrow is Saturday! Yay! :D:D:D Will any of you guys/gals be going out to?

[NickTTG]

Way iz de vampire German? Shouldn't he be from Transilvania?
After seeing that video, I feel like partying all night long, baby!.....:cool: I should really get out of the house more often. And guess what - tomorrow is Saturday! Yay! :D:D:D Will any of you guys/gals be going out to?

we can party in spirit! Also, it says that you're from Croatia. My best friends Croatian, so its always fun to meet more lol

[zozenka]

Yeah? What's his name, maybe I know him :D There's only 4 million of us :p

[NickTTG]

Well he lives in America, but his last name is Ivancevich if you want bloodlines :)

[Mel]

I finally had time to watch the trailer. Well, I mostly watched it. The speakers on my lap top stopped working a couple of days ago and I'm not sure how to fix it (and I haven't had the mental energy to figure it out). :(

Needless to say, I didn't to hear anything, but it looked great!!

[NickTTG]

I finally had time to watch the trailer. Well, I mostly watched it. The speakers on my lap top stopped working a couple of days ago and I'm not sure how to fix it (and I haven't had the mental energy to figure it out). :(

Needless to say, I didn't to hear anything, but it looked great!!

this is probably the one trailer where not hearing anything is acceptable. Great Job!

[Mel]

this is probably the one trailer where not hearing anything is acceptable. Great Job!

:D

There was music though, wasn't there? I also want to fix my speakers so at some point, when I finally getting around to playing episode 2 (and then 3), I can hear everything. :p

[Dedlok]

the part during the "sepia" scene was organ music. the suspensful kind. the dance scene was techno. the danceable head-bobbing kind. :D.

Lines said by the Vampire "This promotional material is hella whack, yo! Hit it!" and at the end "Hoooooooooo! Look at me! I'm so edgy and subversive!" Both said with a German accent. Kinda one of those you'd expect a goth to have.

[Mel]

Thank you! :) :)

[barchetta]

the only thing scary is the rings on the vampires chest *shivers* euu.
I always say: what else do men have nipples for? :D

As for your signature (""*startes singing realy fast* United States, Canada, Mexico, [cut] Barbados and Guam.~Yakko ")-- have you seen the voice actor doing that live? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhyKHKECyx4

[tobar]

I always say: what else do men have nipples for? :D

Actually, I've heard of rare cases where men have lactated for their children under extreme circumstances.

[barchetta]

Actually, I've heard of rare cases where men have lactated for their children under extreme circumstances.

Eeeu!!

[Dedlok]

I always say: what else do men have nipples for? :D

As for your signature (""*startes singing realy fast* United States, Canada, Mexico, [cut] Barbados and Guam.~Yakko ")-- have you seen the voice actor doing that live? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhyKHKECyx4

Dear God Rob Paulsen must have that memorized due to menomics or somethings. To rattle it off the same exact way after all these yeard.

[RENCAMO]

I cannot wait. RELEASE IT NOW!!!

[Jake]

hey hey!

New Night of the Raving Dead gameplay video! (http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/nightoftheravingdead/videos)

New Night of the Raving Dead MP3s! (http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-297)

[Mel]

Whenever I see the shirtless zombies, I'm reminded of Mick Jagger (especially when he's not wearing a shirt).

[Harald B]

Wow, that lighting is amazing.

[SloppyJimbo]

Midtown Remix wouldn't imply that it's a Midtown Cowboys remix, would it? Because that'd be awesome.

I'm not hearing it though.

Still a great track.

[Hero1]

the design and look of the castle is brilliant..best looking location since the whitehouse!

[Zeek]

Midtown Remix wouldn't imply that it's a Midtown Cowboys remix, would it? Because that'd be awesome.

I'm not hearing it though.

Still a great track.
It's in there. I heard it. It's around the 3 minute mark of the track.

[SloppyJimbo]

Got there after I posted, but still wasn't sure. That's really awesome.

[diego_pmc]

Blasphemy!!!

Everyone knows Dracula is from Transylvania.

[LuigiHann]

Blasphemy!!!

Everyone knows Dracula is from Transylvania.

Who said anything about Dracula?

[diego_pmc]

Who said anything about Dracula?

