Telltale Games

Andy of Comix Inc · 11/08/2010, 12:53 am

This question is specifically aimed at Telltale staffers.

The characters in Poker Night appear to be relatively easy to get ahold of. Since Telltale owns the Sam & Max license, as well as being good friends with the Homestar Runner and Valve guys; with Penny Arcade... well I'm not sure of Penny Arcade's PRs but I would imagine they wouldn't be excruciatingly difficult.

So, seeing as the characters are within arm's length - what would your dream "At the Inventory" line-up be? If you could pick any four characters from all of a video-game history, with no obligations - giving them their exact voice, likeness and personality with no strings attached - who would you see duking it out At the Inventory?

I myself would probably get, say, Duke Nukem, Master Chief from Halo, Pacman (or some other relatively old-school character), and Lara Croft, or something. Some of the most iconic (or just plain stupid) characters in all of gaming, and milking every satire or parody you can out of them. Master Chief and Duke Nukem in particular, two very one-dimensional characters, I would love to see comically exploited for our amusement.

Thoughts?

adventureaddict · 11/08/2010, 01:16 am

Pacman. In a poker game.
I love it.

Andy of Comix Inc · 11/08/2010, 01:20 am

Oh, I should point out, not specifically just Poker Night. I meant "At the Inventory" as a series.

The Highway · 11/08/2010, 02:04 am

I'm not putting tons of effort in for a quick gag, so here's my rough image:

RAnthonyMahan · 11/08/2010, 02:37 am

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Originally Posted by The Highway

I'm not putting tons of effort in for a quick gag, so here's my rough image:

Max and Tycho are horrified that they'd be so inconsiderate as to run over the table.

Also, I think I should mention how "The Inventory" doesn't seem restricted to "real" video game characters, as licensed video games are apparently allowed. The Heavy is the only one of the four in Poker Night to actually originate from a video game.

RingmasterJ5 · 11/08/2010, 05:03 am

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Originally Posted by The Highway

I'm not putting tons of effort in for a quick gag, so here's my rough image:

DO NOT BAIT PEPSI. Please.

Jub · 11/08/2010, 05:21 am

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Originally Posted by RingmasterJ5

DO NOT BAIT PEPSI. Please.

My thoughts exactly.

ymrar · 11/08/2010, 07:14 am

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Originally Posted by Jub

My thoughts exactly.

Wow.. Did you get that from the Red-White-Blue color scheme? (or am I missing something else more obvious) I like Pepsi, but that's scary. Brainwash scary...

FitzoliverJ · 11/08/2010, 08:07 am

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Originally Posted by adventureaddict

Pacman. In a poker game.
I love it.

Poke-Man.

No, wait, that would be a different kind of game....

Actually, there was a punctuation-teaching game called Punc-Man.

RAnthonyMahan · 11/08/2010, 08:36 am

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Originally Posted by ymrar

Wow.. Did you get that from the Red-White-Blue color scheme? (or am I missing something else more obvious) I like Pepsi, but that's scary. Brainwash scary...

Pepsiboy is a troll who's repeatedly been asking for Mario, Sonic, the Raving Rabbids, Mickey Mouse, and all sorts of other ridiculous characters to appear in "porker night at the ivetory." (He's yet to call it by its actual name once.)

PainDealer · 11/08/2010, 08:39 am

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Originally Posted by FitzoliverJ

Poke-Man.

No, wait, that would be a different kind of game....

You're thinking of the Jamaican version of Poke-é-mon

koiboi59 · 11/08/2010, 12:44 pm

Red pikmin, Yellow pikmin, Blue pikmin, and uh.. Bulborb?

Oh yeah, instead of poker they'll be playing baccarat.

furrykef · 11/08/2010, 01:12 pm

Andy - I rather doubt you'll get Telltale to answer this question (though who knows, I could be wrong). So this thread will probably continue to degenerate into who we forum users would like to see. A degeneration that I shall embrace immediately!

