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Love at first sight....

HomestarloverHomestarlover
edited November 2009 in General Chat
When was the first time you ever heard of or played something from Telltale? the first time i heard about it was when i was playing on my wii. I was checking out the nintendo channel of Winter 2008, when i heard a game called SBCG4AP. I never knew who Strong bad and Homestar were at the time, also Telltale. I watched a few clips of the show and i thought, "lol, i gotta get this", so i went to the link of the game company called Telltalegames.com in which it showed me several games including Sam and Max. When i saw Sam and Max i thought "Where have i seen these dudes before". From then, i had fallen in love with Telltale and it's awesome games!!!! (Also homestar 2) :)!!
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  • HomestarloverHomestarlover
    edited November 2009
    ...really? No 1 doesn't even REMEMBER the first time they heard or ever SEEN Telltale games, one of the biggest adventure game companies EVER??!!!!!......Jeez....and i always wonder why i go on the forums.....
  • SilverwolfpetSilverwolfpet
    edited November 2009
    Umm... I...I remember!
    Errr, a looong time ago... I was just looking around, on the web...when suddenly I saw a comercial related to Sam 'n Max season one episode one. With all due respect, I'm like: "Oh, so they're continuing the series with THESE guys... heh, not so funny"
    I didn't really knew who Sam 'n Max were at the time. I've played the LucasArts game when I was little, and I couldn't understnad any of the jokes then.
    Well, I managed to play the first episode out of boredom. Then the second episode. Then the third. Then the entire second season. I wanted moooore! :D

    Then I stopped. Until I found out about Monkey Island being brought back and now I want to own the entire TT games collection! :)
  • RibsRibs
    edited November 2009
    Actually, I downloaded the bone game a long time ago, hated it, and deleted it before I understood the first puzzle.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited November 2009
    When Sam and Max season 1 first started getting banner ads throughout the net. I knew who they were, but I hated the show as a kid, and I never played HtR at that point. (I was a Sierra devotee)

    But, I was desperate for a new adventure game, so I checked it out and immediately fell in love. I still remember the Situation: Comedy teasers like it was yesterday... *sigh* :p
  • GryffalioGryffalio
    edited November 2009
    I first knew of Telltale when I saw something about Sam & Max on gamespot. Then I bought the CD of the first season, and later on wrote a blog post complaining at how crappy generic shooters were proliferating, and expounding why games like MI were so great, and within a week TTG announced they'd been working on MI for half a year (or something like that). At once I loved & hated TTG! So June '09 is probably the only point I became properly aware of them.
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited November 2009
    I read it in some game magazine, but decided not to buy it since I didn't have a credit card at the time and didn't know Paypal was a payment option.

    Also, free episode 104 of Sam & Max.
  • Terr002Terr002
    edited November 2009
    Half a year ago a guy from school showed me an article in which TTG announced they were making Tales of Monkey Island, and I immediately went to their site and bought the season. I guess this was the thing that started the whole TTG Adventure for me. So far it's been great. I've only been coming to this forum daily for the past week or so.
  • MegalomanMegaloman
    edited November 2009
    I was working on my first thesis and came to a point where I felt I needed a longer break but didn't really know what do since I was almost snowed in as well. I checked a Swedish video game forum I liked back then and saw the Sam 'n Max season one news story. I liked the idea of monthly episodes and so I tried the first game and enjoyed it. I made sure not to have anything scheduled for the day the next episodes were released so that I could look forward to an adventure gaming night each month.

    After that evening I've preordered every season except Strong Bad.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited November 2009
    My earliest memories were back when Sam & Max 2 was still in production. Then it got cancelled and then TTG was formed. I remember trying the demo to Bone way back then when that's all they had (and maybe a CSI game or two as well). I continued to follow them all the way through when they made the first Sam & Max season and my first purchase was the retail PC release of season one. I then bought the Wiiware versions of SBCG4AP episodes 1 and 2 and then Sam & Max Season One on the Wii. My next purchase was the pre-order of TMI. Now I have the first 3 episodes of W&G and S&M Season Two at last. Such great games. True quality. Someday I'll get the Bone games as well.
  • wefeelgroovewefeelgroove
    edited November 2009
    On another forum there was a topic about upcoming video games people were looking forward to, and somebody just happened to mention the Bone game off hand. I immediately began dogging them for more info because I was (and still am!) a huge Bone fangirl, and of course they linked me here.

