The Secrets Of Monkey Island's Box
On this episode of Complete In Box, we’ve got not one, but two copies of the classic adventure game The Secret of…
The Curse Of Monkey Island Is Still Great
The Curse of Monkey Island came out on Steam and GOG last week, and I’m pleased to report that, 21 years later, it’s as…
Lucasarts Adventure Games, Ranked
Kicking off in 1986, Lucasarts presided over an era (running until around the year 2000) in which they were the…
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Monkey Island Headline November's Xbox Games With Gold
Paying subscribers to Xbox Live can grab four games for “free” in November. The two games for the Xbox 360 are backward…
Holy Crap, Monkey Island Is 25 Years Old
Monkey Island turned 25 years old earlier this week, and designer Ron Gilbert used his blog to share some truly…
Seven Times Game Creators Cameoed As Themselves
Whether it’s a classic adventure game, or a shooter that came out a few months, ago it doesn’t matter. Some developers…
Kotaku Asks: Monkey Island Designer Ron Gilbert [Q&A Over]
Look behind you, a three-headed monkey! No, wait, that’s just Ron Gilbert, here to answer your questions on Kotaku today…
Memorable Monkey Island 2 Scene Rebuilt with LEGO
LEGO builder vitreolum recreated pirate wannabe Guybrush Threepwood from the Monkey Island series and his first…
That Time A Video Game Changed The Way I Walked
It's strange to remember just how easily influenced I was. Embarrassing to admit just how obsessively I was able to…
The Creator Of Monkey Island Is Making A New Adventure Game
Oh my goodness. OH MY GOODNESS. Ron Gilbert, best known as the creator of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion, just…
One Year Ago Today, Disney Shut Down LucasArts
On April 3, 2013, the executives of Lucasfilm gathered the staff of LucasArts in a big room and dropped a bomb: Disney…
16-Bit Characters Fit Perfectly In Real-Life Environments
Mixing old video game sprites with real life is not one of the most difficult artforms, but if you're creative enough th…
LucasArts Characters Are Hilarious In This Butt Kicking Tribute
LucasArts might be gone, but the characters from its classic adventure games live on. In YouTube user Felipe Machado's…
A Visual History of Attractive Video Game Characters: The 90s
By the end of the 90s, the 16-bit era ended and 3D took over. With the PlayStation and 3D graphics cards out there…
Real Life Photos Mixed With 16-Bit Video Games Are Amazing
The 16-bit era had unique visuals. Simple yet bright and colorful, we could always get lost in the tiny details. Taking…
If I Made Another Monkey Island
Yeah, I know, that sounds like the title of the O.J. Simpson book. I realized that after I typed it, but I'm not going…
All I Really Need to Know I Learned From Playing LucasArts Games
I played a whole lot of LucasArts games growing up. Like, a lot.
"It will always be Lucasfilm Games(tm) to me, never LucasArts." Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert writes a eulogy to…
A Thousand Voices Cry Out for LucasArts, in Eulogies of 140 Characters
LucasArts, a nearly 30-year-old cornerstone brand in video gaming, said today it would cease all development. It was…