DF Game Club: S&M Reality 2.0 (part 1)

(07:02:48) Permafry_42: working
(07:03:20) Cheeseness: Morning people
(07:03:30) Cheeseness: My browser's still loading :D
(07:03:38) Sven_Q45: Good evening. ;)
(07:04:13) PikaED [Mibbit@hide-66F0A65F.dr02.chtn.wv.frontiernet.net] entered the room.
(07:04:17) Permafry_42: always love watching the opening animation =D
(07:04:26) flesk: Perma: No, haven't gotten it yet. Is it good?
(07:04:39) Permafry_42: i love it so far
(07:04:54) BadAsp [Mibbit@hide-18FEE048.dhcp.oxfr.ma.charter.com] entered the room.
(07:05:20) BadAsp: Hi
(07:05:30) Sven_Q45: Ah those word creations again. :D
(07:05:38) flesk: Oh, good. I haven't finished the last one yet. Didn't like it nearly as much as the previous ones.
(07:05:44) flesk: I really like this episode.
(07:05:53) Cheeseness: Smart people who're good wit hcomputers
(07:05:57) Permafry_42: lol i bet this was inspired by the whole y2k scare
(07:06:03) Cheeseness: Yeah, this episode is great
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(07:06:36) Cheeseness: Although I wish it looked like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cop3WO5kvuw
(07:07:05) Cheeseness: That always makes me laugh
(07:07:11) Permafry_42: i would love to see telltale make a new 2d sam and max
(07:07:39) Sven_Q45: http://www.ebay.de/itm/141371149217?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649  :P
(07:08:43) Permafry_42: cool find sven =D
(07:08:50) BadAsp: Permafry_42 Yeah I would like to see SOMEONE make a new 2D Sam and Max
(07:08:56) Sven_Q45: Yes and bought it of course.
(07:09:22) Jenni [Mibbit@hide-8BB25B34.stny.res.rr.com] entered the room.
(07:09:34) flesk: Yeah, that part of Hit the Road was great.
(07:09:42) Cheeseness: I kinda want to make a piece of fan art with Sam and Max wearing zombie outfits saying "With this new costumes we'll be a shoe in"
(07:09:55) flesk: Also like the VR in BaSS.
(07:09:58) Cheeseness: Hey Jenni :)
(07:10:07) Cheeseness: Yeah, BaSS' VR is neat
(07:10:11) Jenni: heh, Cheeseness I had the same idea for a fan comic. :P
(07:10:12) Permafry_42: I still hope that SOMEONE (possibly telltale of df) will rerelease some more of the older lucas arts games like hit the road
(07:10:15) Jenni: Hi :)
(07:10:18) Cheeseness: But not as funny as Hit The Road
(07:10:37) Cheeseness: Ha ha, we should collaborate Jenni
(07:10:44) Sven_Q45: Cheeseness I know someone who has a Sam and Max figurine with a big gun. :)
(07:10:45) Cheeseness: JESSI JAMES' ACTUAL HAND
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(07:11:00) Cheeseness: Sven_Q45: Nice. I nearly bought one
(07:11:04) Cheeseness: Hey oughtobe
(07:11:17) oughtobe: Hello
(07:11:18) Jenni: I'm about 25% done with a homemade Max plushie
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(07:11:28) Sven_Q45: I want that to. And why isn´t there any Max plushie out there
(07:11:31) Jenni: I got the head stuffed, now I just need to do the rest. :P
(07:11:34) Cheeseness: Oh nice
(07:11:38) oughtobe: any developers here today?
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(07:12:06) Cheeseness: Nah, it's been hard to wrangle guests (PAX and stuff makes everybody busy)
(07:12:10) flesk: You made the pattern yourself, Jenni?
(07:12:12) Cheeseness: Hi SheHulk
(07:12:23) SheHulk: Hey :)
(07:12:30) Sven_Q45: In Germany you can buy a Harvey plushie from Edna and Harvey. :) But why no Max? I would bye it at once! And put it next to Harvey. :)
(07:12:33) Jenni: Yeah
(07:12:37) Cheeseness: Ha ha, I forgot about that carpet/drapes line
(07:12:39) Jenni: I used Steve Purcell's corrections for the Max dimensions to make my plushie
(07:12:55) flesk: Nice.
