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Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Builds to Big Finish With Episodes Featuring Dangeresque and Trogdor
¶ New Episode to Release November 17 on PC and WiiWare, Followed by "Burninating" Season Finale

Starring in a popular web cartoon wasn't enough. Strong Bad, who has been answering fan emails on Homestarrunner.com since 2001, is now dominating PC and WiiWare gaming in Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, an episodic series created by Sam & Max developers Telltale, Inc. and Homestarrunner.com creators Mike and Matt Chapman. Starting this month, the series is barreling to an exciting climax with two episodes featuring the franchise's most iconic characters: Dangeresque, a crooked cop in pursuit of glory, justice (sort of), and big sacks of cash, and Trogdor, the one-armed dragon who burninates peasants across the land.

First up is Dangeresque 3, Strong Bad's oft-delayed cinematic oeuvre, set to release November 17. The final installment in a low-budget action trilogy starring, written by, and directed by Strong Bad, Dangeresque 3 has been teased on Homestarrunner.com for five years. Unlike the first two "movies," which took the form of online cartoons, Telltale's Dangeresque 3 game places you inside the film in the role of the title character, with Homestar Runner, The Cheat, Strong Mad, and the rest of the Homestarrunner.com crew rounding out the cast. Complete with shaky camera shots, flubbed lines, and awkward post-production editing, Dangeresque 3 provides the humorous, homemade movie experience Strong Bad fans have come to expect, plus an added layer of interactivity.

In Dangeresque 3, what starts as a simple job to recover a long-lost formula morphs into a race to save the world from Dangeresque's unhinged nemesis, Uzi Bazooka. The filmic fantasy is maintained throughout the game, down to the inclusion of interactive "deleted scenes" accessible only after the main storyline has been completed. The original Dangeresque cartoons and a preview of the upcoming game can be viewed at www.dangeresque3.com.

Then comes Trogdor! After months of speculation, Telltale is confirming the infamous dragon's involvement in the fifth and final Strong Bad episode. A glimpse of the menacing Burninatorplus another surprise for longtime fanscan be seen starting on November 17, in the preview video included with Dangeresque 3.

Like episodes of a television sitcom, the Strong Bad games are self-contained and new players can jump in with any episode. The first three episodes are available now, for PC from www.telltalegames.com/strongbad, or for the Wii console through the Wii Shop Channel. Fans anticipating Dangeresque 3 can preorder the PC version from Telltale, either individually or as part of a 5-episode season pass.

About Homestarrunner.com

Mike and Matt Chapman launched Homestarrunner.com in 2000. Since 2002, they have updated with new cartoons almost every week including the popular 'Strong Bad Emails,' in which fan mail is answered by the cartoon's charming antagonist. The site has been featured in the New York Times, Wired, Entertainment Weekly, Time, and The Wall Street Journal, and two songs from the site were featured in the Guitar Hero series.

About Telltale, Inc.

Founded in 2004 by industry veterans with decades of experience, Telltale has become the leading online episodic gaming publisher and developer, delivering award-winning interactive experiences that emphasize engaging stories, strong characters, and rich worlds. Telltale is establishing a regular, ongoing schedule of online episodic series, across all major gaming and entertainment platforms. Telltale's franchises include Sam & Max, Strong Bad, and Wallace & Gromit.

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