On TV

[Leo]

Hi. I have some friends in high places who can get us on TV. Wanna go for it?  

[Leo]

I don't mean "us", I mean SCI and AGI

[Brian Provinciano]

How so? What kind of stuff would be on TV about it? Would it be like a news report? Please give me more info!

[Leo]

I think I could get it on Tech TV's Call For Help. It might be brief, and might not work out at all. I also might be able to get it on Tech TVs The ScreenSavers. I can't promise anything though. I wanted to check with you guys in case we got too much of Sierra's attention.

[aaronix]

Leo - that's awesome! Who do you know from the Call for Help staff?

I did a segment with Chris Pirillo (host) on  TechTV's Call for Help a few months ago... (see the following URL for the page that went with the show segment:  http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/howto/story/0,24330,3383421,00.html  .)
Also, Im currently an author on a book project (sponsored by Microsoft, AOL, Apple Computers among others...) with Chris Pirillo (host of Call for Help) and John Dvorak (PC Computing Chief Editor) entitled ONLINE! scheduled for release late this spring....

What  a small, small world this is!  

Eigen, Sp4hn, Lightfoot and I (from this forum) are currently hard at work on an SCI fan-made game called "They Live" which will be a compliment story to Night of the Living Dead trilogy... Let me know when you make the request to get SCI/AGI on the air via Call for Help, and I'll call Chris to see if I can get portions of our fan-made game aired on that particular segment along with any other specific fan made games that you guys might like to see aired like Space Quest: Lost Chapter, or Al Pond, or etc.....

Leo - if you need any help getting this segment setup on TechTV, let me know....

AaronW.

[aaronix]

FYI - don't click on the link within my posting. In order to view, you need to copy and paste the full URL path in your browser....

AaronW.

[CapTAmerik@]

It's great that you all are so supportive of the idea, but I think we need to consider the chances that we take, by going live with this. I'm sure Sierra wouldn't appreciate 'us' taking the bragging rights about their engine.

For myself, I'm working on getting exposure in Dutch software-magazines (surely not to attract any Sierra eyes), but that is as far as I would take it.

Just my two cents,
CaptAmerik@

[Kon-Tiki]

I'm sure Al Lowe wouldn't care less 'bout it (or in the contrary, he'd encourage it), but, if I'm correct, he doesn't own the rights. Be carefull with the copyrights when doing this. You can go on in an underground kinda way (like Cappy does), or take it on really carefully and diplomatically, so that Sierra won't rise up against us. Try to get some information 'bout it first, then see what you do.

-Kon-Tiki-

[Zonkie]

Wouldn't it be okay if the show would start by saying how great those Sierra games were, and then starting that the engine was free for use and how a community of fans have started to program their own games and then give some examples? So that it would be clear how much we admire Sierra for creating SCI etc and that we aren't simply "robbing" them of the technique, but rather try to keep SCI alive.

[Lightfoot]

I thought copyrights had a 15 year limit before the they became public domain.

[aaronix]

Wow.. I didn't realize that Sierra might not be to thrilled with this kind of attention.... Maybe we could call a Sierra Rep and get a confirmation from them first?

Or is that essentially the same as stepping into a lion cage with a large hungry lion?  

AaronW.

[Lightfoot]

Sierra is really stubborn.

I run a Net Cafe and I contacted them about Site Licensing for Sierra games. They wanted ludicrous amounts for Half-Life and mod's which if I recall correctly was released five years ago.

I don't know how they would feel about SCI, but I wouldn't let on that we are using it, rather that we would like to. Then they should not bother investigating.

You'd think they would be thrilled seeing as no one is using it except us, as far as I know. But you never know with a company like Sierra. They don't even have old games like KQ1 for download on their website. They should, I wouldn't buy it unless it was 5$ for the entire series.

[Lightfoot]

I was wrong, in canada, the copyright expires 50 years after the death of the creator.

[RJD]

I think we should wait to see if the rumored Space Quest 7 is true. If nothing comes up, I think we should go for it! If you haven't heard about the rumors go to the link.

wiw.org/~jess/sq7.html

[Lord Hart]

I reckon that we should do it carefully. But, they shouldn't really to be able to flame us for making original games. There is only two or three that are remaking their games, and they know about SQ: TLC that Vonster did.

The SQ7 project has on board one of the co-creators of SQ6 and Sierra aren't saying anything. Then, Tierra have been remaking games like KQ 1, 2 and also Quest for Glory. Sierra hasn't stopped them, and Roberta Williams loved what they did with the games.

I think it would be good for publicity, to get a few more people re-interested in the good old days of adventure gaming.

- Ultimo