Tuesday, June 24, 2008
WiiWare World interviews Mark Darin about Strong Bad
Telltale's Mark Darin has been interviewed by Wii World about Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Dráscula is Now Free With ScummVM
So, this post IS relevant in a Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon kind of way. :) Plus, I can't help but promote a previously commercial but now freeware adventure game. :D
Friday, June 20, 2008
Cast Your Vote for Sam & Max Wii box art
Telltale wants to know which box art you like better for the upcoming Sam & Max Season One Wii release. Make your opinion known.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Bone games now available on Steam
For those of you who have yet to experience the games based on Jeff Smith's Bone comics, there is now one more option for you to get the game. Both games in the series, Out From Boneville and The Great Cow Race, are now available on Steam.
The episodes can be bought individually for $8.99 each, or in a double pack for $14.99. They can also be found in the Telltale Everything Pack, which features the Bone games, both seasons of Sam and Max, and Telltale Texas Hold'em for $69.99.
The episodes can be bought individually for $8.99 each, or in a double pack for $14.99. They can also be found in the Telltale Everything Pack, which features the Bone games, both seasons of Sam and Max, and Telltale Texas Hold'em for $69.99.
Monday, June 16, 2008
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However, Double Fine severed ties with the project. It had a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, however as no updates have been made on the project since 2017, and the author does not reply to comments from backers, it is unlikely it will be released.
Reality 2.0 Injokes
Telltale Texas Hold'em
In Reality 2.0, there is an ad floating by for Telltale's first game.
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CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder Injokes
"A few thousand crying fans is nothing."
Maya Nguyen, the marketing director of LZP Games explains the marketplace realities that are the company's reasoning behind the cancellation of Fuzzy & Bill as well as the ignorance of fan outcry towards the cancellation.
In-joke image from The International House of Mojo
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Dangeresque 3 Injokes
"These belong in a museum! But I'm keeping 'em anyway."
One of Dangeresque's remarks when you click on the paintings in his office is that "these belong in a museum! But I'm keeping 'em anyway". This is a reference to Indiana Jones saying that the cross of Coronado belongs in a museum in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. This was also used as an injoke in many LucasArts adventure games.
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Reality 2.0 Injokes
"This feels... oddly familiar."
After Sam and Max are flattened to two dimensions, Max states that the feeling of being in 2D is familiar to him (since Sam & Max: Hit the Road was a 2D point-and-click adventure game).
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Indiana Jones Adventure World Injokes
Spiders! Why'd it have to be spiders?
During the first mission, Malcolm is captured by spiders. He says "Spiders! Why'd it have to be spiders?" and later "Spiders. I HATE SPIDERS!" Indiana Jones said the same thing, but about snakes rather than spiders, in Raiders of the Lost Ark. The spider scene also references the fact that sidekicks in the Indiana Jones films end up having creepy crawly creatures on them at some point during the adventure.
Later, in the first "Calendar of the Sun" mission with Indiana Jones, Indy actually says his lines from the films "Snakes! Why'd if have to be snakes?" and "I hate snakes!"
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Dangeresque 3 Injokes
"The Office"
Strong Bad's drawing of Dangeresque's office looks like Sam & Max's office, right down to the two toned color scheme and rounded windows.
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CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder Injokes
"Ripped T Shirt with a logo of Fuzzy & Bill"
Fuzzy & Bill are based on Sam & Max. They are characters that were part of a webcomic that became a video game that was moderately successful, but had a cult following. The game was going to get a sequel, but the sequel was cancelled in favor of publishing Gutwrench III, a game that will sell huge amounts of copies just due to brand recognition.
In-joke image from The International House of Mojo
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The Secret of Monkey Island Injokes
Maybe you should get a new faculty advisor.
In the demo, when you ask the Voodoo Lady for the magic phrase, she says "Maybe you should get a new faculty advisor.", referring to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
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 | The Dream Machine    |
The Dream Machine is a claymation animated adventure game where a newly wed couple in a new apartment discovers a strange machine known as the dream machine. The first chapter is free to play online (and is bundled with the second episode on Steam for the price of a single chapter), and the other chapters are available as pay-to-play per episode or in a bundle.
 | A couple in a new apartment discover the secret behind a burned letter left by the previous tenant. |
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 | More secrets are discovered as you venture beyond the door into your mysterious landlord's office. |
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 | Begin the exploration of dreams with the dream machine. |
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 | Find out what your neighbors dream about. |
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 | Go into the dreams of the residents on the top floor of your building. |
 | Find out the identity of the mystery tenant. |
Launch of the Screaming Narwhal Injokes
"I know what would cheer up these carvings. Cheese!"
