Every time we post about another update to the list of backwards compatible titles for the Xbox 360, there is always one title that is mentioned in the comments: Psychonauts. It was not a major seller, but it has a rabid fan base. It is a title I've personally wanted to see work on my Xbox 360 for a long time -- I once e-mailed developer Double Fine and they told me that, unfortunately, it was up to the engineers at Microsoft. Those guys never returned my e-mails.

Apparently, we are not the only ones who are frustrated. Tim Schafer, whose creative juices flow through Psychonauts, is more than a bit perturbed that he cannot play his masterpiece on the console. After calling people at Microsoft, offering to bring programmers up to Seattle to help get it working (probably within a few hours, he suspects), the only response he could get was assurance that top men were on the job. Who? "Top ... Men," they said.

Tim Schafer, a man who convinced his wife to name their first child "Geometry Wars," needs our help. Send off an e-mail something to the effect of "I am a 9-year-old boy in the hospital, dying of consumption, and my last wish is to play Psychonauts on my XBOX 360!" (Please, try to make up your own disease.)

[via 1up]