Quotable: Telltale Games’ Dave Grossman

June 22, 2011

At this year’s E3, we got the chance to talk to illustrious designer Dave Grossman, currently the design lead at Telltale Games, about the company’s projects. Some highlights:

ON TELLTALE’S NEW PROJECTS:
“We’re in a place where we’re exploring new territory for ourselves, exploring more serious material.”

ON SCORING MICHAEL J. FOX FOR BACK TO THE FUTURE’S FINAL EPISODE:
“You can’t just walk up to Michael, hand him a wad of cash and say ‘be in our game.’ You have to convince him.”

ON THE PLANNING FOR THE NEW KING’S QUEST GAME:
“We did call Roberta Williams. She is unwilling to come out of retirement for any reason at all, but she was super nice about it.”

ON LAW & ORDER: LA’S CANCELLATION RIGHT AFTER TELLTALE ANNOUNCED A GAME BASED ON IT:
“That was so annoying. I’m not sure exactly how that’s going to sort itself out.”