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What Dom Armato thought of Rise Of The Pirate God - Alternative Magazine Online

martymcflymartymcfly
edited December 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
Hey guys!

It is finally here, Alt Mag Online's last interview with Dominic Armato!

Interview: http://alternativemagazineonline.co.uk/2009/12/13/mini-interview-tomi-season-finale-rise-of-the-pirate-god-what-does-dominic-armato-think/

Review: http://alternativemagazineonline.co.uk/2009/12/09/game-review-tales-of-monkey-island-chapter-5-rise-of-the-pirate-god-season-finale/

I just wanted to say it has been such a pleasure for me to do these interviews and reviews. Your feedback has really helped me grow and adapt as a writer... as I just explained to Dom, I can't imagine doing anything else now. (It is 2.15am here in the UK but couldn't sleep until I got this all posted!)

Thank you all... I would really love to stay in touch as well. Whether that is here, or even if you follow the site's facebook/ twitter/ read some other reviews/ articles... I would really appreciate it. You guys have really encouraged me and I want the site to be even stronger once series 2 rolls up :D

I'm not going anywhere either, got plenty planned for Telltale's other games... so stay tuned! As always feel free to comment on my site or here, I love hearing what you all think (will be nice to wake up to it all tomorrow!) Hopefully after 5 interviews I have asked Dom every possible question now anyway! :D

- Marty

Comments

  • Captain MickeyCaptain Mickey
    edited December 2009
    Dom is such a cool person to interview! Thanks for the interview Marty!!
  • KatsuroKatsuro
    edited December 2009
    Hah you got the best interviews :D
    Interesting and indepth. Keep up the good work!
  • SantarSantar
    edited December 2009
    Nice interview, sad to hear he's a bit bummed out about it ending, but then again I am too.
    Oh well hopefully Lucasarts will announce the Mi2 remake next march as they've hinted and he'll be back in the role. Of course I'm hoping for Tales season 2, but well next march is sooner so that's the closest thing to look forward to.

    Nice to read he enjoyed meeting Ron Gilbert too, seems he finally got the thumbs up from him :)
  • martymcflymartymcfly
    edited December 2009
    Thanks for the kind words guys. Yeah Santar, I am hoping Mi2 Remake will happen sooner rather than later. I am such a big geek though... playing the finale of TOMI and then asking Dom all those questions makes me feel like one of the most lucky adventure gamers in the world right now! Dom also responded very well to the input from people here on the forums when he spoke to me: it was certainly very nice in the part of the interview where he mentioned certain threads/ the support shown on here. I think even if people disagree with my reviews/ score, we can all agree Dom's voice work has never been less than pitch perfect.
  • SantarSantar
    edited December 2009
    Part of me thinks it's a little sad he had to rush trough the episodes in order to be able to do interviews about them tough.
    Hopefully his enjoyment of them wasn't too diminished.
  • martymcflymartymcfly
    edited December 2009
    I also spoke to him about this: I am sure he enjoyed them just as much as we did (slightly less maybe as he knew what was unfolding somewhat.)

    Just shows his professionalism: he wouldn't answer my questions until he was done... and I gather from our emails the last few days he was being very thorough!

    I love the idea of Dom speaking his lines as he plays, or even speaking out loud when stuck/ puzzling away btw :)
  • puzzleboxpuzzlebox Telltale Alumni
    edited December 2009
    That's probably my favourite mini-interview of your series over the last few months. Thanks Marty!
  • OCKiOCKi
    edited December 2009
    Great interview! Totally made my day!! ;)
  • martymcflymartymcfly
    edited December 2009
    Mine too! Along with the rest of the interviews (especially the first), I think the answers have given us all a great insight into the last five months of Monkey Island! I might have to do another interview again next month anyway and ask what he's wearing, what he had for breakfast and what tv show he is watching at the moment... otherwise I'll feel odd :D haha
  • BeeKay84BeeKay84
    edited December 2009
    Awesome interview! So many questions and so many great answers! And I do feel proud I got to contribute something to this and got an answer to my question. ;)
  • StraythStrayth
    edited December 2009
    You rock Marty.

    As does Dom.
  • martymcflymartymcfly
    edited December 2009
    BeeKay84 wrote: »
    Awesome interview! So many questions and so many great answers! And I do feel proud I got to contribute something to this and got an answer to my question. ;)

    Well Beekay, you have always written great comments here and on my site after every review/ interview: I wanted to pay you back! And it was a great question, Dom loved it :)
  • martymcflymartymcfly
    edited December 2009
    Strayth wrote: »
    You rock Marty.

    As does Dom.

