Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Messages - Blackthorne

Pages: 1 ... 34 35 [36] 37 38 39
526
IQ Chat / Re: Why.... Blackthorne?
« on: July 28, 2013, 03:47:19 PM »
I'd actually say based on the $21,000 study we commissioned with our Kickstarter money, Jerm's name change resulted in him being 37.4% cooler.

We also learned that commissioning that study was likely 98.9% the wrong way to spend our Kickstarter Money.

We're now going to have another Kickstarter to raise funds to commission a study to see if we should have another Kickstarter to raise money to make our game after commissioning too many studies to see about irrelevant data.

Bt

527
IQ Chat / Re: Why.... Blackthorne?
« on: July 28, 2013, 03:36:38 PM »
My surname is Broom. And the rest is history.

Except for your rebellious teenage years, and you tried to be Bromios.


Bt

528
Hello Folks!

I'm happy to announce that we've partnered with The Humble Store to make Quest For Infamy available for pre-order through their store!  You can visit the page here, and make a pre-order!


All digital rewards for our Kickstarter - Digital Downloads of Quest For Infamy, The Soundtrack, and Special Edition Bonuses will be available to all backers who pledged to them from the Humble Store as well! Before the game is released, you'll be sent information on how to obtain your rewards via The Humble Store.

The Humble Store and The Humble Bundle help support independent game makers, and we're proud to be involved with them!  I've had many people write me and express their hope that we would be available in the Humble Store, so I'm happy to say we are!

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them - and I may add them to the FAQ below!

Thanks for all your support, friends!

Bt



FAQ

Q: Does this mean you're not selling the game at GoG.com?
A: No, not at all.  Quest for Infamy will also still be available for purchase from our partners at GoG.com.

Q: Will Quest For Infamy be available for purchase anywhere else?
A: Yes, hopefully - I am in talks with several other distribution platforms, and hopefully I'll have more information about them soon!  Keep your eyes on the site for that.



529
IQ Chat / Why.... Blackthorne?
« on: July 28, 2013, 10:28:32 AM »
Some of us around here have net-handles.  Me, well you can see I use "Blackthorne" which has become "Bt" over the years.  It's a funny story behind Blackthorne, and it's the handle I have used on-line since 1990.  Since I was originally playing Sierra games 23 years ago now.

Many people often think it stems from the Interplay published game "Blackthorne" which came out for the SNES in 1994, but my usage predates that - I was 12 in 1990, and a voracious reader.  My grandfather was a big reader, and I remember these large tomes that lived on on his shelf - "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo, "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, "Exodus" by Leon Uris, "The Source" & "Cheasepeake" by James Michener are some that stick out - along with "Shogun" by James Clavell.  So one day, I took down Shogun and started reading it - it was definitely a struggle and a bit above me, but on my visits, I would read a couple dozen pages or so every time - and the protagonist of that novel was John Blackthorne.

Being 12, I thought that was a cool name, and when I started to dial into BBSs, I used that name as my login ID.  In the early day of modem and BBSs, I used it on every site - and you'd find users from all over keeping the same ID, establishing an identity.  So, I have used this for over 23 years now.

Nice bit of random trivia.  I'm sure everyone has stories behind their net handles.  I'm always interested in hearing them.


Bt

530
Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: Unexpectedly Good Songs
« on: July 24, 2013, 11:13:54 AM »
This isn't unexpected for me, but this song definitely reminds me of summer.

Also reminds me of a time before I met my wife - I was 25, and I ended up sorta dating this girl MUCH younger than I (She was 18) and this song reminded me of her.  She often had no idea what the hell I was talking about! Haha.  Ah, Hey 19 - we got nothing in common...

<a href="http://youtu.be/ipc9pL27krs" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://youtu.be/ipc9pL27krs</a>


Bt

531
Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: Unexpectedly Good Songs
« on: July 24, 2013, 08:08:05 AM »
Cat Stevens.  Yes.

<a href="http://youtu.be/Q29YR5-t3gg" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://youtu.be/Q29YR5-t3gg</a>



Bt

532
Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: Most Infamous Dudes in all of History
« on: July 22, 2013, 10:53:24 AM »
Dude, who doesn't ride Elephants down the Alps.  Please.


Bt

533
Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: Most Infamous Dudes in all of History
« on: July 21, 2013, 06:26:36 PM »
Caligula

Wild Bill Hickok

Prince John of England

Elizabeth Bathory

Vlad Tepes

Catherine the Great

Le Petomaine

Napoleon

Torquemada

Sulieman

Ivan the Terrible

Idi Amin

Hernan Cortez

General George Custer

Atilla the Hun

Albert Fish

Gilles de Rais



Bt

534
Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: Kings Quest IP
« on: July 12, 2013, 01:02:15 PM »
Um, if Activision just let us sell them officially, we'd all be making just a little bit more money!!!


Bt

535
IQ Chat / Re: New Quest For Infamy Update on Kickstarter
« on: July 09, 2013, 09:10:26 PM »
Yeah, the unofficial word is that LSL has sold hundreds of thousands of copies - which bodes well, I think, for adventure gamers.  Even though it was a well known IP, it's sales help everyone out there trying to make adventure games.


Bt

536
IQ Chat / Re: New Quest For Infamy Update on Kickstarter
« on: July 09, 2013, 01:08:35 PM »
If you've even spoken with Lamb at length, at least ONE Indiana Jones reference will ALWAYS keep up.  It's Lambs Law.

As time increases, the likelihood of a reference to Indiana Jones increases.


Bt

537
IQ Chat / Re: New Quest For Infamy Update on Kickstarter
« on: July 09, 2013, 01:14:34 AM »
Aw, shucks.  We're just hard working people trying to make a good game - a game we'd love to play.


Bt

538
IQ Chat / Re: New Quest For Infamy Update on Kickstarter
« on: July 08, 2013, 05:10:12 PM »
Who did that first background of the forest? it looks incredible.

That was by Jason Lamb.


Bt

539
IQ Chat / New Quest For Infamy Update on Kickstarter
« on: July 08, 2013, 12:14:48 PM »
Hey folks - new QFI update on Kickstarter - check it out, it's full of goodies!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1992695780/quest-for-infamy-an-adventure-game-by-infamous-que/posts/532432

Bt

540
IQ Chat / Re: Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded!
« on: June 27, 2013, 07:58:51 AM »
I'm playing it currently - and it really is awesome.  A lot of fun - the writing/interactions are amazing.


Bt

Pages: 1 ... 34 35 [36] 37 38 39