Well if you played the other previous rabbit game youll know it has nothing to do with sam & max other than the ears :P which every bunny has in common.
I'm not saying the game is similar, just that the teaser is almost identical to an image TellTale used as a teaser for season one a long time ago (and more recently as a teaser for episode 6)
Woaaaaaaaaah... Yeah, that's a rip off alright. It's a nearly identical clone of the same Sam & Max episode 6 advertisement on the main page. However, while it's tempting to get angry and want to sue over this, you might want to consider that suing them would also make Telltale look like they're money grubbers. Ubisoft probably knows that, beepers... But, hey, it's free advertising! Suckers!
Yeah, since telltale is working together with Ubi on CSI 4 such a move might not be prudent at the time.. Maybe we should perform a more machiavellian move and inform whoever owns the rights to Heroes
I'm more a fan of happy coincidences (and of further propagation of Rabbit*-Earth hybrid imagery, obviously) than I am of ridiculous lawsuits. I think most would agree.
* Actually, to get pedantic, its Lagomorph-Earth hybrid, and Rabbid-Earth hybrid, respectively. There are no actual rabbits involved anywhere in either piece.
According to quantum physics, everything that comes into existence is created at two places at the same time. Which would mean that, if I get a creative idea, somebody at the exact same time, somewhere else in the world, gets the same idea as well. It's why lawsuits over patents are silly, because how can one possibly prove that either of them had the idea first? Even if I had requested a patent, somebody else could have thought about the exact same thing for years before I got that patent, but since I got the patent before they did something about their idea, I get the rights to it. Seems pretty unfair. I have to agree with Jake, happy coincidences.
Ohhhh, Telltale is partnered with Ubisoft with the CSI line? Well, then I guess there's not much to be mad at then. You could think of it almost as a favor, if anything... I'm not sure what the plunger is about though. Except maybe implying the world is clogged with excrement... : /
Hey now!! Who came first and who had it copyrighted first?
If neither can prove a copyright date, then it defaults to whoever published the image first. Learned that first thing as an art student, which is like the saving grace when photographing anything.
Also, IGN cannot claim fair use. They didn't change the image enough to make said claim. Cropping and positioning a differently shaped pair of rabbit ears does not make the image more original.
Yeah, there's actually a thread in general I think where we were talking about that Nick. It turns out that it actually comes from Ubisoft, who you guys are apparently teamed up with on your CSI games. I guess you could kind of look at it as free advertising. Or you could get pissed off about it, since it's obviously a complete rip of in far more ways then is comfortable.
Another way you can look at it is vindication of the success of Sam & Max. Its doing so well the big guys are trying to get a piece of the action! That's nothin' to sneeze at. Not that you guys are small or anything...... But, hey, Ubisoft is huge.
I know that if I worked at TellTale (Which I mine as well. ), I would be at least annoyed. Especially if I personally made the advertisement then they copied it. But like I said, it's just vindication of success and free advertisement since it will remind others of Sam & Max, so woohoo!
P.S. 600th post, huzzah! I don't know whether to be sad or happy about it.
It's a little weird, but this sort of thing happens all the time.
As I said in a post elsewhere, it's only a good sign that we're at a point in time where there can be two games out concurrently that are both ridiculous enough to support marketing imagery like that.
According to quantum physics, everything that comes into existence is created at two places at the same time. Which would mean that, if I get a creative idea, somebody at the exact same time, somewhere else in the world, gets the same idea as well.
So someone else just had an idea involving flying pancakes and a talking spork named Humphrey the Unstable? Wow, I gotta meet this person
Honestly, though, since Max and the Raddibs are my two favorite bunny-like creatures, I really couldn't care less. Truth be told, I've always wanted to see Max do the Rabbid Scream...
Honestly, though, since Max and the Raddibs are my two favorite bunny-like creatures, I really couldn't care less. Truth be told, I've always wanted to see Max do the Rabbid Scream...
Hah! TellTale guys, you should definitely do that at some point in Season 2, just as a throwaway joke.
