Goodbye, LucasArts...

Trapezoid · Fri 05/04/2013 21:54:34

Thank you for Yoda Stories, LucasArts.

Ponch · Sat 06/04/2013 02:35:32

Quote from: Trapezoid on Fri 05/04/2013 21:54:34
Thank you for Yoda Stories, LucasArts.

Oh, very much THIS. For the better part of a decade, I had that game and the Indiana Jones one on more office computers than I care to think about. (ahhhhh... the sweet embrace of nostalgia...

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Retro Wolf · Sat 06/04/2013 14:10:11

This might be a strange thing to say on an adventure game forum, but this thread really makes me want to play some adventure games!

DBoyWheeler · Sat 06/04/2013 14:29:50

Thank you for such greats as Monkey Island and Loom, LucasArts. You shall never be forgotten.

Cyrus · Sun 07/04/2013 08:00:19

Quote from: Ghost on Thu 04/04/2013 00:48:22
But clearly this can not be *the* end. I was promised a DOTT sequel and a live-action Captain Future movie by the Interwebs, that's gotta count for something!

Well, it still is my pipe dream to see Maniac Mansion 3: Rise of the Tentacle by Pendulo Studios

Sometimes I even try to imagine what could it look like...

Snarky · Sun 07/04/2013 08:24:21

Pendulo? Hell no!

Igor Hardy · Sun 07/04/2013 08:28:31

I remember Telltale wanted to buy rights to LOOM a while back...

Armageddon · Sun 07/04/2013 08:40:10

Quote from: Snarky on Sun 07/04/2013 08:24:21
Pendulo? Hell no!

Yeah Pendulo isn't the best for that.

Telltale Loom might be cool, they seem to have finally found their niche with making TV show adventure games though. And canceling King's Quest is a sign they're going to be milking Walking Dead for awhile.

Igor Hardy · Sun 07/04/2013 09:55:20

Quote from: Armageddon on Sun 07/04/2013 08:40:10
Telltale Loom might be cool, they seem to have finally found their niche with making TV show adventure games though. And canceling King's Quest is a sign they're going to be milking Walking Dead for awhile.

They run out of time to make King's Quest - they've lost the license rights.

I'll be surprised if Telltale's ambition doesn't reach farther than living off spin-offs to popular comic books and TV shows.

Ponch · Sun 07/04/2013 17:42:19

Telltale wants to make a sequel (or more likely reboot) of Loom. I'd like to see that. I wish they'd spent their Jurassic Park money on that instead.

Snarky · Sun 07/04/2013 21:04:44

So about that logo...

The head, arms, and that arc thing above the guy was meant to form the shape of an eye, right? That's why it has eyelashes?

Ponch · Sun 07/04/2013 22:44:30

Quote from: Snarky on Sun 07/04/2013 21:04:44
The head, arms, and that arc thing above the guy was meant to form the shape of an eye, right? That's why it has eyelashes?

It's an eye? I always thought it was supposed to be the sun.

But now that I've seen the eye... I can't unsee it...

Darn it. What else have I been wrong about for the last twenty years?

Armageddon · Mon 08/04/2013 01:56:13

Quote from: Ponch on Sun 07/04/2013 22:44:30
Quote from: Snarky on Sun 07/04/2013 21:04:44
The head, arms, and that arc thing above the guy was meant to form the shape of an eye, right? That's why it has eyelashes?
It's an eye? I always thought it was supposed to be the sun.

But now that I've seen the eye... I can't unsee it...

Darn it. What else have I been wrong about for the last twenty years?

It's the sun. The end of George Lucas's THX 1138 had a guy on a hill with his arms up as the sun went down, that's where the logo came from.

Ponch · Mon 08/04/2013 02:07:55

Quote from: Armageddon on Mon 08/04/2013 01:56:13
It's the sun. The end of George Lucas's THX 1138 had a guy on a hill with his arms up as the sun went down, that's where the logo came from.

Oh yeah? Cool. Given Lucas' love of 1138 eggs, it makes sense. But I can't see the sun anymore. All I see is a big eye now.

Babar · Mon 08/04/2013 02:49:32

I'm sure the similarity to the eye is not unintentional. I always saw both!

Ponch · Mon 08/04/2013 02:54:43

Quote from: Babar on Mon 08/04/2013 02:49:32
I'm sure the similarity to the eye is not unintentional. I always saw both!

But staring directly into the sun is very bad for your eye (which is also a sun, apparently).

Radiant · Mon 08/04/2013 10:18:43

Quote from: Ascovel on Sun 07/04/2013 09:55:20

They run out of time to make King's Quest - they've lost the license rights.

Wait, when did that happen? Could you link to an article please?

Blackthorne · Mon 08/04/2013 18:41:44

Quote from: Radiant on Mon 08/04/2013 10:18:43
Quote from: Ascovel on Sun 07/04/2013 09:55:20

They run out of time to make King's Quest - they've lost the license rights.
Wait, when did that happen? Could you link to an article please?

If you start here - http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45247 - you'll be able to trace it around the net. The confirmation came with an interview of Paul Trowe ( http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45247 ) and Dan Conners of Telltale. ( http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/telltale-games-ceo-dan-connors-on-the-walking-dead-fables-and-building-a-television-studio-model-for-games/ )

They'd lost the rights almost a year ago, but it wasn't discusses publicly until now.

Bt

Cyrus · Tue 09/04/2013 17:25:33

Quote from: Snarky on Sun 07/04/2013 08:24:21
Pendulo? Hell no!

As strange as it may sound, I think this actually could work. Come to think of it, the two installments of the series were very different from each other: Maniac Mansion was a horror B-movie spoof, while DOTT was themed after Saturday morning cartoons. So perhaps Pendulo's trademark multilayered plots and criminal intrigue would make an interesting combo with DOTT's universe.

Greg Squire · Tue 09/04/2013 21:50:42

Came back from vacation to hear the sad news about LucasArts. They created some of my most favorite adventure games, so this was definately a sad day for me.

However I kind of figured that something like this might happen as Disney already has several inhouse game studios. I know Disney was mostly after Star Wars, but I hope they don't just sit on the other LucasArts properties, like Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Loom, & Grim Fandango. I'd love to see sequels or reboots of those games. If they do plan to just sit on them, I'd hope they'd either license or sell them to people that will do something with them. I know that Ron Gilbert has been very vocal that he wants Monkey Island back.