DF Game Club: Sam & Max: Culture Shock (part 1)

[22:02] <Cheeseness_netbook> Alrighty, let's get this showface on the roadface!
[22:02] <lattsam> Yeah!
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[22:03] <Cheeseness_netbook> Syd, can you keep the chat log. I'm having issues with my client
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[22:05] <Cheeseness_netbook> Enjoy! :b
[22:05] <Cheeseness_netbook> Everybody's getting the stream, right?
[22:05] <kineticMastermind> I'm seeing it, yes; that sounded either recorded or extremely well-rehearsed
[22:05] <Cheeseness_netbook> I recorded it last night ;)
[22:06] <Cheeseness_netbook> I did the Ron interview intro live though (if you're excited about comparing those sorts of things)
[22:06] <Mimness> But it's also extremely well rehearsed.  I get to hear "Enjoy!" a lot on Saturday nights.
[22:06] <Cheeseness_netbook> :D
[22:06] <Syd> I'm getting stuttering on my end. Not sure about anyone else.
[22:07] <kineticMastermind> yeah, looking pretty choppy
[22:07] <Syd> Audio is fine, but video is stuttering
[22:07] <SnareRiff> Stuttering here too
[22:07] <Cheeseness_netbook> How bad?
[22:07] <Syd> Pretty bad
[22:07] <Cheeseness_netbook> *sigh*
[22:07] <Cheeseness_netbook> Alrighty. Give me a sec. We'll get this going
[22:08] <Syd> Now the stuttering is fine, but the audio has lagged behind a bit
[22:08] <Syd> Maybe a restart will fix it?
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[22:09] <Mimness> Sooo.  Anyone read any good books lately?
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[22:10] <lattsam> Hi ReverendGumby
[22:10] <Cheeseness_netbook> The good thing is that everbody gets to hear my lovely voice again :D
[22:10] <ReverendGumby> Hi all
[22:10] <Syd> Uh, I've been reading the second Discworld book. :P
[22:10] <Syd> Hey ReverendGumby
[22:10] <Mimness> Syd Oooh.  I haven't read any of those yet.
[22:11] <SnareRiff> The Light Fantastic?
[22:11] <Syd> I love the Discworld series. The Colour of Magic is where you'd want to start if you haven't read them before
[22:11] <ReverendGumby> Color of Magic was the first, right?
[22:11] <Syd> And yeah, I've been reading The Light Fantastic
[22:11] <Cheeseness_netbook> Huzzah
[22:11] <salty-horse> they get consistently better
[22:11] <ReverendGumby> Sorry, "Colour". :)
[22:11] <SnareRiff> I'm reading Equal Rites right now
[22:11] <Fireflower> The Orphaned Worlds by Michael Cobley
[22:11] <Cheeseness_netbook> I read Guards, Guards! first, and I still feel that that's the best one I've read yet
[22:11] <Cheeseness_netbook> I hope we play Discworld Noir for Game CLub at some stage
[22:12] <salty-horse> the later books have great social commentary
[22:12] <Syd> My American copy spells it "Color", but it's Colour for pretty much everyone else, so I spell it like that.
[22:12] <Cheeseness_netbook> Alrighty, so let's try this again!
[22:12] <SnareRiff> I'm also reading Game of Thrones
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[22:12] <Cheeseness_netbook> Refresh if you can't hear the stream
[22:13] <Cheeseness_netbook> Err, there's no sound until the menu though
[22:13] <salty-horse> options first!
[22:13] <salty-horse> subtitles
[22:13] <Cheeseness_netbook> They're already on ;)
[22:13] <salty-horse> :D
[22:13] <Cheeseness_netbook> I'll hop in the options later and turn off Warp Speed
[22:13] <Syd> Still some major stuttering. :(
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[22:14] <SnareRiff> yeah same here
[22:14] <Cheeseness_netbook> Really? Mim says its fine and it was OK on here
[22:14] <kineticMastermind> audio's smooth, video likes to lock up
[22:14] <Cheeseness_netbook> Is it still doing it in the office?
