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| 18 AUG 2006 at 7:36am |
BrightStarIntergalactic Janitor
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Joined: 5 AUG 2006
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Betje (17 AUG 2006 11:50pm)
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10506
Hey Jane! Have a new photo taken, why don't you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Jensen No new photo though.
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| 18 AUG 2006 at 9:49am |
RevliskciPrivate Detective
Posts : 724
Joined: 9 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | I don't like the name. Gray is such a dull, depressing, negative color and Matter doesn't help much either.
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| 18 AUG 2006 at 6:50pm |
SusanGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Revliskci (18 AUG 2006 9:49am)
I don't like the name. Gray is such a dull, depressing, negative color and Matter doesn't help much either.
Some of the best things in life are colored gray.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 18 AUG 2006 at 11:27pm |
KsandraSchattenjger
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Joined: 2 APR 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Revliskci (18 AUG 2006 9:49am)
I don't like the name. Gray is such a dull, depressing, negative color and Matter doesn't help much either.
Um, the point about 'grey matter' is that it's a common slang term for the brain.
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| 19 AUG 2006 at 1:28am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
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Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Betje (17 AUG 2006 11:50pm)
Hey Jane! Have a new photo taken, why don't you.
[smiley=laughing.gif]
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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| 19 AUG 2006 at 5:20am |
MarkGuild Master
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Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Location: US, Georgia
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Susan (18 AUG 2006 6:50pm)
Some of the best things in life are colored gray.
Like Bubba. I still know you miss having your kitty, Susan. I do, too.
Please proofread your posts carefully to see if you any words out.
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| 21 AUG 2006 at 7:37pm |
jalexSchattenjger
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Joined: 5 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | I think this is great news. Jane is definitly the best at story telling games and I feel that this is really what adventure games are all about. I would enjoy one of her games even if they were poor in other areas like graphics and sound.
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| 21 AUG 2006 at 7:43pm |
ShadowWalkerJourneyman
Posts : 997
Joined: 27 JUL 2005
Status : Offline | Hello There!
Guys.............I hate to be a party pooper. But...................we have to still wait and see.
One thing is having the writer or designer of the game make a fantastic story and have awsome tasks and fantastically intelligent puzzles and logical game parameters and yada...yada...yada.
All well and good. Jane Jensen can write wonderfully immersive and atmospheric stories, that suck you in and make you experience the game with wonderfully written dialogue and subject matter.
[size=20]However..................the fat lady has not sung yet!
There is still the matter of the people putting the game together and coding it.
We have to see what they do with Jane Jensen's work.
They may follow it to the letter and do a fantastic job of it...........or they can botch it!
And have us get a bitter aftertaste from the game.
Let us hope that the game makers are not exasperating in how they code it and put it together.
Wonderful writting......
Exemplary puzzles..........
Memorable characters........
Momentous gaming moments..........
Incredible graphics...........
Musical virtuosity.........
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and..........................
More bugs than a roach nest......
Weird saving methods......
Sound card problems......
Steam! [smiley=furious.gif]
Internet registration................ [smiley=furious.gif] [smiley=furious.gif] [smiley=furious.gif]
Loading problems........
No text for the hard of hearing..............
Bad text for the hard to see.............(color blind, bad eyesight.....)
etcetera.........etcetera.........etcetera.........
...............why is your head higher than mine!.............
Woops....their goes my King of Siam aspirations................
The fat lady has not sung yet...........
And although she is a wonderful writer of game stories...........she is not coding it herself........remind yourself of that fact.
And honestly...........I hope that this game hits the ground running!
I love her stories and how she weaves them..............and yes...........I love her picture as is........very cute and sexy! Still! Woof!
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| 21 AUG 2006 at 7:46pm |
KsandraSchattenjger
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Joined: 2 APR 2003
Status : Online | I think everyone realises that, ShadowWalker. We're just saying that the revival of Grey Matter is good news, not that it's certain to be the best game ever written.
