Bad Brain Reveals Plans!

[Udvarnoky]

Did Dan Connors not mention failed attempts to reach an agreement with the company in some interview?

Hey, Bad Brain did a site revamp. http://www.bad-brain.com/

Hey, Bad Brain did a site revamp. http://www.bad-brain.com/

Yeah, and their newest puzzle ("did_we_get_it?") is a pretty ingenious Massive-Online-Multiplayer-Puzzle_solving hype, which I've never seen before.
One can't tell from this about the quality of their games, or if they just want to keep people interested in their own created games - but one has to see that they got a load of gamers involved in their puzzle about the 'exciting license'.
And the puzzle involves nothing but their HTML-website, PHP/SQL-forum, and a JSP-engine.

No graphics, characters, story. Just a puzzle, feeding all the buzz/hype/expectations. And it's getting people in their forum to cooperate.
That's not short of genius.

The solution to the Ultrapinkoletisch! puzzle was located on http://www.bad-brain.com/ultrapinkoletisch!.html, I wonder why none of us thought of that :/

Gosh! You are too late! The solution was here ...

Did anybody actually get there in time?

Hmmm these Bad Brain people sure do like to talk a lot. The Orgasic 4 looks fairly interesting from a tiny 'can't really see the art' point of view...

"So forget about the dog and the rabbit! Here comes the real deal"

An interesting bit of the description.

I dunno, if the company can get off the ground I say more power to em', but I remain skeptical. It seems strangely 'trust fund baby'.

Did anybody actually get there in time?

No, they took the solution down from the site before they announced it. A little unrewarding, IMO.

Now there's a second puzzle for the same solution.

"So forget about the dog and the rabbit! Here comes the real deal"

An interesting bit of the description.

I dunno, if the company can get off the ground I say more power to em', but I remain skeptical. It seems strangely 'trust fund baby'.

Yes, nobody wants to forget about the dog and the rabbit, it seems. That statement doesn't make the company more likeable.
After all, their hype only lives from the Sam and Max craze.

[jp-30]

I wonder why none of us thought of that :/

Because the exclamation point was not part of the original puzzle. And I highly doubt there was a page at that link prior to the "sorry, too late" mesage.

[jp-30]

The Orgasic 4 looks fairly interesting from a tiny 'can't really see the art' point of view...

If you dig around you can see each of the characters at full size, plus this wallpaper featuring the full Four.


Where's the quote about "forget the Dog & Rabbit"?

Eh I liked the art more when it was obscure and tiny :P

The quote is on the main page, click on the Orgasic 4 button, last line of the description.

Where's the quote about "forget the Dog & Rabbit"?

http://www.bad-brain.com/to4.html

[jp-30]

OK. Now Bad-Brain are really pissing me off. Why would you belittle the product you're trying to purchase?

Unless...

[jp-30]

Well, I finally posted on the Bad-Brain forum, making my views on their hype etc known.

Overhype & Bad-Brain. "Forget about the dog and the Rabbit"?

If anyone's signed on there and agrees with my points, I'd love some support, as I can see the Bad-Brain fanboys not taking too kindly to what I wrote...

It's kind of disturbing to think that a site that just got put up not all that long ago would be full of fanboys already. (Stops.. thinks... looks around.. backs away slowly).

i agree with you jp the longer this goes on the more i think theyve used the names of sam and max as some sick marketing attempt to promote their own games that havent even been finished..or started for that matter... as public enemy one said... "DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE"

i dont like the way they are playing with sam and max fans..many of us have been waiting 12 years for a sequel.. and these ridiculous puzzles..at the moment all theyve done is used sam and max to promote their own games which have yet to be made.. badbrain is definitely a wait and see what happens.. telltale on the other hand..im looking forward to playing their games..which they are actually making

JP, surely you're not suggesting that what seemed to be a slip of the tongue Sam and Max clue posted on a humble forum, was actually a devious and intentional marketing move. [>] The cunning devils.

[jp-30]

No, not exactly on it's own. But factor in all the other Sam & Max name-dropping & posturing.

As I've said elsewhere, for a company who have signed an NDA due to them being in negotiations to buy Sam & Max2, they sure as hell have a lot to say.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the whole "we want to buy Sam & Max 2" is a Bad-Brain publicity stunt (which is working well, and will work even better when LucasArts withdraws from negotiations).

But I really do hope that my hunches are wrong.

[apignarb]

Because the exclamation point was not part of the original puzzle. And I highly doubt there was a page at that link prior to the "sorry, too late" mesage.

actually, it was. but that didn't stop me from going to that url without the exclamation point. hehe.