Because we love stealing stuff from PC Zone, we?ve illegally scanned another article that?s in issue 159 of the excellent UK gaming mag - a look at Sam & Max 2 and why it was cancelled. No link to Mojo was given (probably because we keep scanning their stuff and putting it up on the net) but the Zone gang did ask Deus Ex Machina for some comments, because, you know, Ron Gilbert has totally been involved with every adventure game ever. Just kidding, we love you really Ronzo!
Anyway, they also asked ?doctor? Wolfgang Von Brent about Bad Brain?s blundering moves, though unfortunately they don?t make fun of him. Mike Stemmle actually says some interesting stuff, though: ?I?ve kinda blocked [the cancellation] out, like memories of ritual Satanic abuse?, he sighs, hopefully not speaking from experience. The article also reveals the painful statistic that the game was 90% finished when it was cancelled, a fact that embarrasses LucasArts even further. Unfortunately the Golden Guy in his ivory tower was unavailable for comment, but there have been reports that Jim Ward has been seen laughing manically from his helicopter made out of money.
Never has such a truer statement been said.
But yeah, it's always nice to see adventure games get some maintstream love even if both articles were blatantly written months ago. ;
All journalism is such a lie!
Great article. I've been waiting for something like this. Some of the facts are curious though...Stemmle still at LucasArts? I thought he was fired? And they also say the game was 90% done.
I have no idea if the facts in that article really are 100% true as PC Zone have said crazy things in the past like giving Tim Schafer credit for Star Wars games... plus in the Ron article they suggest that he travels the world in his private jet attending "Monkey Island conventions", although that may be more Ron misleading them. :P
It's also worth saying that PC Zone were behind the anit-LEC movement all the way... even months after the cancellation they still had stuff about it, like editorials and reporting on the news about the screenshots that surfaced after the game was pulled.
Also, they reviewed Psychonauts (90%) even though it's not out yet in the UK (they advised importing) and this issue they reviewed Farenheit giving it 90% which may interest adventure game fans.
Plus Will Porter was a SCUMM Bar fanboy. ;D
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