Wojo 2,453 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 I aim to pick this up, Jay. It's advertised at GOG among other places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Want:From http://maya-pixelskaya.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 What? The girl or the shoes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 The shoes man, the shoes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Monkey Island Converse? I'd wear that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 That's the second coolest pair of shoes I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF1_freeze 131 Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I hate those type of shoes, but i would wear them in a heart beat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,790 Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 The shoes man, the shoes!a freudian fetish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Ron Gilbert wants to reboot Monkey Island: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-12-11-monkey-island-creator-plans-disney-talks-ahead-of-new-game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Maybe we'll finally get to see the "true" MI3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Ron Gilbert wants to reboot Monkey Island: http://www.eurogamer...ead-of-new-gameSeems mostly like conjecture to me. I'm sure he'd *like* to do it (and make the Real MI3), but one of his first tweets after the Lucas/Disney merger was about how unlikely he thinks it that he could get the rights back from Disney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 Well I hope something cool happens with all this. I'd love Ron Gilbert to return to the franchise in a major way, preferably with his original conclusion of the trilogy but anything would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 Ron Gilbert laments Disney owning Monkey Island and Maniac Mansionhttp://www.technobuffalo.com/2012/11/30/ron-gilbert-laments-disney-owning-monkey-island-and-maniac-mansion/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 If I were to play The Secret of Monkey Island, what would you recommend: the original version or the special edition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 If I were to play The Secret of Monkey Island, what would you recommend: the original version or the special edition?Special edition. You can switch to the original version while playing by just pressing a button (original graphics, music and controls). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 On 6/21/2012 at 11:10 AM, Jay said: [media=] When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist's secret vault. The suspicions they harbor, the memories they guard, the connections they share—all will converge as these four ordinary people work together to prevent a potentially cataclysmic disaster. Features: - Voiceover work featuring fan favorite Logan Cunningham (Bastion) - Four playable swappable characters - A twisting, riveting storyline influenced by player decisions - Long and short term memory system - ask anybody about anything! Website: http://www.resonance-game.com Anybody played yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 Woohoo!http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/03/26/double-fines-adventure-finally-given-a-title-broken-age/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Looking forward to it. Somehow I'm not quite as totally excited as I was a year ago when the Kickstarter campaign started. But even if it turns out to be a bit short, it should still be a nice game. And all the documentaries alone would have been worth my $100. Those and the t-shirt, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 On 1/20/2013 at 6:13 AM, Alexander said: If I were to play The Secret of Monkey Island, what would you recommend: the original version or the special edition? Special edition retains the charm so that. Hopefully this'll finally shut up Marian once and for all! http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-04-10-fan-made-monkey-island-game-announced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Nothing short of an official Gilbert MI3 will shut me up. This looks cool though. Only I wouldn't count on them getting this out in the open without getting issues with Disney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 In a blog post eulogizing Lucasfilm Games, Ron Gilbert indicated he still hoped he could one day get the rights to Monkey Island back to himself, and that the closure of LucasArts has no impact. Really good read:http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a470474/monkey-island-co-creator-ron-gilbert-says-goodbye-to-lucasarts.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Nothing short of an official Gilbert MI3 will shut me up. This looks cool though. Only I wouldn't count on them getting this out in the open without getting issues with Disney.http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=47846.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST-321 4 Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 There's a Monkey Island Le Chuck t-shirt for sale here for another few hours:http://teebusters.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,800 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Played Telltale's Walking Dead through the weekend (the first season and the released episodes of the second season so far). I'm not a great fan of zombies today, I think they're a little overused, but after being a fan of their Sam and Max and Monkey Island games and hearing a lot of positive buzz around it, I decided to give it a go. And I gotta tell ya, it changed me. I feel pretty damn different after playing it, it affected me so deeply, particularly the first season. Sadly I knew some spoilers but I was still entranced with the story and every decision I had to make was like a stab to my soul. I'm a pretty neutral person, I really don't like taking sides, but here I had no choice. I know it's fiction, but somehow I feel this is where we're going as a society. Luckily we won't be around to see it, but it's still quite depressing. One aspect that it's kinda saddening gameplay wise is how Telltale keeps stripping their games of the adventure-game mechanicals. Of course this is nothing new, as the company proressed and became more popular this was a continuing evolution for them. Monkey Island and the third Sam and Max season are examples of this evolution away from the genre itself. Here there are absolutely no puzzles -or at least none that I can remember- but at least the gripping story and the exquisite cinematic feel make up for it. The second season though feels a little dissapointing, though. The first two episodes present hardly a challenge in terms of moral decisions and they feel like they move along two quickly. Having Clem as a main character is fantastic, and the fact that her innocence's gone and she's so cynic now is brilliant, but it's lacking the heart-punching stuff from the first season. Practically in every episode from the first season, there was a moment where I was completely in shock or in a cascade of tears. It really got to me, so I hope the next two episodes make up for it. The third one is already showing promise in that aspect. It's the best one of the second season so far.Lee, Kenny and Clem are awesome. Great great GREAT character writing. I wanna play it again and take the opposite decisions, but somehow I feel I won't be able to do it. I like the characters that much.Now it got me interested in the actual series, so finally I'm gonna check it out. The first season at least, and