    One cool thing about finding out about Telltale was that I was taking a class on serial novels in the 18th century around the same time, so when we discussed modern examples of serialized content, guess what I could talk about? :D
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited November 2009
    I remember. It was the day after sbcg4ap was announced. I looked around and lurked without an account for a while. I knew very little a about telltale and sam and max. I first thought sam and max was a rated M first person shooter:p:p:p until I heard they had similar gameplay/humor to sbcg4ap and I was hooked. I also knew zip on MI. Until tales came along. I still haven't played another game in the series though:rolleyes:.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited November 2009
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    I also knew zip on MI. Until tales came along. I still haven't played another game in the series though:rolleyes:.

    For $10 you can remedy this by getting the Monkey Island 1 special edition. I suggest you do this. Very soon.
  • WarpSpeedWarpSpeed
    edited November 2009
    I was hooked from the initial press release that Steve Purcell had taken back the rights to Sam & Max and licensed them to Telltale!

    However, I only had dialup at the time, so....... I waited until the DVD was released before buying it!
  • tmsmyth4tmsmyth4
    edited November 2009
    I remember feeling excited about that silhouette Telltale posted on their homepage before Bone was announced.
    I remember the speculation around it (was hoping it was Max at the time) but there was something special about TTG from the start that forced me to keep checking back. Telltale allways seemed a company worthy and most likely to pick up some of Lucasarts dead franchises
  • Lena_PLena_P
    edited November 2009
    Back in 2005 or 6, my brother showed me a webpage where Dave Grossman talked about how Steve Purcell taught him how to smoke cigars by a lake. I thought, "Oh, I didn't know you smoked cigars differently based on your location," and while I was always mildly interested in Telltale after that I never bought any games. The idea of an episodic release schedule was appealing, but there was only one Bone game out at the time, and the second still didn't have a release date. I assumed they were "episodic" a la Valve.

    Jump ahead to Pax 2007. My brother and I go to the Telltale panel and really like what we see. I buy a copy of Sam and Max season 1 and got hooked. Turns out they got episodic when I wasn't looking, and I've been a devoted fangirl ever since.
  • dentbudsdentbuds
    edited November 2009
    mine isn't that interesting. i just saw the original ad on homestarrunner.com, and it lead me here. first game was homestar ruiner, then i finished the series, hot sam and max sesaon 1 for wii, and now i got a bunch of free episodes on my acount. still have to play launch of the screamin narwhal, muzzled, ice station santa, and texas telltale' holdum
  • BlankCanvasDJBlankCanvasDJ
    edited November 2009
    Being a huge fan of the Bone comic, I came over as soon as I heard that a game was being developed and got Out From Boneville right away. If I remember correctly, they were even selling Ankh in the store back then (which I tried but didn't really like all that much). Out From Boneville wasn't a perfect game but it was a good debut for the series and it showed that they had the skills to do great things.

    Of course, it's helped that I'm also a huge fan of Sam & Max, Wallace & Gromit and Monkey Island, so I've never wanted to leave. In fact, Strongbad is the only game announcement that hasn't made my jaw drop and say "Ohmigod, they got THAT license too?! I LOVE you, Telltale!"
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited November 2009
    BlankCanvasDJ wrote: »
    Being a huge fan of the Bone comic, I came over as soon as I heard that a game was being developed and got Out From Boneville right away. If I remember correctly, they were even selling Ankh in the store back then (which I tried but didn't really like all that much). Out From Boneville wasn't a perfect game but it was a good debut for the series and it showed that they had the skills to do great things.