I meant the trailer. In the game-play movie they say Strassburg, and in the trailer they say Dracula.;)

[Zeek]

I meant the trailer. In the game-play movie they say Strassburg, and in the trailer they say Dracula.;)

I don't think they save Dracula in the trailer.

[Haggis]

I thought it was Stuttgart? But anyway, everyone knows that real vampires come from Draxsylvania (http://www.vampyrestory-game.com/cms/the_game/locations.htm).

[Mirko]

It definitely sounds like Stuttgart to me. And I don't remember hearing or reading the Name "Dracula" in the Trailer.

[Jake]

Brendan did a quick interview with GameTap (http://www.gametap.com/home/read/article/3775) about Night of the Raving dead which you guys may want to check out. It contains no spoilers to my knowledge, but does contain quality!

[diego_pmc]

It definitely sounds like Stuttgart to me. And I don't remember hearing or reading the Name "Dracula" in the Trailer.

Sorry - I heard vampire and thought right away about Dracula.:D

[LangerJan]

This is going to be so cool :) But why Stuttgart? Not that I don't appreciate getting an episode playing in germany, but every vampire related story I know is taking place a bit more in the east.

The trailer shows whats happening when one translates english-german and back again ;)

[jmm]

The trailer shows whats happening when one translates english-german and back again ;)

The bad translation was intentional, see this (http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=52786&postcount=41) post by Brendan.

[LangerJan]

The bad translation was intentional, see this (http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=52786&postcount=41) post by Brendan.

I guessed so. It must be some sort of stylistic device, well done

[Mysterysheep]

Yay! I'm hoping this means the return of the "DDR" style dancing minigame from the cancelled game. :D

[Linque]

Popped in to say that I'm loving the 203 trailer, just watched it. Very funny.
I think I'll give this episode a bigger try than I did 202 after the disappointment of 201 (though I loved the Helsinki plaque :) )

The Zombie / Vampyre models weren't that cool but Max dance moves and the cepia intro was magnificent.



I still wish the prod values and texture/model quality was higher.

[Linque]

Ok I just re-watched it. I'm not lying when I'm saying that the 203 trailer is the first thing out of the Telltale S&M franchise I've found genuinely hilarious, I mean laugh out loud funny. The German stuff is most radical, and the dance section with Sam's pistol moves and Max raving is just too funny to look at without smiling.


Good job, so far I can see why Jake said he thinks the next three are the most solid stuff Telltale has yet produced. :)

[Linque]

The slo-mo part is also just genius. Awesome. :cool:

[mre]

Am I really the only one that was seriously put off by the vampire/eurothrash guy? I mean come on! The trailer starts out wonderfully with it's Nosferatu theme and subpar translation. It has Sam, it has Max, it has zombies, it has vampires. I'm in a state of total blissful euphoric glee.

Enter sound. :eek:

No. No. No. No... No. :(

Telltale, my hopes were pretty high set on this episode. Really, it should be impossible to fail with these listed ingredients. Please prove my worries wrong. Please, please, make sure this new character is funnier than he seems from the little we see of him in the trailer.



Other than that you're doing a swell job. :p

[Mario]

Eurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=92475) already reviewed the game.

Sounds good to me, since I play the games mainly for the humor. I'm a bit worried about the length, though.

[taumel]

Let's assume this was made on purpose then i ask myself for whom? English speaking persons don't get it and as a german speaking person i have to say that i didn't find it funny either as it just was another translation with some faults......haha...

By the way you know that you can also enter umlauts on keyboards without such keys by using unicode or google for umlauts and copy&paste them?

[Jake]

üëö

I hear that maybe you weren't a big fan of the title cards in a joke trailer we put out for a video game? Let's move on from this.

[taumel]

*brrooom* As we're moving now, where are we heading for?

[Hyperkinetic_Martian]

*brrooom* As we're moving now, where are we heading for?

To Gametap...to download Night of the Raving Dead right now! :D

though if you're like me, you won't be playing it till Friday...pesky life demands so much from me this week...:(

[Linque]

taumel, I found the title cards really funny. :)



Eurogamer does a great job in echoing a lot of my thoughts about various games in their review. Out of the big game sites, I have most respect for it.

