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#354The Intersection of Puzzle and StoryInterview2024.07.05Narrative designer and pal of the program Beth Korth fills in for Ellen as guest host this week and next!Your nice hosts welcome famed designer Ron Gilbert (Monkey Island, Thimbleweed Park) into the clubhouse to discuss the virtues of inexperience, friction for its own sake, how it's all about story, and it's puzzles all the way down.The Intersection of Puzzle and StoryGame DesignNarrativeProductionReturn to Monkey Island will have a hint system because the internet exists now - Joshua Rivera, PolygonVerdant Skies - SteamClassic Game Postmortem: Maniac Mansion - GDC, YouTubeThe phrase "confederacy of dunces" derives from a Jonathan Swift quote.Examples of movies that feature a poorly-received genre twist include Serenity (2019), Remember Me (2010), and Safe Haven (2013).Ron GilbertGuestOwner of Terrible Toybox, the designer/creator of Monkey Island, The Cave, Pajama Sam and the designer/co-creator of Maniac Mansion, DeathSpank and Thimbleweed Park. Co-designer of Return to Monkey Island.External linkMastodon - @grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.placeBlog - Grumpy GamerStudio - Terrible Toybox

fWotD Episode 2620: Tales of Monkey Island Welcome to Featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia’s finest articles.The featured article for Sunday, 7 July 2024 is Tales of Monkey Island.Tales of Monkey Island is a 2009 graphic adventure video game developed by Telltale Games under license from LucasArts. It is the fifth game in the Monkey Island series, released nearly a decade after the previous installment, Escape from Monkey Island. Developed for Windows and the Wii console, the game was released in five episodic segments, between July and December 2009. In contrast to Telltale's previous episodic adventure games, whose chapters told discrete stories, each chapter of Tales of Monkey Island is part of an ongoing narrative. The game was digitally distributed through WiiWare and Telltale's own website, and later through Steam and Amazon.com. Ports for OS X, the PlayStation Network, and iOS were released several months after the series ended.Players assume the role of pirate Guybrush Threepwood, who—while attempting to destroy his nemesis, the undead pirate LeChuck—accidentally releases a voodoo pox across the Gulf of Melange. With the assistance of his wife, Elaine Marley–Threepwood, Guybrush seeks out a cure. The game was conceived in late 2008, due to renewed interest in adventure game development within LucasArts. It was developed concurrently with LucasArts' special edition of the 1990 game The Secret of Monkey Island; LucasArts oversaw production of Tales of Monkey Island, and ensured that it matched the remake in certain areas, such as art direction. Production began in early 2009; franchise creator Ron Gilbert was involved in project planning, while development was led by Dave Grossman, who co-designed the first two Monkey Island games. The game's music was composed by Michael Land, and the core cast of The Curse of Monkey Island reprised their voice roles.Tales of Monkey Island received generally positive reviews. Critics praised the game's story, writing, humor, voice acting and characterization; 1UP.com described Guybrush as Telltale's strongest and most expressive character yet. The game's music and graphics were also lauded. Complaints focused primarily on the perceived erratic quality of the game's puzzle design, a weak supporting cast in the early chapters, and the game's control system. Tales of Monkey Island garnered several industry awards, and was Telltale's most commercially successful project until Back to the Future: The Game.A sixth entry in the franchise, Return to Monkey Island by publisher Devolver Digital, Lucasfilm Games and Terrible Toybox, was released on September 19, 2022.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:32 UTC on Sunday, 7 July 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Tales of Monkey Island on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Matthew.

Your nice hosts welcome famed designer Ron Gilbert (Monkey Island, Thimbleweed Park) into the clubhouse to discuss the virtues of inexperience, friction for its own sake, how it's all about story, and it's puzzles all the way down.The Intersection of Puzzle and StoryGame DesignNarrativeProductionReturn to Monkey Island will have a hint system because the internet exists now - Joshua Rivera, PolygonVerdant Skies - SteamClassic Game Postmortem: Maniac Mansion - GDC, YouTubeThe phrase "confederacy of dunces" derives from a Jonathan Swift quote.Examples of movies that feature a poorly-received genre twist include Serenity (2019), Remember Me (2010), and Safe Haven (2013).Ron GilbertGuestOwner of Terrible Toybox, the designer/creator of Monkey Island, The Cave, Pajama Sam and the designer/co-creator of Maniac Mansion, DeathSpank and Thimbleweed Park. Co-designer of Return to Monkey Island.External linkMastodon - @grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.placeBlog - Grumpy GamerStudio - Terrible Toybox