[22:14] <Syd> Okay, it looks better now
[22:14] <kineticMastermind> looking better for me
[22:14] <Syd> *knock on wood*
[22:14] <Cheeseness_netbook> OK
[22:14] <SnareRiff> looks better now
[22:15] <Syd> Your streaming software just doesn't like the intro, I guess. :P
[22:15] <Mimness> Alriiight.
[22:15] <Cheeseness_netbook> Telltale's games have always had slight pauses when loading though
[22:15] <Syd> It was stuttering on both the title screen and that intro sequence. Didn't settle down until you were in the office.
[22:15] <Cheeseness_netbook> Hmm
[22:16] <Syd> It's totally fine right now, though. :P\
[22:16] <salty-horse> look at the date on the case file
[22:16] <Cheeseness_netbook> You had audio stuttering at the main menu?
[22:16] <Syd> Yeah, isn't that date a reference to when that LucasArts Sam & Max game was canceled?
[22:16] <salty-horse> yes
[22:16] <Cheeseness_netbook> Yep
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[22:17] <Cheeseness_netbook> WHEEEE!
[22:17] <ReverendGumby> *wharf*
[22:17] <Syd> Those were dark days for our favorite freelance police duo, indeed.
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[22:18] <Syd> Sam & Max always had the best way of getting a sidekick NPC out of the way: launching them into the air
[22:18] <Cheeseness_netbook> I remember an interview (can't remember who it was with) where they said that that was because they couldn't lock down some pathfinding/collision issues, and it was easier to just have Sam reset Max's position
[22:18] <Syd> Max seems to enjoy it
[22:18] <Cheeseness_netbook> :D
[22:19] <Syd> One thing I loved about Season 1 (and Season 2? I can't remember) was how stuff from each episode would accumulate in the closet.
[22:19] <SnareRiff> punch some holes in the cheese!
[22:19] <salty-horse> ..so I pulled out my gun ...!
[22:19] <Cheeseness_netbook> Yeah :D
[22:19] <Mimness> I'm a latecomer to the Sam and Max games, and this voice for Max weirds me out a bit.
[22:19] <Cheeseness_netbook> :D
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[22:20] <Cheeseness_netbook> Hey
[22:20] <Syd> My favorite closet thing was that one guy from the 3rd episode, bound and gagged on the top shelf
[22:20] <lattsam> Why Telltale didn't dub him over I have no idea
[22:20] <ReverendGumby> I played the later series first, and then came back to this one. The voice acting was odd.
[22:20] <ALPHATT> muisc is really good
[22:20] <salty-horse> lattsam, budget?
[22:20] <Cheeseness_netbook> Oh. I haven't posted in the thread
[22:20] <lattsam> They have enough money now, why don't they just fix it?
[22:20] <ALPHATT> yeah the voice acting is fine, but I hate the terrible voice compression
[22:20] <Syd> The Max VA in the first episode didn't do a bad job, he just sounds odd compared to the Max we got used to afterwards.
[22:20] <Cheeseness_netbook> Sam's voice actor did Max's voice in the Game Tap trailer
[22:20] <ALPHATT> 2006 download speeds forced it
[22:21] <ALPHATT> digital only game
[22:21] <ReverendGumby> Syd, agreed.
[22:21] <Cheeseness_netbook> Yeah
[22:21] <lattsam> But still
[22:21] <lattsam> I miss Bill Farmer and Nick Jameson though
[22:21] <Cheeseness_netbook> Yeah, me too
[22:21] <Cheeseness_netbook> ALthough I really like the new new Max
[22:21] <kineticMastermind> pray I do not alter it further
[22:21] <lattsam> I wish Telltale would just give us another option other than these new guys
[22:22] <Mimness> This Max is fine, I just keep expecting to hear Max's voice from Poker Night at the Inventory.
