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SO excited that J. J. Abrams will be directing the next Star Wars film. Star Trek, Super 8 and Cloverfield were all awesome. I mean...anything's gonna be better than the prequels though right?!

Official iTunes Guys From Andromeda podcasts have been updated to now include fourteen podcasts including all the great commentaries and interviews from the kickstarter! REALLY cool stuff. Let's hope it continues to be regularly updated with news and more cool stuff! http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/guys-from-andromeda-podcast/id519822198

Gamasutra article below! Good stuff! Warning: This is not the FULL Gamasutra article that was released on 01/06/2012. To read that please follow this link. It's too long to repost. http://gamasutra.com/view/feature/171021/the_20year_estrangement_of_the_.php
 
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How Space Quest's creative duo buried the hatchet after 20 years apart
 
Twenty years ago, game development duo Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe, having shipped four games in Sierra On-Line's Space Questseries, parted ways after a falling out. For many graphical adventure game fans, it was a premature ending to a partnership that should have told many more stories.
 
Recently, Murphy and Crowe -- affectionately known by their fans as The Two Guys From Andromeda -- set aside their differences and launched a Kickstarter campaign to make a brand new adventure game together.
 
"I realized years ago it was our partnership that made these games great, and it's something I haven't experienced in the last 15, 20 years since I've been away from Sierra," Crowe tells Gamasutra in ourexclusive interview.
 
"I realized how much I missed that… we’ve come full circle back to our original way of working together.”
 
The duo were gracious enough to describe to us the high pressure environment at Sierra in the early 90s that led to their split, admitting that they were "younger and less mature" then.
 
"Looking back, I realize I was a dick," Murphy tells us, laughing.
 
More on the reunion -- and what's next for the only two Andromedans on Earth -- is in today's Gamasutra cover story.
 
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http://www.gamasutra...years_apart.php

Some news snippets from todays live podcast with Chris Pope
 
Ken Allen MAY be involved with SpaceVenture's music. Chris's response to a question asking about this was "maybe he is, maybe he isn't"
 
Gamasutra article is coming very soon. It had to get pushed back a little bit but it is coming
 
Last twenty-four hours of kickstarter should see a massive increase in funds (as has been the case with other Kickstarters) but the Two Guys are not just banking on that
 
Scott and Mark are soon doing a podcast with commentary on each Space Quest game
 
The Minecraft project is not dominating time, Brandon Bloom Blume is heading that up and Chris’s time is being spent organising press and promo right now in what he's calling the two week blitz
 
To clear up confusion, the double GOG package will be on the $150 tier
 
Reddit AMA is coming very soon and should be a very interesting experience
 
There will be a live, online wrap/chat party after the $500 000 is met

Some news snippets from todays live podcast with Chris Pope
 
Ken Allen MAY be involved with SpaceVenture's music. Chris's response to a question asking about this was "maybe he is, maybe he isn't"
 
Gamasutra article is coming very soon. It had to get pushed back a little bit but it is coming
 
Last twenty-four hours of kickstarter should see a massive increase in funds (as has been the case with other Kickstarters) but the Two Guys are not just banking on that
 
Scott and Mark are soon doing a podcast with commentary on each Space Quest game
 
The Minecraft project is not dominating time, Brandon Bloom Blume is heading that up and Chris’s time is being spent organising press and promo right now in what he's calling the two week blitz
 
To clear up confusion, the double GOG package will be on the $150 tier
 
Reddit AMA is coming very soon and should be a very interesting experience
 
There will be a live, online wrap/chat party after the $500 000 is met

Some news snippets from todays live podcast with Chris Pope
 
Ken Allen MAY be involved with SpaceVenture's music. Chris's response to a question asking about this was "maybe he is, maybe he isn't"
 
Gamasutra article is coming very soon. It had to get pushed back a little bit but it is coming
 
Last twenty-four hours of kickstarter should see a massive increase in funds (as has been the case with other Kickstarters) but the Two Guys are not just banking on that
 
Scott and Mark are soon doing a podcast with commentary on each Space Quest game
 
The Minecraft project is not dominating time, Brandon Bloom Blume is heading that up and Chris’s time is being spent organising press and promo right now in what he's calling the two week blitz
 
To clear up confusion, the double GOG package will be on the $150 tier
 
Reddit AMA is coming very soon and should be a very interesting experience
 
There will be a live, online wrap/chat party after the $500 000 is met

My pleasure s_d! I won't be able to listen every day though because if they happen at the same time as the one today, I will be working. I feel we do need people to listen and summarise the main points though. So maybe someone else could do this during Chris's next live podcast?

