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Having a lot of fun playing the game--but I'm stuck at a spot and I think my problem may be that I missed an item. Help is appreciated! Non-direct help is even better, but I could use a nudge.

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I'm in the car chase with Otto--I've figured out I can toss magazine pages on the pursuing car, but that's not enough to get rid of them, and nothing else I have has any effect. My inventory is money, the magazine, the Coach & Horses key, and Rosenquist's business card.

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Nevermind! I got it!

Phoenix Online Studios, creators of The Silver Lining and the upcoming Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller, have some new job openings to fill! We have positions open not only for work on Cognition, but also for some very exciting undisclosed projects with some adventure game developer legends. We are looking to add some great talent to the company, people who are ready to take on challenging and rewarding work bringing adventure games to life. Check out Jobs page for more details on these openings:

Cinematic Artist
Concept Artist
Web Developer/Designer


These are all paid contract positions. Send your resumes and portfolios to jobs@postudios.com to apply!

Enjoy these screenshots and our trailer to get an idea of the art style we are using for Cognition.

Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller Trailer

Update on this: we've not only hit our 25K goal, we're at over 30K now! Thank you to everyone who's pledged, you rock!!

We've got 4 more days left on the Kickstarter for anyone interested in pledging--if we ht 32K, we'll run an exclusive backers-only stream of the demo!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/postudios/cognition-an-erica-reed-thriller

We've just released The Silver Lining's penultimate episode--head over to the site to download and enjoy!

http://www.tsl-game.com/episode_iv.php


And, we've released the theme to our upcoming commercial game on our kickstarter, written & performed by the TSL composer Austin Haynes--head over to enjoy this lovely new piece!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/postudios/cognition-an-erica-reed-thriller/posts/137401

Haha, more like making a game fulltime doesn't come cheap overall, really!

The party went great, thank to all who were able to attend! For those who were not, we're posting a recording soon (although one is already up at sierrchest.com).

Our big news items were two-fold:

1) Episode 4 will be coming out on Nov. 6th!

2) We also announced our first commercial game! A supernatural adventure game called Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller, we are working with Khaeon Gamestudio and Jane Jensen herself on this one! Erica Reed is a Boston FBI Agent on the hunt for a killer who seems to know about her secret supernatural ability. We've also launch a kickstarter campaign to help with our initial development costs, and have a cool list of rewards for those who can donate. More details about the game, the awesome trailer, some screenshots and so forth can be found at the Kickstarter page here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/postudios/cognition-an-erica-reed-thriller

The chat is today, 2 PM Eastern--we're very excited and we hope we see some of you there!

[Jane Jensen herself will be there!]

Phoenix Online is having a party, and you’re all invited!

To celebrate the upcoming releaseâ€"and to reveal some HUGE newsâ€"we’re having a live pre-release chat party next weekend! As The Silver Lining builds to its dramatic climax and the Phoenix Online team turns our attention to the future, we wanted to put together something extra special for the fans who have supported us during this long, exciting journey.

So mark your calendars for October 29th at 2:00 PM Eastern. You’ll see the Episode 4 trailer, hear new details about the episode (including the exact date of the early November release date--it's so close we can taste it!), and be one of the very first people to hear about the commercial game we’ll be announcing on Halloween! That’s right, we’ll be spilling the beans to youâ€"the fansâ€"at the party,  before we send out the press release!

Even better: Jane Jensen herself will be there!

We'll also have special guests Fable Foundry to talk about Art of Sierra and some other great new projects, and Romano Moleenar, comic artist with prominent work on X-Men, Tomb Raider, and The Darkness --find out at the party how he's involved with us!


We hope you'll set aside some time for this once-in-a-lifetime event and join us at the Pre-Release Party, October 29th, 11:00 AM PDT / 2:00 PM EDT/ 8:00 PM GMT/ 8:00 CEST on Ustream! We hope we see you there!


Your time zone isn't listed? Find out what time the party is where you are here!

Hello everyone! I'm Katie Hallahan from Phoenix Online Studios, makers of The Silver Lining.

Episode 4 of TSL is releasing soon, and we've got some other exciting projects coming up quickly on the horizon, and we are looking to add some new people to our team! We are currently looking to fill the following positions:

    Environment Artist
    Associate Producer / Production Coordinator
    Animator
    Video Editor
    Audio Editor
    HR Representative
    Level Designer
    Cinematic Editor
    Web Developer/Designer
    Tech Artist

Full descriptions of some of these can be found on our Jobs page, and the others will be up there soon. If you'd like to apply, please send a resume to jobs@postudios.com; if you have any questions, please ask away and we'll do our best to answer them!