    Of course, it's helped that I'm also a huge fan of Sam & Max, Wallace & Gromit and Monkey Island, so I've never wanted to leave. In fact, Strongbad is the only game announcement that hasn't made my jaw drop and say "Ohmigod, they got THAT license too?! I LOVE you, Telltale!"
    Funny, strong bad was the only license that made me love telltale. Of course now I'm just as big as a sam and max/MI fan as antone else
    MusicallyInspired wrote: »
    For $10 you can remedy this by getting the Monkey Island 1 special edition. I suggest you do this. Very soon.
    True, but I only have $20 to spend on games and I'm saving it for when tales chapters 4 and 5 go on wiiware.
  • corruptbigginscorruptbiggins
    edited November 2009
    Telltale first came to my attention the summer of 2007 when I (eventually) heard that an episodic Sam & Max game was out. I immediately came here and downloaded the demo for Culture Shock, I believe. Shortly after I bought the full season, though it wasn't until season 2 was released that I signed up to this forum (and even then I didn't start posting regularly until the Monkey Island announcement). Since getting Sam & Max season 1, SBCG4AP is the only series I didn't buy when it was released, instead getting the first episode to try about a month or so later though it wasn't long before I bought the season upgrade!
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited November 2009
    WarpSpeed wrote: »
    I was hooked from the initial press release that Steve Purcell had taken back the rights to Sam & Max and licensed them to Telltale!

    Steve Purcell has always owned the rights to Sam & Max. LucasArts never owned them.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited November 2009
    WarpSpeed wrote: »
    I was hooked from the initial press release that Steve Purcell had taken back the rights to Sam & Max and licensed them to Telltale!
    MusicallyInspired wrote: »
    Steve Purcell has always owned the rights to Sam & Max. LucasArts never owned them.

    What MusicallyInspired says is true. Steve Purcell worked for LucasArts and thus got all those cameos/htr. When telltale formed, Steve went with them and created sam and max seasons 1 and 2.
    Not to be rude, but I knew about sam and max for a less time than you and I still knew that.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited November 2009
    I knew of Telltale just about when they came into being, I tried Bone when the demo first came out and wasn't that impressed. But as soon as season one of Sam and Max started, I was all about TTG and have been since then.

    And in regards to Sam and Max, Lucasarts did control the license for them until about the time that Telltale started working on season one. It's not like they only had the rights because Steve Purcell worked there, they had a licensing agreement, but it expired since they didn't make use of the license.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited November 2009
    My first Telltale game was the free "Abe Lincoln Must Die!", more or less the moment it went free. For a variety of reasons I'm not going to get into, I didn't get around to buying them until after Season Two finished.
  • Mike HaleyMike Haley
    edited November 2009
    I have been relatively aware of Telltale's existence since their inception in 2004. However, I did not look at them seriously until they announced that they were working with Steve Purcell. This was a few months after Bone: Out from Boneville came out. My first game was, oddly enough, Bone: Out from Boneville, followed by Telltale Texas Hold'em a few minutes later.
  • IcedhopeIcedhope
    edited November 2009
    Homestarlover wrote: »
    ...really? No 1 doesn't even REMEMBER the first time they heard or ever SEEN Telltale games, one of the biggest adventure game companies EVER??!!!!!......Jeez....and i always wonder why i go on the forums.....

    The first tell tale game I picked up was CSI, and I was like ooh okay, this is a fun game, and then I checked their website and saw, they were doing Sam and Max, and then I fell in love with them.
  • Smart BunnySmart Bunny
    edited November 2009
    I only found out about them a few months ago! I saw an advert for TOMI on Steam with a free episode of W&G. I think I pre-ordered by about 3 days or something so only found out just before release. Being a MI fan I instantly bought it, then gradually found this forum and realised that they did loads of other cool stuff too! I think I'm going to request the S&M series 1&2 on XBox for Xmas ;)
  • Harald BHarald B
    edited November 2009
    It was pretty accidental for me. I had lost interest in the adventure game scene for a while when I read that ScummVM allowed you to play the LucasArts games on the DS. When I looked into that some more (Hit the Road being the most used example) I stumbled on the new Sam & Max series. Culture Shock had been released recently, and when I tried the demo I got that "I must have it" vibe almost immediately. So I got the season and eventually almost everything they released before or since.
  • WoodsyblueWoodsyblue
    edited November 2009
    I first heard about Telltale when I was reading an article on Joystiq saying that Sam & Max was coming back. I immediately thought 'awesome, adventure gaming is making a comeback ^_^' (along with 'OMG SAM AND MAX OMG!!!') however that was back in the day when buying a game via digital distribution was completely out of the question for me, so I just had to sit back and wish it success. About two years later I was browsing the PC section of a local EB Games that was having a sale and on one of the bottom shelves I saw the complete first season of Sam & Max, and it was only $20 (which may not sound that cheap for those of you who live in America but in Australia but it's damn cheap for a computer game; Fury can back me up on this). I figured why the hell not!

