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While Telltale Games has been around for a while, giving us the adventure games we need and deserve, it wasn’t until Back to the Future: Game dropped in late 2010, that their star rose for giving different takes on popular licensed franchises. Things blew up with Walking Dead at the height of its popularity and possibly its most critically acclaimed game Wolf Among Us this past year with games for Borderlands and Game of Thrones forthcoming. As Telltale can’t miss right now, Taj Williams and William Evans came up with ten franchises that could thrive under the Telltale treatment. 24
During 24’s run, the series won numerous awards. Most thanks to our favorite resident badass/antihero Jack Bauer. Who has been kicking ass and taking names all for the greater good for 9 seasons. With brilliant acting, great storytelling, great fan support, and a fun challenging format. The real question is why hasn’t Telltale jumped on adapting this franchise before? Although the show recently wrapped up it’s limited television event entitled “Live Another Day” the streets are literally foaming at the mouth for more 24. C’mon Telltale, take a crack at Jack! -Taj Avatar: The Last Airbender – Bridging to the Legend of Korra
We’ve had a full run of the TV show and comics that have followed that show, but we still don’t have an adult interpretation of Aang when he had solidified his friendships with allies and foes that we watched play out in the initial series. We saw very small glimpses of it in …
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Now that officially in the rearview mirror, it’s time to preview the homestretch of a regular season that’s still loaded with so many questions. Here’s a look at six questions that I find either meaningful or fascinating…
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