Sam: Are today's video games any less mind-numbing than they were in the 1980s?
Max: DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!
I love the Rabbids. They're hilarious, and I plan on buying Rayman RR2. I think this was a really nice homage, from one bunny game to another, by Ubisoft.
I love the Rabbids. They're hilarious, and I plan on buying Rayman RR2. I think this was a really nice homage, from one bunny game to another, by Ubisoft.
* Actually, to get pedantic, its Lagomorph-Earth hybrid, and Rabbid-Earth hybrid, respectively. There are no actual rabbits involved anywhere in either piece.
I am worried about what you are trying to imply Jake. If Max is a Lagomorph, and not a Rabbit... that leads to the revelation that he is in fact
a Pika!
I hope this is not the case, otherwise we will have a similar teaser image for the next Pokemon game.
the only sad thing about this is that, due to ubisoft's bigger advertising machinery, future sam n' max newcomers will say "hey, look how telltale blatantly copied the rabbids add"
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* Actually, to get pedantic, its Lagomorph-Earth hybrid, and Rabbid-Earth hybrid, respectively. There are no actual rabbits involved anywhere in either piece.
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If neither can prove a copyright date, then it defaults to whoever published the image first. Learned that first thing as an art student, which is like the saving grace when photographing anything.
Also, IGN cannot claim fair use. They didn't change the image enough to make said claim. Cropping and positioning a differently shaped pair of rabbit ears does not make the image more original.
IGN didn't make that image, it's part of UbiSoft's official promotional material for the Raving Rabbids game.
And I posted it first :mad:
Yeah, there's actually a thread in general I think where we were talking about that Nick. It turns out that it actually comes from Ubisoft, who you guys are apparently teamed up with on your CSI games. I guess you could kind of look at it as free advertising. Or you could get pissed off about it, since it's obviously a complete rip of in far more ways then is comfortable.
Another way you can look at it is vindication of the success of Sam & Max. Its doing so well the big guys are trying to get a piece of the action! That's nothin' to sneeze at. Not that you guys are small or anything...... But, hey, Ubisoft is huge.
Maybe not mad, but apparently it made your intern sad
P.S. 600th post, huzzah! I don't know whether to be sad or happy about it.
As I said in a post elsewhere, it's only a good sign that we're at a point in time where there can be two games out concurrently that are both ridiculous enough to support marketing imagery like that.
So someone else just had an idea involving flying pancakes and a talking spork named Humphrey the Unstable? Wow, I gotta meet this person
Honestly, though, since Max and the Raddibs are my two favorite bunny-like creatures, I really couldn't care less. Truth be told, I've always wanted to see Max do the Rabbid Scream...
Hah! TellTale guys, you should definitely do that at some point in Season 2, just as a throwaway joke.
Sam: Are today's video games any less mind-numbing than they were in the 1980s?
Max: DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!
A beautiful word.
I love the Rabbids. They're hilarious, and I plan on buying Rayman RR2. I think this was a really nice homage, from one bunny game to another, by Ubisoft.
A beautiful word.
I love the Rabbids. They're hilarious, and I plan on buying Rayman RR2. I think this was a really nice homage, from one bunny game to another, by Ubisoft.
I am worried about what you are trying to imply Jake. If Max is a Lagomorph, and not a Rabbit... that leads to the revelation that he is in fact
I hope this is not the case, otherwise we will have a similar teaser image for the next Pokemon game.
Apparently, there'll be ones of Spider Man, Sam Fisher, Darth Vader, and Mario as well.
Mine as well, might as well, who cares.
actually the Rayman games ARE good.
...saying that it found out about this little "oopsie" from a gay gaming website, no less.
*quickly glances at the Sam & Max sexuality thread*
Of course I'd be overjoyed if Max were to pull a Rabbid face at that line.
I rather enjoy the Rabbid games. They're very slapstick silly. I'm excited that they're already coming out with another game.
I agree for the most part, but I seem to remember a little game called Rayman Arena that brought a whole new level of "suck" to the table. :P
(Seriously, the awfulness of that game has to be played to be believed)