SBCG4AP Dev Blog

From the desk of Strong Bad.

Actually hard at work

Strong Bad regularly updated a Developer's Blog on the Telltale Games website to promote Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People.

Blog Entries

Image	Date	Title	Description	Currently Playing
	24 Apr 2009	Abbreviation Ovrld!	Strong Bad misappropriates the abbreviated phrase "SBCG4AP on DVD for PC DVD-ROM!"	"RE1 on PSX - those floating door transitions are the scariest part!"
	10 Apr 2009	Double your Deuce	Strong Bad is confused by increased sales since Nintendo fixed the Wii's storage problems.	"Blackthorne on the SNES. Nobody shoots a shotgun while looking the other way better!"
	17 Nov 2008	StoryBOREDs	Strong Bad shows off his Dangeresque 3 ending storyboard.	"MYST (I'm seeing who's taller, Strong Mad, or all the different versions of this freaking game stacked on top of each other)"
	04 Nov 2008	Deep Trax	Strong Bad offers up longer versions of the songs sampled in Baddest of the Bands. (View the Flash file.)	"These seven inches stupid!"
	15 Sept 2008	Total Cop Out	Strong Bad retools the decapitation game to be an exploding collar game. (View the Flash file.)	"My Aquarium (hey wait! you can't even give these fish ICK! where's the fun in that?)"
	11 Aug 2008	Cheat Codes	Strong Bad reveals some (fake) cheat codes for SBCG4AP.	"Um, duh?"
	23 Jul 2008	Videlectricks	Videlectrix writes to Strong Bad about their treatment by Telltale Games.	"4 player Warlords. Paddles man, paddles."
	10 Jul 2008	Large Decap Latte	Strong Bad is disappointed that his game didn't get a Mature rating. So he has some poorly created decapitations to make up for it. (View the Flash file.)	"Badminton. It's nice out."
	26 Jun 2008	O Contest, Mii Contest	Strong Bad has his own comments about the Telltale Mii Contest.	"Metal Storm (best death explosion ever)"
	10 Jun 2008	Payable Demo!	Strong Bad shows off his "playable demo". (View the Flash file)	"Gold Rush! (lost the manual, anyone know when Sutter's Mill was built?)"
	04 Jun 2008	End Boss Feature	Strong Bad discusses stickers, game features, and marketing.	"Abodox (I refuse to believe that logo says 'Abadox')"
	21 May 2008	Concept Art is a SCAM!	Strong Bad bemoans Telltale's decision to take the game visuals in a different direction.	"The Viking Child for LYNX. Best Handheld Ever Man."
	14 May 2008	The Endinning of the End	Strong Bad hates the French horn.	"Lost Eden (the dinosaurs look REAL!)"
	7 May 2008	Logos Please	Strong Bad explains that video game success is proportional to the number of logos before the title screen.	"Trojan (they still have cartoon sticks of TNT in the post-apocalyptic future!)"
	24 Apr 2008	New Screenshots!	Strong Bad shows off some new screen shots of the upcoming game... that have been altered slightly.	"Not MS Paint"
	17 Apr 2008	Anadigilogital	Strong Bad complains about the game's lack of box art and dipswitches.	"Rebel Assault 1 (from a time when nasty looking full motion video was the future of gaming!)"
	10 Apr 2008	Nobody Listens to Strong Bandrew	Strong Bad decries the Telltale Team's rejection of his game ideas.	"Wagyan Land (the end boss is a word game!)"

Fun Facts

24 Apr 2009

• The illustrations were "powered by The Cheat".
• The first expansion discusses comedic actor Dick Van Dyke.
• The second possibility has a doctor that resembles Dr. Mario.
• The third possibility says that Bubs is pursuing Grimace for giving out pizzas.

10 Apr 2009

• The entry title is based on Double Deuce.
• Strong Bad is complaining about how Nintendo has, in a then recent update, allowed SD cards to store and directly play games on the Wii, effectively allowing for unlimited storage.

