GDC kicked off to a tasty start for the Destructoid team at TellTale
Games' party held at Cellar. Naturally we couldn't say no to the
prospect of zombie makeup, karaoke, and free drinks, but little did I
know that the party's most exciting attraction (for me, anyway) was the
presence of the one and only Steve Purcell. In the flesh! And also
sporting a rather adventurous felt hat.
For those of you not familiar with the man and his work, Purcell is
known for his artistic contributions on many of the classic LucasArts
adventure games. More significantly however, he is recognized as the
brain machine behind the lovingly twisted partners in crime Sam and Max.
It would be an understatement to say I was somewhat starry eyed and
whiskey soured upon my approach to Mr. Purcell, in utter awe of the
fact that I was about to meet one of the artists that truly set the
ground rules for my sense of humor and my love for adventure games
while growing up.
Chad and I both approached him at first asking for photos, an idea
that was suddenly overshadowed by another fan's request for a drawing.
Notebook-less I called the attention of Joey the bartender for a
cocktail napkin and asked the same of Mr. Purcell, only to sign it for
.tiff (of course).
And then there was Max! Exclaiming quite enthusiastically that
.tiff is "Not a real name!". The sight of it set my fan girl flame on
full blaze, and I beamed happily clinging to the napkin as I parted
ways.
That was, until I thought I had lost it. The bar was rather dark
and the copious amounts of drank had somehow shadowed the sight of the
drawing hidden in the folds of my purse. I went from ecstatic to
distressed in 60 flat, but Mr. Purcell noticed so offered to do another
drawing, a Second Coming of Max, if you will. Brilliant as Purcell
always is, the second drawing cleverly references the first and
includes a bonus floating Sam head. Win! and Win!
Of course after gushing all of my fan girl pheromones all over Mr.
Purcell, singing Material Girl with Leigh Alexander, and somehow making
it home by the end of the night, I found the other drawing after all.
You can better believe that I'll be framing these babies and keeping
them forever!
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