# I loved Monkey Island **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 1, 2009, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338 "2009-06-01T10:10:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/21 "2009-06-01T23:15:25Z")
Get Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People. I liked it. However, it probably helps to be obsessive about [homestarrunner.com](http://homestarrunner.com) ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/22 "2009-06-02T01:54:22Z")
> [@HoboStew](#): > > Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get in on those sessions - he met with the designers and I am on the programming team. Everyone who worked with him had great things to say though. I’m actually allowed to talk about it much more than I was before today so feel free to ask.Almost all of our episodes are pretty independent. There are always some jokes here and there that won’t make sense unless you follow the series, but it shouldn’t mess up the gameplay much. If you like Sam & Max, I would recommend 201: Ice Station Santa. If it were me, I would grab Wallace & Gromit 101 which we just released. I’m also partial to the Strong Bad series, I think 104: Dangeresque was the best of those. Awesome. Based on the screenshots and trailer, it looks like you guys went with full-3D a la EMI. Is the gameplay still point-and-click, or is it more of an “action-adventure” game? Also, is insult swordfighting back? I thought Ron’s blog post had some really interesting ideas for that. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/23 "2009-06-02T02:30:26Z")
Stupid Question Time, Hobo? What kind of DRM do the games have? Been meaning to pick up Sam and Max, but I keep being DRM-paranoid. Don’t want to eff up my machine. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/24 "2009-06-02T08:38:17Z")
Hey. Just my usual “Try [Pychonauts](http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Psychonauts) response.” The wiki link I give mentions that you can get it for free from Gametap, so you won’t be out anything if you don’t like it. It’s by Tim Shafer, the guy who created the Monkey Island series. Warning: While it is an adventure game, it is also a fairly easy 3D platformer (until the last level, that is). ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/25 "2009-06-02T11:06:02Z")
This is awesome news! It looks like they are also re-releasing the original Monkey Island with updated graphics? I can’t find that on the telltale’s store, can anyone point me in the right direction, i’d like to pre-order that as well. ---
**Author:** ![VanillaGorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/26 "2009-06-02T11:14:39Z")
Vampyre Story is made by some of the people who made Monkey island, so you might like that. It’s a bit short, that game, but what is there is pretty neat. ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/27 "2009-06-02T16:31:29Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#): > > Awesome. Based on the screenshots and trailer, it looks like you guys went with full-3D a la EMI. Is the gameplay still point-and-click, or is it more of an “action-adventure” game? > > Also, is insult swordfighting back? I thought Ron’s blog post had some really interesting ideas for that. The gameplay is direct control using arrow/wasd keys (on PC), but it is very much an adventure game, not action adventure. I don’t really want to get into what is or isn’t in the game content-wise because I don’t want to spoil the surprises. [QUOTE=E-Sabbath] Stupid Question Time, Hobo? What kind of DRM do the games have? Been meaning to pick up Sam and Max, but I keep being DRM-paranoid. Don’t want to eff up my machine. [/QUOTE] We use the [SecuROM](http://www.securom.com/) DRM. I don’t know exactly how many activations you get but I’ve never heard of anyone having issues with the DRM before or with it being too stingy on running on different machines. [QUOTE=Kinthalis] This is awesome news! It looks like they are also re-releasing the original Monkey Island with updated graphics? I can’t find that on the telltale’s store, can anyone point me in the right direction, i’d like to pre-order that as well. [/QUOTE] The original re-release is being done by LucasArts, if you go to their site you can find it. I like how they included a feature that lets you play with the old graphics if you want - I like that old-timey feel. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/28 "2009-06-02T20:05:40Z")
I hope LucasArts puts the stump joke back into _Secret_ when they rerelease it, seeing how it’s called back to in the other games. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/29 "2009-06-02T20:21:59Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > I hope LucasArts puts the stump joke back into _Secret_ when they rerelease it, seeing how it’s called back to in the other games. Did they take it out of some versions? ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/30 "2009-06-02T20:32:18Z")
They took it out for the CD release because they got so many support calls as a result of it. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/31 "2009-06-02T21:03:22Z")
What? All this time and no mention of _Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis_? For shame, people. A non-lucasarts Adventure game that so desperately wants to be one(and I mean that in the best way) is _Flight of the Amazon Queen_, which is now [free](http://scummvm.org/downloads/#extras) to download from it’s parent company. ---
**Author:** ![Rin\_Twisted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@Rin\_Twisted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rin_Twisted)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/32 "2009-06-02T21:45:35Z")
God, the Indiana Jones Atlantis game is one of the coolest, most enjoyable games I’ve ever played. If you’re a Monkey Island fan, HPL is right- playing it should be made mandatory. Right up there in the ranks for me is Broken Sword- Shadow of the Templars. One of the best games of the genre I’ve ever played. The boyfriend and I still quote it at each other all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/33 "2009-06-03T00:08:42Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > What? All this time and no mention of _Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis_? For shame, people. > > A non-lucasarts Adventure game that so desperately wants to be one(and I mean that in the best way) is _Flight of the Amazon Queen_, which is now [free](http://scummvm.org/downloads/#extras) to download from it’s parent company. If you get Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings for the Wii, you will be able to unlock Fate of Atlantis. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/34 "2009-06-03T01:29:30Z")
I played a voice-enhanced version of Fate of Atlantis a while back. Great game! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338/35 "2009-06-03T12:18:25Z")
Yeah, the guy they had playing Indy wasn’t Ford but he did a decent job of it without mimicking him. Really surprising in those days of “Cast whoever’s around the office!” voice acting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-loved-monkey-island/498338.md?page=1)