Posted by MarioColbert on Jul 21, 2010 five to three pm
This has nothing to do with DeathSpank, which I've been playing every night with my wife (and having a blast), but if you haven't read a very candid interview with Scott Murphy (of two guys from Andromeda who made Space Quest fame), he has a badass quote:
"I can't imagine anything holding a candle to the first two Monkey Islands by Ron Gilbert, or The Prisoner written for – now I'm really showing my age – the Apple ][+ by the awesome David Mullich.
The Monkey Islands were so funny they made me soil myself, but they weren't as good once Ron left. I was so depressed while working on SQ4 that I used to tuck myself away in my cubicle and play MI2 on company time when I was supposed to be working on SQ4. I can't believe my boss didn't wonder why I was actually in a good mood occasionally during that period. (Ron even put in a poke at the stock Sierra character death sequence that made me spit up my gruel. It was funny and well deserved. However, I like to think of the Space Quest death sequences as an art form, so I really feel he was making fun of Roberta, etc.)"
No wonder Space Quest IV is considered to be the best of the bunch. They've had inspiration like no other. (I'm not liking the interview due to the scary NOTE TO SPAMMERS below the comment, but you can find it on Wikipedia's page for Scott Murphy.)
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Posted by MarioColbert on Jul 21, 2010 five to three pm
"I can't imagine anything holding a candle to the first two Monkey Islands by Ron Gilbert, or The Prisoner written for – now I'm really showing my age – the Apple ][+ by the awesome David Mullich.
The Monkey Islands were so funny they made me soil myself, but they weren't as good once Ron left. I was so depressed while working on SQ4 that I used to tuck myself away in my cubicle and play MI2 on company time when I was supposed to be working on SQ4. I can't believe my boss didn't wonder why I was actually in a good mood occasionally during that period. (Ron even put in a poke at the stock Sierra character death sequence that made me spit up my gruel. It was funny and well deserved. However, I like to think of the Space Quest death sequences as an art form, so I really feel he was making fun of Roberta, etc.)"
No wonder Space Quest IV is considered to be the best of the bunch. They've had inspiration like no other. (I'm not liking the interview due to the scary NOTE TO SPAMMERS below the comment, but you can find it on Wikipedia's page for Scott Murphy.)