Comments on: Mike Stemmle Joins Telltale

By: Andrew Farrell

Andrew Farrell — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:00:16 +0000

Justin “Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight” Chin? Ooooooh.

By: malkav11

malkav11 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:36:55 +0000

I’m really quite fond of the recent Sam and Max games, but I agree that the original game is still funnier.

By: Kadayi

Kadayi — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:36:46 +0000

I bought season 1 of Sam & Max, as mini adventure games they are ok, and the engine is decent enough looking, but the dialog just isn’t that funny. Generally the whole exchange between Sam & Max is one banal surreal exchange after another, but without any depth to the humour, and very little to do with the situations they are in. Hopefully Mike will be able to point them in the right direction.

Certainly a good flagship for demonstrating what episodic gaming can be though.

By: Vinícius

Vinícius — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:16:02 +0000

OMFG AFTERLIFE! The greatest city-building sim EVER created!

Screw SimCity! GIMME AFTERLIFE 2! :D

By: Cargo Cult

Cargo Cult — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:01:10 +0000

He’s got a decent quantity of no beer on that desk…

By: cHeal

cHeal — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:50:29 +0000

Oh yeah I had no intention of playing it, oh god no. But I thought I’d be nice and buy it just to support the developers.

By: Thiefsie

Thiefsie — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:25:47 +0000

Wow… Afterlife… totally forgot about that game!

By: Taxman

Taxman — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:05:40 +0000

I really enjoyed the first season of Sam and Max frankly way better than any of the indie adventure game efforts that have been the only other alternatives in the intervening years.

The second season is definitely an improvement over the first and worth checking out there is even an easy option for people not clever enough to figure out the puzzles like the Monkey Island 2 lite mode.

Anyway I wish Sam, Chin, Tosti & Telltale the best of luck in recreating that atmosphere that gave us Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island etc.

By: Sum0

Sum0 — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:02:37 +0000

Pick up Rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle
Use Rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle on Mike Stemmle

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:01:15 +0000

Less sad if you hadn’t played the original, but still sad.

By: Meat Circus

Meat Circus — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:36:57 +0000

@cHeal:

Don’t. It’ll just make you sad.

By: cHeal

cHeal — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:20:56 +0000

Yeah I really wish them well, I think they’ve really got the whole episodic idea right, unlike Valve. It’s a pity they haven’t quite produced the goods yet.

I personally don’t really do adventure games, but I was really really tempted to pick up the first Season of Sam and Max just to feel good.