Telltale's Success
Before I came across The Walking Dead, I was a ''playing games for graphics'' man. I didn't care about stories, ''Play, Finish and Leave''. But that game changed my whole game perspective. I understand now. You don't need fully detailed characters for playing a game, you need a story that drives you away from life itself and pulls you in. Thank you Telltale for saving me being a ''Larry''. Does anybody felt different after that game? 
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True story bro
I love telltale i never played games for graphic remember i had option buy new Cod or buy old crash bandicoot games and spyro games on my vita bought crash/spyro so epic still brilliant but best i played TLOU and bioshock infinite had everything love intelligent story where your have reason to kill to protect innocent in these game examples Elizabeth and Ellie never forget even during gameplay soldier ran over and started punching ellie rage engaged NOOOO shot him in head 5 times even after he was dead. I feel same TLOU and Walking dead changed my life but love heavy rain and beyond two souls that gave me trust in trying such a game. Gaming last year was just unbelievable really on to something special that will transcend just gaming since start with crash and first game i completed Bully these sort of games honestly feel privileged to have played them. I love new anti-hero thing Lee and Joel they are no heroes in fact murders but they still do anything to help the one person they love no matters the cost i relate to this.
I'd never played any of Telltale's games before TWD. I very very nearly didn't get TWD because a free license tie-in with in-app purchases does not generally promise to be a good game (I'm playing on iPad, season 1 episode 1 is free and you then pay for the remainder of the season). Someone told me it was good so I downloaded it, played a couple of minutes (about as far as shooting the cop) and put it aside for a month or so. After watching Charlie Brooker's How Videogames Changed The World I was inspired to give it another go. I played the rest of the episode and was hooked. I blew through the rest of the season 1 episode a night.
From now on Telltale's games will be an instant buy for me. Really looking forward to Tales From Borderlands despite never having played Borderlands or Borderlands 2.
Im embarrassed to admit it, but when the first trailer for the first episode launched, i was the one that commented "this looks like a game from 2002 FUCK, just scratch this shit!" on gametrailers.com
Only to find out that "shit" was going to put most of the games from that generation (or this generation) to shame.
I always liked good stories in movies and videogames, and that is what The Walking Dead reminded me of.
Most games nowadays couldnt come up with engaging and personal stories if their lives depended on it, its just "shoot this enemy move to this checkpoint and then save the world by killing huge robots!" I was so fed up with it, that it only made me appreciate these engaging games even more.
Im not a comic book reader, but i would imagine playing the walking dead feels like reading a really good comic book, not surprising since its based on a comic book.
david cage is one of worst writers in the history of gaming
At first I had doubts for this game, but the more I played, the more I fell in love with it. I can't remember the last time a form of entertaintment haunted me like this. This is phenomenal.