A new, mysterious page has appeared on the Telltale site with the equally enigmatic name of "Scoggins Erasers." Upon opening the page, visitors are greeted with an animated image. The image, seen above, is pretty simple: An unidentified pedestrian walking around a snowy landscape. A few areas of the page are interactive, notably the snowmobile, two of the factory windows and one of the tree stumps. The latter objects trigger red-capped gnomes to pop up in various parts of the screen.
Beyond these areas, the only other interactive object is the sign, which does in fact link to the sign-up page for the Telltale newsletter. More information is promised on May 4, but what's the fun in waiting? Let's guess.
The factory appears to be shut down -- what with the chains on the door. But why? Are the gnomes to blame? Also, who is this Scoggins? A quick look on Wikipedia unveils two possible candidates: One, it could be Myles W. Scoggins, current president of the Colorado School of Mines. Colorado is very snowy, now isn't it? Or two, perhaps it's Krysta Scoggins, Canadian country singer. Canada, as everyone knows, is encased in a thick crust of hard-packed snow 365 days a year, so this possibility would make sense. Also, school presidents and country singers need a lot of erasers -- for grading papers and writing lyrics, obviously. The third possibility, though unlikely, is that this Scoggins person is an entirely fictional person (or place) created by Telltale. Yeah, right.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]
Reader Comments (13)
Posted: Apr 16th 2010 9:40AM blueskyv201 said
Well, whatever it is, I hope it comes to PSN.
. . . and Xbox live, fine!
. . . and Xbox live, fine!
Posted: Apr 16th 2010 9:41AM CaptainFaith said
If that snow-mobile turns into a robot, I'm sold.
Posted: Apr 16th 2010 10:02AM Funkmaster General said
I think it's about time that I get into Telltale games. Can anyone recommend a good starting place? I've got a Mac (with bootcamp,) a PS3 and 360 so if anyone can also tell me the best place to play any of them I'd be much obliged.
Posted: Apr 16th 2010 10:26AM DerwinD said
Start with a Tales of Monkey Island demo, they actually have it out for the Mac. Otherwise, there are demos/free episodes of other series (Sam & Max, Strongbad, Wallace & Grommit). Sam & Max S01E04 is free and is a full game, if a demo isn't enough: http://www.telltalegames.com/store/lincolnmustdie
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Posted: Apr 16th 2010 1:55PM litrock said
Sam and Max season 1 is kind of old, but that's where I started. It's one of their early games, so if you can get into that it's all amazing from there. Season 2 is my favorite adventure game ever. And Tales of Monkey Island is Monkey Island gold. Those are the best three. I wouldn't recommend Strongbad or Wallace and Grommitt unless you're into the properties before Telltale made them into games.
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Posted: Apr 16th 2010 10:10AM BrssMnky said
Am I the only one who that it was the game based on The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs?
Posted: Apr 16th 2010 10:12AM BrssMnky said
*Am I the only one who THOUGHT that...
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Posted: Apr 16th 2010 10:51AM dancinbojangles said
Whatever else, it's good to see Telltale breaking away from their usual art style (presumably). Those weird plastic-looking graphics always turned me off to the new Monkey Island games.
Posted: Apr 16th 2010 11:28AM (Unverified) said
How about a adventure game based on the movie FARGO! that'd be fun......... :|
Posted: Apr 16th 2010 11:29AM (Unverified) said
More Strong Bad plz :(
Posted: Apr 16th 2010 11:38AM cinders720 said
Loving the art style. Reminds me of Tin-tin but...snowier!
Posted: Apr 16th 2010 11:52AM fco said
if it is a game based in the art of graham annable ( http://www.youtube.com/user/grickle ) i'm gonna wet myself giggling with joy.
Posted: Apr 16th 2010 3:48PM Cakes94 said
Telltales' a front; this is actually a teaser for Valve's Half Life 2: Episode 3! Scoggins is actually the Aperture's snowy Borealis site! The pedestrian is...ah, never mind...i'm just a poor wishful fool.
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