Countdown to Ep 3 - "They Stole Max's Brain!"

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  • edited June 2010
    Would there be any references to any other telltale games(i have seen a shortage of these lately.
  • edited June 2010
    So Skun'ka'pe is back, hmm? Interesting. And sounds like this'll be going out pretty soon too. I look forward to more answers, Mr. Stemmle!
  • edited June 2010
    Woo, new thread!

    1) If episode 1 was Plan 9 from Outer Space, and episode 2 was Murder on the Orient Express, what would episode 3 be?

    2) How is it to be writing for Sam & Max again? What's different now compared to the Hit the Road (or Freelance Police)-days?

    3) What makes this episode better than all the others?
  • edited June 2010
    Episode 1 was definitely not Plan 9.

    Also, I do have an insignificant question with which to distract you. Are there any good cracks about Franz Kafka in this episode, given one of the themes?
  • edited June 2010
    I want to know if Skunkape will be the main villain again. And if there will be another reference to Yog Soggoth
  • edited June 2010
    There are definitely some smaller locations, yes.
    Is this something we'll be seeing across the whole season? Because these types of locations were good in The Penal Zone, I'm okay with them being in TSMB, but past that I'm not so sure. I prefer a smaller number of large, interesting locations to a large number of small, throw-away locations.
  • edited June 2010
    shooting through the approval processes like excrement through a goose on laxatives.
    Mike

    Gonna have to remember to use that one sometime. Just about died here. :D
  • edited June 2010
    same :D
  • edited June 2010
    Will Bosco be back from Vegas with Buster Blaster?
  • edited June 2010
    Will Bosco be back from Vegas with Buster Blaster?

    do you reeeeeealy wanna know?
  • MRNMRN
    edited June 2010
    Do you think this episode it turininbg out to be better than The Tomb of Sammun-mak and The Penal Zone?
  • edited June 2010
    MRN wrote: »
    Do you think this episode it turininbg out to be better than The Tomb of Sammun-mak and The Penal Zone?

    i think they keep getting better. if that stays the case, imagine if they went to 308! Outta-sight!
  • edited June 2010
    i think they keep getting better. if that stays the case, imagine if they went to 308! Outta-sight!

    You mean 403 when max now is ruler of the universe.
  • MRNMRN
    edited June 2010
    Is Superball back in this episode?
  • ttg_Stemmlettg_Stemmle Telltale Alumni
    edited June 2010
    Episode 1 was definitely not Plan 9.

    Also, I do have an insignificant question with which to distract you. Are there any good cracks about Franz Kafka in this episode, given one of the themes?

    Ironically, given the Pea Soup Fog of Literary Pretentiousness that regularly wafts through halls of Telltale, I don't think there's a single solitary Kafka reference with regards to Sal. I guess we were too busy coming up with fart jokes.

    Mike "My AP English Teacher Would Be So Ashamed" Stemmle
  • ttg_Stemmlettg_Stemmle Telltale Alumni
    edited June 2010
    I want to know if Skunkape will be the main villain again. And if there will be another reference to Yog Soggoth

    I think it's fair to say that every episode will have a different "main" villain... make of that what you will.

    And I'm sure there's a Yog-Soggtoh reference in the ep somewhere. Maybe even two or three. Of course, there's also a reference to John Wilkes Booth, so maybe you shouldn't read to much into things...

    Mike
  • MRNMRN
    edited June 2010
    ^^ lmao
  • edited June 2010
    Thank you Mike for answering all of my questions, even if some were a bit evasive. Nice stab! :)
  • edited June 2010
    Hey, all. Mike Stemmle here.

    With Episode 303 making the final turn before hitting the virtual streets,

    Please don't make haste releasing the episode. Fix all the bugs, glitches etc (like you didn't do for the last episode). I can wait one-two more weeks to play nice, clean, bug-free episode
    or can I?
  • edited June 2010
    PISLIX wrote: »
    Please don't make haste releasing the episode. Fix all the bugs, glitches etc (like you didn't do for the last episode). I can wait one-two more weeks to play nice, clean, bug-free episode
    or can I?

    What do you mean glitches, I didnt see any in episode 302 or 301.
  • edited June 2010
    I did in 302, A grey target blocked screen twice......
  • edited June 2010
    Nope no joke.
  • edited June 2010
    PISLIX wrote: »
    Please don't make haste releasing the episode. Fix all the bugs, glitches etc (like you didn't do for the last episode). I can wait one-two more weeks to play nice, clean, bug-free episode
    or can I?

    This post is blasphemy and should not be read by ANY, TTG employee who is working/finishing the new Episode.
  • edited June 2010
    Nope no joke.

    Ahah. Not you :)
  • edited June 2010
    Personally I only remember one bug happening to me (although there definitely were other, smaller ones). It was a gamebreaking one. I somehow broke the game back.
  • edited June 2010
    Please, don't talk about bug/glitch stuff here, we already had a forum topic for that.
  • edited June 2010
    And besides, we're pretty sure 303 will have a HUGE bug
    in the form of Sal.



    EDIT: 100 posts! Woo!
  • edited June 2010
    when will review copies be sent out?
  • edited June 2010
    when will review copies be sent out?

    Yes, when?
  • edited June 2010
    Yes, when?

    I agree, this is a very important topic and should be addressed post haste.
  • edited June 2010
    pluizig wrote: »
    And besides, we're pretty sure 303 will have a HUGE bug
    in the form of Sal.



    EDIT: 100 posts! Woo!

    Shame people passed over this post, was a good one :D
  • edited June 2010
    Mike,

    I might have missed it in this thread, but a countdown to something usually involves a starting point and an ending point; unless you want us to count down from infinity...

    WHATS THE ETA FOR EPISODE 303?!?!? Only then can I officially begin "counting down" to the release date
  • edited June 2010
    Didn't you read further up? He doesn't know! Also, he said the game's finished and going through the approval process very quickly. Whether that means playtesting is finished or not I do not know. I'd imagine they're just killing bugs now.
  • edited June 2010
    tbm1986 wrote: »
    I'd imagine they're just killing bugs now.
    Perhaps they're just arguing about whether they should censor all of the hardcore nudity, or delete it entirely.

    The latter might be the better option, given how people seem to love digging around in their games' innermost folders, but hey, I'm neither a game designer nor a lawyer, so I won't get in the way of Telltale's artistic vision...or, alternately, their love of - [Higher Order Brain Functions: "No, Planeforger, [B]please[/B] don't make a pun about giant cockroaches!"].
  • edited June 2010
    Sam & Max already has hardcore nudity! I mean, geez. Max IS walking around naked, after all.
  • edited June 2010
    What changes will be in the game and in TT now that Chuck Jordan leaved? Who will replace him?
  • edited June 2010
    What changes will be in the game and in TT now that Chuck Jordan leaved? Who will replace him?

    Didn't even know that. I'm shocked. I'm sure they'll tell us in due course and have every confidence that it's all in hand (therefore the season will be just as good without him, valuable and talented though he is).
  • edited June 2010
    What changes will be in the game and in TT now that Chuck Jordan leaved? Who will replace him?

    Wait, did he work on this game? I forget :confused:
  • edited June 2010
    Chuck Jordan is (was?) the lead designer on The Devil's Playhouse.

    Where did you hear that he left? Or are you confusing him with Brendan Q. Ferguson, who recently left Telltale to pursue humanitarian work and who was one of the designers on the first two seasons of Sam and Max?
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