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[Nilocy]

Featuring characters from Penny Arcade, Sam and Max, Team Fortress 2, and Strong Bad.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/08/28/four-play-telltales-new-game-teased/

[Tilla]

notice that Tycho and Heavy have playing cards. meh.

[nenjin]

notice that Tycho and Heavy have playing cards. meh.

I guess it's a sign of every generation that it watches all its cherished indy stuff become mainstream mass-marketed crap.

[fenrif]

A few of my friends are convinced it'll be some sort of poker game, however I'm hoping it's some sort of CCG.

[hemmingjay]

The real question is "will buying it give me new gear in tf2 like every other game lately?"

[Cthulhu]

notice that Tycho and Heavy have playing cards. meh.

I guess it's a sign of every generation that it watches all its cherished indy stuff become mainstream mass-marketed crap.

BLUH BLUH

Were any of the characters on there ever really indie?

[Tilla]

notice that Tycho and Heavy have playing cards. meh.

I guess it's a sign of every generation that it watches all its cherished indy stuff become mainstream mass-marketed crap.

BLUH BLUH

Were any of the characters on there ever really indie?

Definitely for Strong Bad and Tycho, both are from self-published internet works, just ones that have become incredibly successful over time.

[Calhoun]

notice that Tycho and Heavy have playing cards. meh.

I guess it's a sign of every generation that it watches all its cherished indy stuff become mainstream mass-marketed crap.

Yes, because Telltale is all about mass-market appeal.

[A Dwarven Smokeologist]

notice that Tycho and Heavy have playing cards. meh.

I'm not convinced those are cards, Tycho could have a portable ghost scanner and Heavy obviously has a half eaten sandvich.

[Zai]

Heavy obviously has a half eaten sandvich.

That's not how he holds his Sandvich. It also looks nothing like a Sandvich.

[A Dwarven Smokeologist]

Heavy obviously has a half eaten sandvich.

That's not how he holds his Sandvich. It also looks nothing like a Sandvich.

Yeah, says you.

[Ampersand]

Because a Poker game involving any one of these characters is clearly in demand.

Seriously, the cards are either a red herring to throw you off, or completely irrelevant to the final product except in the most tangential way possible.

[Servant Corps]

From SomethingAwful:

Keep in mind that Telltale's Texas Hold'em is not a typical cardgame videogame. It has little to do with the game of Texas Hold'em itself.

Oh, sure, you're playing it. But you need to win by deducing the tells, quirks, and various giveaways that the characters you're playing against all have. And there's lots of ambient conversation that goes on between them while you play.

Basically, think a comparison between Punchout and something like Fight Night. In Fight Night it's all about boxing itself. But in Punchout, it's a puzzle game built around a character's personality. The boxing is there as the medium you use to solve the puzzle.

Telltale's Texas Hold'em is similar to that approach. The card game itself isn't the real puzzle, it's figuring out how to exploit the weaknesses and hands of the opponents in the game. And in this case, those opponents would just happen to be Tycho, Max, The Heavy, and Strongbad.

Basically, if you're going to make a character-centric game, you need strong characters to do so. And they went for some of the best ones out there.

I could be wrong and maybe it's an adventure game involving cards or something, but honestly I'd be pretty jazzed to play a new version of Telltale Texas Hold'em using these guys and all of the new stuff they've developed in the meantime for their engine.

[Saint]

I hate strongbad, no offense to those who like it but this REALLY REALLY annoying group of freshmen preps got a hold of it and ever since have quoted it to DEATH.
I really REALLY REALLY hate preps.
And freshmen.

[Josephus]

I hate strongbad, no offense to those who like it but this REALLY REALLY annoying group of freshmen preps got a hold of it and ever since have quoted it to DEATH.
I really REALLY REALLY hate preps.
And freshmen.

Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way, is that you?