(07:12:57) Cheeseness: Steve's said before that he didn't want to turn Sam & Max into a merchandising machine
(07:13:02) Jenni: the ones that were included in Telltale's summer of Sam & Max
(07:13:11) Cheeseness: (I think that was why he shied away from getting stuffed toys and stuff made)
(07:13:30) Sven_Q45: Big shame. :(
(07:13:34) BadAsp: :(
(07:13:35) Jenni: Mine's the only one I've seen so far that has one curved ear for Max. :)
(07:13:39) Cheeseness: Hey BadAsp
(07:13:47) Permafry_42: gotta love the whee =D
(07:13:48) BadAsp: Hi Cheeseness
(07:14:00) Cheeseness: Wheee is the best
(07:14:13) Cheeseness: Bosco in the bacground there is great
(07:14:15) Sven_Q45: Does anyone know where to get this Sam and Max figurine? Cheeseness?
(07:14:26) Cheeseness: Sven_Q45: They were limited edition IIRC
(07:14:51) Sven_Q45: I thought so. But if anybody wants to sell it...
(07:14:54) Jenni: Yeah, unfortunately I think eBay's the only way to get them now
(07:15:12) Sven_Q45: But didn´t find it on Ebay yet. :(
(07:15:39) Jenni: Sam & Max stuff doesn't pop up often
(07:16:01) Cheeseness: IDid anybody spot Emily's post on adventuregamers?
(07:16:06) Jenni: I've only seen the Case Files pop up a few times and The Age of S&M sketchbook once
(07:16:22) Cheeseness: I'll never part with my case files
(07:16:30) Cheeseness: http://www.adventuregamers.com/forums/viewthread/4204/#69330
(07:16:48) Jenni: My first season case file got chewed up by my sister's puppy :(
(07:16:53) Permafry_42: i really love all the jokes they can make thanks to max being president
(07:16:54) Cheeseness: Oh noes :(
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(07:17:14) Cheeseness: Yeah, this episode really freshens up a lot of the dialogue
(07:17:19) Jenni: The glasses and the newspaper clipping made it out ok
(07:17:20) silverspork: yo
(07:17:31) Jenni: I'm really bummed about the loss of the magnet though
(07:18:31) Cheeseness: Ha ha, Bosco is the best
(07:18:34) Cheeseness: I miss him so much
(07:18:36) Cheeseness: Hey silverspork
(07:18:36) SheHulk: Bosco!
(07:18:42) Jenni: I love how they put the postcard from the last episode of this season (and from the postcard) in Marty's room in Back to the Future: The Game
(07:19:34) Jenni: there's a lot of Sam & Max stuff that still pops up in their games (like the Situation Comedy stuff in Wolf and the Banang in pretty much everything)
(07:19:35) Permafry_42: the dialogue reminds me of some of the old wow advertisements =D
(07:19:45) flesk: No, hadn't seen that post, Cheeseness.
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(07:19:52) Cheeseness: I'm Bosco and I'm a Half-Elf!
(07:20:08) Jenni: er I meant case file, I didn't mean to type postcard twice. ;)
(07:20:43) Sven_Q45: I have 9 adventure game related plushies! 8) Next year I get the critter from TBOUT 2. :) And I have 3 crocheted figurines and 5 (plastic or other stuff) figurines. hrhr
(07:21:06) Cheeseness: These "do you have any" lines are my favourites
(07:21:51) Jenni: Yeah I love those too
(07:21:56) Jenni: there's a lot of in jokes in there
(07:22:05) Sven_Q45: And a Delorean, A Desoto and a Edsel. And a revan figurine from SWKOTOR.
(07:22:17) Jenni: and, as I just mentioned a few, I'm sure you can tell that I love in-jokes. :)
(07:22:22) Cheeseness: :D
(07:22:31) Jenni: There's even some Hit the Road in jokes in some of them
(07:23:33) Cheeseness: It's nice that they put in a bunch of Hit The Road references
(07:23:44) Cheeseness: (and a couple calls back to the tv series/comics)
(07:24:04) Permafry_42: i think my favourite adventure game collectable is my professor layton stuffie i got from japan
(07:24:47) Sven_Q45: Didn´t play Layton yet.