    I didn't love it at first but the series got better as it went along and showed enough potential for me to keep my eye out for future Telltale products. This was not the Sam & Max I grew up with, but this Sam & Max had their own thing going for them.

    I didn't join these forums until ToMI was announced. When I heard about it I knew it wasn't something I could wait for until they brought out on disc, I had to be on the forefront. No game announcement has been a bigger deal for me than ToMI. Thankfully by this year my financial situation and internet capabilities were such that I could buy it online. Telltale had that wonderful pre-order deal advertised on their site and everything else fit into place.
  • WarpSpeedWarpSpeed
    edited November 2009
    I was a little sloppy when I implied LucasArts had the "rights to Sam and Max". I meant they had an exclusive license to produce games that involved Sam and Max, which expired in 2005.

    For a fun thread (from 2005!) about this, check out:
    http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=893
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited November 2009
    I remember all of the headlines on how ex-Lucasarts employees were forming their own adventure game company. I remember going to the website and seeing a silouette of their first game character and a bunch of forum discussions on whether or not it was Sam and Max. I didn't join at the time, but I was curious. In the end it ended up being Bone, a comic that I was already familiar with and a big fan of. I played the demo and loved it, but wasn't a massive fan of TT yet. Then they acquired the rights to Sam and Max. However, from the very beginning, the one game I always wanted to see them make that I hoped for since they began was Monkey Island, and when they did, well, it got me on the forums. I've always been more of a read a forum but not participate person because I'm busy with other things.

    EDIT: Derogatory comments removed.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited November 2009
    Secret Fawful wrote: »
    However, from the very beginning, the one game I always wanted to see them make that I hoped for since they began was Monkey Island, and when they did, well, it got me on the forums. I've always been more of a read a forum but not participate person because I'm busy with other things.

    Even though my join date is late 2006, I also barely ever posted on the forums until MI was announced, and since then... well I think my post count speaks for itself.
  • Lena_PLena_P
    edited November 2009
    Mike Haley wrote: »
    I have been relatively aware of Telltale's existence since their inception in 2004. However, I did not look at them seriously until they announced that they were working with Steve Purcell. This was a few months after Bone: Out from Boneville came out. My first game was, oddly enough, Bone: Out from Boneville, followed by Telltale Texas Hold'em a few minutes later.

    Wait, I thought you were their first customer? :p
    Pale Man wrote: »
    Even though my join date is late 2006, I also barely ever posted on the forums until MI was announced, and since then... well I think my post count speaks for itself.

    Is it just me, or has the forum really started jumping since ToMI was announced? I didn't post too often before either, but the pre-order forum got me addicted. Suro and Majus didn't seem to post much before either, not that I remember anyway, and now they're forum darlings. Who still barely post, but anyway ...
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited November 2009
    Lena_P wrote: »
    Is it just me, or has the forum really started jumping since ToMI was announced? I didn't post too often before either, but the pre-order forum got me addicted. Suro and Majus didn't seem to post much before either, not that I remember anyway, and now they're forum darlings. Who still barely post, but anyway ...

    Considering the TMI boards alone account for almost 32% of posts on all of the boards combined, not to mention the residual effect it has likely had on the other boards' posts per day count, I'd say that's a safe bet. :p
  • HappyCoincidenceHappyCoincidence
    edited November 2009
    I had never read Bone, but recognized the character when a game was announced on gamespot or something like that. My roommate at the time had the book and I asked him about it. Later when S&M came out, I was ecstatic until I downloaded and played episode 1. Didn't think it was worth the money. I still kind of feel that way about it. But demos were consistently free, so I would hang around whenever a new one was announced. Hey, I got to solve some puzzles for free. And I noticed they got quite a bit better. So a while later I was with a friend and we were going through every adventure we had grown up with when I mentioned the new series. We played my episode (the great thing about downloadables--they're always there) and found out Abe Lincoln was free, this one of course being wonderful. Time and finals got in the way, but later that year (a year ago) Ice Station Santa was released for free if you signed up for the newsletter. That finally sealed the deal--I completed both sets and have gotten almost all of their games since.
  • StarEyeStarEye
    edited November 2009
    I bought Bone: Out From Boneville almost immediately (I think) after it came out, but prior to its release, I bought the complete book out of curiosity. Not supremely impressed by the game, but I loved the book. The game was too short and too easy. I skipped Texas Hold'em, since that kind of thing doesn't really interest me - I prefer playing cards in real life. Later Sam and Max was announced, and I was quick to try out the demo. I wasn't really impressed by that either, and I realized by then that I wasn't that much of a fan of the Sam and Max series. Of course, the game also felt shallow and suffered from the same mistakes that modern adventure games did. A lot time went by, and I found the Sam and Max Season One DVD in a bargain bin, but just prior to that I tried the Abe episode for free. It was much improved I thought. Played the first episode on the disc, and kinda lost interest again.

