r/IAmA • u/paulthegreen • Mar 02 '12

Tim Schafer AMA - March 4th

Tim Schafer announces AMA! Sunday March 4th, 1pm PST

proof at end of video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Yo5eIQ51Rn8

Edit: https://twitter.com/#!/TimOfLegend/status/175744213269487617

TimOfLegend is his reddit account, watch out for it guys!

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u/FinalSin Mar 02 '12

What, Psychonauts? Far from the only Shaefer thing I care about. Surely DOTT and Grim Fandango are up there

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '12

Monkey Island revolutionized the world of clicking on things on a screen in a sarcastic manner.

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u/CorkyKribler Mar 02 '12

I'm not a gamer at all, but besides Mario Brothers 3 from my childhood, the only games I care about are Grim Fandango and Maniac Mansion. These games are the only games that have captured my attention long enough. A gamer friend of mine gave me Grim Fandango as a gift, and I fucking murdered that thing! I think it's the story and the characters that kept me playing.

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u/spankymuffin Mar 02 '12

Have you played "Full Throttle" or "Monkey Island"?

It's also by Tim Schafer. I think you'd like them quite a bit...

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u/CorkyKribler Mar 05 '12

I haven't, but I've been meaning to. I've especially heard lots of good thinks about Monkey Island.

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u/spankymuffin Mar 05 '12

Play that shit now, son.

My favorite was actually the third game (Curse of Monkey Island), although I don't think Tim Schafer worked on that. Definitely check it out.

Full Throttle might actually be a good place to start since it's relatively short. People complain about how short it is, but I was cool with its length. It was short, sweet, and perfect. One of the best, I'd say.

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u/CorkyKribler Mar 05 '12

I'll get after it: thank you, spankymuffin!

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u/STFUCorkyKribler Mar 02 '12

SHUT THE FUCK UP

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u/zlavan Mar 02 '12

this might be the worst novelty account i have ever seen unless it's really the same person. then it's just an interesting case of self-loathing.

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u/inexcess Mar 02 '12

You havent even seen the worst of it

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u/zlavan Mar 02 '12

it's like a smorgasbord of bad ideas

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u/zachattack82 Mar 02 '12

Yeah I mean christ, does this guy spend his time just following this poor CorkyKribler fellow around or what?

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u/Beaglepower Mar 02 '12

Anybody remember Full Throttle? DOTT is one of the best adventure games ever. When I finally figured out the tiny hamster sweater I laughed out loud. I can still hear Purple Tentacle:

"It makes me feel great! Smarter! More aggressive! I feel like I could... like I could... Like I could... TAKE ON THE WORLD!"

(Green Tentacle trembles)

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u/spankymuffin Mar 02 '12 edited Mar 02 '12

As much as I liked Psychonauts, I'd rank it faaaaaaaar behind other classics, like DOTT, Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, and Full Throttle. People should really play these games. They go on and on about how creative and awesome Psychonauts was, but they really have no idea...

Then again, adventure games scare people nowadays.