Replay Games' Paul Trowe Sabotaging Kickstarters?

If you're not aware, Paul Trowe of Replay Games (the company who started the Leisure Suit Larry kickstarter) sent out a message to the press that he wanted to sue Wisecrack games for using Al Lowe's name and the Leisure Suit Larry name on their kickstarter. Al Lowe reponded to the message saying that he didn't intend to sue and that he gave his permission to use his name and wishes Wisecrack Games luck on Sam Suede.

However, some posters on the Adventure Gamers forums have dug up something rather concerning. According to this post by Adventure Gamers poster supaplex, a person called "gamespygeek" has been trolling the Sierra related kickstarters. There is a profile on Myspace also under the name gamespygeek that looks like Paul Trowe. Additionally, the name on the Myspace page "Jiminy Drambuie" is friends with Paul Trowe on Facebook, and both Paul Trowe and Jiminy Drambuie are listed as living in Austin, TX.

Also, an Adventure Gamers forum user by the name of Siddhi noted some similarites between Gamespygeek's trolls and Paul Trowe's own posts.

Gamespygeek wrote on SpaceVenture kickstarter:

I don’t know who the heck this guy Chris Pope is, but I believe in Scott & Mark and their ability to make a game after all these years. I originally dropped my pledge to $1.00 because of the technical screw ups but I don’t think that’s The Two Guys’s fault…I blame that on the Chris guy…he’s leading this effort.

Paul Trowe wrote:

Ask them why they didn’t join up with the folks at Replay Games to create Sierra 2.0 and instead chose some guy they’ve never heard of, Chris Pope, to run a company they don’t own.

All of this evidence does seem like Paul Trowe, or a friend of Paul Trowe, is trying to sabotage other Sierra related kickstarters. And if that is indeed the case, it's incredibly poor sportsmanship and reflects poorly upon Replay Games.

Sam Suede is Now on Kickstarter

Sam Suede in Undercover Exposure is the newest game on kickstarter. The game is a comedy adventure game by Wisecrack Games and coded by Wizarbox (of Grey Matter and So Blonde fame). The game design was created by Al Lowe (creator of Leisure Suit Larry) and Ken Wegrzyn of Wisecrack Games in 2006, and still remains in tact. Al Lowe is no longer involved in the project, and he stresses that his comedy writing is not present, but his game design is still present.

Thankfully, Steve Ince (formerly of Revolution Software (he was director of the first three games in the Broken Sword series), and creator of Mr. Smoozles Goes Nutso and So Blonde) is involved, so the comedy factor should be handled very well. He also did the art design of the games he worked on, and was the art designer of Beneath a Steel Sky. So, the game is in capable hands.

Like the other adventure projects on Kickstarter, there are multiple tiers to choose from, each with their own goodies, including a physical copy of the game at $125, along with the game bible and an art book. So, if you like comedy adventure games, choose a pledge tier at the Sam Suede Kickstarter.

Nintendo Versions of Captain Morgane Out in Europe

The Nintendo DS and Wii versions of Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle, the spin-off of So Blonde which follows Captain Morgane from when she was an 8 year old girl to when she became a fearsome pirate of the Carribean, are now available to purchase in Europe. The Amazon UK product pages can be found here.

The game is also scheduled to be released on PC and PS3 on March 30, 2012. There is no release scheduled for territories outside of Europe.

Captain Morgane Coming to UK This Year

The spin-off of So Blonde starring Captain Morgane is coming to the UK in quarter four of this year. It was previously announced at last year's Gamescom conference that it is once again created by Steve Ince, and that the plot follows Morgane as she proves herself as captain, assembles a crew, and sails to several islands in search of treasure.

Gray Matter Now Out Worldwide

Gray Matter,Jane Jensen's (of Gabriel Knight fame) return to adventure gaming, is now out in the UK and North America (as well as Germany and Spain, which received a release last year).  The game is also available on the Xbox 360 in the UK.  There are no announced plans for an Xbox 360 release of the game in North America.

Gray Matter Demo for PC and Xbox 360 in Europe

A demo for Jane Jensen's adventure game, developed by Wizarbox, Gray Matter, is now available for PC from the official Gray Matter website. It is also available for the Xbox 360 in Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, France and United Kingdom. A publisher has not yet been set for North America, so North American gamers will have to wait a while for the Xbox 360 demo. PC games and demos are region free, however, so feel free to download the PC version if you have a computer capable of playing it.

Captain Morgane: So Blonde Character Gets Game

The Gamescom conference (The European equivalent of the United States' E3 or Japan's Tokyo Game Show), held in Germany, revealed a new game by the French developer Wizarbox. The game stars Captain Morgane, the female pirate from So Blonde. Morgane has to prove herself as captain, assemble a crew, and sail to several islands in search of treasure.

The game is once again developed by So Blonde's creator Steve Ince. Reportedly, the game is finished, but Wizarbox is still searching for a publisher.

Gray Matter Coming This Year

Gray Matter is Jane Jensen's (creator of the Gabriel Knight series) return to adventure gaming. The game follows a college student named Samantha who works as an assistant to a widower who has nightmares about the death of his wife. Strange things start happening at the house of her employer, and Samantha is left to investigate. The game has been announced since 2003, but it is now finally going to get a release worldwide by the end of 2010.