The album of the year is finally out, and let us be the first to tell you that T.S. did NOT disappoint with her newest release, 3D MARIO. Best Nintendo-themed, 3-D album yet.We did not play Harold Halibut yet, but Matt did play an Adventure/RPG set in 1905 Poland and Roses played with her cat. We talk about Return to Monkey Island so much that we get kind of emotional?We also forgot to mention that we are part of the Adventure Game Hotspot Network, which you can find here: https://adventuregamehotspot.com/Email Us! mattandroses@gmail.comGames Mentioned: Harold Halibut Police Quest The Thaumaturge Disco Elysium Quest For Glory Return to Monkey Island The Secret of Monkey Island Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge The Curse of Monkey Island Escape from Monkey Island Tales from Monkey Island

Terrible Toybox has just finished crafting up their latest game, a long-awaited return to Monkey Island called just that! Dustin and Wolfe have been excited for this one for a while, and there are a lot of thoughts. So many thoughts, dawg. Just a jamboree of wild thoughts we're having. 18:55 - We start getting into spoilers. Both for Return to Monkey Island and Terrible Toybox's first game, Thimbleweed Park. Mitchell Wolfe on Twitter: @TheWolfeFM Dustin Jackson on Twitter: @AmazingDJDustin And please subscribe to the Telling the Tale feed where, in two weeks, we're going to play CSI: Deadly Intent!!

Oh shit…here we go again… Gente de la tierra, ¡Envicia ha vuelto!. Aunque las canas pueblen nuestras barbas, el espíritu dicharachero de estos podcasters se apoderará irremisiblemente de vosotros si escucháis el programa de hoy, el primero de la quinta temporada. Si habéis aguantado el párrafo anterior sin hacer una mueca, enhorabuena, a partir de aquí todo puede mejorar. Arrancamos la temporada con una metralleta de noticias que hemos recopilado del veraneo y la actualidad más reciente. Tras la charleta habitual y la toma de contacto, pasamos a los análisis. Esta semana Travol ha decidido seguir la senda del metal y le ha echado unas cuantas horas a Metal: Hellsinger . Headbanging, problemas de cuello y mucho ritmo en este vertiginoso título de The Outsiders. JK se ha decidido a empezar la temporada con Tynikin. Plataformeo del bueno, con un estilo gráfico muy atractivo e interesante que ya tenéis disponible en Game Pass de la mano de Splashteam. Finalmente, RodoR retorna esta vez con Ron Gilbert y su Return to Monkey Island. Terrible Toybox está detrás de esta nueva entrega de las aventuras de Guybrush Threepwood que viene cargada de nostalgia, risas y muchos puzles. Sabor a aventura clásica de toda la vida. Y con la propuesta para comenzar el reto indie de la temporada nos despedimos. Muchas gracias por estar al otro lado, It’s Good to be Back! Jk_eye, Travol y RodoR

- Anuncian Return to Monkey Island, la secuela de la mítica saga con Ron Gilbert, como no podía ser de otra forma, en la dirección. En principio, el juego está fechado en 2022 y se encarga del desarrollo Terrible Toybox, en colaboración con Devolver Digital —que también actuará como editora— y Lucasfilm Games. Además de Gilbert, también estarán de nuevo el guionista y escritor Dave Grossman, y el actor de doblaje Dominic Armato. - Un nuevo Tomb Raider de Crystal Dynamics está en desarrollo y Unreal Engine 5 es el motor gráfico elegido. Lo anunciaban de la manera menos épica posible durante el evento de Epic en el que también han anunciado que el motor gráfico estará disponible desde ya, y gratis. Dallas Dickinson, director general de la saga de Lara Croft, no ha dado más detalles sobre el título. - Xbox confirma los juegos que llegarán al Game Pass la primera quincena de abril poco después de que se filtraran. Destacaría Life is Strange: True Colors, Chinatown Detective Agency (por aquello de que sale de lanzamiento en Game Pass) o Lost in Random. También estarán disponibles títulos como Cricket 22, MLB The Show 22, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare o Star Wars: Squadrons, entre otros. Sin duda, esta remesa es de las flojitas. Puedes encontrarme en Twitter como @nachocerrato.

