Megakles Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I would love a book focusing on the Lucas Arts Graphic Adventures. With as much concept and finished art as possible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 You mean from your side? Or generally There's not enough interest/time from my side to actually do much. I meant generally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummbuddy Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I still want to know what the heck that LucasArts book:"The SCUMM of the Earth" by Scott Marley was. Surely we can find out about that by now, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Graffiti Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 ^^^ Speaking of which, anybody know what this is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyntheticGerbil Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 ^^^ Speaking of which, anybody know what this is? It's 84 pages, so I'm guessing it's a lot of brief summaries and back story of the games in German. That cover really doesn't suit it. They could have at least got a mouse from the late 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udvarnoky Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Sorry, the delay has been unreasonable, I admit, but the series will continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 That looks cool, Laserschwert... but you could probably find more professional typefaces! And, a little more whitespace. Also, using all those screenshots without a release from LEC will probably get you a letter if you try to do anything with it other than put it on Mojo for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udvarnoky Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Haha whoops, I came into a thread titled "More Secret History" that I haven't visited in awhile and assumed your post was about the status of the EMI article, MrHarper. Which is coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 That looks cool, Laserschwert... but you could probably find more professional typefaces! And, a little more whitespace. Also, using all those screenshots without a release from LEC will probably get you a letter if you try to do anything with it other than put it on Mojo for free. The thing is REALLY just a very early test (although I don't see anything wrong with Myriad... definitely one of the better fonts for bodies of text). And I don't think it will ever become anything else than a free download (if that)... that's the reason for the ideas thrown around above. I have a lot of other stuff going on right now, so I haven't worked on this any further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udvarnoky Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Something I should note in the event that this project is being done in such a way that it would be hard to alter article content retrospectively is that once all 15 Secret History's are published, I'm going to do a pass on all of my text to get rid of a lot of the grammar, spelling, and awkwardness issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Something I should note in the event that this project is being done in such a way that it would be hard to alter article content retrospectively is that once all 15 Secret History's are published, I'm going to do a pass on all of my text to get rid of a lot of the grammar, spelling, and awkwardness issues. Did you ever get around to adding the interviews with Noah Falstein I posted here? If not, you shouldn't forget those on your second pass. (Yes, I should just check, shouldn't I?) Edit: I checked, you never got around to adding it to the Fate of Atlantis article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udvarnoky Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I remember your Falstein interview that we included in the Last Crusade article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueskirt Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Secret Histories are easily the best articles I've read on that site. Once they're done with GF and EMI, they shouldn't stop, they should just keep going, covering the best non-adventure LucasArts games, and the games by all those former LEC employees, like Humongous' games, Psychonaut, A Vampyre Story or Telltale's games. Personally I'd love to see a FOTAQ secret history but it's sadly not related to LEC. Edit: I checked, you never got around to adding it to the Fate of Atlantis article. Maybe it's karma coming back at you for not adding to the Indy Guide all the stuff a lot of us gave you in the last 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyntheticGerbil Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 Secret Histories are easily the best articles I've read on that site. Once they're done with GF and EMI, they shouldn't stop, they should just keep going, covering the best non-adventure LucasArts games, and the games by all those former LEC employees, like Humongous' games, Psychonaut, A Vampyre Story or Telltale's games. Man, I agree with this full heartedly. That would be such a great compendium of reviews, tips, trivia, and behind the scenes art and information on the LucasArts Universe and beyond. I can only dream, but when you talk that way, blueskirt, you make me drool. Everything about the Secret History articles, from the way they are laid out to the pacing to all of the inside dirt they gather makes for some of the greatest reading on afternoon workdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickelstein Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Man, I agree with this full heartedly. That would be such a great compendium of reviews, tips, trivia, and behind the scenes art and information on the LucasArts Universe and beyond. I can only dream, but when you talk that way, blueskirt, you make me drool. Everything about the Secret History articles, from the way they are laid out to the pacing to all of the inside dirt they gather makes for some of the greatest reading on afternoon workdays. lolwut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyntheticGerbil Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 Say no more, say no more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickelstein Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Say no more, say no more. Don't worry I completely support your choices and are behind you (not in that way, not that there is anything wrong with that) 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udvarnoky Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Man, I agree with this full heartedly. That would be such a great compendium of reviews, tips, trivia, and behind the scenes art and information on the LucasArts Universe and beyond. I think the problem is that Mojo should already be all of those things in the much more logical form of its Games Database, which never really realized its true potential. Just so you know, the Secret History articles actually began with the simple observation that Mojo didn't actually have reviews for the great majority of the classic LEC adventures (though granted a good deal of that is old reviews all being lost from various server crashes). They ended up turning into something far bigger, but I'm not sure that continuing to write gigantic articles on each game is the proper way to go about filling in the glaring content deficiencies of our archive. I completely agree that Mojo should be the ultimate resource on trivia, tips, media, scoop, etc. on all the games it covers, but I think the real answer lies in its database being given an overhaul and a much bigger priority in the site's next iteration. My biggest hope for a new Mojo would that the amount of content you see in a Secret History article is a glimpse of what each individual game database entry would contain, as opposed to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyntheticGerbil Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 I think the problem is that Mojo should already be all of those things in the much more logical form of its Games Database, which never really realized its true potential. Just so you know, the Secret History articles actually began with the simple observation that Mojo didn't actually have reviews for the great majority of the classic LEC adventures (though granted a good deal of that is old reviews all being lost from various server crashes). They ended up turning into something far bigger, but I'm not sure that continuing to write gigantic articles on each game is the proper way to go about filling in the glaring content deficiencies of our archive. Ah, I see. I know I've seen a lot of the trivia and concept art for many games before on the site, but I really enjoy the way it flows together in the Secret History article. Maybe the articles don't have to be so big for everything, but the organization style of the new Secret History articles makes for good reading. Maybe for "lesser" games, mini versions of what's going on in the Secret History articles might be doable? It's fun to read just a pile of text on your favorite company or game though. The LucasArts Museum website would be much more interesting if it weren't solely a gallery. And the old Maniac Mansion site (which I think you wrote, right?) was neat to go through the first time I did, but the information was great to reread all over again in the Secret History. Maybe I'm just too much of a fanboy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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