JEFF SMITH’S BONE® COMES TO LIFE

[MattBrady]

Press Release

Telltale releases trailer for new interactive tale at Comic-Con International

SAN DIEGO, California, July 15, 2005
See the cast of Jeff Smith’s Bone saga come to life in lush, cinematic 3D in the preview for Telltale Incorporated’s upcoming interactive tale. Telltale, an emerging pioneer in interactive adventures and entertainment, is unveiling this preview trailer at Comic-Con International in San Diego this week, as it prepares for the launch of the full interactive title in September.

The trailer shows Fone, Phoney and Smiley Bone, who get lost in a stark desert far from their beloved Boneville. They run into dangerous (and dim) rat creatures, a mysterious red dragon, and a brave companion named Thorn as they plunge into a strange and mysterious valley. The trailer also provides a first look at Ted the bug, Ted’s big brother and Thorn’s Gran’Ma Ben. Viewers will get a taste for Jeff Smith’s unique brand of humor in this trailer, and Telltale’s faithful adaptation to the interactive medium.

The trailer is available for viewing today at http://bone.telltalegames.com.

This September, Telltale will release the full interactive title through its recently announced direct-to-consumer channel Telltale Now™, for downloading titles over the Internet. For more information, on Bone and Telltale Now, visit http://www.telltalegames.com.

About Bone
Jeff Smith's nine-volume Bone book series has sold over 1 million copies worldwide, with translations in 15 languages. Bone accolades and awards include the prestigious Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist (Humor category), the Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist, Italy's Yellow Kid Award for Best Author, Spain's Premios Expocomic for Best Foreign Comics, and Finland's Lempi International for Best International Cartoonist.

About Telltale, Inc.
Telltale Inc. is focused on becoming a leading force in delivering high caliber interactive entertainment – featuring engaging stories, strong characters, and rich environments. A new era of interactive entertainment is emerging, with customers expecting more from their investment in play time. Telltale is developing and deploying cinematic quality animation and storytelling technologies, to create entertaining and exciting interactive adventures which meet these new expectations. Staffed with long time industry veterans, Telltale launched its first game, Telltale Texas Hold’em in early 2005 and is currently working on bringing Bone to life. Telltale is also finalizing an agreement to work on one of the most popular television franchises which it will announce shortly. Telltale offers content development and custom publishing services for license-holders interested in adapting their properties for interactive delivery. Telltale titles can be downloaded from online partners such as Direct to Drive, Trymedia Systems, Boonty, and CNET as well as at the Telltale website. To learn more about Telltale, please visit http://www.telltalegames.com.

[jedifish]

That was a really cool trailer.

[BriGuy]

The animation's great, but I think the voice work is severely lacking. The "stupid rat creatures" line, doesn't have nearly the punch it ought to, for one.

[Punchy]

holy cow this looks good, getting this game fo-sho

[algertman]

BONE is the greatest cartoon never made

every issue could be it's own episode.

[siloroy]

Originally posted by BriGuy
The animation's great, but I think the voice work is severely lacking. The "stupid rat creatures" line, doesn't have nearly the punch it ought to, for one.

Yep, I thought the same. The voices don't resonate for me at all as being the "right" ones. I know everyone has their own idea of what the characters sound right, but none of those were right.

The voice actors don't sound very experienced either; not much inflection in the voice. There's several different ways to deliver the stupid, stupid rat creatures line. And that wasn't one of them.