New SBCG4AP details - Homestar Ruiner!
Posted by emily May 14, 2008


With the premiere of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People fast approaching and the official launch of WiiWare this week, it seemed like a good time to spill some more beans about the series -- just the news you've been waiting for!

The first episode, Homestar Ruiner, kicks off a typical day in the House of Strong, with our hero answering emails, dominating in video games, and setting out to pummel his enemies. Then Strong Bad's scheme to win the tri-annual Race to the End of the Race lands him with an unwanted guest: his dimwitted adversary, Homestar Runner. Now Strong Bad must find a way to get the disgraced athlete back on the Free Country, USA A-list (and out of his house).

Homestar Ruiner is the first of five SBCG4AP episodes, and will be available for WiiWare and PC. We'll dish out some more details before the launch, but until then, the new gameplay video and screenshots on the Strong Bad page should tide you over. And don't forget about the dev blog, which is updated by Strong Bad himself (almost) every week!
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Goody! First comment!

Can't wait. :D
Comment by Teeth May 14, 2008, 2:38 pm
Awesome.
Comment by dg10050 May 14, 2008, 3:00 pm
Sounds cool.

Here's hoping they'll be of Sam and Max difficulty (and replayability), and not Bone difficulty.

Strongbad For the Win!
Comment by SuperSam May 14, 2008, 3:05 pm
This is looking really good.

I've been watching a lot of the Homestar Runner videos since this game's announcement. The humor took a little while to grow on me but I've come to kind of love it. I'm getting really excited :).
Comment by Calbeb May 14, 2008, 3:41 pm
i cant wait but is it going to have to be piad fer?
Comment by Givil May 14, 2008, 4:27 pm
i wonder how much each episode is going to cost...
Comment by Superfield Credit Union May 14, 2008, 4:34 pm
How many Wii points will this cost and when is it coming out
Comment by Homestar Fan May 14, 2008, 4:44 pm
i hope they are free :) dout it
Comment by Givil May 14, 2008, 4:45 pm
im a big homestar fan i've been waiting senc it was announced
Comment by Givil May 14, 2008, 4:47 pm
My guess is : the price should be around 1000 or 1500 Wii Points... (10-15$)
Comment by Max May 14, 2008, 5:02 pm
I'LL BE IN THE LOCKER ROOM, REGAINING MY GAME FACE!
Comment by therealTJ May 14, 2008, 5:25 pm
My guess is it'll be 1000-2000 Wii points, or $10-$20, a bit cheaper than regular Wii games.
Homestar Runner is, and always has been, the win.
Comment by Strumstar Hammer May 14, 2008, 5:28 pm
The games will not be free. We have to stay in business somehow. :P

Price will be announced soon. It'll be in line with what we charge for our Sam & Max titles.
Comment by Emily May 14, 2008, 5:32 pm
how much will it cost?
Comment by matt May 14, 2008, 6:22 pm
alot of papes
Comment by meff May 14, 2008, 6:49 pm
so who won the Boxer subtitle naming contest? I assume it was not I... :(
Comment by Dan May 14, 2008, 7:59 pm
Wiiware doesn't work in all countries the same way. Do you know which countries will offer the download?
Comment by frame May 15, 2008, 1:12 am
i think the price should be 200 wii points (i cant buy anything with these leftover points!)
Comment by abcxyq May 15, 2008, 5:57 am
These are all questions we'll officially announce the answers to when we know them. If we haven't said anything yet, you can assume we don't have an answer yet. ;)
Comment by Emily May 15, 2008, 6:47 am
500 wii points? I hope so. if defend your castle was that much homestar runner HAS to cost at least 500-700 points.
Comment by Astrobilly777 May 15, 2008, 10:08 am
no strumstar hammer, only ffcc cost that much and that's because square enix knows that there are lifeless nerds who are willing spend a pretty penny in order to get their dork on. but strong bad is what you call a casual game, like pop or defend you castle. but it may cost more because it has a plot and replay value. hmmmmmm I geuss we'll just have to wait, but telltale please release the price soon!!!
Comment by Astrobilly777 May 15, 2008, 10:19 am
700 wii points or 14 dollars that is reasonable
Comment by jaden551 May 15, 2008, 10:20 am
I don't think telling them what price we think is reasonable helps too much if that price means they gain minimal profits...

