Telltale Games

der_ketzer · 06/10/2009, 11:33 am

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Originally Posted by Emily

People were very excited! Everyone I met with at E3 was twitching to some extent. (And not just because we were at a video game show.)

Okay, there was one guy who, when I asked if he'd ever played Monkey Island, replied, "I think my brother played part of one of them, and I might have watched him, once."

But everyone else was super stoked.

I think I would have kissed your feet if I had been there.

Will · 06/10/2009, 12:04 pm

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Originally Posted by der_ketzer

I think I would have kissed your feet if I had been there.

Clearly you've never been to E3. No amount of money in the world would get me to kiss the feet of someone who has been walking around the convention center floor for 3 days.

*Dave Grossman* · 06/10/2009, 01:25 pm

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Originally Posted by Silverwolfpet

How did the people react when you announced ToMI? Were they excited? Or, did most of them try to figure out what the hell that means...?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emily

People were very excited! Everyone I met with at E3 was twitching to some extent. (And not just because we were at a video game show.)

Okay, there was one guy who, when I asked if he'd ever played Monkey Island, replied, "I think my brother played part of one of them, and I might have watched him, once."

But everyone else was super stoked.

Emily and I were showing the game to some folks in a semi-public area, and a guy walked by behind us who hadn't seen the announcement yet, and he saw the desktop of the laptop that said "Tales of Monkey Island" on it. He stopped and stared, and then the dialog went something like this:

GUY: Is that a new Monkey Island game?
ME: Yep!
GUY: No!
ME: Yes, it is.
GUY: You're kidding!
ME: Nope, not kidding. New monkeys!
GUY: No way, you're kidding me!
ME: No, I'm not. We're making a Monkey Island series. We're demoing it right now.
GUY: Really?
ME: Yes.
GUY: It's not a put-on?
ME: Nope, it's a Monkey Island series.
GUY: Really?
ME: Yes.
GUY: Wow, that's great!
ME: Yes.
(Exit Guy.)

*Silverwolfpet* · 06/10/2009, 02:05 pm

Hee-hee-hee!
My brother didn't believe me at first. He thought I was pulling a prank on him. Then I showed him some gameplay and he said something like: "Finally! What took them so long?!"
I bet the feeling that you guys felt was undescribeable. Oh, I wish I could've been there!

Sheepbrush · 06/10/2009, 02:25 pm

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Originally Posted by Silverwolfpet

Hee-hee-hee!
My brother didn't believe me at first. He thought I was pulling a prank on him. Then I showed him some gameplay and he said something like: "Finally! What took them so long?!"
I bet the feeling that you guys felt was undescribeable. Oh, I wish I could've been there!

My brother reacted like your one:

Me: DUDE! A new Monkey Island game was just announced!
Brother: No way, dude...
Me: Way
Brother: ...

Me: Come look at the computer
Brother: Oh me geeaod (in the true pronouncement of Cartman)

And his been Cartman-ish since that moment, I'm so proud of him.

Wicked Mouse · 06/10/2009, 03:12 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Grossman

Emily and I were showing the game to some folks in a semi-public area, and a guy walked by behind us who hadn't seen the announcement yet, and he saw the desktop of the laptop that said "Tales of Monkey Island" on it. He stopped and stared, and then the dialog went something like this:

GUY: Is that a new Monkey Island game?
ME: Yep!
GUY: No!
ME: Yes, it is.
GUY: You're kidding!
ME: Nope, not kidding. New monkeys!
GUY: No way, you're kidding me!
ME: No, I'm not. We're making a Monkey Island series. We're demoing it right now.
GUY: Really?
ME: Yes.
GUY: It's not a put-on?
ME: Nope, it's a Monkey Island series.
GUY: Really?
ME: Yes.
GUY: Wow, that's great!
ME: Yes.
(Exit Guy.)

LOL!

Awesomely memorable moment!

