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Monkey Island EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 5 hitting in December 3 Tales of Monkey Island draws to a close this December with the release of the final episodic chapter on the 8th of next month. Dubbed “Rise of the Pirate God,” Telltale Games has said... Fourth Tales of Monkey Island episode hits this Friday 6 The fourth and second-to-last episode of Telltale's Tales of Monkey Island series, intriguingly entitled "The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood," comes out this Friday.Accordin... Review: Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 3 10 Another chapter in the Telltale Games' Tales of Monkey Island episodic series was released yesterday afternoon. Chapter 3, or the “Lair of the Leviathan” kicks off as a powerful whale... What Monkey Island 2 would look like with the CryEngine 15 Ever considered what LeChuck’s Revenge would look like if it was created using the same engine the visual powerhouse title Cryis uses? At least one guy has. Hannes Appel is doing the silly ... Preview: Tales of Monkey Island: Lair of the Leviathan 6 My dear Tales of Monkey Island,Telltale has treated you so good, turning you into a successful episodic franchise. Many would say you do the original justice, which is a wonderful thing to see. O... Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 1 is free for a day 27 If you’ve wanted to give Tales of Monkey Island a shot, but didn’t have the coin, then consider deeming September 19th a beautiful day. In celebration of 'Talk Like a Pirate Day"... Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 3 hitting September 29 4 The next chapter in the Tales of Monkey Island series drops soon -- as in September 29th, soon. Earlier this afternoon, developer Telltale Games dropped that mad release date knowledge in our inb... Argentine reporter reports on the abuse of grog by teenagers 38 Hold on to your copy of Brain Age boys and girls, because we are about to get really stupid up in here. Any self respecting gamer knows what grog is, but for those non-self respecting gamers out ... Amazon offering non-bundled Tales of Monkey Island downloads 2 Watch out Ranch Rush and Risk II -- there’s a few new games available on the Amazon “Game Downloads” channel. Telltale Games recently announced that all five chapters of the Tal... Review: Tales of Monkey Island, Chapter 2 19 Telltale games kicked off their Tales of Monkey Island episodic series with a bang in "Launch of the Screaming Narwhal." We came away very impressed with the inaugural effort, praising ... Interview: Picking the brain of Double Fine's Tim Schafer 37 Tim Schafer. Tim f**king Schafer. He's a man that most of us know. One of the writers behind The Secret of Monkey Island, and the man behind Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, Psychonauts, and Brü... Have a tidbit of Tales of Monkey Island's second episode 2 The new Monkey Island series from Telltale started out with a bang. Brad Nicholson and I both enjoyed it considerably. On Thursday, the next episode, The Siege of Spinner Cay, will be released.&n... Tales of Monkey Island chapter 2 screens surface 3 Four billion years ago (Internet Standard Time) Telltale Games announced the launch date of the second chapter in the Tales of Monkey Island series. Due on 20th for the PC crowd -- this Thursday ... Tim Schafer on creativity: 'Stupid ideas are often the best' 24 One of the things I did with my interview with Tim Schafer was allow some community members to offer questions to ask the guy. I liked what DaedHead8 and Krow asked: How is Tim able to be so crea... Tim Schafer on Monkey Island: 'I get instantly happy' 9 By now you've heard about the multiplayer for Brütal Legend, as well as the yet-unseen 4v4 mode. But, as we all know, Tim Schafer is a man of many hats, and one of the hats he wore was write... Review: Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (iPhone) 12 Since the initial “wink, wink” line, we all knew that Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition was bound for the App Store. Launching on July 22nd, we were told that this version of t... Tales of Monkey Island chapter 2 hitting August 20 5 The next PC installment of Telltale Games’ Tales of Monkey Island series is coming soon -- as in August 20th, soon. Earlier this morning, the publisher of the series announced the release d... Telltale developer claims iPhone more powerful than Wii 60 A considerable number of people have been having some issues with the WiiWare release of Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal. Graphical hitches seem to be the biggest complain... Monkey Island statue is made of greatness 10 This weekend I come to you on my knees begging for forgiveness. Why do I do this? Because I have never played a Monkey Island game. Not even part of one. Not even one mouse click to make a charac... Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition hits the App Store 8 It is now possible to play Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition on the go. This morning, we were surprised to find the Special Edition version of the benchmark adventure title on the App Stor... Dear Telltale: I love you, but ... 