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| 16 AUG 2006 at 1:19pm |
jamarchandSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Good news, dimi.
Happy to see you again in JA forum.
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| 16 AUG 2006 at 1:27pm |
dimidimidimiSchattenjger
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Status : Online | I wish I could be here more often but I don't have much time nowadays unfortunately. Jane is my favourite game developer and this is one of the best news for the genre in my opinion.
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| 16 AUG 2006 at 1:37pm |
KsandraSchattenjger
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Status : Online | WOOHOO! [smiley=jumping.gif]
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Now they'll announce that it's a 3D action-adventure with no mouse support, and most of the puzzles removed because they would 'interrupt the flow of the story'.
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| 16 AUG 2006 at 1:39pm |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Offline | it will be one of the greatest news when we know more details... but now, it could be another minesweeper-clone for all we know
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 16 AUG 2006 at 2:01pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
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Location: AR, Buenos Aires
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Aya (16 AUG 2006 1:38pm)
it will be one of the greatest news when we know more details... but now, it could be another minesweeper-clone for all we know
Nah, no way. That would be a low hit for Anaconda (kind of defeating the purpose). I'm sure this will be a fairly standard adventure.
Anyway, great news! Very unexpected...
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| 16 AUG 2006 at 2:12pm |
SusanGuild Master
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Status : Offline | ANACONDA will publish “Gray Matter” worldwide in the 4th quarter of 2007.
*Whines*
But I want it now!
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 16 AUG 2006 at 2:22pm |
| Deleted User | Oh come on, people! I'm very happy JJ is returning to the Adventure fold. I'll even buy that minesweerper clone thingy if she needs money to make Gray Matter.
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| 16 AUG 2006 at 2:34pm |
AndromusGuild Master
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Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Gray Matter is alive again? And it's going to be a genuine adventure and not some zarking casual game? OK, gotta keep my expectations reasonable, I mean, I know hardly anything about the game. But.....I can't help it.......this is cooooooooooooooooooooooooool! My precious! We wantssss it! [smiley=hyper.gif]
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| 16 AUG 2006 at 2:46pm |
MarkGuild Master
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Location: US, Georgia
Status : Offline | Randy had a "JA World Exclusive" scoop in May of 2004 where Ms. Jensen discussed her game Booby Trap and also Gray Matter.
The previous year (May of 2003 - exactly one year earlier), Randy had written a four-page article called "The Best Damn Jane Jensen Interview Ever" where Ms. Jensen first mentions Gray Matter on Page 3 of Randy's article.
Yep, Our Man Randy got there first! Both articles are great to re-read - especially now.
I had given up hope of it ever happening, so this is fantastic news.
Go, Jane! Go, Anaconda! Thanks, Randy!
Please proofread your posts carefully to see if you any words out.
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| 16 AUG 2006 at 2:58pm |
Randy-JAJourneyman
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Location: US
Status : Offline | Jane has actually been working on this game outside of the US for the past few months. We were sworn to secrecy (hey, I didn't even tell my mother!)
I have read the script for Grey Matter and can say without fear that it will not only meet, but will excede the expectations of the adventure communtiy
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| 16 AUG 2006 at 3:43pm |
MarkGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Randy-JA (16 AUG 2006 2:58pm)
Jane has actually been working on this game outside of the US for the past few months. We were sworn to secrecy (hey, I didn't even tell my mother!)
I don't blame you. You know how even our dear ol' Mamas can't be trusted with that sort of information.
Randy, if Gray Matter is anything like Ms. Jensen described in your "The Best Damn Jane Jensen Interview Ever" article - I'm in!
As described by Ms. Jensen herself in your 2003 interview (and I'm poorly paraphrasing snippets from your great article):
Gray Matter features both a male and a female protagonist wherein both the male and female main characters have lots to do...
He, a neurobiologist who lost his wife in a car accident, has become reclusive, mysterious, and now spends his time investigating extraordinary occurrences...
If she has kept these main character ideas...wow - I hope to heck I live long enough to see Gray Matter a reality.
Please proofread your posts carefully to see if you any words out.
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| 16 AUG 2006 at 4:57pm |
RecklessJourneyman
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Status : Online | Cool & thanks for the heads up dimi
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| 16 AUG 2006 at 8:25pm |
BazzaLBPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Randy-JA (16 AUG 2006 2:58pm)
Jane has actually been working on this game outside of the US for the past few months. We were sworn to secrecy (hey, I didn't even tell my mother!)
I have read the script for Grey Matter and can say without fear that it will not only meet, but will excede the expectations of the adventure communtiy
So you could tell what the puzzles were like from the script? or did you mean the adventure community that cares about nothing but the story?
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| 16 AUG 2006 at 8:54pm |
JoGuild Master
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Location: AU, Qld.