[Mario]

Eurogamer does a great job in echoing a lot of my thoughts about various games in their review. Out of the big game sites, I have most respect for it.

Yep, their reviews give me a good sense of what to expect from a game, and they are well-written and entertaining to boot.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

To Gametap...to download Night of the Raving Dead right now! :D

though if you're like me, you won't be playing it till Friday...pesky life demands so much from me this week...:(

Sam & Max should be your life, silly.

[Dangerzone]

wow... just finished the episode, it made up for a lot... and even made up for all of 202's short comings

some good puzzles, a decent length, lots of goofy things you have to deal with, and just as many plot turns...

im actually impressed with this one, which is saying a lot after how much i bad mouthed 202... but for those of you who hate re-occuring locations, heh... (thats all im saying for the moment)

ill start a hate it or love it thread tomorrow as to avoid spoilers, but for the moment ll i have to say is... my I.Q. must have dropped 10 points from playing this episode, lol

[Buuga]

Psst.. Can I borrow your timemachine?

[ShaggE]

This one was great, despite all the backtracking. Some of the jokes and references almost had me on the floor. (And something happens near the end that many of you have been wanting... ;) )

[charlieboy2001]

nooooooooooo

I was having the foolish hope it may be released at 00:00GMT (midnight)

The anticipation is killing me...but making me want it more, in a christmas day way!!!!

[Marty]

damn, i cant wait

[cherry delight]

Hey! its already midday on the 13th here in Australia!! I NEEDS my Sam & Max!!!:D

[Chuck]

The bad translation was intentional, see this (http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=52786&postcount=41) post by Brendan.
I think Brendan would be offended at being confused with me. I don't have his commanding presence or joie de vivre.

[jared25]

I played through 203 it ok the story is poor. lincoln and siybl. the ending, the villian, and whats with the rat casino which by the way does not a thing! oh well good luck next time.

[Marty]

Hey! its already midday on the 13th here in Australia!! I NEEDS my Sam & Max!!!:D

i always think of it as being released a day later than the origianl release date ;)

[tabacco]

nooooooooooo

I was having the foolish hope it may be released at 00:00GMT (midnight)

The anticipation is killing me...but making me want it more, in a christmas day way!!!!

Nope, always during our office hours on the release day (in our time zone, which is GMT -8)

[SloppyJimbo]

Just beat it. I can't wait for the next episode, especially if what I think is going to happen happens. And it's about time.

[tabacco]

Well now you might as well tell us what you think happens :)

[SloppyJimbo]

To be completely honest, I'm not entirely sure what to expect, but I have a feeling that Flint will be very important in the next episode, which is awesome. I also have the feeling that there'll be some crazy new location, either back in time or in space (which I doubt since it was sorta already done last season)... Or crazier.

Chariots of the Dogs makes me think of either the Romans or strange paranormal something (Chariots of the Gods), the latter being much more appropriate for Bosco. A Mystery Vortex-like location would be really neat, now that I think about it.

Either way, I'm glad Flint's finally getting (or so I think) a big role. Bosco too.

Oh, and this isn't really a spoiler, but the typewriter ribbon is the best item in the series.

[Jake]

oh well good luck next time.

Thanks. Hopefully our luck visa vis your perception of our games will in fact change next episode.

[shadondriel]

Hey! its already midday on the 13th here in Australia!! I NEEDS my Sam & Max!!!:D

Now it is almost 5 AM standard time :-S
...and 13th in the first American regions :-P

Can't wait hehe

[Jake]

Update from Telltale's offices: It is 9pm (21:00) on Tuesday night, and everyone has gone home for the evening except Brendan and me. Again, that's late in the evening on Tuesday night, the night before the game comes out. The other people who work here during the day are at home for the night, and the game comes out on Wednesday, the 13th of February -- tomorrow -- so there are probably at least twelve hours until we release the game on the site.

[xChri5x]

You guys work late. What time do you usually start?... or is it more of a come in whenever as long as you get your work done?

[Emily]

Yup, sometimes some of us work late. And those of us who will be launching the game tomorrow will be at work early tomorrow, too. :p

[Hero1]

yeah won't get it till i wake up on the 14th here in Oz

[KirkHinrich]

Tough decision to make, paper or Sam & Max.