I'd just stop trying to guess the price, you will know when its out o.O
Comment by a person May 15, 2008, 12:04 pm
I sure hope they can fix up Strong Sad's model. It looks... awkward.
Comment by person-erson May 15, 2008, 2:16 pm
I believe that Strong Sad is [b]supposed/b] to look awkward. I hope they give him a low polygon count.
Comment by Strumstar Hammer May 15, 2008, 3:18 pm
1000 Wii Points I'm hoping, its on track with Sam and Max.
Either way, I can't wait!! :D
Sam & Max the game was awesome, and Homestarrunner is too, great to see both together.
Comment by Sam May 15, 2008, 4:26 pm
Great, I can't wait until it comes out!
Comment by TheModestOne May 15, 2008, 6:11 pm
This is going to be the best game ever, even if gameplay sucks[though I do HEAVILY trust the telltale team to make it good], because, being a long-time homestarrunner fan, I will kill for new comedic content.
Comment by i_just_shanked_ur_jengaship May 15, 2008, 6:32 pm
All i can say to the new gameplay video is... YESSS!!! I have only been a Strong Bad fan for about 2 years but after watching all the toons on the site and tracking this game since it's anouncement, I am completely psyched! [Homestar's voice is a little weird.../s] Nevermind. I can't bad mouth this game. Can't wait!
Comment by Acam30 May 15, 2008, 7:19 pm
Awww man... how do i do the strikethrough thing?
Comment by Acam30 May 15, 2008, 7:20 pm
Awww man... how do i do the strikethrough thing?


There's a handy guide right next to where you type in text!
Comment by tabacco May 15, 2008, 8:33 pm
200 Wii Points
Comment by Alexei May 16, 2008, 10:44 am
HAHA! I can't wait for this game! Strong Bad on the Wii... who would have guessed?


not to say anything bad about the game or anything, but does the Cheat look a little weirdy shaped? like his head?

anyways, I can tell I'll be playing this game a LOT when it comes out. :D
Comment by Mr. Awesomeness May 16, 2008, 12:17 pm
Mr. Awesomeness, I agree. the cheat does look a little funny, (no offense) but has anyone noticed that homestar and strong bad sound a little different?
Comment by Lil gurl May 16, 2008, 12:38 pm
I think any voice differences you're noting are just the result of Matt recording with nicer equipment.
Comment by tabacco May 16, 2008, 5:21 pm
Please to make this game free of pricing!
Comment by Jammy Sagarmo May 16, 2008, 7:56 pm
Not gonna happen :)
Comment by tabacco May 16, 2008, 7:58 pm
Oh. That sucks. :(
Comment by Jammy Sagarmo May 16, 2008, 8:01 pm
Yeah, sorry about that whole charging for our products thing. It's pretty selfish I guess.
Comment by tabacco May 16, 2008, 8:13 pm
I want it for the PC yo!
Comment by EhhhFonzie May 16, 2008, 10:17 pm
OBOYOBOYOBOYOBOYOBOYOBOYOBOYOBOY
really. but FOR THE PC and FOR THE WIN.
i hope its harder than Sam and Max, then I wont be able to beat it(lol jks).
Comment by Redrot May 17, 2008, 4:56 am
Will it come out the same time in the US as it does in Europe.
Comment by Joe May 17, 2008, 5:01 am
I hope that it will only cost about 1000 WII points per episode because there are 5 episodes so u figure 10 dollers times 5 is 50 $ which is an average game price. P.S. I wrote this on my wii!!!!! :-)
Comment by Toonsville May 17, 2008, 8:49 am
I got a Wii just for this game. Seriously.

Semi seriously.

I'm going to get this for sure.
Comment by Tomba42 May 17, 2008, 8:18 pm
i hope you can get an accumon to summon with the blade top marbles to reunite the penta-force.

but seriously this game will be awsome i love the wii and strong bad (Strong bad was my first love though{sorry nintendo})

as algebra rabbit would say:

"(Strong Bad x Video games + Wii^2) / 2 x pie^2 =AWSOME"
Comment by ironferret May 18, 2008, 11:27 am
Ive been a long time Strongbad fan, and I can't wait for its release.