[22:22] <Cheeseness_netbook> It's for the best - I feel bad for LeChuck's voice actor
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[22:22] <salty-horse> Cheeseness_netbook, he still did human lechuck
[22:22] <Syd> These facial animations are so stiff compared to what's found in Season 3.
[22:22] <Cheeseness_netbook> Careful, Mim. You'll let everyone know you haven't actually played Sam & Max
[22:22] <Mimness> I've played them by osmosis.
[22:23] <Cheeseness_netbook> Syd: Yeah. I wasn't expecting that when I played it again. They've definitely come  a long way
[22:23] <Syd> Mimness: That's how I played some of the King's Quest games, heh.
[22:23] <Mimness> Although I may have just exposed my Poker Night addiction
[22:23] <Mimness> Syd Ha!
[22:23] <Cheeseness_netbook> :D
[22:24] <Cheeseness_netbook> I remember not liking this Sam at first
[22:24] <Cheeseness_netbook> He's grown on me
[22:24] <Syd> Sam seems to get more personality as the series went on
[22:24] <ReverendGumby> I like the angelic cop demonic cop act.
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[22:24] <Cheeseness_netbook> Yeah - his voice is kinda weird in this episode (still finding his large dog-feet)
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[22:25] <lattsam> I don't trust him though
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[22:25] <Mimness> Okay cop, mentally unstable cop.
[22:25] <ReverendGumby> Max is the same VA from this point on, yes?
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[22:25] <Cheeseness_netbook> Nope
[22:25] <Cheeseness_netbook> WHEEE
[22:25] <Syd> This VA only voices Max in this episode
[22:25] <Syd> From the second episode onwards, it's a different one
[22:25] <ReverendGumby> Got it.
[22:25] <ReverendGumby> Hi Brady!
[22:25] <Cheeseness_netbook> :D
[22:26] <lattsam> Yeah, soemeone who's not a fan
[22:26] <Syd> To not spoil too much for anyone that hasn't played season 2, the ultimate fate of the Soda Poppers was, let's say, satisfying.
[22:26] <Cheeseness_netbook> :D
[22:27] <lattsam> Yeah, but at least the Soda Poppers had better voices
[22:27] <Syd> It's like Telltale really wanted to make the players happy with what ends up happening to them
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[22:27] <ReverendGumby> "I don't think so!"
[22:27] <Mimness> Eye-bo.  Heh.
[22:28] <Cheeseness_netbook> Are these the same Soda Poppers voice actors, does anybody know?
[22:28] <ReverendGumby> Is this season 2?
[22:28] <Syd> Season 1
[22:28] <Cheeseness_netbook> Nope, first episode of season 1
[22:29] <Cheeseness_netbook> I don't feel like they really captured the "I'M HYPNOTISED" thing
[22:29] <Syd> I can't remember when Hugh Bliss shows up, but I remember him being pretty amusing.
[22:29] <ReverendGumby> They're quite functional.
[22:29] <Cheeseness_netbook> It seems like the voice actor tried to give a monotonous feel to it, but the same animations undermine that a little
[22:30] <Syd> I remember hearing somewhere that Telltale outsourced some of the animations in Season 1.
[22:30] <Cheeseness_netbook> Orly?
[22:30] <lattsam> Ya rly
[22:31] <Syd> I think they didn't have the time to do some of the animation work. I specifically recall that Superball's musical sequence used outsourced animations.
[22:31] <lattsam> Well, I'll be back later
[22:31] <ReverendGumby> Mmmmm... baked beans...
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[22:31] <Syd> Superball is one of my favorite side characters in the series
[22:31] <Cheeseness_netbook> :D
[22:32] <Cheeseness_netbook> YBosco!ay,
[22:32] <Cheeseness_netbook> lol
[22:32] <Cheeseness_netbook> Thanks netbook
[22:32] <Syd> I missed Bosco in season 3. ;_;
[22:32] <Cheeseness_netbook> Me too
[22:32] <ReverendGumby> He's one of my favs.
