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May 12, 2006 12:01 PM Subscribe
"Sam & Max, Freelance Police" are back, in 3D. The first game of the series will come out this fall. Maybe now we'll finally find out where Max keeps that BFG. ("None of your business, Sam.")
It's only been what, nearly 15 years and one dumbass LucasArts management decision later?
posted by MasonDixon at 12:06 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by MasonDixon at 12:06 PM on May 12, 2006
In other words: about time!
posted by MasonDixon at 12:06 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by MasonDixon at 12:06 PM on May 12, 2006
I think I speak for older PC gamers everywhere when I say: YES!
posted by Ryvar at 12:08 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by Ryvar at 12:08 PM on May 12, 2006
Never played it on the pc but I always wanted to.
posted by deviantlnx at 12:09 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by deviantlnx at 12:09 PM on May 12, 2006
I've been jerked around so many freaking times. I'll believe it when I see it.
"Ready for my close-up, Mister Corman..."
posted by Faint of Butt at 12:14 PM on May 12, 2006
"Ready for my close-up, Mister Corman..."
posted by Faint of Butt at 12:14 PM on May 12, 2006
I downloaded the game adaptation of Bone made by the same company and was not terribly impressed*, nor was my SO who is a much bigger Bone fan than I. The models and skins weren't especially good and the gameplay was clunky. I sincerely hope they do a better job on Sam & Max because, let's face it, I'm going to buy it no matter what.
*kudos to them for trying though. I don't think they could have picked a more difficult comic to adapt.
posted by lekvar at 12:14 PM on May 12, 2006
*kudos to them for trying though. I don't think they could have picked a more difficult comic to adapt.
posted by lekvar at 12:14 PM on May 12, 2006
For those not familiar with ScummVM, it lets you play the original on your modern personal computer.
posted by rxrfrx at 12:16 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by rxrfrx at 12:16 PM on May 12, 2006
If the online comic is any indication, it's going to be loony and Max is going to be just as mindlessly violent as he ever was, which means Purcell is going to give us everything we want most.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 12:17 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 12:17 PM on May 12, 2006
If the trailer is any indication, it'll suck. But, my hope always remains that it will be done right. Tim Shaefer hasn't let me down yet, so here's hoping Purcell won't.
posted by NationalKato at 12:23 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by NationalKato at 12:23 PM on May 12, 2006
"Kids, try imagining how far the universe extends! Keep thinking about it until you go insane."
posted by eriko at 12:24 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by eriko at 12:24 PM on May 12, 2006
ScummVM looks awesome, if only I still had the original game, or if a torrent could come along ...
posted by geoff. at 12:27 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by geoff. at 12:27 PM on May 12, 2006
My mind is a swirling miasma of scintillating thoughts and turgid ideas.
posted by porpoise at 12:32 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by porpoise at 12:32 PM on May 12, 2006
The quotes in this thread are warming an aging nerd's heart. Internet: I love you.
"Try digging it out with a fork. That always works for me."
posted by dougunderscorenelso at 12:35 PM on May 12, 2006
"Try digging it out with a fork. That always works for me."
posted by dougunderscorenelso at 12:35 PM on May 12, 2006
We held them down and tattooed garish wrestling masks on their faces!
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 12:47 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 12:47 PM on May 12, 2006
YAY.
Still after all these years I have a soft spot for hyper violent white rabbits being dunked in water and held against breaker boxes
posted by edgeways at 12:52 PM on May 12, 2006
Still after all these years I have a soft spot for hyper violent white rabbits being dunked in water and held against breaker boxes
posted by edgeways at 12:52 PM on May 12, 2006
Thank you, god of computer games (Mario? The pilot of the Space Invaders spacecraft?). My 14 year old self's prayers have finally been answered...
What we need now is a sequel to Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.
posted by greycap at 1:01 PM on May 12, 2006
What we need now is a sequel to Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.
posted by greycap at 1:01 PM on May 12, 2006
Excellent. The trailer was good, too. Now all I have to do is keep my expectations in check until I can actually play the game.
posted by Effigy2000 at 1:07 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by Effigy2000 at 1:07 PM on May 12, 2006
ScummVM is the bomb. The machine I'm typing this from has Sam & Max and Full Throttle for slow moments at work.
posted by eyeballkid at 1:18 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by eyeballkid at 1:18 PM on May 12, 2006
Man, Lucasarts used to make the coolest games ever and now they pretty much suck. Full Throttle, Day of the tentacle, Dark Forces 1 + 2, Grim Fandango, etc were all awesome games. Now they just make the same Star Wars games over and over again.
posted by octothorpe at 1:49 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by octothorpe at 1:49 PM on May 12, 2006
It's about percent sign dollar sign ampersand (and colon semicolon, too!) time.