49 For helping make point-and-click adventure games popular again and for single-handedly proving that episodic gaming could be a successful and creatively fresh way of releasing videogames, I will ... Review: Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition 59 Let’s rewind to E3 2009. I’m inside LucasArts’ conference room. I’m a few minutes early for the Star Wars: The Old Republic presentation. They have food and drink in both ... Added idol may indicate new Day of the Tentacle release(s) 22 Get ready to be really excited Day of the Tentacle fans.Take a close look at the Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition snapshot in the header image. The Tentacle idol featured in the center sh... Telltale giving gamers opportunity to put their wit in Tales 10 If you’ve been mulling Monkey Island one-liners all morning, well, you’re weird. Also, you possess mind powers. This afternoon Telltale Games announced a fantastic contest for Monkey ... Secret of Monkey: Special Edition teased as an iPhone title 3 There’s really no sense in beating around the bush: LucasArts is bringing the Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition to Apple’s App Store. Earlier this afternoon, LucasArts tweeted,... Next week on XBLA, Steam: The Secret of Monkey Island SE 30 LucasArts has announced that The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition will be hit both Xbox LIVE Arcade and Steam for PC next week, on July 15. The enhanced remake of the original PC title, S... New Tales of Monkey island art and screens emerge 6 The people at LucasArts and Telltale probably think I’m a retard. On my way to the Star Wars: The Old Republic demonstration at E3 2009, I stumbled and then stood with my mouth agape in fro... New Tales of Monkey Island trailer 11 We're all very excited for Tales of Monkey Island, the episodic return of one of LucasArts' most cherished and venerable point-and-click adventure games. Here's a brand new trailer, unleashed upo... Tales of Monkey Island Q&A with Telltale Designer Mike Stemmle 11 [Editor's note: Community member SurplusGamer did a little Q&A on Tales of Monkey Island with Telltale's Mike Stemmle. -- CTZ] In their heyday, graphic adventure games were one of the most po... Watch LucasArts play Monkey Island over the Internet today 10 LucasArts are putting on a show this afternoon for people who want a sneak peek at Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. At 3PM Pacific, people from the publisher slash developer will be play... Producer tells us why LucasArts updated Monkey Island 9 We talked a lot about Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition today, but one thing we haven’t touched is LucasArts motivation for creating it now. According to Secret of Monkey Island: Spe... LucasArts not planning to update more Monkey Island games 13 LucasArts doesn’t plan to continue updating games in the Monkey Island franchise; but critical and financial success could sow the seeds for a continuation.We recently spoke with Secret of ... LucasArts explored porting 'games like Monkey Island' to iPod 3 LucasArts explored porting “games like Monkey Island” to the iPod. Weak software sales numbers and a company repositioning prevented the titles from being developed. Speaking with us... Monkey Island writer talks Monkey Island 1 Monkey Island writer Ron Gilbert is no longer required to stay quiet about the two-headed revival of the ancient LucasArts franchise. Gilbert recently updated his blog with a few thoughts about S... E3 09: Ron Gilbert contributing to Tales of Monkey Island 13 When I met with Telltale Games to take a first look at their upcoming series of Monkey Island episodic games, I was pleasantly surprised to have the opportunity to meet Dave Grossman, writer/prog... E3 09: How does Tales of Monkey Island look? Keep reading 16 Alright, let's clear the air here. With all the hubub of E3, it's easy to get confused. There are two new Monkey Island games coming out soon. One of them, Tales of Monkey Island is an episodic g... The Memory Card .46: Insult swordfighting 48 Humor is a tough thing to get across in videogames. Unlike movies, videogames can sometimes last up to fifteen to twenty hours. Trying to keep players giggling for that long is an almost impossib... DeathSpank trailers confirm that yes, Monkey Island meets Diablo is a good idea 19 [video]102237:284[/video]When Hothead Games announced that Monkey Island designer Ron Gilbert had joined their team as Creative Director, we were already sold on their new game, DeathSpank. Our o... Monkey Island + Diablo = The greatest thing in the history of things? 30 Ron Gilbert, the creator of the Monkey Island series, has officially joined new developer Hothead Games as its Creative Director. Honestly, if there is any human being on Earth ... Happy Monkey Island Music Day! 25  Monkey Island Music day has been celebrated every year since Joystiq began the tradition on October 13th of last year.  Immediately afterwards it was picked up by Ron Gilbert and Kotak...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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