Also will the PC release be at the same time, never realy liked Wii much, and now I know about Wii points and so forth, its less apealing.
Comment by Blanman May 18, 2008, 4:14 pm
Dearest Telltale employees:
I recently signed up for playtesting SBCG4AP, but I will now be able to come to the office. I signed up as Liam, in Hampstead, MD. What will happen?
Comment by Strumstar Hammer May 18, 2008, 5:42 pm
Dearest Telltale employees:
I recently signed up for playtesting SBCG4AP, but I will now NOT be able to come to the office. I signed up as Liam, in Hampstead, MD. What will happen?

Sorry, mixed up.
Comment by Strumstar Hammer May 18, 2008, 5:45 pm
Can we prepay to preorder all of the episodes? Everyone should have gotten their $600 government check by now >_>

Square Enix does something other than publish manga?

It'll be a cold day in hell before I bring a consol into my house. I've tried them at friends houses for decades, & I'll stick to PC thanks. A keyboard & mouse won't give you finger callouses & there's the whole benefit of having graphics cards. (& the fact that the PC is the longest lasting game consol in the market).

Didn't Sam & Max have a cartoon in the late 80s/early 90s? I'm thinking of buying them between Homestar releases. Not the genre of game I normally play, but it DOES look ammusing.
Comment by Allaiyah May 18, 2008, 6:21 pm
How much Wii points will this cost?
Comment by Sorrows Neptune May 18, 2008, 6:25 pm
>Didn't Sam & Max have a cartoon in the late 80s/early 90s? I'm thinking of buying them between Homestar releases. Not the genre of game I normally play, but it DOES look ammusing.
In the late 90's actually. You can order a DVD-collection of them from Telltales store.
Comment by Fajerkaos May 19, 2008, 2:43 am
Does anyone know said wii points price of said first episode? When someone finds out email me at stompybot@gmail.com
Comment by Stompy May 19, 2008, 11:07 am
I know I said this already but please fix the cheat

pleeease???
Comment by Mr. Awesomeness May 19, 2008, 12:49 pm
Dearest Telltale employees:
I recently signed up for playtesting SBCG4AP, but I will now NOT be able to come to the office. I signed up as Liam, in Hampstead, MD. What will happen?


If you can't come into the office, then we can't invite you to the playtest. :(
Comment by Emily May 19, 2008, 4:36 pm
200 points
500 points
800 points probably (eqiuv of $8, same as sam and max)
Comment by joebish May 19, 2008, 6:59 pm
Yes! I must tell my sister to save my wiipoints. I'll need them.
Comment by leon101 May 19, 2008, 11:17 pm
Will it be out at the same time in the uk as in the us?
Comment by shad177 May 20, 2008, 10:36 am
I cant wait 2 play that game i thought a game will never be out like that on wiiware!!!!!!!! hope its not to crappy
Comment by killer3342 May 20, 2008, 12:27 pm
friekin awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! buyin it!!!!!!
Comment by bob May 20, 2008, 5:15 pm
I say 700 points is reasonable especially if I'm to kick the ever loving crap out of Homestar!!!
Comment by heavybassX May 21, 2008, 9:49 am
WOW! I have to say, I don't game. Don't own a console, never have. In fact, I don't even have one of those newfangled television channel-box things. However, unlike the Poopsmith, I DO have a computer! Also HomeStarRunner and the related spinoffs (Videlectrix, TGS, Cheat Commandos) is the funniest online content out there! I will definitely download this game.

