How long is this bonus DVD offer going to be available after it gets released (around mid-June, apparently)? I leave for Navy boot camp next week and will be there until about August, so I won't be having any internet access to allow me to place the order for the next two months or so. I'd hate to miss out on this deal!:)
If they know what's good for 'em, it'll be available for at least forever! Because eventually someone hundreds of years from now will want it, and they won't be able to find it on Ebay and they'll be pissed. Speaking of Texas Hold 'Em, I thought the demo of it was actually pretty cool. Neat little game really.
I am not sure has this been asked yet, but since DVD obviously has more space can the voices/sounds come with less compression? Will other CD/DVD releases have less compression or are the identical?
No, we ended up making an executive decision not to do anything with the sound compression on the disc versions because it would have required a lot of backtracking and work that we didn't have the manpower for.
I've been told that tweaks are going to be made to our tools that make it easier for us to swap between low quality audio and high quality audio for future games.
No, we ended up making an executive decision not to do anything with the sound compression on the disc versions because it would have required a lot of backtracking and work that we didn't have the manpower for.
I've been told that tweaks are going to be made to our tools that make it easier for us to swap between low quality audio and high quality audio for future games.
I'm very disappointed to learn that... it's like reading "no, Season One is a game made for people who live alone and have crappy speakers, and will allways be."
I am so sad
It's true, Sam & Max Season One may actually prevent you from ever finding true love.
And so it happens... thousands of computer geeks hearts are crushed like a school full of tiny orphan children being told that Santa doesn't exist by a drunken ex-military school master who doesn't think twice about using the phrase "Santa is your parents."
I consider mid-June an infinitesimal fraction of a second at the very beginning of the 15th... and I hope Telltale has the quantum computer capable of putting the page up at that precise moment.
so wait, this stuff that coming out on The Summer of Sam & Max subsite page: is it included on the DVD (my guess is no)? Or shall I have to start locally archiving every new bit of info that comes out (my guess is yes)?
FOR THAT MATTER
any hints/confirmations/spoilers as to what stuff is going onto the Retail disc that won't be on the Season 1 Subscribers Disc?
so wait, this stuff that coming out on The Summer of Sam & Max subsite page: is it included on the DVD (my guess is no)? Or shall I have to start locally archiving every new bit of info that comes out (my guess is yes)?
FOR THAT MATTER
any hints/confirmations/spoilers as to what stuff is going onto the Retail disc that won't be on the Season 1 Subscribers Disc?
1) Summer of Sam & Max content is a lot of what's on the Season One subscriber disc, though obviously the stuff on the disc is full DVD quality, not flash video. Also on the disc you can watch the cutscene reels without the commentary if you want.
2) The retail disc and the season 1 disc have both been announced!
Telltale's Season One subscriber bonus disc focuses on a high quality presentation of all the video content the team has made during season 1, while the Retail one is a more traditional 'special edition retail' package. Both are pretty good, and pretty different.
If you buy the downloadable season from Telltale's site, you can get a bonus DVD for the cost of shopping shipping. The disc is a hybrid DVD which you can put in your PC to install and play the games - online-activation-free, or into any video DVD player to watch a bunch of video content - the 15 machinima shorts, trailers for all 6 episodes, and the cutscene reels + commentary currently being slowly doled out as part of Summer of Sam & Max, as well as a few other things like a blooper reel and concept art. It comes in a DVD snapcase (Amaray style, the standard DVD case), and features cover art by Steve Purcell.
The retail release includes a behind the scenes feature which Dreamcatcher filmed over a few days at the office. It's a wholly separate feature from the one GameTap did back when we were making Culture Shock, and includes interviews with members of the team. The disc also includes a fold out poster of one of the paintings Purcell has done for Season One, character bios, and the soundtrack MP3s and wallpapers from our site. Also, if you preorder the retail disc from many online retailers (notably GameStop or EB), you get a strategy guide included for free. It comes in a box (the now standard-size smaller PC box), and we don't yet know if it will have fold out flaps and stuff. I hope it does.
The retail release includes a behind the scenes feature which Dreamcatcher filmed over a few days at the office. It's a wholly separate feature from the quick one GameTap did back when we were making Culture Shock, and includes interviews with members of the team. The disc also includes a fold out poster of one of the paintings Purcell has done for Season One, character bios, and the soundtrack MP3s and wallpapers from our site. Also, if you preorder the retail disc from many online retailers (notably GameStop or EB), you get a strategy guide included for free. It comes in a box (the now standard-size smaller PC box), and we don't yet know if it will have fold out flaps and stuff. I hope it does.
