[Chat Log] March 15, 2019

[Lucy]

Maelstrom to me is bordering the kids rating of that show......@Eugene

 

[Jacqueline Hyde]

the chase/jules disconnect is because of changes in the tlc team. chase originated in word and math detective, which were the last ones developed by brøderbund. the brøderbund team stayed largely in place immediately after the tlc acquisition, which is why he's still in thinkquick (and why carmen is still voiced by mari devon, but the other characters have VAs from the cluefinders games).

 

[Neb]

Truth

 

[Lucy]

I'd say it's bordering on here as well with the PG13 rating.

 

[Eugene]

Yeah, we figured the warning on that RP was appropriate very early on.

 

[Lucy]

>.< but maybe that's just me?

 

[Ken U Belevitt]

Look,m even Jim Henson said that it's better to create an entertaining kid's show first, then put the education in second

 

[Jacqueline Hyde]

shortly thereafter tlc was bought by mattel then spun off to riverdeep. most of the people working on the games either quit or were let go, so treasures of knowledge had a completely new team working on it. hence the creation of jules and hawkins and the return of the chief. also why irene trapp (jules) was the only major va from previous games (thinkquick, specifically) to reappear, though christiane crawford (carmen) had been one of the bit part VAs in where in the usa.

 

[Eugene]

@Lucy No, not just you.

 

[Ken U Belevitt]

a lof ot the user conspiracy was me trying to sew a bunch of wayward continuities together

 

[Jacqueline Hyde]

stolen drums was developed by an outside studio but still overseen by riverdeep, hence the VAs and characters being retained

 

[Ken U Belevitt]

at any given time WOE is where things were edy at all. Even when they used the WOE characters in the games it was for the junior edition