A Picture Worth Eight Thousand Dollars

Tim Schafer Made $8,000 While This Photo Was Taken | At D.I.C.E. 2012, Al Lowe, the creator of Leisure Suit Larry, met up with Double Fine’s Tim Schafer, whose studio had a pretty good day raising money for its next project. Al is helping with the remakes of the original Leisure Suit Larry games. (Photo by Stephen Totilo)(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); https://kotaku.com/double-fines-new-game-is-a-24-hour-millionaire-5883871 Here’s Why the New SSX Will Outdo the Old SSX So, I loved the original SSX games. Winter sports never held much appeal to me in real life, but the reckless abandon of speeding down a mountain and contorting a character’s body into insane tricks made me a lifelong fan of EA’s snowboarding series. Naturally, when I heard about the mega-publisher’s impending reboot, I was worried. But, after spending a good chunk of time with SSX this week, I’m putting those fears to rest. In fact, I’m even thinking that Neo-SSX might even be better than the games I loved. More » https://kotaku.com/first-look-at-the-new-ssx-5712303 Let’s Not Jump To Conclusions About Kickstarter-Funded Games Just Yet Has Tim Schafer changed the gaming industry? It’s a question I’ve seen on more than a few message boards and Twitter feeds over the past 24 hours, following the Grim Fandango creator’s announcement that his company Double Fine will use crowdfunding website Kickstarter to finance a new point-and-click adventure game. More » https://kotaku.com/the-creators-of-monkey-island-day-of-the-tentacle-are-5883566 Tim Schafer Raised $23,000 While We Interviewed Him Tim Schafer sure is having a hell of a day. After asking the world to help his studio Double Fine make a new old-school adventure game, he has destroyed Kickstarter’s records for having the fastest-earning page. As of this posting, they’re at $875,000. That will change in mere seconds. More » https://kotaku.com/tim-schafers-adventure-project-shatters-kickstarter-rec-5883717 To My Fellow “Almost-Offline” Gamers: We Are the 20%. https://kotaku.com/to-my-fellow-almost-offline-gamers-we-are-the-20-5883758 It’s okay if you don’t want to play video games online with tons of people. I’m with you. And so are lots of other people. Lots of other people. More » Depressing-Ass Heavy Rain Makes for Some Good Stand-Up Comedy https://kotaku.com/depressing-ass-heavy-rain-makes-for-some-good-stand-up-5883736 Yes, the jokes about the weird deconstructed gameplay in Heavy Rain get laughs, even from people in the audience who may not have yono arcade played it. But, the best thing about Kumail Nanjiani’s stand-up bit on the PS3 psychological thriller is how he notes the changes in the gaming medium and the difference in the kinds of experience that are available now. More » EA’s Next Battle Plan: More Battlefield 3, More Military Shooters, Guns, Guns, Guns https://kotaku.com/eas-next-battle-plan-more-battlefield-3-more-military-5883559 There is plenty of room in our gaming lives for more Battlefield 3, more Bad Company and many more military first-person shooters from EA, the giant game publisher’s number two boss told Kotaku this week. “I think the genre is big enough, and they’re different experiences,” chief operating officer Peter Moore said during a brief sit-down interview in New York City. More » I May Stink At Wind-Up Knight, But You Should Play It https://kotaku.com/i-may-stink-at-wind-up-knight-but-you-should-play-it-5883629 I’d like to recommend a game I am bad at. I think you’d be better at it than I am. Plus it’s pretty and, did I mention that on Android it’s free? The game is called Wind-Up Knight, and I’m having trouble timing my wind-up knight’s jumps. More » We like tips! Got tips for our editors? Want to show the world your latest creation? Ready to anonymously share an unannounced game? Email us at [email protected]. Or leave us an anonymous voicemail at (612) 568-2581. Want a different layout? Click here for the Speak Up yono business sbi or Tips forums. yono business Want a more “blog-like” look? Click the button up top next to “Top Stories.” Want to just read about video games? Try KotakuCore and you’ll get news and opinion about video games minus our coverage of gaming culture and the cultures with which gaming intersects. Get more Kotaku! Want even more Kotaku? Want to know which of your friends read us? “Like” us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter