This post is about monkeys and relativity, so the title might make more sense after reading it.

Today, being July 7, is the launch date of the first episode in the new Monkey Island series. I, being a fan of the series and of Telltale in general, took some vacation time at work so i could play the game as soon as it was available. Unfortunately, there's some sort of technical difficulties and the game hasn't actually been posted to play yet. A few hours ago, Telltale posted something in their blog saying they're working on it and it'll be up soon. Now to me, this is not a big deal. Even if i don't get to play the game today, i still got to be at not work, so i'm happy. Apparently, to some people, this is pretty much the unpardonable sin.

To me, the most ridiculous thing a customer can say to a company is "this is unacceptable." If it's unacceptable, don't buy the product. And yet, for some people, TTG having minor technical difficulties is unacceptable. The reasoning seems to go something like this: they've been waiting for this game for 10 years and now they have to wait a whole 'nother day to play it.

Please consider the following: this game was announced 34 days ago. For most game companies, 34 days from announcement to release is a very impressive schedule. Somehow, for Telltale, this translates to 10 years (even tho the company itself only recently celebrated its 5th anniversary). According to my maths, this means that for every 1 day of real time that passes, 3½ months pass in this alternate time stream. I know i was unhappy every time Nintendo pushed back the release of Twilight Princess by a few more months, so i guess i can relate to these people and their unreasonable demands...

I'm just glad i don't live in their world. I finished Spaceman Deke something about 8 months ago and i still haven't released my next game. If those same people were my fans, that would mean they've been waiting 80 years. I guess the upside to that would be that they'd all die of old age long before i get done writing it.