In 1987, Lucasarts (well, Lucasfilm) released Maniac Mansion, a game that would revolutionise PC adventure titles with its innovative "SCUMM" menu system. This is what the world would look like if that game had been based on TV series Lost.

Skepticism takes a holiday in Argentina, where three TV personalities - one of them a doctor - break the news that kids are mixing an alcoholic drink recipe that includes kerosene and axle grease - aka Grog from Monkey Island.

There's something very important you need to know about The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition: It may look new, but the classic, the original you love is always just a button push away.

"We kind [of] like the Blizzard business plan in that we don't release a game till it has reached a certain high level of quality," Bill Tiller, CEO of Autumn Moon Entertainment, told Kezins, "because we want to have the reputation of putting out a few games, but of high quality." Know what I like about that strategy?…