see how it goes from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I don't understand the love for that game. Awful writing, and the cartoonish style doesn't help your drama. The voice acting is pretty good though. The Last Of Us trumps it in all departments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,800 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I respectfully disagree, I thought both the writing and the voice-acting were top-notch, and the caricaturesque style lend itself very nicely into the story and gave it an original feel, instead of being another ultra-realistic looking game -which Telltale isn't good at anyways, so I'm glad they didn't go for that.Just for the sake of curiosity, do you like adventure games like Monkey Island and such, Koray? Not that TWD is really one but it has many of the same elements and structure of that type of games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Yeah I enjoyed the first four episodes, even if I do find them a little overrated. I never did get around to finishing it, must get it done.Does it make much difference if I haven't got the original save game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,800 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Depends, I imagine there's bound to be some difference with what you originally chose but it's not like Heavy Rain where virtually everything you do affects the outcome of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I respectfully disagree, I thought both the writing and the voice-acting were top-notch, and the caricaturesque style lend itself very nicely into the story and gave it an original feel, instead of being another ultra-realistic looking game -which Telltale isn't good at anyways, so I'm glad they didn't go for that.Just for the sake of curiosity, do you like adventure games like Monkey Island and such, Koray? Not that TWD is really one but it has many of the same elements and structure of that type of games.I never played the Telltale Monkey Island games, but I do like the first two ones. I have no issue with The Walking Dead's gameplay, but like I said it felt cheap. I couldn't connect to it. Maybe I shouldn't have said that the writing was awful, but how it blended with the gameplay was. One moment that really stood out to me was when the person dies in the convenience store. The way I played it ended up being that corny camera guy or whoever, and when the zombies break through the window and grab him, the chick just goes "Ahhh!" and covers her mouth for a stiff plastic moment of shock. It felt like a Debbie Downer "Oh shucks!" moment that was void of any real emotion. The experience is equivalent to watching a South Park animated version of Schindler's List or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Great news everyone (although I'm afraid few here will care): Grim Fandango is getting a remastered release! This is easily one of the best adventure games of all time, and high up among the greatest games I've ever played. Because it's not only great fun, it has a huge cast of memorable characters, poetic dialogues and a heart and scope that make sure it's as memorable and haunting as the best movies. Plus it has a great score. This retrospective contains a segment with composer Peter McConnell briefly mentioning Steiner and Williams: Tim Schafer's tweets suggest that releases for more platforms might be announced before long, but if not, this would be a sure reason for me to get a PS4 when it comes out. Muad'Dib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,800 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I care, I care! Been excited since they announced it. Can't wait for the PC port, it's gonna be great Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I actually played about a third of that game on my pc a few years back. It was pretty interesting, but I got distracted by a new release and never went back to it. I don't think I have the patience for point n click adventures anymore. Monkey Island 2 was the last one i finished, 20 odd years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I also gave up on it the first time I played it (long ago), but when I finally played it through it was amazing. It's not actually point & click, although that was rather distracting at the time (a new 3D num pad/gamepad control scheme instead of the traditional point & click design). Should make the transition to a console more natural though. Let's hope this means the score will get a re-release as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted June 10, 2014 Author Share Posted June 10, 2014 Wow, great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,800 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Let's hope this means the score will get a re-release as well.A re-recording of the synth parts of the score would be nice too. Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 !!RON GILBERT IS MAKING A NEW CLASSIC POINT AND CLICK ADVENTURE!! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thimbleweedpark/thimbleweed-park-a-new-classic-point-and-click-adv Interview with Gilbert and Winnick And we can even start to do some good interactive stuff, like you heard with iMUSE in Monkey Island 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 Fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted January 9, 2015 Author Share Posted January 9, 2015 Article on the history of SOMI with a snarky attitude and lots of pop culture references http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/07/revisiting-the-secret-of-monkey-island Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,615 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 These games define nostalgia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Been playing Grim Fandango remastered. Love the score. karelm and Marian Schedenig 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I never even played the original. Neat that it's on PS4 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Neither did I. Honestly though not much has been 'remastered.' Only the character models have been smoothed out, but the fact that the backgrounds look exactly the same is a testament to their quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Or their laziness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,268 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 So, has anyone tried the remastered Grim Fandango? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 So, has anyone tried the remastered Grim Fandango? Not yet. I definitely will, but I'm waiting a bit just in case a boxed version is announced or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I've been playing it, my initial comments are somewhere in the last couple pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Nobody mentioned this, but the other day, GOG released six more LucasArts/Disney games! http://www.gog.com/ Outlaws Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb Monkey Island 2, Le Chuck's Revenge: Special Edition Dig Loom I bought Outlaws, which I've never been able to get to work on a post-98 computer, and Dig, which I bought on eBay within the decade but can't find the disc. No more Star Wars games this time, but if you didn't pick up the Star Wars Humble Bundle last month (and you care about old games) or don't already have all the good ones, shame on you. Muad'Dib and Marian Schedenig 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,800 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Niiiice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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