The high-def remakes of Lucasarts’ first two Monkey Island games are being combined in the one box and sold at retail. Included as a sweetener will be concept art, soundtracks and, best of all, material from an abortive attempt at making an animated Monkey Island animated movie.
Humour in video games can be a brutally serious thing.
Video gaming’s best known funny men are back together again under one roof, having a “hell of a lot of fun”, making jokes and perhaps even developing a game or two.
“Why do you think this video game is so great, Lisa?” asked Dan Schneider, executive producer at Nickelodeon.
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!