17 Nov 2008

• The blimp is similar to the one seen in an Easter egg in web comic.
• "Awexome Movie" is a reference to Awexome Cross.
• Strong Bad saying that Myst has many versions is a reference to the fact that Myst has been re-released several times with updated graphics and sounds, either for PC and Mac, or for several game consoles.
• Strong Bad's proposed ending appears to have Dangeresque's death in it.
• The storyboard caption says "Int. Awexome Movie - Day", but the picture suggests the scene is supposed to be shot outdoors, not indoors.

04 Nov 2008

• The cover of the single "My Face (Don't Put Needles In It)" by Cool Tapes features Poodonkis.
• Strong Bad writes "Click on a seven inch below to style yourself out!"
• The cover of "Left-Shift-Alt-Delete" has "Compy 386" on it.

15 Sept 2008

• In this dev blog entry, The Poopsmith is dressed as a Poopertrooper. Besides the exploding collars and different sound effects, this is the only change between this Flash file and the original from Large Decap Latte.
• The explosion animation is the same one used in Theme Song Video.
• The explosive collars remain present after the explosions.

11 Aug 2008

• Strong Bad mentions Pom Pom's dad, along with Trivia Time and Grumblecakes.
• The Wii Shop channel is referenced, along with its downloading screen, which features Mario collecting coins.
• Soda Popinski is one of the opponents in the NES game Punch-Out!!.
• The discount brick is a reference to the process.

23 Jul 2008

• The Cheat was previously referred to as a "yellow dog" in army, and was also called "The Squeak" (labeled as such in the image) in hiding.

10 Jul 2008

• ESRB is an organization created for rating video games. "ESRB" actually stands for "Entertainment Software Rating Board".
  • It was revealed in a later interview that having any sort of decapitation in a game warranted an automatic M rating.
• The Dev Blog entry has every main character die in it.
• This is another instance of Strong Sad being decapitated.
• In the Flash file, if you click play (after clicking on a button), it will show Strong Bad's head being decapitated off of the previously clicked character's body. Additionally, that same "half Strong Bad" is also seen outside the frame of the menu.

26 Jun 2008

• The blog entry's title refers to O Captain! My Captain!.
• The characters the Miis are supposed to look like are, in order, Marzipan, The Cheat, Strong Bad, and Bubs.
• Strong Bad sees the Marzipan Mii as Alice the Goon, a character from the Popeye series.

10 Jun 2008

• Strong Bad mentions a giant novelty toothbrush, which was also mentioned by Homestar Runner in from work.
• Lemonade Stand is an early educational computer program, where players had to set the price for their lemonade depending on conditions.
• Strong Bad's request for the manual is because, like many Sierra games of the era, the game would periodically ask for certain words or facts from the manual as a form of copy protection.
  • Sutter's Mill was built in 1847.
• Phensics is a portmanteau.

04 Jun 2008

• Entry includes examples of deliberately poor English.

21 May 2008

• Strong Bad refers to bullstyle.
• Strong Bad also says that the "Smelly Guy" has "several months' worth of empty cans of Bull Honkey".
• Strong Bad's concept art was seen at the end of the SBCG4AP Advertisement.

14 May 2008

• The game Strong Bad is complaining about is Pitfall II: Lost Caverns. Frogs and balloons were two of the new features in the game, as well as unlimited lives.
• Strong Bad should know that the "silver french horn" is a scorpion, as he positively identified it as such in the commentary of In Search of the Yello Dello.
• "Endinning" is a portmanteau of "end" (or "ending") and "beginning."

7 May 2008

• Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People would later be released with only two logos before the title screen.

