Thanks For the Joke For Us Zork Fans!
I am loving Telltale, and love Sam and Max, and every one of these games is a treat but I have to admit I was especially tickled by the inside reference to the original adventure game, Infocom's ZORK at the beginning of Episode 4.
In case you didn't catch it, it was:
Kudos on your clever writing and a great adventure gamer flashback
p.s. there was even a mailbox there!
In case you didn't catch it, it was:
Here we are in a field west of the white house
Kudos on your clever writing and a great adventure gamer flashback
p.s. there was even a mailbox there!
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Most of the very obvious references are in the conversations with Bosco, yes.
But you need only look at the thread discussing the password references, with obscure things like rosebud and "Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia"--or look at the Max death speech--to know that the games are replete with very subtle references.
And I'm pretty sure I've heard that memo line, "
Aye, that was one of my favourite lines of the game too. Well, it was earlier in the episode, but there were just so many great jokes!
Anyone else notice the headline on the newspaper: "Purcell eaten (or attacked, or something) by two-headed monkey"?
And it was fun scanning Leonard Steakcharmer too
Well, just went through the memos of Monkey Island 1, and, though similar in content and tone--"You're doing X, stop it!"--none of them had the exact same wording as Max's first memo.
It suuuure looks like him.