Grim Fandango

News

Let’s Not Jump To Conclusions About Kickstarter-Funded Games Just Yet

9:00AM Today | Jason Schreier

Has Tim Schafer changed the gaming industry? It’s a question I’ve seen on more than a few message boards and Twitter feeds over the past 24 hours, following the Grim Fandango creator’s announcement that his company Double Fine will use crowdfunding website Kickstarter to finance a new point-and-click adventure game. More »


PC

Psychonauts Creator Seems Confused By Surprise Sequel Benefactor

5:00AM February 8, 2012 | Jason Schreier

Double Fine head Tim Schafer is just as baffled as the rest of us at news that Markus “Notch” Persson wants to fund a Psychonauts sequel. More »


PC

Here’s What Grim Fandango HD Might Look Like

7:30AM January 17, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton

I caught this over the weekend when our friends at Rock, Paper Shotgun posted it — some folks have been dilligently working on putting together an HD “Deluxe” version of the beloved Tim Schafer/Lucasarts adventure gaming classic Grim Fandango. They’ve posted a video that, sadly, isn’t in-engine, but it does give a good sense of what their finished product might look like. More »


In Real Life

Are These The 100 Best Adventure Games Of All Time?

2:00PM January 5, 2012 | Kirk Hamilton

The fine folks over at Adventuregamers.com have taken on one of the most herculean tasks in video-game-list-writing: They have assembled a list of not the top 10, not the top 20, but the top 100 adventure games of all time. It’s a really good list, too. More »


PC

This Skyrim Rap Is Awesome

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10:00AM November 8, 2011 | Tracey Lien

British rapper Dan Bull has put his rhyming skills to work and produced this fantastic Skyrim rap. More »


News

The Video Game That Got Jazz So, So Right

8:00AM August 4, 2011 | Kirk Hamilton

For some reason or other, jazz soundtracks are a rarity among video games. Plenty of games feature heroic chiptune anthems, Hollywoodesque orchestral scores, and evocative sci-fi themes, but jazz, the oldest American art form, remains surprisingly underrepresented. More »


News

Will Brütal Legend Be On This List?

12:40PM October 22, 2009 | AJ Glasser

Half the fun of super-long video game lists is scrolling through to see if your favourite/most-hated games are on there. The other half of the fun is looking for Tim Schafer games. More »


In Real Life

A Patch Of Gaming Pumpkins

11:40AM October 21, 2009 | AJ Glasser

I asked and many of you answered. We almost have enough gaming-themed pumpkins to cover a post a day between now and Halloween. Here’s a gallery of ceemdee’s pumpkins. More »


In Real Life

Grim Fandango Shoes Make Purple Sneakers Possible

5:30AM May 26, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Purple sneakers? Hah. Nothankyou. Oh! Unless they’re custom purple Cons covered in Grim Fandango artwork. Now that, that we can consider. More »


In Real Life

Prayers Answered: Grim Fandango Action Figures

10:00PM April 14, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

People, if you want to impress us with custom action figures, don’t do Metal Gear Solid, or Grand Theft Auto. Do classic Lucasarts adventure games!

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