[22:33] <Cheeseness_netbook> lol, he's awesome
[22:33] <Syd> He wasn't in season 2 much, but he did have some great moments when he did show up.
[22:33] <Cheeseness_netbook> Bosco's mum is an OK character, but no substitute IMO :D
[22:33] <Cheeseness_netbook> Yeah
[22:33] <jfrisby> Hello everyone :)
[22:33] <Syd> Like when he was combined with a cow (I think?) in Chariots of the Dogs
[22:33] <Cheeseness_netbook> Hey hey
[22:33] <Syd> Hey jfrisby
[22:34] <Cheeseness_netbook> Only a fool would watch a strange video!!
[22:34] <Cheeseness_netbook> I wish there were an indicator for previously used dialogue choices
[22:34] <Syd> Bosco did have a nice setup going. He could price his borderline-useless gadgets however high he wanted to, and Sam & Max would still find a way to pay for it.
[22:35] <Cheeseness_netbook> It's great that some hang around so that you can repeat stuff, but it makes it hard to be sure you've explored everything without lots of repition
[22:35] <Cheeseness_netbook> And repitition
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[22:35] <ReverendGumby> And repetition
[22:35] <Syd> I think season 2 might have greyed out dialogue options you've already gone through? I know that season 3 does.
[22:35] <ReverendGumby> Did I mention repetition?
[22:36] <Cheeseness_netbook> Syd: Yeah, it was great motivation for silliness
[22:36] <Cheeseness_netbook> It's been ages since I played any of these
[22:36] <Cheeseness_netbook> Oh oh, Mim's favourite EP1 line
[22:36] <Mimness> Yay!  Rampant weenie cannibalism!
[22:37] <Syd> I think I last played through them about a year ago.
[22:37] <ReverendGumby> "Eyeball fat"!
[22:37] <Cheeseness_netbook> :D
[22:37] <ReverendGumby> The writing in these is fantastic. I can't get enough.
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[22:37] <Cheeseness_netbook> Ah, Max's ambiguous and transient sexuality
[22:38] <Cheeseness_netbook> lol
[22:38] <ReverendGumby> Again!
[22:38] <Cheeseness_netbook> I love the notchos line
[22:38] <Mimness> There's that repetition again.
[22:38] <SnareRiff> So racist
[22:38] <Syd> Steve Purcell has said that their sexuality is whatever happens to be funniest at the time.
[22:38] <Cheeseness_netbook> As if Max would care about whether a toilet brush was used or not
[22:38] <Cheeseness_netbook> Syd: Yeah. And that's totally cool
[22:38] <ReverendGumby> Like Max knows what a toilet brush is.
[22:39] <Cheeseness_netbook> We never see Bosco's tongue collection :(
[22:39] <kineticMastermind> reminded of the Starship Titanic condiments; ketchup, mustard, and pureed starling
[22:39] <Syd> The terror level sign above the bathroom is great
[22:39] <Cheeseness_netbook> Yeah :D
[22:39] <Cheeseness_netbook> I love his afternoon o'clock shadow
[22:40] <ReverendGumby> There's that hypnotism.
[22:40] <Cheeseness_netbook> Yeah, Whizzer's is better
[22:41] <ReverendGumby> ...I gotta watch this tape...
[22:41] <Cheeseness_netbook> I want to lose that list 5 pounds
[22:41] <Cheeseness_netbook> last^
[22:41] <ReverendGumby> Your eyes so fat, you can't see what you're typing. :P
[22:42] <Cheeseness_netbook> It's true ;_;
[22:42] <ReverendGumby> Awww, I sowwy... :(
[22:42] <Cheeseness_netbook> Nah, my eyes are beautiful
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[22:43] <Cheeseness_netbook> Hey flesk
[22:43] <flesk> Hi Cheese.
[22:43] <Mimness> Beautiful and fat.