Just have to throw my input in: do the character voices in the trailer videos sound weird and awkward to anybody else? Definitely missing some edge and authenticity. That could really throw the game off...
Comment by HolyCrapAndre May 22, 2008, 7:31 pm
i'M just wondering when the game is going to come out!
Comment by AllstAR May 23, 2008, 8:01 am
Anyone hoping for a Sam & Max Cameo?
Comment by Nathan May 23, 2008, 9:04 pm
Without any violence?
Comment by Nathan May 23, 2008, 9:07 pm
Major violence, I mean.(Sorry for all the posts)
Comment by Nathan May 23, 2008, 9:14 pm
Can't wait!!!!
Comment by Justin May 24, 2008, 10:42 am
cool, dis is ona be awesome!!!!!! {-)
Comment by catfood May 24, 2008, 7:05 pm
if its any more than 500, or five dollars, it doesent look worth it. no offense telltale but can you show us some actual gameplay instead of just talking? your making it look more like mocking homestarrunner.com...
like one of those games you just walk around and talk to people
Comment by collin May 26, 2008, 12:14 pm
this game is gonna be cool. The voices sound so much clearer
Comment by Taylor May 27, 2008, 1:16 pm
um anyone have a egzact date? i can NOT wait
Comment by Givil May 28, 2008, 12:21 pm
I wonder whether the episodes are separate things or all in one package... I've got 1200 Wii points, I pray that's enough...
Comment by Mr. Comment May 28, 2008, 7:01 pm
Word is, they're going to make it cost 701 wii points, just to piss you off.
Oh america, why can't we convert to the metric system and use Atari points?
Those are kind of like Euros I think.
Comment by Children May 28, 2008, 11:37 pm
Homestar & American McGee's Grim are the only nonclassic games on my Get list this year.
Comment by LikaLaruku May 29, 2008, 12:31 am
I love homestarrunner.com and I have to get this game!
How many wii points is it? I'm guessing like 800
Short pants always get sum light globes!
(If you don't know where that's from your'e obviously not a true Homestar fan!)
Comment by Fezziwig May 29, 2008, 6:16 am
So, Based on the giveaway contest and the date some PC sites are using for the release date, I would guess we will see it on 6/15/08.
Comment by Frank May 30, 2008, 1:48 pm
Trogdor on the wii!!! for those who dont know who he is, this is trogdor the burninator


http://vaevictus.net/images/trogdor_transp.png


his song is also in that shop on guitar hero 2, sung by strong bad

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_pqEN8zylM
Comment by jimmyco1 May 30, 2008, 4:40 pm
YESSSS!!!!!! A %$#&@# STRONG BAD GAME! BTW, whats the ESRB rating?
Comment by rayword45 June 1, 2008, 5:28 am
this should be effing awsome
Comment by lord of the hippies June 1, 2008, 8:27 am
and shouldnt It be out its june
Comment by lord of the hippies June 1, 2008, 8:29 am
i have info that says it could be out on the 15th
Comment by jimmyco1 June 1, 2008, 6:29 pm
nah, they only add games to wii ware on mondays, and it would be kinda dumb to release the pc vertion with out the wii ware vertion, but I with the info u got would probable mean it starts on the 16th of June
Comment by gluttony June 2, 2008, 7:18 am
It comes on the 14th for pc & The 16th for wiiware
Comment by Dustin June 2, 2008, 12:30 pm
So... who's doing the voicework? And the writing? Because after that, it's definitely not The Brothers Chaps. Which kinda defeats the whole purpose of the game.
Comment by Atraira June 2, 2008, 2:42 pm
the voices do sound a little diffrent... do you think they have diffrent people doing the voices? i cant wait to hear marzipan talk.
Comment by Jeffy jeff June 2, 2008, 4:03 pm
a few people have alredy said it... telltale has better mics than than the homstar sight. the brothers chaps are making the stories, but they dont have time to write it all while still writing for thier site
Comment by jimmyco1 June 2, 2008, 5:22 pm
Cant wait, Ive been goin on the site for freaking years, and its going to be freaking awsome to play the game! When exactly will the first episode come out? Has it been anounced?
Comment by Ethan June 3, 2008, 4:00 pm
Holy Crap, this will be awesome, but it worries me about the pay factor, like the posted cooment above.... P-e-n-g-> :)
Comment by Battery June 3, 2008, 5:14 pm
ive been A faN since trogdor, the burninator(aka the S is for sucks dragon!!). im glad he gots a not-dumb-and-crappy-and-pixel-y game. should be cool.
Comment by pam-pam June 3, 2008, 5:50 pm
10 - 15 dollars is not much to ask for, especially considering tell tale games pretty much singlehandedly revived the adventure game genre.
Comment by Tommy D. June 3, 2008, 9:17 pm
I've been a fan since the beginning, and I can't wait to play.. It'll be hard to match the humor of the site, especially stretching the short toons packed with laughs that we're used to into a whole game.. so I hope it won't be disappointing, but I'm hopeful! :)
Comment by NikoMo June 3, 2008, 11:01 pm
Okay, so StrongBad'll be out on the third Monday in June. I can wait, of course all you Wii Owners also know Sam & Max Season One will be out for the Wii as well.
Comment by Fangarius June 4, 2008, 8:52 am
pam-pam, Trogdor is NOT the S is for sucks dragon. I guess that capital N at the end of fan, means "fan, not so much". (I'm kidding) But seriously the S is for sucks dragon is the dragon Strong Bad tosses before drawing Trogdor.
Comment by Diven June 4, 2008, 11:09 am
This game is gunna be so frikin awesome!!!