[Jake]

Sam & Max is still many hours away, so I'd recommend the paper!

[Guybrush Threepwood]

For the last two episodes the games have gone up around 6pm GMT, fellow UKers.

[marsan]

For the last two episodes the games have gone up around 6pm GMT, fellow UKers.

Which is an improvement over last season, where the episodes came out around 10-11(1-3 or 4), but later it ended up around 8-9(4 to 5 or 6) I seem to remember. 6-7 pm is much better for me, because then I don't have to sit up all night to finish the episode and risk oversleeping for school the next day :o (yes, I skiped some fridays last season because of sam & max ;) - I'm just that curious).

Oh well, before we know it, we'll be back, counting the days until the next release(I won't, this season, I'm too busy for that, but the rest of you hardcore fans probably will).

[Haggis]

Sam & Max is still many hours away, so I'd recommend the paper!
Oh hey, cool, I've got a paper to write as well (assuming this was not referring to buying a newspaper), so I'll have something lovely to look forward to when I'm done with that. I'll see episode 203 as my reward then. :D

[barchetta]

May I suggest moving the TTG servers to Kirbati (Christmas Island)? It's there UTC+14, which is basically the same as Alaska and Hawaii, but ONE DAY LATER! (or earlier? anyway, it's the 14th there by now)

[DrakeFox]

It's the 14th here now. Have been for 15 hours and then some. Shopping done and just sitting around waiting. Please hurry, don't make me finally get the episode and then have to postpone it to wait for Zero Punctuation to get updated first because I'd otherwise forget when I get started....please?

Ah well. When it's time, it's time. And for once, today I have lots of time

[Yit]

You guys are in the office. Post up the episode! I got the day off school cause it's snowing, and I wanna play! :p

Don't start being like VALVe guys...

[Soultaker]

Sheesh, people, relax. Give the Telltale people some time to wrap things up properly.

[Haggis]

It's the 14th here now.
Wait a minute... it's the 14th in Denmark right now?! :confused:

Can I borrow your time machine?

[tabacco]

You guys are in the office. Post up the episode! I got the day off school cause it's snowing, and I wanna play! :p

Don't start being like VALVe guys...

We'll release it when we have:
a) Enough people in the office to support the launch
b) All the assets for the launch ready to go
c) Enough coffee

We never promise a release time, just that it will be sometime during our office hours on the launch day, in OUR time zone.

[t_a_o]

Hmm, if it's the 14th now, then something is seriously wrong in the state of denmark :D
My calendar only says the 13th...

[G-Man_78_42]

Hey, do they ship today (wednesday, 13th) or tomorrow (thursday, 14th)?

I wanna know 'cause I'm really excited already and visited TTG's Homepage several times today yet... but still nothing new... *sniff

[Yit]

We'll release it when we have:
a) Enough people in the office to support the launch
b) All the assets for the launch ready to go
c) Enough coffee


Fair enough. Well, good luck! I hope it's better than 202! (Which was good, but not very funny)

[Jake]

(Also, re: "you guys are in the office," It's only 7am right now, so no, not everyone is in the office :) We seem to go through this with every launch, and it's frequently the same people ¬ ¬ )

[Eater]

Everyone mail ttg coffee NOW! lol

[Guybrush Threepwood]

We'll release it when we have:
a) Enough people in the office to support the launch
b) All the assets for the launch ready to go
c) Enough coffee

We never promise a release time, just that it will be sometime during our office hours on the launch day, in OUR time zone.

YOUR time zone? How selfish. ;)

[tabacco]

For reference, I'm the only one here right now. Which is awesome, because I can play my music out loud :)

[Buuga]

(Also, re: "you guys are in the office," It's only 7am right now, so no, not everyone is in the office :) We seem to go through this with every launch, and it's frequently the same people ¬ ¬ )

A good employer makes work 24/7 :D

Well.. I think that a specific launch-time could bring down the whole download server (or at least slows down data communications) , since everyone tries to download the same game at the same time.

[Jake]

I'll be there in about a half hour. We can have an iTunes duel.

A good employer makes work 24/7 :D

You may have noticed that I was posting at near midnight earlier in this thread and am now posting at 7:15 am the next morning, so I hope you'll cut me some slack!