24 Apr 2008

• Strong Bad alters a screenshot from the game and claims that it's a dating sim featuring Kate Pierson of the B-52's.
• One of Strong Bad's fake screencaps reveals that Homestar's innards are filled with "Strawberry Quik". "Quik" was the original name of Nestlé's flavored milk drink Nesquik.
• Strong Bad claims to launch a "heat-seeking 3-Stooges eye-poker missile" in his game. The hallmark slapstick comedy of the Stooges often included eye-poking.
• Another screencap shows Strong Sad attempting to "perform open heart surgery on his own dang self."

17 Apr 2008

• Mig 29 Soviet Fighter is an unlicensed game for the NES. The switch on the back of the game triggers a voltage spike intended to temporarily disable the NES's lock-out chip so that the unlicensed game can be played on an official console.
• Strong Bad uses "it's" in place of "its" even though he considers people who do this to be scalawags.

10 Apr 2008

• The blocky 3D Strong Bad head in the sudoku puzzmaster picture is most likely a reference to Dr. Kawashima's representation in the Brain Age series, which included sudoku in the North American version of its first installment. Dr. Kawashima's head also sometimes used an expression similar to Strong Bad's in the game.
  • NPR's program Weekend Edition Sunday includes a weekly segment with Will Shortz, puzzle constructor (including Sudoku), New York Times puzzle editor, and referred to by NPR as the "Puzzlemaster".
• Strong Bad's idea of a "flame cubicle" in the Telltale offices gets "SBLOUNSKCHED!"
• The title makes a reference to the book Nobody Listens to Andrew.
• Unlike the other dev blog images, the puzzmaster image is hosted on the Viidelectrix site.

See Also

• Strong Sad's Lament

External Links

• Read Strong Bad's Dev Blog

Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People
Promotional Media	Strong Bad Gameways, Advertisement, Gameplay Trailer, Tech Demo, Dev Blog, Workin' on the Game, Tutorial, Intros, Behind The Bad, Make a Scene with Telltale: Strong Bad Edition, SBCG4AP Collector's DVD
Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner	Various: Walkthrough, Snake Boxer 5, Teen Girl Squad Responses: House of Strong, Marzipan's, K.o.T. Castle, The Track, The Field Promotional Media: Homestar at the Track, Around the Field, Behind The Bad Chapter 1: The New Hire Songs: Handle My Style, Fluffy Puff Jela-ton, Showdown
Episode 2: Strong Badia the Free	Various: Walkthrough, Math Kickers, Cave Girl Squad, Maps and Minions, Countries, Homsartifacts Responses: Bleak House, The Field, Homsar Reservation, Pompomerania, Country, Marzistar, The Castle Promotional Media: Strong Badia the Free Gameplay Trailer Songs: Justice Combo Meal
Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands	Various: Walkthrough, Limozeen's Hot Babelien Odyssey, Teen Girl Squad Meets Limozeen, Bands Responses: House of Strong, The Field, Marzipan's, Club Technochocolate, The Track, Battle of the Bands stages Promotional Media: Baddest of the Bands Gameplay Trailer, Behind The Bad Chapter 2: The Heist, Baddest of the Bands Promo Spot, baddestofthebands.com Songs: Food-Related Love, Cool Tapes songs, Other songs
Episode 4: Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective	Various: Walkthrough, Space Circus Catastrophe Responses: Smoky Office, Brainblow City, Strongborneo, Secret Lab, Catacombs, Old Club, Cutesy's House, The Sun, World Locations Promotional Media: Dangeresque: Puppet Squad, Dangeresque 3 Gameplay Clips, Dangeresque 3 Mini-Site Songs: Today is Alright 4 2Nite
Episode 5: 8-Bit is Enough	Various: Walkthrough, Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder, Redcoat Ghost Patrol, Trogdor's 3D-Ungeon, Character Variations Responses: House of Strong, The Field, Crates, Videlectrix Mainframe, Halfathlon, Gel-Arshie's Backstage, Stinkoman 20X6, Peasantry Promotional Media: Behind The Bad Chapter 3: The Last Straw