Apologies if you've already discovered Ron Gilbert's gaming blog, Grumpy Gamer, but he has name-checked us in his 'What I'm Surfing' section and more than deserves the favour returned. Gilbert was the key figure behind LucasArts' Monkey Island series of point and click adventure games (well, at least the early good ones), and his blog is an enjoyable series of rants against modern game design. Today, as a slight deviation, he reviews The Curious Incident of The Dog In The Night-Time, but then slips comfortably back into having a go at 'cool' games like Painkiller and Hitman.
Quick, what are your favourite Monkey Island memories? Mine, in no particular order...
1. The spitting competition 2. The sword fighting face-offs, with insults instead of blades 3. The bit where Guybrush saves himself from drowning by simply lifting the heavy weight he's been tied to and walking out of the sea 4. Stan's previously used ships 5. "Wow! That's the second biggest monkey head I've ever seen!"