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| 21 AUG 2006 at 7:49pm |
ShadowWalkerJourneyman
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Joined: 27 JUL 2005
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Ksandra (21 AUG 2006 7:46pm)
I think everyone realises that, ShadowWalker. We're just saying that the revival of Grey Matter is good news, not that it's certain to be the best game ever written.
Hello There!
Amen to that Ksandra!
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| 22 AUG 2006 at 11:41pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Come on, ShadowWalker...you love to be a party pooper. :
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 23 AUG 2006 at 10:11pm |
ShadowWalkerJourneyman
Posts : 997
Joined: 27 JUL 2005
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Elfstone (22 AUG 2006 11:41pm)
Come on, ShadowWalker...you love to be a party pooper. :
Hello There!
....................You talkin' to me?
....................You talkin' to me?
....................You talkin' to me?
....................Then who the hell else are you talking-- You talking to me? 8-)
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| 24 AUG 2006 at 12:29pm |
PalicotIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 14
Joined: 3 MAR 2005
Status : Offline | Gamespot - Gray Matter First Impressions
http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/graymatter/news.html?sid=6156436&tag=recent_updates;title;0
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| 24 AUG 2006 at 5:50pm |
KsandraSchattenjger
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Joined: 2 APR 2003
Status : Online | Shame they had so little to say about the game. I was hoping to actually see some of this artwork they were talking about.
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| 24 AUG 2006 at 6:44pm |
PalicotIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 14
Joined: 3 MAR 2005
Status : Offline | You can see some here.
http://www.adventuregamers.com/screenshot.php?id=5895&article=0
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| 24 AUG 2006 at 8:51pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | ShadowWalker, which one of you was I talking to? The reluctant party pooper, I guess.
What you say is true for every single game, isn't it? I don't see why this is special. All these things can happen or it can go fine. We certainly won't know until it's out.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 25 AUG 2006 at 7:14am |
pollodiabloSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 295
Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Betje (17 AUG 2006 11:50pm)
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10506
Hey Jane! Have a new photo taken, why don't you.
She hasn't really changed that much
[img]http://usera.imagecave.com/Lizardtattoo/janejensen.JPG[/img]
Yesterday at the GC signing.
Beta-tester of 'The Path', 'Rhiannon', 'Scratches', 'Hope Springs Eternal', 'Time Stand Still', 'Frasse and the Peas of Kejick', '1893: A World's Fair Mystery', 'Carte Blanche' and 'Oakhaven Plantation' a.o.&&
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| 28 AUG 2006 at 9:51am |
dimidimidimiSchattenjger
Posts : 1784
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Online | We have published the video of Jane Jensen's press conferece in the Games Convention 2006. You can find the video here:
www.adventure-eu.com
The video is 320 mb, and registration is required but it is worth the effort! Jane presents her new game, there is a storyboard of the game's introduction and she speaks about the prospects of this new series. Definitely worth checking out!
PDF adventure magazine - The Inventory&&http://www.justadventure.com/TheInventory/TheInventory.shtm&&&&What would you give to know the truth?&&http://www.brokensaints.com
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| 30 AUG 2006 at 8:49am |
EricHG23Space Cadet
Posts : 155
Joined: 23 JUL 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Terry Penrod (17 AUG 2006 11:24pm)
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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
Terry that game that would potentilly be a new series WAS Gray Matter--jsut to clarrify.
This news has me absolutely beaming. I never expected it--Gabriel Knight are for me just heads and shoulders above every other dventure game
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| 30 AUG 2006 at 9:38pm |
ShadowWalkerJourneyman
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Joined: 27 JUL 2005
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Elfstone (24 AUG 2006 8:51pm)
ShadowWalker, which one of you was I talking to? The reluctant party pooper, I guess.
What you say is true for every single game, isn't it? I don't see why this is special. All these things can happen or it can go fine. We certainly won't know until it's out.
Hello There!
You werent' supposed to say anything.........
Ever seen "Taxi Driver", with De Niro......he ad libbed that entire scene in front of the mirror......
..it was brilliant!
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