View Full Version : can telltale kidnap mike stemmle and force him out of retirement?
anonima
11/11/2005, 03:59 am
I think the one person left that would make a huge difference to the new game is Mike Stemmle. Telltale needs to send in a crack SWAT team to corner him out of whatever hole he's hiding in, and put him to work with his old team on the new Sam and Max game!! The fans need him, telltale needs him and Sam and Max needs him goddamnit.
anonima
11/11/2005, 10:20 am
Yeah, I was sort of hoping this announcement would contain something to the effect of "that glorious bastard Stemmle has moved in with us."
anonima
11/11/2005, 10:52 am
I think the one person left that would make a huge difference to the new game is Mike Stemmle. Telltale needs to send in a crack SWAT team to corner him out of whatever hole he's hiding in, and put him to work with his old team on the new Sam and Max game!! The fans need him, telltale needs him and Sam and Max needs him goddamnit.
Amen. :D
anonima
11/11/2005, 11:04 am
Yeah, I was sort of hoping this announcement would contain something to the effect of "that glorious bastard Stemmle has moved in with us."
Yeah.. lets not forget just a few months ago he was praising telltale in one of there press releases.. its time to get him into the offices :)
anonima
11/22/2005, 03:04 am
Telltale needs to send in a crack SWAT team to corner him out of whatever hole he's hiding in, and put him to work with his old team on the new Sam and Max game!!
YEAH!
wait, he just worked for Lucas Arts on Star Wars: Republic Commando...
Maybe hes freelance. if he isnt, you can forget about the SWAT team.
We'd need rebels or stormtroopers...
Udvarnoky
11/22/2005, 03:23 am
The game's release was recent, but I don't think Stemmle's work on it was. My guess is he was assigned to work on the Republic Commando project between the time Sam & Max was cancelled and when he (not to mention a lot of other people) was let go.
anonima
11/22/2005, 07:43 am
I still got my fingers crossed he's part of the "10 new members" they are adding for SMNMX production
anonima
05/23/2006, 02:30 am
So stemmle still hasn't resurfaced? :(
anonima
05/23/2006, 02:59 am
He's working on this. (http://www.startrek.perpetual.com/) As is Daron Stinnett, I've just discovered. I wish I weren't bored by both Star Trek and MMORPGs.
anonima
05/23/2006, 06:04 am
STAR TREK?! Mike Stemmle, your calling is with Sam & Max.
anonima
05/23/2006, 07:04 am
wow..didnt see that coming
anonima
05/23/2006, 09:06 am
Didn't see what coming? That Mike is working on Star Trek?
Hero1
02/19/2008, 01:43 pm
woot! stemmle to telltale.. awesome
Stigmatic
02/19/2008, 02:05 pm
Uhm, why did you bump this tread?
It doesn't seem like there should be any kind of reason for that.
tabacco
02/19/2008, 02:24 pm
Wow, this really is a retro thread... pre Website v4 :)
Kedri
02/19/2008, 02:28 pm
I feel nostalgic. And it's not just from the Banang I'm drinking.
NickTTG
02/19/2008, 02:50 pm
Uhm, why did you bump this tread?
It doesn't seem like there should be any kind of reason for that.
i don't know about the rest of the people on the TTG forums, but it's been my experience that most people don't care about this kinda stuff here.
I saw your join date, so i thought I'd remark.
Also... I don't necessarily like the idea of everyone here acting like this is the something awful forums.
Stigmatic
02/19/2008, 03:10 pm
Hehe, I know I came on a little harsh. Sorry about that.
Just thought there were some sort of news to go with his statement, seemed like sike something had happened.
But agree that this would have been a good news if it were ever to happen. And Hero1 made me think something had happend :p
Also I know my Dexter pic does makes me "sound" extra happy.
Damon
02/19/2008, 03:14 pm
Hehe, I know I came on a little harsh. Sorry about that.
Just thought there were some sort of news to go with his statement, seemed like sike something had happened.
But agree that this would have been a good news if it were ever to happen. And Hero1 made me think something had happend :p
Also I know my Dexter pic does makes me "sound" extra happy.
Check this thread for relevance. :cool:
http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4511
Tester Scott
02/19/2008, 03:22 pm
Also I know my Dexter pic does makes me "sound" extra happy.
Thats not Dexter. Thats his comic book alter ego shown in only like two episodes. Plus what's not happy about a forensic blood spatter specialist who also happens to be a serial killer.