(07:24:55) Permafry_42: but i recently had a collector's edition of full throttle  and donated to my university's video game library
(07:25:19) flesk: I wonder how much time they've put in preparing for these games, playing HtR, reading the comics... It feels very true to the source material.
(07:25:20) Permafry_42: i have a lot of rpg collectables though
(07:25:28) Cheeseness: I recently got my hands on one of 50 signed press kits for one of my favourite games. That's my prize possession now
(07:25:40) Cheeseness: most prized possession^
(07:25:56) flesk: Which game is that, Cheeseness?
(07:26:18) Cheeseness: Can't talk about it at the moment, I'm afraid. Rest assured that I'll be making a ruckus when it's time :)
(07:26:30) Permafry_42: i think the most valuable video game possession i have is the north american wizard's edition of ni no kuni, which i believe is currently going for between $300-$400
(07:26:43) flesk: You're such a tease. :P
(07:26:46) Sven_Q45: Last week I recieved a soundtrack of DK Country returns from Japan for a friend. It´s still unopened!! If not a present I would keep that! Tho it´s not my genre. But I like the music in this game. :)
(07:26:48) Permafry_42: excluding my gaming pc naturally
(07:27:37) Cheeseness: Sorry, flesk <3
(07:27:38) flesk: I don't really have a lot of game collectables.
(07:28:32) Permafry_42: i love this puzzle =D
(07:28:32) flesk: If it's one of your favorite games I'm guessing it's an unannounced remake or port or something.
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(07:29:20) Cheeseness: Ah, to be a beta tester
(07:29:58) Cheeseness: lol, Max
(07:30:27) Cheeseness: Ah, the COPS
(07:31:24) Permafry_42: i love how people were predicting the oculus for decades but we're only just now at the technological level for it to be do able affordably
(07:32:01) Sven_Q45: My most expensive is Indy 4 for FM-Towns for over $400. :D
(07:32:09) Permafry_42: i like video game protagonists that hate video games. not enough games willing to make fun of themselves =D
(07:33:29) Sven_Q45: I bought Indy 3, 4 and Loom FM-Towns on the same day for ca $900. :D
(07:34:40) Cheeseness: Permafry_42: I don't agree with that. The core concepts have been doable for a long time. The key 'innovation' is using lenses to increase the effective central view resolution whilst decreasing the peripheral resolution is the key thing that allowed them to save money by increasing the necessary pixel density without increasing the actual screen resolution
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Flacote flesk
(07:35:22) Cheeseness: Hi Flacote
(07:35:30) BadAsp: Hey Flacote
(07:35:37) Flacote: Hi all!
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(07:35:44) Flacote: Greetings fron Argentina
(07:35:51) Sven_Q45: Hi.
(07:35:59) Cheeseness: IMO, the high price point of HMDs had been kept afloat because there were customers in the medical and military space who were willing to sustain vendors making stuff at that level
(07:37:28) Cheeseness: I think some of Syd's favourite characters are in this scene
(07:37:33) Permafry_42: yeah i agree cheese. Even the virtual boy was technically vr. That said i think what makes the oculus more impressive isn't just pixel density but also the compatibility with most first person pc games. Older technology usually only had a handful of games that worked with it
(07:38:12) Cheeseness: That's the other thing that I think helped - not needing drivers as such - just using one screen and getting the app to render the distorted image
(07:38:29) Permafry_42: also love the songs throughout this season =D
(07:38:52) Sven_Q45: Especially THIS song. :)
(07:38:59) Cheeseness: Although that seems to have changed in recent SDK versions? :/
(07:39:00) Cheeseness:  (I'm not using the official SDK, so I'm not following it too closely)
(07:39:07) Permafry_42: this and e4's song
(07:39:25) Cheeseness: I'd love it if we could get Jared as a guest sometime
(07:40:08) BadAsp: Speaking of which, why isn't Steve Purcell a guest yet?
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(07:41:29) Permafry_42: i'm hoping to get the dev kit that comes out at the same time as the consumer version since I don't have much money right now and by then I'll be taking classes at university involving virtual reality
(07:41:39) Cheeseness: I have no idea. Some people aren't interested, don't have time, are a bit shy or don't like the idea.
