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Hello all,
Last month, Telltale Games released Bone: The Great Cow Race, which is the second game in the Bone series. The game is getting great press from people likening it to old Sierra and LucasArts games (which isn’t a huge surprise since Telltale is mostly made up of former LucasArts employees). I think anyone with some Sierra nostalgia will probably enjoy this game. There’s a demo so you can try before you buy. More info is available on Telltale’s site. The team is also working on episodic Sam & Max adventure games, which will be released later this year.
I started working for Telltale in April. It’s amazing how similar this team seems to be to the Sierra we loved in the 80s — a small company full of hardworking people who really care about making quality adventure games. I’m having a great time.
I hope some SierraGamers members will visit the site and take a look at The Great Cow Race, and also say hi on the forum if you feel like it. If you’re nostalgic for the old Sierra days, I you’ll be pleasantly surprised by what Telltale’s doing. -Emily
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Hello all,
Last month, Telltale Games released Bone: The Great Cow Race, which is the second game in the Bone series. The game is getting great press from people likening it to old Sierra and LucasArts games (which isn’t a huge surprise since Telltale is mostly made up of former LucasArts employees). I think anyone with some Sierra nostalgia will probably enjoy this game. More info is available on Telltale’s site, and there’s a demo so you can try before you buy. (The full version is available as a download for only $12.99… remember when we used to pay $60 a pop for boxed Sierra games?!) The team is also working on episodic Sam & Max adventure games, which will be released later this year.
I started working for Telltale in April. It’s amazing how similar this team seems to be to the Sierra we loved in the 80s — a small company full of hardworking people who really care about making quality adventure games. I’m having a great time.
I hope some SierraGamers members will visit the site and take a look at The Great Cow Race, and also say hi on the forum if you feel like it. If you’re nostalgic for the old Sierra days, I you’ll be pleasantly surprised by what Telltale’s doing. -Emily
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Emily, I didn’t know you got a job with Telltale! Cool! What do you do there?
I’ll be looking forward to new Sam and Max adventures, if they really become a reality.
As I commented on Adventure Gamers recently, I’m not really into the Flash Sam and Max comics with their mouse-over action, but I’d love a new Sam and Max comics collection to be published. Do you think there’s any chance of such a thing?
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Hi Brandon! Sorry I haven’t been around here in a while. Telltale is keeping me so busy, I hadn’t realized it’d been a month since I last checked these boards! I am doing marketing and community management for them. And giving unsolicited opinions on games, of course. 🙂
Telltale’s Sam & Max games will become a reality. I know people are wary because of previous cancellations, but that’s not going to happen this time. It’s very exciting to see things coming together!
As for the comics — you’re not the only person who’s complained about the mouse-overs. We are planning to offer ‘flat’ versions (without the pop-up bubbles) in the future, in addition to the pop-up versions. As far as the comics showing up in book form, I don’t know if there are plans for that, but I think Steve has said in the past that he’s open to doing more Sam & Max books at some point.
(Is your username Brandon on AG? If so, I didn’t realize that was you. *blush*)
Have you (or anyone on the board) checked out The Great Cow Race? If so, I’m curious to hear what people think of it. It’s getting a lot of comparisons to LucasArts games like Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle (Dave Grossman, who was a designer on both of those games, was the senior designer on The Great Cow Race, so people are right to notice the similarities!) I’m curious to hear Sierra fans’ opinions on it, too, because in spite of the LucasArts influence I think there’s a lot in the game for any old school adventure fan to enjoy. (And only $12.99! That’s less than dinner at a restaurant!)
-Emily
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