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Ron Gilbert Joins Hothead For DeathSpank

Dudemeister — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:18:23 MST

Monkey Island....and DIABLO!?

Dudemeister

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null_unit — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:45:44 MST

@Vydas:
All I read was "Monkey Island meets Diablo" which my clueless brain tells me it will be a point and click, click, click adventure.

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L_K_M — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:43:01 MST

@MasterOfPastures: If you're not interested, don't play the game. Tons of people who grew up with Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island are damn happy to see a nother game by Ron being made. This game will get my money, and I know I'm not the only one. So stop being such a jerk.

L_K_M

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L_K_M — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:40:03 MST

Just tell me where to send my monies, Ron!

L_K_M

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loopholezero — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:50:37 MST

@MasterOfPastures: what a hateful and pointless comment :( way to go trampling over some peoples most fond gaming memories.

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Vydas — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:09:02 MST

Why all the talk about point and click style games, when the press release and everything Gilbert has said about this project shows that it is NOT a point and click adventure game? Did you people read the article and just miss this, or did you not even bother to do that?

Vydas

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shadow_judge — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:20:28 MST

How long is "soonish"?

shadow_judge

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blackadvent — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:17:13 MST

@blackadvent: Okay, wrong guy. Was think of Schafer.

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blackadvent — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:16:43 MST

Where's my new Psychonauts game, Ron?

blackadvent

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Ludwig — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:50:49 MST

While I disagree that "old masters" like him should step aside, I think they should spend more time thinking about "why gamers" don't like pointclicks anymore and aren't focused on humor instead of blaming the publishers, calling them greedy.

People stereotype publishers as "EA" and even EA is not that blind.

Gamers are just tired of watching/reading games instead of playing, with a FPS you actually play it, same for sports and all .. if you want true storytelling to sell .. make it play... don't put a gorgeous cover on an old boring puzzle and wonder why people don't want to play it.

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Odin — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:52:19 MST

@hahnchen:
The way he worded it sounds like he's just posting from his folding@home3 and doesn't own an actual PC at all.

Odin

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ghostgirl — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:37:00 MST

@MasterOfPastures: Your comment made me die a little on the inside.
I'm happy to see Ron back in the game - I sorely miss games with his sense of humor, and hope it's the start of more companies taking on projects with that style.

ghostgirl

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opt2not — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:27:13 MST

@eugaet: Yeah, I think kids these days can't really appreciate the text games, they are too used to visual representation. I'd be interested to hear their reaction to Nethack. ;)

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eugaet — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:12:20 MST

@opt2not: Kids these days are missing out...

Which is why I'm making sure my kids will be playing the old games along with the new. My kids thought Curse of Monkey Island was great. I'm getting ready to take them through the original Monkey Island. And my son keeps asking when we're going to play some more Grim Fandango.

I'm having a much harder time introducing them to text adventures, though.

eugaet

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janai — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:46:23 MST

Shiny. Now if they'd just release the PA game that was advertised as coming out in 2007, then I'd be a happy camper.

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opt2not — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:38:48 MST

Wow, what a great pickup for Hothead. Having a Creative Director with that much clout and experience, Hothead's future developments look promising! Give me back my classic adventure games! Ahh the good ol' days where adventuring didn't require any "platforming" elements, where true wit and humour was a part of the game experience and didn't feel campy or lame.
Those games were actually labeled "clever". Kids these days are missing out, which probably explains why the younger generation are witless-zombie-retards (XBL kids in general) that can't decipher what right from wrong is. Older adventure games like Monkey Island, Sam & Max, etc. made you exercise your mind muscles, not your twitch ones.

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null_unit — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:30:16 MST

Monkey Island meets Diablo? I don't get it. Plus this won't go anywhere without Tim Shafer, Ron is great and all but Monkey Island wouldn't have been what it was without Tim.

null_unit

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razorangelwings — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:29:38 MST

*does a dance of victory!*

Between this and Brutal Legend life is lookin' good.

razorangelwings

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hahnchen — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:16:42 MST

@Nightshift_Nurse:You won't need a gaming-spec PC to play DeathSpank. I have absolutely no idea what the game entails, but there's no way HotHead will go all UE3 or Crysis on you.

hahnchen

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rabbitsoup_87 — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:15:38 MST

"Speaking from his secret game design cave"

@MasterOfPastures: one day EA will be gone, the great desingers who hide in caves will emerge and lead us forward into a new era.

anyway im off to play wii

rabbitsoup_87

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7ucky — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:09:29 MST

So that's why RSPD is taking so long..

7ucky

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MasterOfPastures — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:03:36 MST

@dunetiger: It would not be a problem if innovation was invested in those genres. But EA and others just pump it full of shit.
Nobody cares about these games anymore. Four years looking for a publisher?
I want it to succeed. But in reality, what can we wait?

MasterOfPastures

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Nightshift_Nurse — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:03:14 MST

@dunetiger: I think most people in this country would take a barrel full of faceless Tolkien knock-off WRPGs before allowing JRPG to ever be considered the status-quo.

Nightshift_Nurse

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dunetiger reads kotaku, seems pleased — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:59:32 MST

@MasterOfPastures:

So basically, you want everyone to maintain the status quo. The glory days may be over, but these are the only guys with enough clout to continue bringing new ideas to the table. Otherwise, all we'll have are sports games, FPS, and JRPG.

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MasterOfPastures — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:55:45 MST

Sigh... I dont know. These timeless masters of videogames should step aside and let the new generation thrive. Psychonauts was a good example of a great product, but abandoned by the majority of the new generation. The glory days of graphical adventures are over. Today, either ^have a big MKT department or make a good FPS.

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Nightshift_Nurse — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:52:49 MST

Man, I hope I get a chance to play this game. Keeping my fingers crossed that "episodic content" means PSN could be included.

While I'll never buy a PC, I could definitely be persuaded to hold my nose and buy a 360 for "DeathSpank".

Nightshift_Nurse

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Krondonian — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:52:24 MST

Why have I never heard of this before? Looks...strange...

Krondonian