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It’s Better To Deathspank With A Friend

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Why could be more lovely than an afternoon spent frolicking with unicorns in the wilderness with Deathspank and his best pal Sparkles?


June 23, 2010
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DeathSpank, Like Diablo With A Sense Of Humour, Hits July

Are you perfectly fine with rainbows in your Diablo III? Then you might like the gameplay and lighthearted approach of Hothead Games’ action-RPG DeathSpank, which marries deep role-playing with broad humour in just a couple of weeks.


April 26, 2010
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Creator Commentary Comes To Monkey Island 2 Remake

The upcoming release of a Monkey Island 2 special edition is special not for the revamped graphics, but for the inclusion of a commentary track featuring the original game’s creators: Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer, and Dave Grossman.


November 10, 2009
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Monkey Island: The Deleted Scenes

Movies have deleted scenes, everyone knows that. But it’s rare we see deleted game scenes, because they’re normally just 1s and 0s, and if they’re not in the final game, we don’t see them. Unless we’re talking Monkey Island!


September 9, 2009
In Real Life

Ron Gilbert On DeathSpank: Why Play Two Games?

Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion creator Ron Gilbert was at PAX 2009 to talk about his upcoming action RPG meets adventure game DeathSpank, discussing melding the two genres and accusing me of witchcraft.


September 6, 2009

Scenes And Screens From Ron Gilbert’s DeathSpank

Behold screenshots and a trailer for Ron Gilbert’s DeathSpank, due out 2010-ish for too many platforms to mention.


September 5, 2009
In Real Life

Scene From PAX: Ron Gilbert Inspires

Wil Wheaton was a hero. Online porn was primitive. His parents got him a computer when he was a kid that had 8K of RAM. Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island co-creator Ron Gilbert is on stage at PAX reminiscing.


September 1, 2009
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A Good Look At Monkey Island Creator’s New Game

Ron Gilbert’s latest game, Deathspank, isn’t new. We’ve known about it for ages. But all this info and screenshots, well, they’re very new.


June 30, 2009
In Real Life

Monkey Island’s Ron Gilbert To Keynote PAX

Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert plans to keynote the sixth annual Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle in September, the organisers said today.


June 12, 2009
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The Making Of Monkey Island

With both a new Monkey Island and a remake of the original on the way, people once again have the classic series on the brain. What better time, then, to catch up on where it all started!