Mario would be neat in theory, but in practice he'd probably be a lousy character because he (quite intentionally) has no personality. He's supposed to be generic enough that you can put yourself into his shoes.

I'd like to see Sonic, but I'd want it to be the old-school 90's Sonic, not the post-Sonic Adventure incarnation. Admittedly, he probably wouldn't be as good a character as the ones we have already, since Sonic isn't quite as mentally unbalanced, so I guess this is just the nostalgia/fanboyism talking...

I'd say The Scout would be good, but I guess that's a rather obvious idea since we already have The Heavy. Also, some people are probably tired of The Scout's chatter by now.

Um, let's see, who else... Leo from VG Cats? (I slightly prefer Aeris as a character, but I think Leo would make more amusing chatter...)

Also, he's not a video game-related character, so he wouldn't belong, but so long as we're fantasizing... I think Davan MacIntire from Something*Positive would be great. S*P has some of the best dialogue I've ever seen, hands down.

RAnthonyMahan · 11/08/2010, 01:21 pm

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Originally Posted by furrykef

Mario would be neat in theory, but in practice he'd probably be a lousy character because he (quite intentionally) has no personality. He's supposed to be generic enough that you can put yourself into his shoes.

It's not just that Mario has no personality. Aside from some brief soundbites ("Let's-a go!", "Okey-dokey!") he doesn't talk, which instantly makes him a terrible idea for a game based around dialogue. Not to mention Nintendo doesn't really like lending out their characters to other companies wanting to do a crossover (Fun Fact: Link and Samus were planned to be in the Wii version of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, but Nintendo rejected it.) The only exceptions have been Link in the GameCube version of Soulcalibur II and the Mario and Sonic at the Olympics games.

In fact, assuming "At the Inventory" blossoms into the full series Telltale wants it to, crossing over whatever they can get their hands on the rights for, it's unlikely any Japanese game companies would be willing to lend their characters to a small independent Western studio.

NameOfUser · 11/08/2010, 02:37 pm

More likely it's going to be other small independent studios that work well with Telltale, or supportive bigger companies that already enjoy telltale games like Valve.

Jub · 11/08/2010, 04:36 pm

I can see it now... you're thinking up what to do next and Sonic just blurts out

HEY YOU'RE TOO SLOW!

The rage...

furrykef · 11/08/2010, 04:36 pm

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Originally Posted by RAnthonyMahan

In fact, assuming "At the Inventory" blossoms into the full series Telltale wants it to, crossing over whatever they can get their hands on the rights for, it's unlikely any Japanese game companies would be willing to lend their characters to a small independent Western studio.

Yes, but the very point of the thread is basically "I want a pony". Any relation to reality needn't exist. :P

Cyberlink420 · 11/08/2010, 06:26 pm

I wouldn't mind seeing Yahtzee from Zero Punctuation join the fray. Granted, he'd have to be portrayed in his traditional 2D stickman persona, probably with super-framey animations like Nelson Tethers or Mr. Game & Watch, but he'd still work well as the extremely bitter, sarcastic foil to the other players.

LuigiHann · 11/08/2010, 08:39 pm

Pacman, Pokemon, Pikmin, and uh... Matt Parkman, from Heroes

Moob22 · 11/08/2010, 08:57 pm

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Originally Posted by LuigiHann

Pacman, Pokemon, Pikmin, and uh... Matt Parkman, from Heroes

Thanks now I'm reminiscing about Heroes....