    Fast Forward to 2009, and Tales of Monkey Island was announced. Being a huge fan of the series ever since I played the first in 1991, I've played them all countless times (EMI I've played only two or three times, for the usual reasons). So when Tales was coming out, I was excited to see that it didn't disappoint and that Telltale had improved drastically over the years. Just recently when Sam & Max Season Two came up on sale, I took the dive and bought that as well. Played through the first episode and really enjoyed it, a lot more than I expected. But I realized there was a lot of references to the earlier episodes, so I decided to stop there and play through the first season in order. Now that's out of the way as well, I'm finally up to 202: Moai Better Blues. Also trying desperately to download the free Wallace and Grommit episode, but for some reason the download always stop at 65% or 307mb.

    Well, that's my story so far. I've grown to be very fond of Telltale, even if their games still suffer from being episodic, including ToMI. But they've been better at making the most of it, so it's not quite as apparant as the first games. In short, their games are getting better and better, and so far Tales is easily their best work yet. I'm looking forward to see what they'll be doing next, and how they will make use of their experience with Tales. If they're making a Tales 2 series, I'll be there the second they open pre-orders. The same applies to any other LucasArts license they might acquire. I can't exactly see their relationship and partnership with LucasArts to ending after Tales, so I kind of suspect LucasArts will milk their franchises for all its worth, and Telltale will surely take advantage of this new found interest for LucasArts adventure franchises.
  • wavefunctionwavefunction
    edited November 2009
    Telltale introduced me to adventure games.
  • MajusMajus
    edited November 2009
    The first thing I remember about Telltale was when Suro bought the first S&M-Episode. He received a mail: »We love you. Why? You bought some stuff!«. I thought what a cool and funny company!
    My first real TTG-Game was Strongbad on Wii, because I didn’t had a Windows-PC at that time. Never heard of Homestar before, anyhow I laughed so much. Telltale really IS an awesome company!
    This is why 1st of June was a brilliant day, because I knew that Monkey Island is in good hands!
    Lena_P wrote: »
    Suro and Majus didn't seem to post much before either, not that I remember anyway, and now they're forum darlings. Who still barely post, but anyway ...

    Thanks sugar, here’s a new post for better statistics :p
    But yeah, I started being active in the forums on the day ToMI was announced. Still I’m not a big fan of Release-Date- and Relationship-Discussions, that’s why I often keep my mouth shut.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited November 2009
    Majus wrote: »
    Still I’m not a big fan of Release-Date- and Relationship-Discussions, that’s why I often keep my mouth shut.

    And while you bite your tounge, you create the "I wonder what happens" series.:D
  • upperchuckupperchuck
    edited November 2009
    I found Lucas Art's recently canceled Sam and Max game and began searching the net for other fan creations, came across a really cool French game but never found a DL or much about it... Then one day I found out that TTG was making a Sam and Max game and that was big news to me and my brother.
  • Lena_PLena_P
    edited November 2009
    Majus wrote: »
    Thanks sugar, here’s a new post for better statistics :p
    But yeah, I started being active in the forums on the day ToMI was announced. Still I’m not a big fan of Release-Date- and Relationship-Discussions, that’s why I often keep my mouth shut.

    Why do guys never want to talk about relationships? :rolleyes:
    Wait ... "sugar"? Are you sure you're German and not from Alabama? :p
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