In last month's review of Homestar Ruiner, the debut episode of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, we confirmed a few points for Strong Bad fans: Telltale Games' new episodic PC/WiiWare series did an excellent job of capturing the Homestar Runner characters and motif. The humor was very much intact, and any H*R fan [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 12, 2008
After playing a hefty portion of Mount & Blade, a medieval combat sandbox from TaleWorlds and Paradox Interactive, I found it very difficult to summarize the experience. The game presents an alarming amount of substance, hidden under a rough and sometimes forbidding interface. So, instead, I came up with a strained analogy for you to [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 11, 2008
With episode two of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People due out any day now, Telltale Games has issued a new teaser video of Strong Bad's epic struggle for revolution, "Strong Badia the Free." Prepare to have a tear in your eye at Strong Bad's stirring call to arms, followed by eight new screenshots [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 11, 2008
I will fully admit that, as a longtime Homestar Runner fan, I was predisposed to enjoy Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People long before I had occasion to actually play it. Now, the game has finally been released for PC and WiiWare by the episodic eccentrics at Telltale Games, and I've finally been able to explore the full experience from front to back. Is it everything we hoped it would be?
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Strong Bad has a date! Not so much with Marzipan, of course, but the first episode of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People has just been issued a release date. Episode 1, "Homestar Ruiner," will be released this coming Monday, August 11th, for PC and WiiWare. Homestar fans have been waiting a long time for [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 31, 2008
Episodic gaming's newest addition has finally hit GameTap's online shelves, with the launch of American McGee's Grimm, available today for zero dollars. GameTap and McGee are, indeed, providing the first of 24 twisted fairy tales free of charge -- you needn't even be a GameTap subscriber. In fact, American McGee's Grimm offers no less than [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 24, 2008
I did not see that coming. The AP is reporting on Telltale's new series, as announced at Comic-Con, and it's Wallace and Gromit. Yes, the wrong-trousers-close-shave-were-rabbit Wallace & Gromit. Stay tuned for updates as Telltale tells all!
Continue reading...Monday, June 2, 2008
Eurogamer has a few interesting comments from the folks over at LucasArts regarding some of their celebrated games of old. During a recent interview regarding upcoming console shooter Fracture, Lucas representatives were asked about their older games. When could we hope to see re-releases of our favorite classics? Would LucasArts ever try their hands again [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Dave Grossman of Telltale Games talks about their unique business model, digital download, and working with unique IP. (Part two of a series)
Continue reading...Friday, May 23, 2008
My autographed copy of Surfin' the Highway -- the original print, mind you -- should confirm my position as a fan of all things Sam & Max. This love extends quite liberally onto the episodic Sam & Max games from Telltale Games, so I consider it to be a Very Good Thing™ when news comes [...]
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