Also, we don't give a specific launch time because if something goes wrong at the last minute (surprisingly frequent when you're trying to get all the little details lined up for something like a software launch), thousands of people would start trying to access the site when there was nothing to access (or worse, something broken!). Giving a more open launch time ("Wednesday morning, Pacific time") gives us room to account for last minute disasters in a way that, at worst, will only make some Australians grumble at us for being vaguely later than they hoped, instead of the whole world trying to kick down our door because the game isn't out the exact minute we said it would be.

[tabacco]

A good employer makes work 24/7 :D

Well.. I think that a specific launch-time could bring down the whole download server (or at least slows down data communications) , since everyone tries to download the same game at the same time.

Everyone keeps saying things like that, but it really doesn't work that way. Our downloads are done by the same company that handles Steam and XBLA. I think we'll be alright no matter how many people show up at the same time.

An entertaining fact for you to pass the time:

Apparently it is illegal to mail "Used or second-hand beehives" into Canada. Also forbidden are "Smoke-making devices for motor vehicles and boats". So watch out for that.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

You know what's bugging me?
"GameTap today, Telltale release tomorrow!"
should be: "GameTap out now, Telltale release later today!".

Yes, that bugs me. :p

illegal to mail "Used or second-hand beehives" into Canada.

I told you to stop tracking my mail!

[Buuga]

I'll be there in about a half hour. We can have an iTunes duel.



You may have noticed that I was posting at near midnight earlier in this thread and am now posting at 7:15 am the next morning, so I hope you'll cut me some slack!



ups.. It was meant to be sarcastic but failed for a big time :confused:

[Jake]

Apparently it is illegal to mail "Used or second-hand beehives" into Canada. Also forbidden are "Smoke-making devices for motor vehicles and boats". So watch out for that.

Heh! Someone's poking at the USPS API documentation.

[Buuga]

Could you launch e203 by accident,please?

[RobD]

Apparently it is illegal to mail "Used or second-hand beehives" into Canada. Also forbidden are "Smoke-making devices for motor vehicles and boats". So watch out for that.

Wait, so you can mail fresh bee-hives there, full of bees but not the smoke you need to protect yourself when you open the package?

What a topsy turvy country... :p;)

I'm surprised at my patience with this. Usually I'm like a 5 year old at Christmas when something new comes out and want it 3 days ago, but I'm being rather sedate today. Maybe I haven't had enough mugs of tea yet...

[Jake]

The calming smoke billowing from Doug's car is pacifying you.

[Mysterysheep]

I usually check the site at around 5pm and the " We're working on the site" notice comes up with the little construction guy digging (I've become good friends with him by now:D). Then, I just keep refreshing the page until I get my sweet Sam & Max satisfaction!:)

[tabacco]

Not to mention my yacht.

[Mysterysheep]

Oh, and while I'm playing the game, finally, my dog comes over looking for a walk. :) So, unfortunately for him, I begin to ignore him!:D


I'm so mean!

[marsan]

Here's a fun fact about Norwegian laws:

If you are a plumber, you are allowed to fix the neighbors sink, because that is being kind. But you are not allowed to fix your own sink, because that is tax fraud.

Same if own a forest. If you own a forest, you are allowed to chop down a tree and give to your neighbor, so that he can use it as a Christmas tree. That is considered being a kind neighbor, and giving a gift. But you are not allowed to chop down a tree and use it yourself as a Christmas tree, because this is tax fraud.

[Mysterysheep]

Tobacco? What time is it at TT now?;)

[tabacco]

It's 8am. We're 8 hours behind you.

[Mysterysheep]

Okay, thanks. I think I might have a nice cuppa tea to relax and come back in a while. Bye bye! :)

[Croutons]

This episode had my two favourite jokes of the season by far:
Sam: Superball!
*Thunder flash*
*Horses Neighing*
(Who doesn't love Young Frankenstein!? Haha...)

Sam: Is that George Romero or Cesar Romero?
Max: Based on the putrefied flesh, I would have to say it's John Romero!

Hahaha. I love Doom :)

[arepo]

the preceding episode was shared about @18-19hr, as i remember (swiss time)
so, most probably, in one hour this one will come

[Mysterysheep]

Site's down! :D

[Baliame]

Yay, it's coming!