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(07:43:03) Cheeseness: BadAsp: I think we've gotten word to him, but it's hard to say for sure. There's not much more we can do to reach out besides getting somebody to ask him at a convention or something that wouldn't be disrespectful of his privacy
(07:43:37) Cheeseness: The internet looks suspiciously like the WARP TV woman
(07:44:59) Sven_Q45: When I played this I just wanted to play IN the reality 2.0. :D
(07:47:28) Cheeseness: Angry Sybil is the best
(07:49:17) Cheeseness: I'm mesmerised
(07:49:48) BadAsp: Is it wrong for me to want to see Myra in body armor?
(07:49:51) Permafry_42: what i'd love is an adventure game set in a fictional mmo world; sort of like .hack// but an adventure game rather than an rpg
(07:50:04) BadAsp: I've always wanted to see a Sam and Max RPG
(07:50:09) BadAsp: I mean, an actual RPG
(07:50:21) Cheeseness: That would be... interesting
(07:50:43) Cheeseness: Who here played these episodes when they came out?
(07:50:47) BadAsp: Maybe an action RPG like Alundra?
(07:51:05) Permafry_42: badasp i could see it going as well as that serious sam rpg
(07:51:22) Permafry_42: which would be pretty good =D
(07:52:27) Permafry_42: and i only recently bought all the sam and max episodes so i'm still in the process of playing all of them through
(07:53:09) Cheeseness: I'd originally intended to play them at once when the last episode was released, but after playing the first one and listening to them talk about how they wanted to have self contained stories, I felt more comfortable playing them individually
(07:53:38) Cheeseness: You really had no idea where things were going to go
(07:54:45) Permafry_42: i love the lighting in the virtual world btw. has a bit of a tron feel to it
(07:55:29) Sven_Q45: I played them when the retail coming out in Germany. But TOMI I played all when they came out. Pre ordered them. ;)
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(07:56:04) Cheeseness: Hey SadieWopen
(07:56:14) Cheeseness: Have you played this before?
(07:56:14) SadieWopen: Hey guys
(07:56:18) SadieWopen: nope
(07:56:38) Cheeseness: Ha ha, it probably feels like you're stepping into the middle of something mad, but that's how all Sam & Max feels :D
(07:57:24) flesk: I played these episodes when they came out.
(07:57:44) flesk: The announcement of the first season is what brought me to Telltale Games.
(07:57:46) Cheeseness: Do you feel like they change when you play them in the context of the finished series, flesk?
(07:58:03) Permafry_42: anyone else notice the telltale poker game advertisement?
(07:58:08) Cheeseness: I paid attention to Telltale when they started up, but Sam & Max was the first stuff I bought
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(07:58:59) Sven_Q45: Cheeseness Dito. As LEC fan I aknoledged of TTG the first minute before the really started. :)
(07:59:09) Cheeseness: :)
(07:59:11) flesk: I don't really remember. This season is the only one I've played more than once and that was when I got the end of season DVD, so it was long ago.
(07:59:21) Cheeseness: Speaking of which, Dave's left and is off doing something else now
(07:59:31) Sven_Q45: Cheeseness Yeah. :)
(08:00:01) BadAsp: If anyone can help start a new Sam and Max game, he might be the one to turn to
(08:00:11) flesk: Possibly the tease from Emily?
(08:00:14) Cheeseness: Unfortunately he's not free this weekend or next and can't join us (he said he always has a good time when he joins us though ^_^ )
(08:00:28) Cheeseness: Maybe, maybe
(08:00:43) BadAsp: I don't mean just on here
(08:00:47) flesk: And Ron Gilbert also wrote a blog post asking for suggestions on an adventure game engine recently...
(08:01:00) Cheeseness: It'd probably be best to avoid drawing too many conclusions. We've all had too many expectations that weren't met
(08:01:12) flesk: They're bringing the band back together. ;)
(08:01:14) Cheeseness: flesk: I don't know if you read that closely or not, but he's not looking for new tech to use
(08:01:38) Cheeseness: He says that if he made an adventure game, he'd use the engine he has
(08:01:38) flesk: Yeah, he was looking for something to pick apart or something?
