Since the mechanics of old-school adventure games are relatively simple, they tend to age quite well — which is why I loved both Monkey Island remakes (with the voice acting turned off obviously). But now EGM are reporting that a Leisure Suit Larry remake is in the works, and I don’t really know how I feel about that. More »
And King’s Quest, and Space Quest… and whole host of others. If you head to this nifty website with your iPad web browser, you can gain access to a whole set of old-school Sierra point and click adventures, tailored for the iPad touch interface. More »
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Alright Ashcraft. I’ll see your Japanese schoolgirl drumming and raise you a one-man bad, who is named after a classic 80′s/90′s adventure game series from Sierra. More »
The comedy is a well-established film genre, yet few games get labelled as such. Indeed, rare is the game that can tell a good joke, let alone one that is based entirely on making the player laugh. Comedy in games, it seems, is tough. More »
Art from Harvey James’ concept coffee table book, The Women of Leisure Suit Larry, as seen on Offworld. More »
There once was a time, before closures, before Lucasarts, when the name “Sierra” meant premium PC adventure gaming. Those days are, sadly, long gone. But they will not be forgotten! More »
Remakes/rebirths of old franchises can sometimes be a good thing. Sometimes. In Leisure Suit Larry’s case, though, no, it is not a good thing. He was dead at Larry 7, he was deader at the abominable and Magna Cum Laude, and now this? Well, this just looks like a big ol’ bag of shit. Really, a Mad World/Gears parody? No. Larry was fun, in his own special way, 15 years ago. Let’s leave him there with our fond memories, shall we?