    You rock even more for reading it! Thanks for the kind words. :D
  • FealiksFealiks
    edited December 2009
    Great interview as usual. Thanks, Marty :D

    Looking forward to more martydom (see what I did there?) over the inevitable (I hope) next game(s) :)
  • martymcflymartymcfly
    edited December 2009
    I think I might copyright martydom now! Brilliant! Thanks for reading & the kind words Fealiks! :D
  • Hero1Hero1
    edited December 2009
    Great interview.. Loved his comments about his post of thanks on this forum
  • martymcflymartymcfly
    edited December 2009
    Hero1 wrote: »
    Great interview.. Loved his comments about his post of thanks on this forum

    Me too, glad I asked that one! :D Forgot to ask him if I am now officially the person who has interviewed him most as well... maybe next time? :p
  • jmmjmm
    edited December 2009
    Great interview as usual!
    martymcfly wrote: »
    Forgot to ask him if I am now officially the person who has interviewed him most as well... maybe next time?
    You should definitely ask him next time

    You should also ask him if he will be doing commentaries for the DVD

    And you can also add a "cooking/food" section to your site, that way you can interview Dom about food (or make him a permanent part or regular contributor)
  • martymcflymartymcfly
    edited December 2009
    All excellent ideas jmm! :D Although whether he would do a food article for AltMagOnline (even on a monthly basis) would largely depend on how much free time he would have away from his own food blog... which btw is fantastic and should be checked out asap!
  • MartyMarty
    edited December 2009
    Dom put the dom in kingdom.......... :o
  • FealiksFealiks
    edited December 2009
    martymcfly wrote: »
    I think I might copyright martydom now! Brilliant! Thanks for reading & the kind words Fealiks! :D

    I want a 10% cut on all t-shirt and plush toy sales :D
  • martymcflymartymcfly
    edited December 2009
    Fealiks wrote: »
    I want a 10% cut on all t-shirt and plush toy sales :D

    Deal! I was going to offer 50/50 as well haha! :p
  • LaserschwertLaserschwert
    edited December 2009
    Marty wrote: »
    Dom put the dom in kingdom.......... :o

    Long live King Dom!
  • thatdude98thatdude98
    edited December 2009
    Good one, my friend. I just kind of wish I could met Dom...
  • martymcflymartymcfly
    edited December 2009
    Me too, I'd love to meet him for real he's a legend. Really blown away that I get to pick his brain every time he performs Guybrush again from now on though... I loved it so much this time round. Roll on series 2!
  • SantarSantar
    edited December 2009
    Just remember to take it a little easy on the guy.
    You sure he actually wants to be interviewed every time in the future?
    I'm sure we don't want him to start looking at it as if it's become a hassle.
  • martymcflymartymcfly
    edited December 2009
    Santar wrote: »
    Just remember to take it a little easy on the guy.
    You sure he actually wants to be interviewed every time in the future?
    I'm sure we don't want him to start looking at it as if it's become a hassle.

    Did you read the interview? He says he liked doing the interviews serveral times during it (and also has echoed similar sentiments during our regular emails!) I also asked him can we continue them in the future due to their success and he said of course!

    He even goes as far as to say: "I’ve always felt that when it comes to Monkey Island, I kind of straddle the fan world and the developer world, and being able to talk about it like this kind of helps me bridge that gap. Let’s just say it’s a good outlet, and hopefully one that some people find interesting."

    I doubt interviewing him in 2010/11 once a month again for series 2, or once for LeChucks Revenge SE (fingers crossed) is going to be seen as a hassle. He is a professional and seems to really enjoy the chats. Stop worrying to much! He isn't being hassled and he isn't rushing the games and not enjoying them either!

    "Glad this has been so great for your site, Martin! Good luck and with a little luck, we can do this again sometime. :) – Dom"
  • SantarSantar
    edited December 2009
    Of course I've read the interview, just a friendly reminder that's all.
  • martymcflymartymcfly
    edited December 2009
    Just checking :-P It is nice everyone cares about Dom so much isn't it? :D Where you glad he answered about PAX in the interview btw Santar? I remember you mentioning it on the other thread!
  • FriarFriar
    edited December 2009
    Excellent interview as always. It's just a shame that it's come to an end.
  • martymcflymartymcfly
    edited December 2009
    Friar wrote: »
    Excellent interview as always. It's just a shame that it's come to an end.

    Thanks Friar! I feel the same as Dom: pretty bummed out that it's all over!
  • SantarSantar
    edited December 2009
    martymcfly wrote: »
    Just checking :-P It is nice everyone cares about Dom so much isn't it? :D Where you glad he answered about PAX in the interview btw Santar? I remember you mentioning it on the other thread!


    No hard feelings :)
    Anyways, yeah it was good to hear he seemed to have a nice meeting with Ron Gilbert. I remember reading that he'd really been wanting to hear if Ron liked his work, and judging from this interview and Gilbert's own comments on grumpygamer.com it seems Gilbert likes his performances as much as I'm sure we all do.
    And yeah I too am feeling bummed out now that it's over, if only they'd at least announce there will be a season 2 that would help. Not knowing is making it extra hard.
  • martymcflymartymcfly
    edited December 2009
    Yeah, I am 99% sure we will get series 2 though :)

    For anyone who missed the previous interviews with Dom btw, The International House Of Mojo has done a cool little post with links to them all here:

    http://mixnmojo.com/php/news/showfile.php?id=3739&category=telltale
  • martymcflymartymcfly
    edited December 2009
    Telltale just featured my review on their review-roundup page as well which is pretty sweet!

    http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-548
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