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Big Fish Ponderings......
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I just had to buy another game credit for Escape the Museum and it is, for some reason, taking a long time to download. So I started thinking, (dangerous I know!). On the top 100 downloads page where it shows the ranking and whether or not the game has went up or down and how much....is that based on the hour trial downloads or if the game was bought or both? And that got me to thinking too.... My family was talking about the Big Fish Logo cause our grandson loves me to play Liongg the Dragon Mahjongg and he loves the Fish logo. I said, I wonder why the "Big Fish" as a logo. My husband thought that a "Big Fish in a small pond...?". I thought that might make sense. Does anyone know how this great company started, how long it has been around, and why the name and logo?  Thanks for reading and my download is about done, can't wait to play Escape the Museum!  Koalanut ps... Thanks Margie for the walkthrough for Escape, I have already bookmarked it for "just in case" 
Last edited by Koalanut; 03/18/08 06:53 PM. Reason: Thanks Margie !
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Re: Big Fish Ponderings......
[Re: BrownEyedTigre]
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Thanks Ana! I love this quote from the interview.... The problems was that our core demographic are 45 year old gamers, largely women, and the folks deciding what games to launch were mostly men in their twenties. HA! This explains why Big Fish is MY Favorite!!!!  Koalanut
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Re: Big Fish Ponderings......
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Escape the Museum was a ton of fun Koalanut and I doubt that you'll need a walkthrough. Let us know what you think of it!
Sue
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Re: Big Fish Ponderings......
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Sue--
I downloaded the demo a few days ago, and had just gotten another game for my game credit. I couldn't get that " I want to play that Escape again, it was so fun with the room puzzles in it" off my mind. So I was home tonight and I just had to buy another credit. This game is a real gem!
Thanks!
Koalanut
Last edited by Koalanut; 03/18/08 07:38 PM.
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Re: Big Fish Ponderings......
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Downloaded Escape the Museum this morning and played for twenty minutes before getting hooked and purchased it.
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Re: Big Fish Ponderings......
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Love the interview! Thanks Ana for the link.
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Re: Big Fish Ponderings......
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Wonder what we got to look forward to in July?
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Re: Big Fish Ponderings......
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Since that interview was posted on 5/26/06 (according to the date at the end of the interview) the July that was mentioned would have been in the year 2006, not this year. My guess is that it was probably MCF: Ravenhearst, the third game in the series since he mentioned the first 2 games.
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Re: Big Fish Ponderings......
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This thread made me think of BFG's contest to name the BFG fish. Never heard the results. What IS the fish's new name?
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Re: Big Fish Ponderings......
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I don't know Joanie, I don't remember it ever being announced but if anyone will remember, it will be Ana.
She probably won't get back to us before this evening though.
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Re: Big Fish Ponderings......
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I just got an e-mail from a Big Fish tech last night and he mentioned Felix the Fish, so it's definitely Felix.
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Re: Big Fish Ponderings......
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WE never came to consensus. We called it FElix a few times and it seems to be somewhat well known. We have tentatively decided to call it "The Big Fish". There are a few people at BFG who hate Felix, but there are also quite a few that think "The Big Fish" is too generic and boring.
Curious to get you emotional and logical reactions to:
"The Big Fish"
vs.
"Felix"
Thoughts?
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Re: Big Fish Ponderings......
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Well, just off the top of my head, I prefer a name to a description.
So that would mean I'd take Felix (though it does make me thing of the Odd Couple, or going further back, the cat)
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Re: Big Fish Ponderings......
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If those are the only choices than my vote goes to Felix.  Linda
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Re: Big Fish Ponderings......
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If that is the only choices, I would choose Felix too. But look what I found trying to find a name that meant "fish" Gedda
The name Gedda is a baby boy name. The name Gedda comes from the Danish origin. In Danish the meaning of the name Gedda is: Pike fish.
So go Gedda Fish...oh well, I tried! Koalanut
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Re: Big Fish Ponderings......
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I vote for The Big Fish...
I love the name and I like the picture it gives me in my mind. Big Fish.... the boss of the water.... Top Banana.
When I hear Felix I think of a cat or cartoon.
If they want to name the fish they should have a contest.
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May I dare to be different? I don't care for Felix. I think it either needs a new name that would somehow correlate to BigFish and gaming or just The Big Fish. 