Some news snippets from todays live podcast with Chris Pope
 
Ken Allen MAY be involved with SpaceVenture's music. Chris's response to a question asking about this was "maybe he is, maybe he isn't"
 
Gamasutra article is coming very soon. It had to get pushed back a little bit but it is coming
 
Last twenty-four hours of kickstarter should see a massive increase in funds (as has been the case with other Kickstarters) but the Two Guys are not just banking on that
 
Scott and Mark are soon doing a podcast with commentary on each Space Quest game
 
The Minecraft project is not dominating time, Brandon Bloom Blume is heading that up and Chris’s time is being spent organising press and promo right now in what he's calling the two week blitz
 
To clear up confusion, the double GOG package will be on the $150 tier
 
Reddit AMA is coming very soon and should be a very interesting experience
 
There will be a live, online wrap/chat party after the $500 000 is met

Some news snippets from todays live podcast with Chris Pope
 
Ken Allen MAY be involved with SpaceVenture's music. Chris's response to a question asking about this was "maybe he is, maybe he isn't"
 
Gamasutra article is coming very soon. It had to get pushed back a little bit but it is coming
 
Last twenty-four hours of kickstarter should see a massive increase in funds (as has been the case with other Kickstarters) but the Two Guys are not just banking on that
 
Scott and Mark are soon doing a podcast with commentary on each Space Quest game
 
The Minecraft project is not dominating time, Brandon Bloom Blume is heading that up and Chris’s time is being spent organising press and promo right now in what he's calling the two week blitz
 
To clear up confusion, the double GOG package will be on the $150 tier
 
Reddit AMA is coming very soon and should be a very interesting experience
 
There will be a live, online wrap/chat party after the $500 000 is met

Great new article from the folks over at Capsule Computers!
 
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Space Quest Creators Reunite for New Game
 
Have you heard? An old adventure game developer is using Kickstarter to fund a brand new point-and-click adventure game!
 
Tim who? Double what? No, I’m talking about the Two Guys From Andromeda, creators of the classic Space Quest series of the eighties and nineties.
 
In case you haven’t donated to enough Kickstarter projects lately, Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe, the aforementioned Two Guys, have reunited and are asking for $500,000 before Tuesday June 12 to develop a new Space Quest game.
 
The guys are clearly passionate about the opportunity, and they already have a stellar cast of video game voice actors ready to participate: there’s Gary Owens, narrator from some previous SQ games;Robert Clotworthy (Jim Raynor from StarCraft 1 & 2); Ellen McLaine (GlaDOS and the turrets from Portal 1 & 2, The Administrator from Team Fortress 2); John Patrick Lowrie (Sniper from TF2, Sword Control from Halo: Reach); and Rob Paulsen (Pinky & The Brain, Animaniacs, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Monkey Island).
 
At the time of writing, the project has already raised almost half of that amount, and with two more weeks to go, it’s likely the target will be reached. So go help them out on Kickstarter, where there’s a crazy amount of information on the project, as well as some rather generous pledge rewards.
 
And keep up to date with all things Space Quest at guysfromandromeda.com.
 
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http://www.capsuleco...e-for-new-game/

Yeah that's what I intended this thread to be. A place where people could come to update the community on news and/or rumours they had seen. It could be official press stuff, tweets from Scott, Mark, Chris or anyone, or whatever! I just felt it would be good to have a central place for up to date information and discussion around it.

Maybe
I'm not sure about the whole backing for no reward idea. I know that I definitely want some of that cool stuff offered! But maybe SpaceQuest.Net could offer special 'badges' that appear under your avatar permanently. Obviously, there will be lots of fans generated once the new game comes out, but how cool would it be for the original fans to have a badge under their avatar which indicates that they were an original backer of SpaceVenture! Maybe these badges could be differentiated by colour? Bronze, silver, gold, platinum, diamond, whatever.

Some interesting comments from 2 Guys on kick-starter today.
 
"We have the media attention now, just wait and see.. We've said this before, but there is a reason why we had to hold out. Well, legal reasons actually. But that's done now!! :) But... some jungle drums would be amazing! :)"
 
"What's coming? Well, here's a hint.. How bout some commentary videos with the two guys.. Oh and those new tiers you guys have been asking for.. (ah spoilers)"
 
"You guys will notice quite a bit of press coming through now, as well as the next few days! Thanks for the posting about it! :)"
 
"MASSIVE TIER UPDATES about to happen tonight. Stay tuned! :)"

Latest from the Two Guys on their Kickstarter page. "We have some stuff coming guys. Wrapping some video footage that is about to be released.. and Prototype 2 we think is gonna blow you guys away, but that's not all ;)"