Well my interest in The Walking Dead is about zero now :s

So excited! Idle Thumbs is the best. Anything those guys do I'm interested in.

Video Games and Famous! YEAH!

Oh boy. Gone Home 2: Nothing Happens

sean and jake have also made multiple games though

Anyway this is pretty cool. I never even played the walked dead, but I love the idle thumbs guys. Met them and Nels in a bar once too. And mark of the ninja was great.

Also I'm pretty glad there is no kickstarter

e: also, though I never played any of it as stated, they have said that they weren't the leads on the walking dead DLC, 100 days or whatever it was, and I heard that was good. Telltale has plenty of talent.

That shit is cool! Mark of the Ninja is a boss ass game and one of my favorites of the past few years.

So the game is going to be very orange and black.

Dude.

I guess that's why they were all on the last Idle Thumbs together then, awesome. Does this mean they've left Telltale, though? :(

For someone who is fundamentally a print designer, should be really interesting to see how this translates into a 'video game'.

So they'll make tamer, more radio friendly games while under utilizing the talent involved?

@snail: assuming you're talking about supergroups in general and not just videogames, Them Crooked Vultures was an excellent band.

I think I know what you're getting at but all I can think of is the actual Who Framed Roger Rabbit video game. And it's TERRIBLE!

Audioslave - bad
Them Crooked Vultures - fucking awesome.

This game studio? We'll find out in a few years. I'm hopeful. :)

So exciting! Can't wait to see who else they bring in, since they're going to need programmers. Obviously there's a ton of design and art talent here. Plus, Camposanto means "graveyard" in Latin, so ghost game confirmed. You play as a wizard that backs up into Samuel L. Jackson's ghost arm.

Woah, crack team.

Unbiazed jurnalism.

Generic indie game! Go!

I feel like this reads like an Onion article.

Because copy and pasting a press release of the latest 3rd person shooter from Sweat Shop Games is what the cool kids do.

I mean Olly Moss getting involved in game design is about as exciting as Todd McFarlane getting involved in game design.

@humanity said:

I agree that there's little reason to think his skillset magically transfers to game design and will result in a good game. He's probably the least exciting part of this announcement.

But assuming that Anderson, Rodkin, and Vanaman handle design, Vanaman handles writing, and Moss (and I guess maybe Rodkin?) handle art, it seems like they have a chance at making a good game.

@riboflavin said:

I'm pretty sure aceofspudz was going for the SICK BURN of calling The Walking Dead "not actually a game", since it barely has puzzles and progress is basically guaranteed. I disagree with that opinion, but whatever. Also, as you point out, Sean and Jake have worked on other Telltale games that are more traditional point-and-click adventure games.

@bisonhero: There is always potential for greatness. I don't really know any of the others guys - I only listened to the Idle Thumbs podcast and it wasn't my sort of thing. Even with Ryan guest starring on it I just don't really jive well with the two main hosts.

But that aside, as I said, hey it might be great. Hopefully it will be, I certainly wouldn't mind playing another great game.

Kinda tired of hearing corporate news...I dont really care about layoffs and that. I will wait for an actual announcement to get excited.

Sounds really interesting.

Can't wait to see what they do but I am a little worried for the future of The Walking Dead (video game) series and any possible sequel to Mark of the Ninja.

Also Olly Moss does some amazing artwork/prints, I'm really looking forward to seeing how his art makes it into a game.