[22:43] <Cheeseness_netbook> "Thanks for saving my life that time in Chris Remo"
[22:43] <Syd> Heh
[22:44] <flesk> Mim: That's what my wife always tells me.
[22:44] <Cheeseness_netbook> My eyes aren't fat. They're just big boned
[22:44] <Mimness> "No, no... I no can sing..."
[22:44] <Cheeseness_netbook> Seriously, my eyebones are huge
[22:44] <Cheeseness_netbook> Oh, the song is awful :D
[22:45] <Syd> Oh, Max.
[22:45] <ReverendGumby> hehe
[22:45] <ReverendGumby> Wow.
[22:45] <flesk> Oh, I made it in time this time.
[22:45] <ReverendGumby> I don't think I had the patience to try that many times.
[22:45] <Mimness> Look at the auditory pleasures you missed out on ReverendGumby
[22:45] <Mimness> Or listen, rather.
[22:46] <Cheeseness_netbook> I remember when Freelance Police was canned. I was devastated :(
[22:46] <ReverendGumby> I can listen with my eyes. Can't you?
[22:46] <Cheeseness_netbook> Can you sing everything you see?
[22:46] <Mimness> No, but I can sing a rainbow.
[22:46] <ReverendGumby> Nice.
[22:47] <Syd> I've seen that trailer for Freelance Police, and I gotta admit, their Max looked kinda freaky.
[22:47] <yama> Just joined the stream. :D
[22:47] <ReverendGumby> What does aerosol meat smell like?
[22:47] <yama> Hi, everyone. ^^
[22:47] <Cheeseness_netbook> Hey yama ^_^
[22:47] <Mimness> Hey Yama ^_^
[22:47] <ReverendGumby> Welcome yama
[22:47] <yama> :D
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[22:48] <Mimness> YAMAMAYA!
[22:48] <yama> I'm either very impatient tonight or this game is awfully slow...
[22:48] <lattsam> I'm back
[22:48] <Cheeseness_netbook> Sam, that's true. Didn't they have an odd voice actor as well? It's been a while since I watched it
[22:48] <Cheeseness_netbook> wb
[22:48] <yama> Welcome back, lattsam.
[22:48] <lattsam> Yeah
[22:48] <Cheeseness_netbook> yama: It's not paced as well as the later Sam & Max games...
[22:48] <Cheeseness_netbook> But I'm not helping matters by looking at everything
[22:48] <Cheeseness_netbook> >_<
[22:48] <yama> Hehe.
[22:49] <Cheeseness_netbook> jfrisby: How is this not terrifying?
[22:49] <ReverendGumby> The first laugh sounded like Krusty.
[22:49] <jfrisby> lol
[22:49] <jfrisby> I just woke up from a nap so yes it is :)
[22:49] <Cheeseness_netbook> :D
[22:49] <kineticMastermind> "I've been working with a vocal coach. Strengthening the 'ahaha.'"
[22:49] <Cheeseness_netbook> ^_^
[22:50] <Cheeseness_netbook> So. Email.
[22:50] <Syd> You finally get to find out where Max keeps his inventory in Season 3. Sort of.
[22:50] <jfrisby> I think I was trying to express that the strange campy drama... was a bit more intense in Hit the Road..  This game almost makes too much sense, or something :)
[22:50] <Cheeseness_netbook> I love this bit of dialogue
[22:51] <jfrisby> I was genuinely filled with wonder and mystery when playing Hit the Road
[22:51] <Syd> I always loved going through all of the things you could ask Bosco if he had.
[22:51] <Cheeseness_netbook> Yeah. I honestly feel that Telltale were worried about making stuff too zany/obtuse
[22:51] <lattsam> Plus the voice actors of Sam and Max sounded authentic in that game
[22:51] <Fireflower> the cheese dialogue? :)
[22:51] <Cheeseness_netbook> They originally had a blue sky as well o.0
[22:52] <Syd> Telltale slowly embraces the zanier side of Sam & Max over time
[22:52] <Cheeseness_netbook> Fireflower: The patronising dialogue
[22:52] <ReverendGumby> Do you, in fact, have any cheese at all?