Nothin' will prevent me from gettin' this game!!! ( xcept maybe the price)

P.S.

Go 2 my website: slothyface00.googlepages.com

PLEAZ GO 2 MY WEBSITE!!!!!!
Comment by Slothyface June 4, 2008, 7:09 pm
Just wanted to know:
A) how are we meant to pay for ourdownloads? (paypal etc?)
B) Will it come out on cd-rom?
Comment by ELF June 5, 2008, 7:06 am
well if your are gtting the wii ware vertion then you will have to pay with wii piont and if you want the pc vertion the you are going to have to pay by like credit card.
And about your second question I don't think they will releace it onto cd, but I could be rong
Comment by gluttony June 5, 2008, 7:37 am
comon! put SBCG4AP on homestarrunner.com
Comment by joshua June 5, 2008, 12:33 pm
and to those who say that the pc vertion will be release before wii ware has SBCG4AP, YOU ARE RONG, i even have proof [url]http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-344[/url] just read the page that the link takes you to
Comment by gluttony June 5, 2008, 5:18 pm
Really Joshua, the game file would be way too big for the Chapp's site. It would suck up bandwidth & add to the hosting cost.
Comment by LikaLaruku June 5, 2008, 7:30 pm
Will the PC version be download only, or can I get it at GameStop/Target/Wallmart? (too lazy to check & see if someone already asked it).

If download-only, do you take PayPal?
Comment by LikaLaruku June 5, 2008, 7:32 pm
well last night i was thinking about it coming onto cd and if they do put it on cd and into stores then that would be after the season was released, so it's just what their with the sam and max series
Comment by gluttony June 6, 2008, 7:14 am
dacibibel!!!!!!! put SBCG4AP on homestarrunner.com


p.s:homestarrunner.com should be calld srongbad.com
Comment by strongbad June 6, 2008, 1:03 pm
I forgot the t
Comment by strongbad June 6, 2008, 1:07 pm
DOWNLOAD ONLY!!!!! is it that hard? quit asking the same question over and over people!
Comment by jimmyco1 June 7, 2008, 1:17 pm
So where, when, and how exactly do I download this game?
Comment by randomguy June 7, 2008, 6:29 pm
will it be in the shop chanel or here

oh and im on the internet chanle


random info =P
Comment by Nick June 7, 2008, 9:37 pm
It looks awesome so far, I've been a fan of Homestarrunner.com for years now, I've seen every single cartoon and email currently available on the site at this time. I just recently got a Wii, but unfortunately I may not get the game because of money problems.
Comment by Dark Jinx June 9, 2008, 4:12 pm
mr. awsomness previosly said:

not to say anything bad about the game or anything, but does the Cheat look a little weirdy shaped? like his head?

My awnser/question:

I noticed that...but does the cheat even have a head?
Comment by bojo10 June 9, 2008, 9:18 pm
ok, so how many seasons do you think this one will be? I guess they need to see how good it is first, before they say that. The cheat may look freaky, but he's not meant for 3D, it doesent look right. Also, is pom pom, the king of town, and homsar in this game? i havent seen them yet. Probably not, thier wierd charictors. But i kinda wanted to see king of towns castle
Comment by jimmyco1 June 10, 2008, 7:42 pm
Aw man, this games gonna crash the WiiWare server :(

Can't wait, I'll get it to minute it comes out, really. :D
So many awesome games thus June, but this WILL be on my list.
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