They Call Him… 'The Schafe."

To be fair, I suppose that e-mail should read “I’m getting e-mails from Tim Schafer now, but so are tens of thousands of other people who decided to become backers of his kickstarter project.” That doesn’t make it any less cool for me though.

Since over 55, 000 people decided to commit to giving their money away for a game, many of them have paused for a split second to speak rationally to themselves along the lines of: “wait, I don’t even know anything about this adventure game yet. I don’t know what platforms it’s going to be released on, what sort of DRM it’s going to contain, or whether or not it’s going to be pro or anti soft cheese. Should I really do this?” At this point, an irrational and overwhelming feeling of adoration for Tim Schafer and Ron Gilbert’s back catalogues surges forward and doubts are washed away. That doesn’t mean that Tim isn’t interested in addressing the concerns of these *crazy* people who are more interested in ‘knowing things’ about stuff they might ‘spend their money’ on. So DRM, languages, platforms, voice acting? Come with me on a magical journey through the internet, to the video I’ve posted below:

Uh-oh. I don’t speak Efigs. I hear it’s going to be the definitive version of the game to play, too. Seriously though folks, with a budget now eclipsing 1.9 million dollars, and twenty four days left to become a backer, it seems as though something from the depths stirs… something ancient and powerful… something… ADVENTURE GAMEY.

Links: Double Fine’s Kickstarter Page

Johnny Maloney

Having been a gamer since 1986 when his father brought home an IBM PCjr with King's Quest and Crossfire included, it seemed destined that PC gaming and Johnny Maloney's life would run parallel forever. Despite his occasional affairs with movies, books, music and single malt scotch, he's never once left the side of his PC. In fact, on a full moon on a friday the thirteenth, if you sit in his old chairs... chills will run up your spine if you say "you fight like a dairy farmer," and you can sometimes hear ghostly whispers in the night respond "how appropriate, you fight like a cow…" -- Attempting to contact Johnny at Johnny@Blisteredthumbs.net may be successful.

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