Unofficial Tex Murphy

Well i just completed "Out from Boneville", the first Bone adventure.

For $20 US, it was a pretty fun adventure game that only takes up a couple hours.

I reccomend it. It has a nice little charm to it and they try and experiment with dialogue in adventure games a bit.

Only complaint is that the 2nd mini game was kinda laggy.

I'll definitely be watching Telltale games.

Thanks for the heads up, AV. I am always interested in new adventure games.

Twenty bucks for a couple hours of gametime doesn't really strike me as a good ratio, but we'll see.

I've seen the comics of that Bone guy around for years. Never actually read one though. Interesting theres a game for him now, thanks for the info.

Well i think the $20 was worth it for the immersion.

I've never read the comics either (i always wanted to) but i think the game does a brilliant job of taking you into its world.

The immersion factor was definitely worth it.

Has anyone read the comics?

Bone is probably my biggest influence when it comes to the direction I want to eventually take my comic book work. Jeff Smith's work is what compelled me to make sequential art my ulimate focus in life. He's nothing short of a masterful artist and storyteller. Go pick up a copy of Bone ASAP! (in comic form... game form is secondary ) The comics are not hard to find, and there is even a Collected version which combines every issue of Bone into one giant, potential-as-a-blunt-instrument version of goodness (and it's relatively cheap!).

In short... yes, I've read them. They are, as the kids say, "teh r0x0rs!!1!"

I was flipping through the compendium you mentioned, James, and I considered getting it...don't know why I didn't in retrospect. Maybe I'll check it out.