Letter 1

From: [Anonymous Industry Professional]
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 12:56 PM
To: Srandra05@aol.com
Subject: Part One of your alienation of fragfest publishers and gaming mags

My undying admiration.

Letter 2

From: Mark Burton [email address deleted]
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 3:09 PM
To: randy@justadventure.com
Subject: TLJ

I just read your article about the Longest Journey not coming to north America. My hat's off to you for not holding back for what you and all of us Adventure gamers feel about what is happening to the adventure world. This is the first time I have ever wrote to anyone about this subject. I've been sitting in the back row and read all about what is going on with the Adventure genre but after reading your article I couldn't help myself. I am sick and tired of almost every game that comes out has that "kill anything that moves" attitude about it. Obviously it doesn't take much to keep the simple mind happy. My thumbs up to you Randy!!

Mark

Letter 3

From: [Anonymous Industry Professional]
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 1:26 PM
To: Randy
Subject: WOW!!

Randy,

Great article!
Your passion for adventure shines through with every word.

I also wrote a long letter to DreamCatcher.

Letter 4

From: [Anonymous Industry Professional]
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 5:00 PM
To: Srandra05@aol.com
Subject: Well Done

Randy -
Your article on TLJ is very well put... Thanks for having the courage to
speak the truth!

Letter 5

From: linda[email address deleted]
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 5:38 PM
To: randy@justadventure.com
Subject: Great article

Hi,

Love your writings, especially "The Ugly Americans". Where can I buy (online) the Longest Journey??

Thanks,

Linda

Letter 6

From: P.D. & Tandy Forst [email address deleted]
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 3:06 AM
To: randy@justadventure.com
Subject: BRAVO!

The Ugly Americans article, BRAVO, RANDY, BRAVO!!!

Letter 7

From: orion [email address deleted]
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 8:36 PM
To: randy@justadventure.com
Subject: UGLY AMERICANS

Randy, you got my vote for president. My finger is in the air too. What can we do about this lack of interest in selling Adventure Games? Why is there a problem in Adventure Gaming interest. We have this special drive that makes it hard to wait for a long anticipated adventure game. To load a game up, click start, watch the opening sequence and start a game not knowing where it will lead or how it will play out is a feeling only we as adventure gamers can describe. I heard that The Longest Journey might not be available in the US so I contacted Funcom. They wrote me back saying if it is not sold in the US it will be available at their web site. I also wrote Dreamcatcher because they picked up Riddle of the Sphinx and told them of this game hoping they will do the same here. Have not heard from them yet. You being in the position that you are in, being able to reach out to thousands, need to tell adventure gamers what steps to take so we don't loose adventure games all together. I do see this happening. SPREAD THE WORD!

James Korwek

Letter 8

From: Will Decker [will@insanegamers.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 8:40 PM
To: randy@justadventure.com
Subject: Your Article

Hey Randy,

I really enjoyed reading your article on 'The Ugly Americans'. I live in Canada, and I have been paying a lot of attention to The Longest Journey for quite some time. I wrote a couple e-mails off to see if/when The Longest Journey would be released in North America, and also to see if I could get a copy to review. Worry not though ... I believe things will come through 8^)

You can expect to see The Longest Journey in North America soon enough 8^), and I'm sure it'll be popular over here too. It will not be as popular due to the fact that North Americans do not enjoy the same things as European people. This is kind of like hockey ... it means a lot to myself and my fellow Canadians, but in Europe they may like soccer more. It's all how your raised, and also ... such games as adventure games and war games don't require large staffs, so they cost less to create 8^).

Anyway ... good job on the article ... also I'd like to note that I sent an e-mail to one of my buddies at Monolith Productions for him to look at. I know Monolith has done some publishing for companies in the past, and even though Fox Interactive is publishing Monolith's games I can still see Monolith as a publisher. Such companies as Nival and Valkyrie Studios have had extreme success with Monolith ... you may want to look into this yourself!

Sincerely,

Will Decker
Insane Gamers
Owner, Editor-in-Chief
http://www.insanegamers.com

Letter 9

From: Vyv500 [email address deleted]
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 12:14 AM
To: Srandra05@aol.com
Subject: The Ugly Americans

um ... allow me to say, YOU GO RANDY!!!!!!!!! I really liked that article :)

Angella

Letter 10

From: Marit Lund [maritl@funcom.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 5:42 AM
To: Srandra05@aol.com
Subject: RE: Funcom at E3

Hello Randy,

We have read your article, and everybody at Funcom think it is great! It is good that someone finally start a discussion about what criteria video games have to meet in order for publishers to accept them.

Funcom has not yet found a publisher in the States, and we are really upset that this process has taken so long. But several publishers are still evaluating the game, and it could seem like they are awaiting European sales figures before they decide whether to commit to the game or not.

I am sorry that there has been a misunderstanding in regards to the US publishing plans. Our support department has stated that the "English version" will be available in March. But this is only in the UK! Sorry, that we were unclear about that ! We have also stated this on the official "Longest Journey" web page to avoid misunderstandings in the future.

Anyway, thanks a lot for writing the article. It might help us a lot in the struggle to get a good publisher agreement!

Best regards
Marit Lund
Public Relations
Funcom
http://www.funcom.com