Unofficial Tex Murphy

Well, I'm another lapsed Tex fan. I used to post on this board quite a bit, years ago; so long ago I don't even remember my username or email. I had to re-register.

Like many others I suspect, I held in there with Tex for years, but eventually lost hope. I tried to support Chris & Aaron over the years by purchasing what I could: the BigFinish casual games (3 Cards to Midnight, etc.) and even the Machinima movie Stolen Life. Obviously my little purchases weren't going to bring Tex back by themselves, but I hoped they would contribute to the pool of money provided by eveyone else's purchases. Admittedly, it was a forlorn hope, but hey, it's Tex.

Thanks to the Internet and KickStarter, my hope is once again alive. Unfortunately, I was not aware of the KickStarter campaign in time to be a backer (my daughter called me and told me about it only the day before yesterday), but I was able to contribute using PayPal.

I look forward to following the development of Tex's return and to testing the Beta versions.

And finally, a huge thank you to James LeMosy, who has hung in there all this time and kept the dream alive for so many. I bow down before you...... I am not worthy.

Hi! I'm also one of the "oldies" here on the board! So "old" that maybe only JTOG remembers me?
But I've been lurking around here all the time during these years, but never posted!?
Now I have pledged for being a beta tester and I'm soooo exited for the next game!
Maybe I'll join you now and discuss the future!?
/Mats Fredriksson, Sweden

Welcome Chandler. Great that you were able to contribute via PayPal before it closed
I don't see anything to be ashamed of! I also fell out of the loop and only by chance heard about the Kickstarter via another site

I'm sure even if some completely miss out on the Kickstarter and the PayPal they will still be able to contribute by buying the game when it comes out and spreading the word about it to other potential buyers which will contribute to future Tex releases.

There's no shame in it Chandler (well, not much), Tex lives again and you've returned to the fold. All in all, this is a good.

Chandler wrote:And finally, a huge thank you to James LeMosy, who has hung in there all this time and kept the dream alive for so many. I bow down before you...... I am not worthy.

This bears repeating. James and all the regulars here who kept the small spark of hope alive are the reason Tex was still able to reach so many core fans and have that big first day that set the tone for the rest of the campaign. I don't think this could have succeeded without UTM.

Even the biggest cheerleaders had a falter in their heart at some point. For the longest time "Project Fedora" was on the Big Finish website. One day it vanished, pulled. I spiraled into depression.

But...thankfully that was not the future!

Thanks for the welcome back guys. I will definitely be returning more often, to these forums, to bigfinishgames, and to kickstarter.

Jen wrote:Even the biggest cheerleaders had a falter in their heart at some point. For the longest time "Project Fedora" was on the Big Finish website. One day it vanished, pulled. I spiraled into depression.

But...thankfully that was not the future!

See, I had always written Project Fedora off as something that would be smaller in scope, like Big Finish's other games, so while I hoped it would come out, I don't think I had any real hope of a "real" 3D, FMV Tex Murphy game like the old ones in... probably a decade. I think around the time the radio theater episodes came out, I realized it was probably over and that if it did come back, it wouldn't be the same as the games I loved.

Even when the Kickstarter was announced, I kind of assumed it would be a smaller game at first. It wasn't until they started talking more clearly about their gameplan that I realized they were really going for it. It just seemed impossible to me that we'd actually get a true, honest-to-god, worthy sequel.

Now I'm pumped, though. I really do think they might be able to pull off the best Tex Murphy game yet.

I never doubted. Anything that says differently in my posting history was just to fit in.

MiF wrote:Hi! I'm also one of the "oldies" here on the board! So "old" that maybe only JTOG remembers me?
But I've been lurking around here all the time during these years, but never posted!?
Now I have pledged for being a beta tester and I'm soooo exited for the next game!
Maybe I'll join you now and discuss the future!?
/Mats Fredriksson, Sweden

OMG, JTOG (Jim The Old Guy). I remember him! Been a lonnnng time; well, 3 years at least.

I did some backchecking of my system and found I was on the board sometime in 2009. I guess I hung in there longer than I thought - 11 years

Are you considered one of the oldies if you still remember the old forum?

If I remember correctly it was Jim that send me a copy of both UAKM and PD novel on pdf back in the days. Still treasure them in my inbox

freepizza wrote:I never doubted. Anything that says differently in my posting history was just to fit in.

Such a liar.

Jim and I dictated/typed up the two books - he worked on one and I on the other. I still have them in Word format, but aside from JTOG, I think I only ever sent out the PDF format.

I always had faith that something would return at some point. I don't know why, but I always thought that the big industries would one day move away from first person shooters and back to adventure games - they were hugely popular before and if done right, can always be hugely popular.

Demonlawyer wrote:Jim and I dictated/typed up the two books - he worked on one and I on the other. I still have them in Word format, but aside from JTOG, I think I only ever sent out the PDF format.

I always had faith that something would return at some point. I don't know why, but I always thought that the big industries would one day move away from first person shooters and back to adventure games - they were hugely popular before and if done right, can always be hugely popular.

I must admit I've never been a big fan of most FPS. I did like Quake, and Duke Nukem, back when my reactions weren't as slow as they are today. But I've always loved adventure games like Tex the best (wait, did I really say that?... there is nothing else like Tex). FPS really don't give any mental challenge, and that's what I like most.

MiF wrote:Hi! I'm also one of the "oldies" here on the board! So "old" that maybe only JTOG remembers me?
But I've been lurking around here all the time during these years, but never posted!?
Now I have pledged for being a beta tester and I'm soooo exited for the next game!
Maybe I'll join you now and discuss the future!?
/Mats Fredriksson, Sweden

Only, back then you called yourself "ooMiFoo"....

-Cub. =o)