[22:52] <Cheeseness_netbook> I gave it to Whizzer, so no
[22:52] <lattsam> DUN DUN DUN
[22:52] <flesk> Had forgotten about that hit the road reference.
[22:53] <Cheeseness_netbook> :D
[22:53] <ReverendGumby> LOL
[22:53] <Mimness> YAY!  Hot weenies!
[22:53] <Syd> There was a great Hit the Road reference in season 3. From looking at a bucket of fish "Ah, those were simpler times" "Really? I remember them being more difficult."
[22:54] <Cheeseness_netbook> :D
[22:54] <lattsam> It brought back a painful memory for me
[22:54] <jfrisby> :)
[22:54] <Cheeseness_netbook> How many people missed the spray paint?
[22:54] <jfrisby> I just started season 3..
[22:54] <Syd> The reference was also a bit of a jab at Telltale's Sam & Max being easier overall than Hit the Road. :P
[22:55] <Cheeseness_netbook> jfrisby: What do you think so far?
[22:55] <Cheeseness_netbook> I think it's Telltale's best work
[22:55] <Syd> Season 3's pretty great, in my humble opinion at least
[22:55] <Cheeseness_netbook> (I'm less humble)
[22:55] <flesk> Yeah, I think getting into the restaurant on top of the ball of twine was one of the things I struggled the most with in that game.
[22:55] <lattsam> Too bad the voices of the main characters still suck, though
[22:55] <lattsam> In season 3, not HTR
[22:55] <Cheeseness_netbook> lattsam: I like them :b
[22:55] <lattsam> That's because the cult wants you to
[22:56] <ReverendGumby> Does S3 start w/ the alien invasion?
[22:56] <Syd> First episode focuses on General Skun'kape
[22:56] <Syd> That alien ape guy
[22:57] <Cheeseness_netbook> lattsam: Either that or they're actually good :B
[22:57] <ReverendGumby> That was the name I was trying to remember. I tried playing it on iPad, but found it unplayable.
[22:57] <Mimness> Is season 3 the one where Sam gets all hardboiled?  That was pretty sweet.
[22:57] <jfrisby> I like the begining bit in the ship, haven't made it much further than that..   Not a huge fan of the way the the twilight zone / narrator guy is written... seems like the
[22:57] <Cheeseness_netbook> Yeah, They Stole Max's Brain is awesome
[22:57] <Syd> Mimness: Yeah, episode 3 I think
[22:57] <lattsam> Cheeseness_netbook riiiiiiight
[22:57] <jfrisby> "not very threatening talkative enemy" type..
[22:57] <jfrisby> but we'll see!
[22:57] <jfrisby> :)
[22:57] <Cheeseness_netbook> jfrisby: I love Max's "I'm a bazooka!" line
[22:57] <jfrisby> I've had it up to here with non-threatening enemies that talk a lot in these games.
[22:58] <ReverendGumby> <insert random driving game here>
[22:58] <jfrisby> Yeah, that was a great line :)
[22:58] <Cheeseness_netbook> I wish there was a bit more freeform driving stuff
[22:58] <Syd> Max takes a lot of joy in being a weapon of destruction. He got to be a wee bit more destructive than usual as a bazooka.
[22:58] <Cheeseness_netbook> I miss being able to take time out to play a random minigame like in HTR
[22:59] <lattsam> Well, then, when Jake and Nick get here... we should tell them what we think about the new games
[22:59] <Cheeseness_netbook> lattsam: I imagine everybody will ^_^
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[22:59] <lattsam> I bet the topic of the voice actors will come up a LOT in conversation
[22:59] <Cheeseness_netbook> Yeah
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[23:00] <Cheeseness_netbook> You'll never please everybody
[23:00] <jfrisby> I think I've got the Steve Purcell comic collection from the mid-90s around here somewhere..  might be signed...  wonder where that got to
[23:00] <Mimness> So, how much of this episode are we playing today?