Guybrush excitedly exclaims "Cheese!" and puts his hands under his chin with his fingers curled just like Wallace from Wallace & Gromit.
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CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder Injokes
"Craig Landers"
The game designer in the game, Craig Landers, has a very similar sounding name to Greg Land, the lead designer of CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder.
In-joke image from The International House of Mojo
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Baddest of the Bands Injokes
"This looks pretty good"
The secret shirt in Strong Badia the free is of the Queen Bee from Fright of the Bumblebees, the first episode of Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures. To get the shirt, jump off of the ledge in the Snap Shak until Strong Bad lands upside down (you can't be wearing a costume for this to work). Now try to enter the door from the bottom. If all goes well, Strong Bad should now be wearing the shirt.
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Launch of the Screaming Narwhal Injokes
"1138th straight day of unwelcome winds."
1138 is the name of George Lucas' student film, and later feature film, named THX-1138. The number is referenced in many LucasArts games.
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Baddest of the Bands Injokes
"You can't handle my style."
One of the backgrounds in the Snap Shak in Strong Badia the Free is of the moon from Bright Side of the Moon, the last episode of the first season of Sam & Max.
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Dangeresque 3 Injokes
"See if you can beat this."
One of the cards in "Rock, Paper, Baccarat" is the Embarrassing Idol time card from Chariots of the Dogs, the fourth episode of the second season of Sam & Max.
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Dangeresque 3 Injokes
"OK, lets do this!"
The secret shirt in Dangeresque 3 is the Bearalope from Graham Annable's Dank webcomic on the Telltale website. To get the shirt, jump off of the ledge in the Snap Shak until Strong Bad lands upside down (you can't be wearing a costume for this to work). Now try to enter the door from the bottom. If all goes well, Strong Bad should now be wearing the shirt.
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Launch of the Screaming Narwhal Injokes
"I'm selling these fine leather jackets"
"I'm selling these fine leather jackets" is an ongoing injoke in LucasArts (and Telltale) games that originated in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure.
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Hector: We Negotiate With Terrorists Injokes
"Thirty years ago lightning struck that tower..."
The clocksmith explains why the town's clock tower doesn't work in the exact same way the woman from the Hill Valley Preservation society explains why the clock tower doesn't work in Back to the Future.
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The clocksmith explains why the town's clock tower doesn't work in the exact same way the woman from the Hill Valley Preservation society explains why the clock tower doesn't work in Back to the Future.
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Dangeresque 3 Injokes
"Yeah, I want my picture taken."
One of the backgrounds in the Snap Shak is Sam & Max's office and Bosco's Inconvenience store from Sam & Max Season Two.
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Launch of the Screaming Narwhal Injokes
"I don't have the education, jacket, or fedora"
Guybrush states that he doesn't "have the education, jacket or fedora to properly interpret ambiguous ancient carvings". This is a reference to Indiana Jones, a Lucasfilm staple, and star of two LucasArts adventure games.
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 | The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate     |
The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate is now supported by ScummVM, a program designed to let 2D adventure games run on multiple platforms. With ScummVM, The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate now runs on modern versions of Windows, as well as Linux, Mac OS X, and many consoles such as Dreamcast, Wii, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable. For a complete list of platforms supported by ScummVM, see here.
"Looks like this criminal... finally got charged"
Hector pauses in between his line, puts on sunglasses, and then finishes his bad pun in a dramatic fashion like Horatio from CSI; Miami.
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Strong Badia the Free Injokes
"An extra super special bonus costume!
If you achieve the highest awesomeness ranking in Strong Badia the Free, you win the Max Crossbones shirt. Strong Bad remarks that it "looks like some kind of cheesy cross-promotional marketing tie in".
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Dangeresque 3 Injokes
"Hello? Commissioner? Do what to a rabbit?"
If you pick up the phone in Dangeresque's office, one of the responses has Dangeresque receiving a phone call from the commissioner. It turns out the commissioner from Sam & Max dialed the wrong number, because Dangeresque asks him that he wants him to "do what to a rabbit?" Dangeresque then tells the caller that he's "not in that business anymore".
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