Is there any chance whatsoever of some of these bonus features being made *eventually* available on the website? The documentary would be interesting to watch...
(Ok, obviously the physical things like the poster & strategy guide may not be so easy to make physically downloadable... but doco would be nice )
That documentary is the adventure company's, not ours, so it would be up to them. I wouldn't be surprised if parts of it showed up as promotional material or something, but I don't really know anything (as many have long surmised).
I dunno, they'd get awful pissed off if Telltale put up the retail extras online! I'll just get both versions anyway, and I guess I better pre-order it at EB too so I can get that free strategy guide!
I dunno, they'd get awful pissed off if Telltale put up the retail extras online!
Of course we wouldn't do something like that without their permission.
They are still working on the video and we haven't even seen it yet. I'm excited to see how it came out. And also a little scared, since I'm one of the people who was interviewed...
I consider mid-June an infinitesimal fraction of a second at the very beginning of the 15th... and I hope Telltale has the quantum computer capable of putting the page up at that precise moment.
Actually, with 30 days in June, the moment between the 15th and 16th would be the exact middle...
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I second this query! Mostly because I'm curious how long I can last against the TellTale Texas Hold 'Em crew.
Everyone else - it'll be ready when it's ready. We're working very hard on it.
Thanks for the reply!
Yeah. Right now, £5.04.
Although, that could easily change!
This banner was on adventuregamers.com!
NEAT!
I've been told that tweaks are going to be made to our tools that make it easier for us to swap between low quality audio and high quality audio for future games.
I'm very disappointed to learn that... it's like reading "no, Season One is a game made for people who live alone and have crappy speakers, and will allways be."
I am so sad
damn you telltale!
Ehh, Sam and Max will never need a prenup.
No, some people are just to nerdy. It's like sam said "the horror!"
And so it happens... thousands of computer geeks hearts are crushed like a school full of tiny orphan children being told that Santa doesn't exist by a drunken ex-military school master who doesn't think twice about using the phrase "Santa is your parents."
I'd say that it's "officially" considered mid June now. What happened to the page?
FOR THAT MATTER
any hints/confirmations/spoilers as to what stuff is going onto the Retail disc that won't be on the Season 1 Subscribers Disc?
There might not be any room.
Anyway, is it supposed to be Mid-June European time or US time? And what time zone and/or what are we using as a reference?
The disc is at the manufacturing place now. We sent the last piece of art for the packaging off yesterday.
1) Summer of Sam & Max content is a lot of what's on the Season One subscriber disc, though obviously the stuff on the disc is full DVD quality, not flash video. Also on the disc you can watch the cutscene reels without the commentary if you want.
2) The retail disc and the season 1 disc have both been announced!
Telltale's Season One subscriber bonus disc focuses on a high quality presentation of all the video content the team has made during season 1, while the Retail one is a more traditional 'special edition retail' package. Both are pretty good, and pretty different.
If you buy the downloadable season from Telltale's site, you can get a bonus DVD for the cost of shopping shipping. The disc is a hybrid DVD which you can put in your PC to install and play the games - online-activation-free, or into any video DVD player to watch a bunch of video content - the 15 machinima shorts, trailers for all 6 episodes, and the cutscene reels + commentary currently being slowly doled out as part of Summer of Sam & Max, as well as a few other things like a blooper reel and concept art. It comes in a DVD snapcase (Amaray style, the standard DVD case), and features cover art by Steve Purcell.
The retail release includes a behind the scenes feature which Dreamcatcher filmed over a few days at the office. It's a wholly separate feature from the one GameTap did back when we were making Culture Shock, and includes interviews with members of the team. The disc also includes a fold out poster of one of the paintings Purcell has done for Season One, character bios, and the soundtrack MP3s and wallpapers from our site. Also, if you preorder the retail disc from many online retailers (notably GameStop or EB), you get a strategy guide included for free. It comes in a box (the now standard-size smaller PC box), and we don't yet know if it will have fold out flaps and stuff. I hope it does.
J/K. About the sarcastic money-spending line, I mean. :P
Is there any chance whatsoever of some of these bonus features being made *eventually* available on the website? The documentary would be interesting to watch...
(Ok, obviously the physical things like the poster & strategy guide may not be so easy to make physically downloadable... but doco would be nice
Edit: Season 1 retail set preordered!
Of course we wouldn't do something like that without their permission.
They are still working on the video and we haven't even seen it yet. I'm excited to see how it came out. And also a little scared, since I'm one of the people who was interviewed...
Actually, with 30 days in June, the moment between the 15th and 16th would be the exact middle...
Grrrrr, forgot to carry the 3...