*Silverwolfpet* · 06/10/2009, 11:15 pm

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Originally Posted by Sheepbrush

I'm so proud of him.

I'm proud of my little brother too! Now, he sits quietly in a corner, drooling and mumbling from time to time "July 7th"... Waiting is not one of his virtues.

Weeblerjake · 06/11/2009, 02:56 pm

Lol, I got all excited because I thought it was being released on June 7th. I was very disappointed that day. XD

Emily · 06/11/2009, 05:13 pm

Here's some of the press that came out of our E3 adventure:

GameSpy
GamePro
Wired Blog
Destructoid
G4 Preview | G4 Mike Stemmle Interview | G4 Video
Kotaku
Joystiq
IGN Preview | IGN Mike Stemmle Interview

I have a few other pictures on my camera, too, haven't had a chance to upload them yet...

Tjibbbe · 06/11/2009, 05:53 pm

That first pirate Guybrush talks to in that G4-video (not counting the one behind the door), is that the voice of Harry from the Sam & Max-games?

hamzie · 06/11/2009, 07:32 pm

I was talking to me mate ricky C.. talking about the special edition MI.. and i go hopefully this means MI5 will be released quickly... i google mi5 just as i would every 2 - 3 months.. and there was the orgasmic feeling.. blood rush... everything

WO WA WE WA

Me: Bro NEW MONKEY ISLAND IS COMING OUT
brother: cool. when
me: july 7
end convo

*Silverwolfpet* · 06/11/2009, 10:29 pm

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Originally Posted by Weeblerjake

Lol, I got all excited because I thought it was being released on June 7th. I was very disappointed that day. XD

Same was my brother.

Bro: WHERE IS IT??
Me: What?
Bro: Monkey Island! It's the 7th of June!
Me: And?
Bro: You promised that you'll get it! Where is it?
Me: Dude, relax, they release it on the 7th of JULY.
Bro: OH!...Oh....oh....ok

Wicked Mouse · 06/12/2009, 12:01 am

lol, glad I got the correct date in my head from the start

Gryffalio · 06/12/2009, 07:21 am

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Originally Posted by riyadc

http://store.lucasarts.com/catalog/c...ory_id=1301488

They have buttons! T-shirts and Posters!!!!

Unfortunately, LucasArts' designers working on Guybrush seem to be terminally in a bad stoned experience. :-(

Telltale should put "Home of the real Monkey Island developers" under their logo... then again that'd probably lose them the franchise, so maybe bad idea

Btw I think the resident-pirate with the black beard on post #61 is Brian Blessed in a time-warp.

Jexxer · 06/12/2009, 07:55 am

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Originally Posted by Gryffalio

Btw I think the resident-pirate with the black beard on post #61 is Brian Blessed in a time-warp.

That was my first thought exactly! In my head I keep hearing him shouting about killing Turks.

I misread the release date as June 7th, and as a result thought I was getting the best birthday gift EVER (mine's the 5th).

hplikelike · 06/12/2009, 01:02 pm

Could you have a Table of Contents on the first post like you did with the Q&A with Dominic Armato?

Mysterysheep · 06/12/2009, 01:21 pm

Is the cursor in the demo just placeholder?

*Lena_P* · 06/12/2009, 07:18 pm

Wow, is everyone waiting for this with their brother? After I read the announcement I skyped my brother (we're not currently on the same continent

) and told him to check out Telltale's website. He already had it up on his desktop, pointed to the other screen and said, "It's not April Fools." I'm just glad the first game is coming out in July so we can play together while he's here on vacation! It'll be like when we were kids, only since I'm the one who pre-ordered I'll finally be the one holding the mouse bwa ha ha!

Laserkid · 06/12/2009, 07:32 pm

I don't have a brother, but did go insane sharing it with my roomate, and also my best friend.

