Archive for Tag: The Secret of Monkey Island

  • The 2020 GameCola Videogame Awards (Part 2)

    Columns Columns by Alex Jedraszczak on Comments2

    Some videogames to remember from a year we'd like to forget.

  • Are Videogames Art?

    News Posts News Posts by Mark Freedman on Comments4

    According to The Smithsonian Institute, the answer is a resounding YES!Hello, this is Mark Freedman, reporting live above Washington D.C. aboard News Chopper 64. A new exhibit is coming to the Smithso

  • Quantum Geek: Episode 20 – In Which a Banana Pun Is Very Carefully Avoided

    Columns Columns by Michael Ridgaway on Comments2

    Rick was aghast, though not for reasons one would think. Yes, he was extremely worried about his friends stuck in his creation and could do nothing but watch as his they struggled through the games, but that seemed like a distant memory now. Tom was waltzing his way through The Secret of Monkey Island, completely ignoring all of the puzzles, and it was working. As a child Rick had spent days trying to figure out where to use every item and clicking on each and every object on screen just in case it might be important, whereas Tom just reacted as he would in the real world (or at least, a completely fictional real world). Need a ship but Stan the Salesman is in the way? Knock him off the dock and steal it. Need a crew? Promise anyone who comes along they can have the ship when you’re done. Don’t know where you’re going? Just follow the obviously glowing outline of the ghost ship. At this moment, Rick both admired and hated Tom for his ingenuity.

  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (X360)

    Reviews Reviews by Matt Jonas on Comments4

    If there's a platformer to get your laughing gear around, it's Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Proof that the simplest of dishes can result in the most refined dining experiences, Chance of Meatbal

  • Quantum Geek: Episode 19 – X Marks the Plot

    Columns Columns by Michael Ridgaway on Comments1

    Tom attempts to discover the secret of Monkey Island...or at least, the secret of what he's doing IN Monkey Island.

  • Hector: Badge of Carnage, Episode 1: We Negotiate With Terrorists (iPhone)

    Reviews Reviews by Matt Jonas on Comments6

    Hector: Badge of Carnage is shaping up to be a fine series indeed. The first episode, We Negotiate With Terrorists, is a hilarious parody of traditional point-and-click adventure games such as The Sec

  • Quantum Geek: Episode 18 – Actually, She’s Completely Optional in the First Game

    Columns Columns by Michael Ridgaway on

    The Quantum Leap meets Captain N story of a gamer literally sucked into videogames.

  • The Secret of Monkey Island (PC)

    Reviews Reviews by Carl Houghton on Comments5

    "Hi! My name's Guybrush Threepwood, and I want to be a pirate!" And with that, a legend was born. Well, actually, if you ask me, the legend was born when that simply amazing theme tune kicks in when y

  • Your Top 10 Favorite Games: Jeremy Stock

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    Jeremy Stock's top 10 favorite videogames.