[Jake]

it's out! woo.

[Mysterysheep]

Downloading as I speak! :D

[Dangerzone]

[cue awkward silence over site for next 12 hours till everyone finishes the game]...

[Schmeep]

I love the anticipation while I download!

[arepo]

Oboy!

[Script-br]

Downloading! Yay!

Btw, here in Brazil is 2 pm

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Downloading, downloading, downloooaaadinnng! :D
Installing...
Playing. Toodles!

[Eater]

I actually had to stop playing to come here and say that was the greatest opening ever!

Whoops had to come back you guys misspelled sybil's subtitles concerning her "online action"

[Guybrush Threepwood]

My random gaming thoughts:
I'm... err... this is embarrassing.... stuck on the first puzzle involving the line of zombiles... oh boy! *gets back to playing*

W.A.R.P TV? Hmm... I don't know how I feel about bringing back and old location like this...

I miss Bosco and Flint! Maybe they'll come in later on...

Ahh Flint, there you are! Awesome plot twist, by the way.

[wisp]

this is going to be bad...i have to go to work tomorrow, you know..

[Dangerzone]

zombies are stupid... youll figure it out ;)

[barchetta]

http://www.stuttgart-online.com

I expected to see a site like www.maxforpresident.org or www.nauseatinglycute.com or www.bancolavadero.com ... :(

[Lucko]

I can't get the game to work :( Moai Better Blues, Ice Station Santa and the whole of season one (amongst many other of my games) still work though :confused:

[Guybrush Threepwood]

I can't get the game to work :( Moai Better Blues, Ice Station Santa and the whole of season one (amongst many other of my games) still work though :confused:

Try asking the kind folks on the support board (http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25). :)

[DoctorDodge]

Ok, just been playing, HAD to stop to say that on the shooting discs at zombies puzzle...very, very nice little homage to everyone's favourite british zombie comedy!

"Stone Roses." "No." "Sign of the times." "DEFINITLY not!" "The Batman soundtrack." "Throw it!" :D

[Lucko]

Try asking the kind folks on the support board (http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25). :)

Thanks :)

[langley]

Ok, just been playing, HAD to stop to say that on the shooting discs at zombies puzzle...very, very nice little homage to everyone's favourite british zombie comedy!

:D

Or is it a Paperboy reference? You decide!

[marsan]

great reference to A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. I wonder how many got that one :) Also, great references to Resident Evil:

Sam: An ink ribbon? What do we need that for?
Max: What we really need are some healing herbs

[Zeek]

I got to the point where I had to figure out how to make Jurgan uncool before I had to look at the walkthru because Max's hints were not hitting the mark with me. I mean, I got the Hit the Road refferance, and I knew what I had to do with said refferance, but getting to the location to do it completely didn't connect with me.

Other than that, I was never good at Paperboy, but I loved the GTA stuff you had to do to get decals. :D

[Marty]

i like it so far

[ReverendTed]

For what it's worth, the e-mail I just got telling me that Night of the Raving Dead was available had the download link to Moai Better Blues. Fortunately, it also had the link to my My Telltale account, which contained the NotRD download link I desired.

[VoodooKing]

That was the best opening I've seen so far.

[Emily]

For what it's worth, the e-mail I just got telling me that Night of the Raving Dead was available had the download link to Moai Better Blues.

Yeah, we noticed too late that the link in the text version was incorrect (it was correct in the html version). Sorry about that.

[octochan]

I had the feeling the ink-ribbon comment was a reference to something zombie-related that I hadn't seen/played yet. Nice.
Also, giving the Frau Blucher gag to Superball? Brilliant!

[Yohmi]

Yes for me the zombie mini-game is a reference to paperboy, no doubt... but what makes me laugh out loud is the Mortal Kombat reference, just excellent... also the Frankenstein Junior one was really funny, I do love this kind of running gag (as much as the mexican happy birthday singer).