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Randy-JA (16 AUG 2006 2:58pm)
Jane has actually been working on this game outside of the US for the past few months. We were sworn to secrecy (hey, I didn't even tell my mother!)
I have read the script for Grey Matter and can say without fear that it will not only meet, but will excede the expectations of the adventure communtiy
Wow, this would have to be without a doubt the best news in adventure gaming that we've heard in years!!! [smiley=jumping.gif] [smiley=jumping.gif] [smiley=jumping.gif]
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| 17 AUG 2006 at 12:08am |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Randy, was that by any chance the surprising news you announced some time back?
Of course, this is great to hear. And Gray Matter was officially told to be an adventure, everything else would be nothing short of a lie, so it's not gonna happen.
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| 17 AUG 2006 at 12:10am |
Randy-JAJourneyman
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Status : Offline | The puzzles were part of the script, the script is actually called The Bible in the industry as it is considered the final writing before the game is developed. I was asked to read it and suggest any changes (not that my changes were implemented mind you, it was just that an outside opinion was wanted).
The puzzles are actually very inventive and unlike any I have ever seen before, but I really can't say anymore until I speak to Jane.
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| 17 AUG 2006 at 1:48am |
BazzaLBPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Randy-JA (17 AUG 2006 12:09am)
The puzzles were part of the script, the script is actually called The Bible in the industry as it is considered the final writing before the game is developed. I was asked to read it and suggest any changes (not that my changes were implemented mind you, it was just that an outside opinion was wanted).
The puzzles are actually very inventive and unlike any I have ever seen before, but I really can't say anymore until I speak to Jane.
Excellent NEWS.. Thanks for the info.
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| 17 AUG 2006 at 1:53am |
jujigatameSchattenjger
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Status : Online | That is f'n sweet. Now if we could only lure Tim Schaefer back into the fold.
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| 17 AUG 2006 at 4:14am |
StilerJourneyman
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Location: US, TN
Status : Offline | IGN picked up the news tonight aswell:
http://pc.ign.com/articles/725/725866p1.html
Can't wait to see more of this the 24th .
Is anyone here going to it? I'd love to get her autograph.
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| 17 AUG 2006 at 5:08am |
pollodiabloSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Stiler (17 AUG 2006 4:13am)
IGN picked up the news tonight aswell:
http://pc.ign.com/articles/725/725866p1.html
Can't wait to see more of this the 24th .
Is anyone here going to it? I'd love to get her autograph.
I am. I've dug up an old manual from King's Quest VI that she has written and also her novel Dante's Equation. Hope she will sign one or possibly both.
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| 17 AUG 2006 at 2:38pm |
Goddess of All Things MagicalSchattenjger
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Status : Online | A-L-L R-I-G-H-T! That's what I want to hear! Really terrific news as GK2 is my all-time favorite adventure game.
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| 17 AUG 2006 at 5:52pm |
StilerJourneyman
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Location: US, TN
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By pollodiablo (17 AUG 2006 5:07am)
Originally Posted By Stiler (17 AUG 2006 4:13am)
IGN picked up the news tonight aswell:
http://pc.ign.com/articles/725/725866p1.html
Can't wait to see more of this the 24th .
Is anyone here going to it? I'd love to get her autograph.
I am. I've dug up an old manual from King's Quest VI that she has written and also her novel Dante's Equation. Hope she will sign one or possibly both.
Think there's anyway you might be able to get an autograph from her for me?
Like just print out a wallpaper image or such from Gabriel Knight 3 or 2 and have her sign it with a personlized message to it? I'd love that, and I'd pay for the shipping and such for it to me.
Can't find any good high res wall papers though, cept on Mobygames.com but they got a watermark on the bottom.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/gabriel-knight-3-blood-of-the-sacred-blood-of-the-damned/cover-art/gameCoverId,27466/
Best I could find for beast within was:
http://pds2.egloos.com/pds/1/200604/09/06/c0079406_1392081.jpg
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| 17 AUG 2006 at 11:24pm |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
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Location: US, Texas
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After reading little bits, pieces and rumors about Jane's next adventure game, it's good to finally see an official press release that acknowledges it. There was a lot of talk a few years ago about a whole new series she had planned and a possible deal with TAC but if memory serves, it fell through.
Here's a link to a slightly different version of the same DTP Entertainment announcement:
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10506
The news has also now been posted on a large number of other well established game sites across the web and Randy's confirmation really nails it. So I'm assuming it's solid and am really look forward to learning more about Gray Matter in the coming months.
Cheers, Terry
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| 17 AUG 2006 at 11:42pm |
kittySorcerer Apprentice
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Joined: 27 SEP 2003
Status : Online | WOOOO! This is fantastic news! Can't wait to hear more details!
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