Stigmatic
02/19/2008, 04:01 pm
Oooh, thanks for relevance link :)
And Dexter always makes me happy, just not sure how many who thinks that at first glance. And of course I know it's really "The Dark Defender" :p
ttg_Stemmle
02/19/2008, 04:59 pm
Personally, I'm amused that anyone thought I'd retired. I mean, yumpin yiminey, I'm not THAT old...
Stemmle
jp-30
02/19/2008, 05:07 pm
Stemmle, don't ever say Yumpin Yiminey.
(and welcome, the fans are pretty excited about this!)
Stigmatic
02/19/2008, 05:39 pm
Haha, welcome indeed :D
Well, I just thought you were working on something else. Or I had no clue about anything.
Either way I think me and everyone else is happy to see ttg doing well and getting more gifted people.
TrogLlama
02/19/2008, 06:12 pm
This is kind of off topic, but it's posts like these that make me wonder what it's like to have complete strangers talk about you/your work on the internet.
This is kind of off topic, but it's posts like these that make me wonder what it's like to have complete strangers talk about you/your work on the internet.
Creepy, but well, at least is not like someone is scourging the net for a picture of said person or trying to find out where he (or she, if applicable) lives or works.
doom saber
02/19/2008, 07:57 pm
Creepy, but well, at least is not like someone is scourging the net for a picture of said person or trying to find out where he (or she, if applicable) lives or works.
One can find a pic of Stemmie in a Telltale article at Joystiq.com :D
I wonder if that means Stemmie would be able to bring out the best outta Sam and Max. Hopefully that is the case since I would love to see Max even more crazy than before
Hero1
02/19/2008, 10:34 pm
Personally, I'm amused that anyone thought I'd retired. I mean, yumpin yiminey, I'm not THAT old...
Stemmle
Well the rumor was you had "taken a break from the industry" and I started this thread a long time ago. Anyway glad to see you on board with Telltale.
Hero1
02/19/2008, 10:55 pm
Telltale's most recent hire, Mike Stemmle, has joined the studio as a designer for the popular and critically-acclaimed episodic Sam & Max series, as well as other upcoming projects. Stemmle is best known for his work at LucasArts as a co-designer on the classic Sam & Max Hit the Road, and as lead designer on Sam & Max Freelance Police before its cancellation.
from this Telltale Press Release (http://telltalegames.com/company/pressreleases/id-62)
So is Mike gonna be working on Season 2 episodes? Or are they almost finished?
YES! I can't wait to see what he has to bring to the table. Especially after 203, being the best episode yet and the quality of everything gets surpassed with each episode. Yes! YeS! YES!
doom saber
02/19/2008, 11:19 pm
I am curious. You think with the resignation of WArd, Lucasarts would be able to allow Telltalegames to release the cancel S&M game?
from this Telltale Press Release (http://telltalegames.com/company/pressreleases/id-62)
So is Mike gonna be working on Season 2 episodes? Or are they almost finished?
205 was written and recorded before he started. He's been in on design meetings for the new series with the rest of our ever-growing design team.
I am curious. You think with the resignation of WArd, Lucasarts would be able to allow Telltalegames to release the cancel S&M game?
It's really time to let that one go, man. I suspect at this point that you would only be disappointed anyway, with nothing to go on in all this time but one trailer, ten screenshots, and your imagination of what a perfect Sam & Max game would be. That game is now 4 years old. I'm sure your minds eye has continuously updated it to be one step more awesome than the Telltale Sam & Max games, but reality would probably slap you about the face a little bit. Let's start looking forward!
ttg_Stemmle
02/20/2008, 08:07 am
This is kind of off topic, but it's posts like these that make me wonder what it's like to have complete strangers talk about you/your work on the internet.
It's like living in the Panopticon, only inside-out, and with a lot more creative/questionable grammar.
Stemmle
Creepy, but well, at least is not like someone is scourging the net for a picture of said person or trying to find out where he (or she, if applicable) lives or works.
How do you think his Moby Games (http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1658/) picture was posted?
doom saber
02/20/2008, 10:06 am
It's really time to let that one go, man. I suspect at this point that you would only be disappointed anyway, with nothing to go on in all this time but one trailer, ten screenshots, and your imagination of what a perfect Sam & Max game would be. That game is now 4 years old. I'm sure your minds eye has continuously updated it to be one step more awesome than the Telltale Sam & Max games, but reality would probably slap you about the face a little bit. Let's start looking forward!