This episode was really cool, the script is getting better and better, wide new locations, animations are a lot better and there is more too (dancing Sam&Max, the slow and detailed soul sucker machine, flint's entry, max in the background trying to catch his soul), it was just as difficult I would like it to be, I managed to finish it in about 4 hours without any external help but three very useful Max's tips... no really I'm happy :)

And I love useless objects, and more when you have huge comments when you try to use them (like something like "yes I'm sure it would stop jesse jame's hand to shoot-up the place, if only it wasn't a useless typewriter ribbon")

[Mysterysheep]

Anyone play the mini-game while being a zombie? Priceless!

"Free CDs!"

[Eater]

I think I would have liked it better if Sam and Max remained completely oblivious to the fact they were even walking different as a zombie, but I just really like the pose too.

[Slaphead-Media]

Open mic night? Poem stealing? Grim Fandango? ;)

Sam - ¨I wish the people making these fake books, would at least try to make them look real¨ :D

and the director's comment about how Sam and Max should forget TV and start with games and comics :eek: lol

[esteban]

The opening 'in media res' reminds me of the one for Monkey Island 2, when Guybrush tells his story...

[Avel]

'Kay, I gotta ask, is it a glitch that there's no music for the credits or was that on purpose?

Edit: Nevermind...it is a glitch.

[Murray the Chao]

The opening 'in media res' reminds me of the one for Monkey Island 2, when Guybrush tells his story...
Same here!

Mentioned it in the blog.

[Mishakun]

Is it me or does the episode end without any music in the credits roll? If it should end in music, I may have witnessed a bug.

[Mirko]

http://www.stuttgart-online.com

I expected to see a site like www.maxforpresident.org or www.nauseatinglycute.com or www.bancolavadero.com ... :(

Well it's a big City here in Germany, and the State-Capital of Baden-Württemberg. So it is not really surprising that such URLs are already taken.

great reference to A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. I wonder how many got that one :) Also, great references to Resident Evil:

Sam: An ink ribbon? What do we need that for?
Max: What we really need are some healing herbs


Could you please explain that? I never played Resident evil, and I don't remember that from the movies either.

[Zeek]

Could you please explain that? I never played Resident evil, and I don't remember that from the movies either.

It was never in the movies. Typewriter Ribbons were used in the early Resident Evil games as save points. Every time you found a typewriter ribbon, you could save your game. Annoyed the hell out of their players from what I understand.

[wisp]

It was never in the movies. Typewriter Ribbons were used in the early Resident Evil games as save points. Every time you found a typewriter ribbon, you could save your game. Annoyed the hell out of their players from what I understand.
early? how about nearly every?

[Zeek]

Wasn't aware they are still using that in the newer games.

[GalFisk]

'Kay, I gotta ask, is it a glitch that there's no music for the credits or was that on purpose?

Edit: Nevermind...it is a glitch.

That happened ot me the first time as well.

[Mirko]

It was never in the movies. Typewriter Ribbons were used in the early Resident Evil games as save points. Every time you found a typewriter ribbon, you could save your game. Annoyed the hell out of their players from what I understand.

Ahh! Thank you!

[esteban]

Same here!

Mentioned it in the blog.

So, I'm not the only one... In fact, I don't know any video game using this technique (in media res) except Monkey Island 2 and Night of the Raving Dead... But I guess it's possible there are other games...

[Eater]

no typewriters were save points but you could only save if you had an ink ribbon. and of course they used herbs as healing items.

[Jake]

"inkdrinker" from the Something Awful forums has taken a nice collection of high res screenshots (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?postid=339765145#post339730714) from the episode. So, if you guys want some pretty pictures, there are some some are.

[Laserschwert]

Damn, it took me three episodes to realize that the Office Theme is actually a brand new version since 201!!

[Eater]

those are nice screenshots but looking at them really makes me want one of both sam and max standing outside their grave doing the zombie pose

[Zeek]

Damn, it took me three episodes to realize that the Office Theme is actually a brand new version since 201!!

I like Sybil's new "saxified" theme.:D

[Dangerzone]

how about a shot of zombie sam and zombie max talking in the office?

http://i29.tinypic.com/2mze3kl.jpg

[Zeek]

Someone's been messing with the debug code again.

[Dangerzone]

the fact that you know how i got the shot... means you were messing with it too :p

[Zeek]

Actually, I can't get it to work on my end. My machine is weird like that. Some PC Game cheats work and others don't.