iPhone64
The Unofficial Apple Weblog mentions that Stuart Carnie mentions that he has a running C64 emulator on the iPhone which means only one thing, that Maniac Mansion on the iPhone is only moments away, and not one of the inferior versions, but the original, and only true version of Maniac Mansion, the C64 version.
Kracken
The fan fiction game Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space was released a few weeks ago. How do I know this? Because I get about 10 emails a day telling me. Two days ago I actually got a death threat if I didn't post about it and given that I mentioned in an interview a few years ago that I would reveal the Secret of Monkey Island upon my death, I figured I should take it seriously. For all you aspiring whack-jobs out there, please note that the Secret of Monkey Island will not be revealed upon my death. The secret has been entombed in a small pyramid-like structure deep in the Nevada desert and thousands of years from now archaeologists will unearth it and twist and construe it's meaning and base their entire understanding of the 20th - 21st century on a hastily scribbled note and a diagram of a monkey with a big arrow pointing to the left.
But I digress.
Please don't kill me until DeathSpank is done.
Pirates! Close-up!
While rummaging around some dusty old game store the other weekend I came across a "Pirate Toob" for $8.99 that was filled with small plastic pirates recommended for ages 3 and up.
Why did God make pirates so much fun?
April Fools' Day #4
Four glorious years in a row, the Grumpy Gamer family of websites has remained 100% April Fools' Day joke free.
Remember, every time a April Fools' joke is played, a point-n-click adventure game concept is killed.
Because absolutely no one asked...
Breakdown of Grumpy Gamer visitors by country:
28% United States
15% Germany
10% United Kingdom
5% Sweden
5% Canada
3% Australia
3% Spain
3% Italy
3% France
2% Netherlands
2% Argentina
2% Finland
2% Austria
2% Norway
1% Denmark
1% Switzerland
Everyone else was less than 1%. Come on Estonia, you know you want it.
God Put The Secret of Monkey Island In Here Somewhere
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iDeathSpank
Apple announced their SDK for the iPhone a few days ago. I was going to do a recap explaining what it means for game development done as Shakespearian sonnets set to the music of Rihanna's hit song Umbrella, but after writing it and putting it all together it seemed a little trite and gimmicky, so I'll just stick to bullet points. (Free signed copy of DeathSpank: The Collector's Edition if you can figure out what 15th century song these can be chanted to).