[23:00] <Cheeseness_netbook> I wish we'd been able to get Steve in
[23:00] <lattsam> Unless you're one of the people who DIDN'T sign the 32000+ signature petition
[23:00] <lattsam> You can still try again
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[23:01] <Cheeseness_netbook> lattsam: I intend to
[23:01] <Syd> Hey CorruptBiggins
[23:01] <lattsam> Hi CorruptBiggins
[23:01] <jfrisby> There was a petition?
[23:01] <Cheeseness_netbook> We'll probably free Sybil and talk to her a bit then finish up
[23:01] <Cheeseness_netbook> jfrisby: YOu didn't know?
[23:01] <lattsam> Yep
[23:01] <CorruptBiggins> Hello.
[23:01] <Cheeseness_netbook> Wow
[23:01] <Cheeseness_netbook> Hi hi
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[23:02] <lattsam> I printed every page on that petition
[23:02] <lattsam> I have a copy of each page at home
[23:02] <Cheeseness_netbook> jfrisby: When LucasArts cancelled their Sam & Max sequel, there were fan riots
[23:02] <jfrisby> No, maybe?  what petition?? :P
[23:02] <jfrisby> Oh, I think I remember that.
[23:02] <Cheeseness_netbook> The petition got a lot of attention
[23:02] <jfrisby> I probably signed it :)
[23:02] <jfrisby> One of you who printed it off should check.
[23:02] <lattsam> Maybe it's on there!
[23:03] <Cheeseness_netbook> I imagine that that petition helped Telltale decide to pursue S&M
[23:03] <lattsam> I may have lowered the font size so that the signatures would fit... but I did manage to squeeze it all onto about 130 pages
[23:03] <ReverendGumby> Again!
[23:04] <ReverendGumby> I like malaise. Especially on sandwiches.
[23:04] <Cheeseness_netbook> Is savesamandmax.com still up?
[23:04] <jfrisby> I wonder how Steve Purcell convinced Lucasarts to make the first game without giving them the rights to the IP... Seems like it's the only case where Lucasarts didn't own the property
[23:04] <Cheeseness_netbook> jfrisby: They had rights, just rights that expired
[23:04] <Cheeseness_netbook> For existing IP, that's pretty common
[23:04] <lattsam> I wish Lucasarts would give up the source code for the cancelled game though
[23:05] <jfrisby> It's still an outside property though..  Pretty rare for Lucasarts
[23:05] <Cheeseness_netbook> I don't think we'll see source for anything from them
[23:06] <lattsam> Wait... doesn't Disney own them now?
[23:06] <jfrisby> I just hope they don't cancel 1313, and that it's actually good.
[23:06] <Cheeseness_netbook> jfrisby: Yeah, it's unique in that
[23:06] <Cheeseness_netbook> lattsam: Yep
[23:06] <lattsam> Also, doesn't Steve Purcell work for Pixar?
[23:06] <Cheeseness_netbook> Disney aren't exactly friendly towards the notion of source releases either...
[23:06] <jfrisby> I think Purcell was involved in Brave, wasn't he?
[23:06] <lattsam> Yep
[23:06] <Cheeseness_netbook> Steve more than works at Pixar - isn't he high up in the ranks there?
[23:06] <Syd> And he's working on something new now
[23:06] <lattsam> I purchased a copy on DVD
[23:07] <Syd> Yeah, I think he's a director or something on a new project at Pixar
[23:07] <Cheeseness_netbook> There aren't enough Loom seagulls in his modern work
[23:08] <ReverendGumby> Max's VA is getting better as the episode progresses.
