Why Telltale’s Minecraft: Story Mode Isn’t Just a Cash-Grab

Hello everyone my name is Marty sleet I’m joined by Mitch Dyer that’s me Mitch we’ve got a weird logo behind us cuz things that don’t belong together that’s true so recently telltale just announced that their next game is going to be telltale minecraft the story mode what does that

Mean you nailed that title by the way ah minecraft story mode a telltale game series listen up yeah that’s a plot so telltale is doing a single-player adventure game episodic as usual set in the world of Minecraft involving slash inspired by the community and it’s a collaborative effort between telltale

And minecraft developer Mojang I don’t really know what this means yeah but it’s exciting this is super exciting to me I mean the response of the internet was really like why are they doing this what a cash grant what a cash grab I’m like this is telling me a

Couple a couple things first is that this is sort of the future this is Microsoft’s first big move you know since they purchased Mojang for what 2 billion which is insane too much money yeah their first their first kind of big moving what their what this shows me is

That it’s sort of what Disney is doing with Marvel and Star Wars whether they want to blow the brand out in the water like with regards to Star Wars the dark dizzy just doesn’t want to make the three movies they want to completely change the universe Star Wars is gonna

Become a platforming yes exactly and so Microsoft buying Mojang and minecraft it wasn’t about minecraft – it was about what else could we do yes it’s about putting that brand that Microsoft my motion brand on as many platforms as possible making it as reachable and is accessible by as many people as possible

You see that with the merchandise minecraft is enormous it’s on the book ends of every grocery store yeah and people don’t realize that unless they’re hanging around like kids how big this is like yeah kids know like minecraft iconography the vanilla mark which is absolutely horrifying yeah it’s

Terrifying to you and I yeah that’s like it instant truth yeah and it’s sort of I feel like this could be the first step in what minecraft becomes where’s Mario yeah Mario was known for you know the the course of my rebellious games but then there’s Mario Kart and party and

Off and and swimming and wrestling swimming tickle fights and super mario tickle fights yeah I mean it’s it’s just big it’s there shopping yeah hide crap can be bigger than just my friend really got away yeah and it’s just exciting that kids are gonna be introduced to adventure games like that’s like a

Telltale adventure game that gets you and I satisfied as people who love like the drama intention and like moral uncertainty of The Walking Dead and walk among us like I’m sure that won’t be the major theme oh you’re sure minecraft but it’s going to introduce kids to the idea

Of choice based single-player narratives oh man character development yeah I don’t know what it’s like you’re not going to see expressive minecraft characters making deep meaningful moral choices yet sure but I think you will see them making meaningful choices that affect people that they do care about and in a world

That they will probably shape with those choices absolutely I remember like as a kid I played like Freddy the fish I’m afraid of the fish no I were like put something I’m everywhere Gilbert made it I remember Pepperidge Farms goldfish no remember final round Gilbert made none

Of those come on we’re after fish after making maniac mansion and monkey island he made these like PC adventure games geared towards kids that those were the things that got me to love adventure games and then I was like oh look at this thing full throttle Grim Fandango

Some of my favorite games of all time so that happening again is very exciting yeah when the property that you know when I was a kid I loved Star Wars I loved Indiana Jones and all that stuff so being able to play Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis like that was a

Gateway to point-and-click yep absolutely this is I hope I’m going to be that for the new generation yeah I’m excited this is crazy this is weird pairing but I’m totally down for super into it now it really hasn’t failed us over the past five series they made me care about

Borderlands so yeah you don’t make me care about mine they did it we’re gonna have so much more on minecraft story mode a telltale game series in the upcoming year in 2015 so for everything else telltale minecraft Mario signifies a real tickle fight you’re already in the right place calm