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 1:58 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 1:58 PM on May 12, 2006
The new voices seem okay-ish, too. Not as bad as the voices from the cartoon, not as good as the voices from the original game. But okay.
I wasn't impressed with Bone, either (I played the demo only, however, and I don't read the comic). Gameplay was very empty and childishly easy. Hope they kick it up a notch for S&M.
posted by notmydesk at 3:00 PM on May 12, 2006
I wasn't impressed with Bone, either (I played the demo only, however, and I don't read the comic). Gameplay was very empty and childishly easy. Hope they kick it up a notch for S&M.
posted by notmydesk at 3:00 PM on May 12, 2006
Kick ass!
posted by Smedleyman at 3:06 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by Smedleyman at 3:06 PM on May 12, 2006
Oh, I really do hope this is going to be good. On the other hand, the demo of the first Bone chapter was appalling, and the look of the characters on that site is so completely soulless - the new Sam & Max comic strip is done in this gorgeous, illustrative 2D style, and yet for some reason they've gone with an antiseptic, characterless polygon thing for the game. If S&M really, really has to be done in 3D (and to be honest, I don't think they suit it anyway) surely it should be with hyper-expressive, malleable faces a la Kingdom Hearts 2, rather than the mouth-open-mouth-closed expressionlessness that makes everyone look like a parade balloon. But I do wish they'd just do it in high-res, painted-looking, high-framerate-animation 2D.
posted by terpsichoria at 3:27 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by terpsichoria at 3:27 PM on May 12, 2006
I...... want to believe.
but....I've been hurt so many times before......
posted by lumpenprole at 5:05 PM on May 12, 2006
but....I've been hurt so many times before......
posted by lumpenprole at 5:05 PM on May 12, 2006
GameTap is morphing from a ridiculous attempt to commercialize emulation to a pretty cool service that aims to become the Turner Classic Movies of video games. I'm curious to see how it will fair against the equivalent Nintendo service on the Wii.
posted by xthlc at 5:18 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by xthlc at 5:18 PM on May 12, 2006
You're looking hale and hearty, little buddy.
posted by spiderwire at 6:24 PM on May 12, 2006
posted by spiderwire at 6:24 PM on May 12, 2006
(can't resist....)
I'm a coffee achiever, Max!
posted by eriko at 7:11 PM on May 12, 2006 [1 favorite]
I'm a coffee achiever, Max!
posted by eriko at 7:11 PM on May 12, 2006 [1 favorite]
I feel you, lumpenprole.
But at the least, they're going to allow it to go out there and suck. That's better than languishing in limbo forever. I think.
I hope there wasn't anyone on that bus.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 7:16 PM on May 12, 2006
But at the least, they're going to allow it to go out there and suck. That's better than languishing in limbo forever. I think.
I hope there wasn't anyone on that bus.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 7:16 PM on May 12, 2006
"You mind if I drive?"
"Not if you don't mind me clawing at the dash and shrieking like a cheerleader!"
My favorite LucasArts graphic adventure.
posted by sparkletone at 7:23 PM on May 12, 2006
"Not if you don't mind me clawing at the dash and shrieking like a cheerleader!"
My favorite LucasArts graphic adventure.
posted by sparkletone at 7:23 PM on May 12, 2006
For those not familiar with ScummVM, it lets you play the original on your modern personal computer.
Holy exploding vegtables! There's a ScummVM port to the Palm OS!
I can stick Sam and Max in my pocket! Imagine the grief that'll cause!
(Hmm. Wonder where that CD is....)
posted by eriko at 7:23 PM on May 12, 2006
Holy exploding vegtables! There's a ScummVM port to the Palm OS!
I can stick Sam and Max in my pocket! Imagine the grief that'll cause!
(Hmm. Wonder where that CD is....)
posted by eriko at 7:23 PM on May 12, 2006
Is there anywhere I can still buy the original Sam & Max? (Other than like, eBay or zShops or something.) I've tried hunting around secondhand stores to no avail.
Although one time when I didn't look at the cluttered jewel case rack at Bookman's, someone cried out in happiness as they found a copy of Full Throttle. Bastards.
posted by Target Practice at 3:05 AM on May 13, 2006
Although one time when I didn't look at the cluttered jewel case rack at Bookman's, someone cried out in happiness as they found a copy of Full Throttle. Bastards.
posted by Target Practice at 3:05 AM on May 13, 2006
What we need now is a sequel to Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.
Man, I wish. I think that was what really got me into computer games.
posted by ludwig_van at 8:24 AM on May 13, 2006
Man, I wish. I think that was what really got me into computer games.
posted by ludwig_van at 8:24 AM on May 13, 2006
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posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 12:04 PM on May 12, 2006