[23:08] <Cheeseness_netbook> heh, implications that the Freelance Police TV show wasn't successful
[23:08] <Syd> And then he disappears and is replaced by someone else by the next episode. :LP
[23:08] <Syd> *:P
[23:08] <lattsam> I wish he'd disappear from THIS episode
[23:08] <Cheeseness_netbook> ReverendGumby: I think it grows on you - I don't know that he's actually gotten any better
[23:08] <lattsam> Pot helps
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[23:09] <ReverendGumby> Maybe my ears are dying.
[23:09] <Cheeseness_netbook> It's just that it's jarring at first
[23:09] <Cheeseness_netbook> When you're used to something else
[23:10] <lattsam> It's even more jarring when something bad happened to that "something else"
[23:10] <jfrisby> I've got to go for a bit..  give those telltale people hell about King's Quest for me :D
[23:10] <lattsam> And his hard work is cruelly locked away
[23:10] <Cheeseness_netbook> jfrisby: They're not here till next week
[23:10] <jfrisby> aw..  okay then :)
[23:10] <lattsam> jfrisby: You can stay if you want
[23:11] <Cheeseness_netbook> lattsam: That's nothing that Telltale did. You can't judge their games by LucasArts' actions
[23:11] <lattsam> Yeah... but still, the voice switch is salt rubbed in their wounds
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[23:12] <Cheeseness_netbook> I still don't think that's fair :b
[23:12] <lattsam> Yeah
[23:12] <Syd> So, theoretically, Pixar could make a Sam & Max movie since Steve Purcell is in a fairly high position there. It'd be a big departure from their usual family-friendly stuff, though.
[23:12] <Cheeseness_netbook> Weren't people taken aback by the LucasArts' game not using the TV show's voice actors?
[23:13] <Syd> Pixar would probably have to pull a Disney/Touchstone and release it under a different label.
[23:13] <lattsam> No, the TV show watchers were taken aback by the show not using LucasArts' VAs
[23:13] <Cheeseness_netbook> lattsam: Says who? I'm certain I read some people complaining about it.
[23:13] <lattsam> Hit the Road was released before the TV series
[23:14] <lattsam> So when the first episode of the TV show aired
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[23:14] <Cheeseness_netbook> Wait, it was?
[23:14] <lattsam> People may have been like "Hey, Sam and Max sound different"
[23:14] <lattsam> Hit the Road - 1994  TV series 1997
[23:14] <Syd> Yeah, the cartoon ran 97-98
[23:15] <Cheeseness_netbook> Hmm... I thought it was earlier than that >_<
[23:16] <lattsam> The year is correct
[23:16] <Cheeseness_netbook> I wasn't claiming it wasn't
[23:16] <lattsam> Ok
[23:16] <Cheeseness_netbook> Anyway, we're going to finish up with the stream here
[23:16] <ReverendGumby> awww
[23:17] <yama> Sounds good. Gotta save some for next time (although, I have no idea how much is left.)
[23:17] <Syd> He's probably nearing halfway through, so could finish it up in the next session.
[23:17] <Cheeseness_netbook> I'm going to attempt to squeeze three out
[23:17] <Syd> Never even got to the title card. Looks like there was a wee bit of a lag problem there
[23:17] <Syd> Did get to you saving the game at least
[23:17] <Syd> So none of the game was cut off
[23:17] <Cheeseness_netbook> Since I'll need to pre-record next week's stream (I may not be here)
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[23:18] <Cheeseness_netbook> Ah, k
[23:18] <Cheeseness_netbook> I left it for about 10 seconds >_<
[23:18] <ReverendGumby> Thanks for the stream, Cheeseness
[23:18] <Syd> That lag in the very beginning might have thrown a wrench in things
[23:18] <yama> Yeah, good job on the stream, Cheeseness. :D
[23:18] <Syd> Also, daylight savings time will be starting in the US tonight. Yay for being confused about when to schedule things.
[23:19] <Cheeseness_netbook> That's cool. We do everything against UTC
[23:19] <Cheeseness_netbook> :D
[23:19] <Cheeseness_netbook> So Game Club itself won't change