It was well timed as my roomate is a monkey island newb and I was already in mid education with him (we were about a quarter of the way through CMI at that point) - so pretty much everyone (myself included) were excited as hell. My website had a topic on it on the forums there, so I went and posted the trailer on the frontpage. Yeah...you could say I told everyone I knew. xD

*Lena_P* · 06/12/2009, 07:52 pm

My brother is actually "educating" is his best friend from uni in the ways of geekery as well. He will hopefully use that free episode code I gave him wisely and well. Spread the love, right?

06/11/2009, 05:13 pm	#189
Emily Formerly of the Telltale Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco Posts: 4,549	Here's some of the press that came out of our E3 adventure: GameSpy GamePro Wired Blog Destructoid G4 Preview \| G4 Mike Stemmle Interview \| G4 Video Kotaku Joystiq IGN Preview \| IGN Mike Stemmle Interview I have a few other pictures on my camera, too, haven't had a chance to upload them yet... Last edited by Emily; 06/12/2009 at 01:59 pm.

06/12/2009, 07:32 pm	#199
Laserkid Time Traveller Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 43	I don't have a brother, but did go insane sharing it with my roomate, and also my best friend. It was well timed as my roomate is a monkey island newb and I was already in mid education with him (we were about a quarter of the way through CMI at that point) - so pretty much everyone (myself included) were excited as hell. My website had a topic on it on the forums there, so I went and posted the trailer on the frontpage. Yeah...you could say I told everyone I knew. xD __________________ -Laserkid

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06/10/2009, 02:05 pm	#184
Silverwolfpet Wolfy Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Romania Posts: 3,042	Hee-hee-hee! My brother didn't believe me at first. He thought I was pulling a prank on him. Then I showed him some gameplay and he said something like: "Finally! What took them so long?!" I bet the feeling that you guys felt was undescribeable. Oh, I wish I could've been there!

06/11/2009, 02:56 pm	#188
Weeblerjake Time Traveling Puppeteer Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 651	Lol, I got all excited because I thought it was being released on June 7th. I was very disappointed that day. XD

06/11/2009, 05:53 pm	#190
Tjibbbe Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 564	That first pirate Guybrush talks to in that G4-video (not counting the one behind the door), is that the voice of Harry from the Sam & Max-games?

06/11/2009, 07:32 pm	#191
hamzie Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 389	I was talking to me mate ricky C.. talking about the special edition MI.. and i go hopefully this means MI5 will be released quickly... i google mi5 just as i would every 2 - 3 months.. and there was the orgasmic feeling.. blood rush... everything WO WA WE WA Me: Bro NEW MONKEY ISLAND IS COMING OUT brother: cool. when me: july 7 end convo

06/12/2009, 12:01 am	#193
Wicked Mouse Artistic Amateur Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 164	lol, glad I got the correct date in my head from the start

06/12/2009, 01:02 pm	#196
hplikelike Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 555	Could you have a Table of Contents on the first post like you did with the Q&A with Dominic Armato?

06/12/2009, 01:21 pm	#197
Mysterysheep Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 419	Is the cursor in the demo just placeholder?

06/12/2009, 07:18 pm	#198
Lena_P Capricious, Quirky Kook Join Date: May 2008 Location: West of Mount Diablo! Posts: 2,003	Wow, is everyone waiting for this with their brother? After I read the announcement I skyped my brother (we're not currently on the same continent ) and told him to check out Telltale's website. He already had it up on his desktop, pointed to the other screen and said, "It's not April Fools." I'm just glad the first game is coming out in July so we can play together while he's here on vacation! It'll be like when we were kids, only since I'm the one who pre-ordered I'll finally be the one holding the mouse bwa ha ha!

06/12/2009, 07:52 pm	#200
Lena_P Capricious, Quirky Kook Join Date: May 2008 Location: West of Mount Diablo! Posts: 2,003	My brother is actually "educating" is his best friend from uni in the ways of geekery as well. He will hopefully use that free episode code I gave him wisely and well. Spread the love, right?