11/08/2010, 12:53 am	#1
Andy of Comix Inc Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 15	Telltale's Dream "At the Inventory" Line-Up? This question is specifically aimed at Telltale staffers. The characters in Poker Night appear to be relatively easy to get ahold of. Since Telltale owns the Sam & Max license, as well as being good friends with the Homestar Runner and Valve guys; with Penny Arcade... well I'm not sure of Penny Arcade's PRs but I would imagine they wouldn't be excruciatingly difficult. So, seeing as the characters are within arm's length - what would your dream "At the Inventory" line-up be? If you could pick any four characters from all of a video-game history, with no obligations - giving them their exact voice, likeness and personality with no strings attached - who would you see duking it out At the Inventory? I myself would probably get, say, Duke Nukem, Master Chief from Halo, Pacman (or some other relatively old-school character), and Lara Croft, or something. Some of the most iconic (or just plain stupid) characters in all of gaming, and milking every satire or parody you can out of them. Master Chief and Duke Nukem in particular, two very one-dimensional characters, I would love to see comically exploited for our amusement. Thoughts?

11/08/2010, 01:20 am	#3
Andy of Comix Inc Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 15	Oh, I should point out, not specifically just Poker Night. I meant "At the Inventory" as a series. __________________ "I tell you what, we are going to this party, because I'm trying to picture this "girl" who "likes you" and all I can see is you in a dress." -Bernard Black

11/08/2010, 01:12 pm	#13
furrykef Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 253	Andy - I rather doubt you'll get Telltale to answer this question (though who knows, I could be wrong). So this thread will probably continue to degenerate into who we forum users would like to see. A degeneration that I shall embrace immediately! Mario would be neat in theory, but in practice he'd probably be a lousy character because he (quite intentionally) has no personality. He's supposed to be generic enough that you can put yourself into his shoes. I'd like to see Sonic, but I'd want it to be the old-school 90's Sonic, not the post-Sonic Adventure incarnation. Admittedly, he probably wouldn't be as good a character as the ones we have already, since Sonic isn't quite as mentally unbalanced, so I guess this is just the nostalgia/fanboyism talking... I'd say The Scout would be good, but I guess that's a rather obvious idea since we already have The Heavy. Also, some people are probably tired of The Scout's chatter by now. Um, let's see, who else... Leo from VG Cats? (I slightly prefer Aeris as a character, but I think Leo would make more amusing chatter...) Also, he's not a video game-related character, so he wouldn't belong, but so long as we're fantasizing... I think Davan MacIntire from SomethingPositive would be great. SP has some of the best dialogue I've ever seen, hands down. Last edited by furrykef; 11/08/2010 at 01:15 pm.

11/08/2010, 04:36 pm	#16
Jub Jubopolian Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 76	I can see it now... you're thinking up what to do next and Sonic just blurts out HEY YOU'RE TOO SLOW! The rage... __________________ Some of my works: http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...hipinspace.png http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...555/collab.png http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...pritesheet.png

11/08/2010, 06:26 pm	#18
Cyberlink420 The third dimension Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The deepest, darkest corners of my own mind Posts: 390	I wouldn't mind seeing Yahtzee from Zero Punctuation join the fray. Granted, he'd have to be portrayed in his traditional 2D stickman persona, probably with super-framey animations like Nelson Tethers or Mr. Game & Watch, but he'd still work well as the extremely bitter, sarcastic foil to the other players. __________________ "Aw, why is it always monkeys? Why can't I ever be attacked by crazed supermodels?" - Ron Stoppable

11/08/2010, 01:16 am	#2
adventureaddict Pirate Spunk. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 655	Pacman. In a poker game. I love it.

11/08/2010, 12:44 pm	#12
koiboi59 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 324	Red pikmin, Yellow pikmin, Blue pikmin, and uh.. Bulborb? Oh yeah, instead of poker they'll be playing baccarat.

11/08/2010, 02:37 pm	#15
NameOfUser Defender of AWESOME Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 81	More likely it's going to be other small independent studios that work well with Telltale, or supportive bigger companies that already enjoy telltale games like Valve.

11/08/2010, 08:39 pm	#19
LuigiHann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,660	Pacman, Pokemon, Pikmin, and uh... Matt Parkman, from Heroes __________________ "I think it's the idea that counts, not the actual method. As long as you set out to cause a horrible death through insects eating the person, you're good." - apenpaap

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