(08:02:21) Sven_Q45: I like LEC. But it´s ok. There are many other adventure game devs today. :)
(08:02:51) Cheeseness: I'm still sad that they're not lower poly like HTR's VR at this point
(08:03:02) Cheeseness: But it's still amusing
(08:03:02) flesk: I doubt Dave Gilbert is looking to Kickstarter though.
(08:03:22) Cheeseness: I was referring to Dave Grossman earlier^
(08:03:33) Cheeseness: (in case that was confusing at all)
(08:03:36) flesk: I know. I was referring to a suggestion in that thread.
(08:03:41) Cheeseness: Mmm
(08:04:01) flesk: No, not to me, but I can see that it might be for anyone here who didn't read that post on adventuregamers.com.
(08:04:30) flesk: Someone there suggested Dave Gilbert of Wadjet Eye Games might do one.
(08:05:12) Cheeseness: Mmm
(08:05:17) flesk: And I know Emily has done some work for WEG, so that's of course a connection.
(08:05:55) Cheeseness: Jenni: Do you have any WIP pictures of your Max plushie?
(08:06:23) Cheeseness: Ha ha, Buster
(08:06:40) flesk: I love these puzzles that sort of adds new gameplay mechanics.
(08:06:53) flesk: Like in this episode.
(08:07:01) Sven_Q45: It´sa me Sam. :D
(08:07:09) Cheeseness: :D
(08:07:09) Syd: We're stopping here for this week
(08:07:17) Syd: We'll finish the episode up next week. :)
(08:07:22) Cheeseness: Thanks Syd!
(08:07:23) flesk: And the psychic powers in season 3.
(08:07:26) BadAsp: Oh okay
(08:07:29) flesk: Thanks Syd.
(08:07:34) BadAsp: Hopefully there be guests
(08:07:37) Syd: Grim Fandango panel in a bit over an hour, if anyone's interested in catching it
(08:07:39) Cheeseness: So, who's planning to watch the Grim Fandango stream in a couple of hours?
(08:07:39) Permafry_42: thanks for the stream syd!
(08:07:52) BadAsp: Anyone who's attending the PAX panel
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(08:07:56) Permafry_42: nice to be back after my vacation =D
(08:07:57) BadAsp: (MENTION SAM AND MAX PLZ KTHX)
(08:07:58) Syd: I'm probably going to have to catch the recording of it
(08:08:09) Cheeseness: Aww, Syd
(08:08:25) Cheeseness: BadAsp: There's a stream of it. You don't need to be attending
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(08:08:29) Permafry_42: please me sure to ask for a rerelease of hit the road on steam =D
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(08:08:44) Cheeseness: Ha ha, who would we ask?
(08:08:46) Permafry_42: btw where will it be streamed at?
(08:08:52) Syd: Not really gonna miss much if I can't watch the stream. No one wants to subject themselves to Twitch chat and that's the only real difference. :P
(08:09:07) Cheeseness: Yeah
(08:09:08) Syd: The main PAX theater channel on Twitch, I think
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(08:09:10) Syd: Should be on the front page
(08:09:26) Syd: Double Fine or Tim will probably tweet the channel URL when it's about to happen
(08:09:32) Cheeseness: Yeah
(08:09:35) Sven_Q45: Permafry_42 When do you have vacation?
(08:09:50) Permafry_42: just did sven =D
(08:10:07) Sven_Q45: Crap. And I go next week for 3 weeks.
(08:10:08) Permafry_42: went to florida to see the harry potter theme park and disney world
(08:10:18) Sven_Q45: Miss the 2. part of Sam and Max. :(
(08:10:40) Cheeseness: Aww
(08:10:51) Cheeseness: We're also going to do Stacking as soon as we can nail down Lee
(08:12:39) Permafry_42: do you guys want to stick around in chat for the grim fandango stream?
(08:12:58) Cheeseness: I will be
(08:13:06) Cheeseness: But I'm going to wrap up the chat log from today's session here
(08:13:19) Cheeseness: Don't forget to leave an opinion in the forum thread :D http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/14658/