LOL Okay. You don't have to be harsh since I don't think freelance police would be a perfect game because of nostalga(as in it was deleveoped by LA) or believing it is better, hence it should be released. I mean, I rarely, if not never, rant on and on that the cancelled LA S&M game should be release. I just thought that since it was cancelled when it was near completion, it would mean more Sam and Max to the public if it was release without putting much manpower into it. I would also be giggling with joy if you guys released that cancelled Sam and Max platforming game or used that storyline in an upcomming episode. Anyway to milk Sam and Max for us obsessing fanboys is good, imo
I don't mean to bag on Freelance Police - I've never even played it! But I did definitely mean to imply that people's imagined version of Freelance Police is surely a very different game from what Freelance Police actually was going to be back in 2004.
mikew
02/20/2008, 04:22 pm
It's also worth noting that quite a few people who worked on Freelance Police and a good number of former LucasArts people in general now work here, so it's not like Freelance Police had some magical team of adventure game elves making it the best Sam & Max game ever. Some of the people making it worked on season one and two!
I was hoping for some dude leaking it onto the internet. I just really miss playing Sam & Max voiced by Bill Farmer and Nick Jameson, not that the Telltale cast isn't good, they're great.
Again, it's not about what it could've been, it's about what it is.
I'd love to get my hands on it, because each incarnation of S&M so far was its own animal.
Kedri
02/20/2008, 04:31 pm
It's also worth noting that quite a few people who worked on Freelance Police and a good number of former LucasArts people in general now work here, so it's not like Freelance Police had some magical team of adventure game elves making it the best Sam & Max game ever. Some of the people making it worked on season one and two!
Can't tell if that's supposed to insult Telltale or not...
Hero1
02/20/2008, 07:51 pm
If you consider how far telltales sam & max series has come in 9 episodes I'm not sure I'd want to go back to Freelance Police. As Jake said its probably built up to be a classic in our minds and its probably best to move on.
Derwin
02/20/2008, 09:32 pm
Sweet, Stemmle joined TTG!!! This makes so many of us warm in the tummy... wait, a little burning hot... frickin' A I am being branded by a cattle iron! Who does that? Seriously.
Regardless, I am happy to see you are working with TTG Mike... great news indeed.
tobar
02/20/2008, 10:16 pm
If you consider how far telltales sam & max series has come in 9 episodes I'm not sure I'd want to go back to Freelance Police. As Jake said its probably built up to be a classic in our minds and its probably best to move on.
I still wanna experience the story.
mikew
02/21/2008, 10:54 am
If you consider how far telltales sam & max series has come in 9 episodes I'm not sure I'd want to go back to Freelance Police. As Jake said its probably built up to be a classic in our minds and its probably best to move on.
Right that was my point. It's old news! We have Sam & Max now and it's totally awesome! And I'm not just saying that because I work here and they'll murder me in my sleep if I don't, because I really do think they're awesome!
marsan
02/27/2008, 08:34 am
Right that was my point. It's old news! We have Sam & Max now and it's totally awesome! And I'm not just saying that because I work here and they'll murder me in my sleep if I don't, because I really do think they're awesome!
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence... :)
Glad to see Stemmle join. Anyway, aren't we still missing Sean Clark?
Hero1
02/27/2008, 12:55 pm
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence... :)
Glad to see Stemmle join. Anyway, aren't we still missing Sean Clark?
Does anyone know what sean clark is working on now? He's the only lead designer from hit the road telltale is missing..
TrogLlama
02/27/2008, 03:53 pm
Does anyone know what sean clark is working on now? He's the only lead designer from hit the road telltale is missing..
Nobody knows where he is. Poor Sean Clark.
Nobody wants him.
They just turn their heads.
Nobody helps him.
Now he has his revenge.
/Sean Clark is not Iron Man.
Hero1
02/27/2008, 07:07 pm
I guess I'll take that as a No
ttg_Stemmle
02/28/2008, 08:16 am
Does anyone know what sean clark is working on now? He's the only lead designer from hit the road telltale is missing..
Sean Clark is raking in the big bucks as an EP for the ultra-successful (and way-addictive) Pogo.com, where he gets to design and produce clever little mini-games to his heart's content.
Here's (http://flickr.com/photos/mollymolo2/2009218360/in/set-72157603149254751) a picture of Sean (and Hal Barwood) at an event from almost exactly one year ago...
Stemmle
Guybrush Threepwood
02/28/2008, 08:16 am
Sean Clark is raking in the big bucks as an EP for the ultra-successful (and way-addictive) Pogo.com, where he gets to design and produce clever little mini-games to his heart's content.
Here's a picture of Sean (and Hal Barwood) at an event from almost exactly one year ago...
Stemmle
They've turned into air?! :D
Hero1
02/28/2008, 12:49 pm
Excellent! I am a sucker for those flash games. Jewel Quest rocks.
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