On this week's episode, we finish up our pairing of The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon and Thimbleweed Park from Terrible Toybox. Jacob is back on our final episode as we talk about the book and game in relationship to each other, and how they fit - or don't fit - together. Intro music is composed and performed by Avery Murchison - https://foiegrasohyeah.bandcamp.com/ Peter is on Twitter @NerdintheWorld Erin is on Twitter @BookishTexPat & on Instagram @ATaleofTwoShelves Jacob is an internet mystery Find everything we do at gameandread.wordpress.com

On this week's episode, we introduce our next pairing - the book The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon and the game Thimbleweed Park from Terrible Toybox. AND this is another guest pairing! Our friend Jacob joins us to talk all things Chabon & Thimbleweed Park. You'll hear him on this episode and he'll be part of the deep dive and pairing episodes as well. Intro music is composed and performed by Avery Murchison - https://foiegrasohyeah.bandcamp.com/ Peter is on Twitter @NerdintheWorld Erin is on Twitter @BookishTexPat & on Instagram @ATaleofTwoShelves Find everything we do at gameandread.wordpress.com

This week Liz's pick was Thimbleweed Park, By; Terrible Toybox. Can you unravel the mystery behind the murder?

When the adventure game genre died off, fans though we'd never see its like again. In an era where action games dominated and AAA titles push the boundaries of budgets and the senses, who would want a calm, puzzle-solving (but also maddening) ADVENTURE? Lots of people, it turns out. Sean and Vinnk review two wonderful new adventure games: Oxenfree, by Night School Studio, and the new game by classic adventure game guru Ron Gilbert in the Kickstarted form of Thimbleweed Park, by Terrible Toybox. We wonder if we're in the middle of an adventure game renaissance, applaud Nintendo for highlighting independent developers on the Switch, and look back at that dark time that was the 2000s. Details about the podcast, links to related articles, and supplemental audio/video are available at FamicomDojo.TV: https://famicomdojo.tv/podcast/149 Leave us a voicemail at 608-492-1923, or share your thoughts on Facebook (https://facebook.com/famicomdojo), Instagram (https://instagram.com/famicomdojo), Twitter (@FamicomDojo), or our Famicom Dojo YouTube channel (https://youtube.com/famicomdojo). "One More Continue" theme song by the Imari Tones: http://imaritones.net Vinnk and SeanOrange pixel art by Louis Lloyd-Judson: https://louistrations.co.uk This podcast is brought to you by the Little Podcast Network. Sponsor an episode, or listen to other great shows at http://LittlePodcast.com.

Another year of great games! All "four" of your hosts gather in the freezing clubhouse to talk about some of the nicest games of 2017. They decided that they couldn't ALL talk about Zelda and Mario for the whole episode so each of them picked exactly two games to highlight. Mark is on brand, Stephen makes some ambitious resolutions and Martha totally didn't cheat the system.Listen to Sara's Widget Satchel Soundtrack here! - Sara FerrartPlay the jam version of Widget Satchel - Ludem Dare Game Jam Martha's/Mortho's Nicest (2017) 0:08:19 Martha MegarryNicestThimbleweed Park - Terrible Toybox, IncSlime Rancher - Monomi ParkDestiny 2 - BungieCheck out #madewithblocks on Twitter to see/share amazing things made with Bloc… We talk a lot about Destiny 2 in our topic, Repetition, in our episode "Schrödinger's Animal Crossing." Mark's Nicest (2017) 0:22:09 Mark LaCroixNicestStar Trek: Bridge Crew - UbisoftGorogoa - Buried Signal & Annapurna InteractiveThe old school Star Trek game we reminisced about is probably Star Trek: The Ne… - Spectrum Holobyte We talked about VR immersion in a past episode "You can see the cabbage in it."If you are local stop by Glitch's VR Night run by Mark!The Puzzle Of A Lifetime  - Chris Kohler , Kotaku Stephen's Nicest (2017) 0:32:33 Stephen McGregorNicestArms - NintendoNeurovoider - Flying Oak Games Hear more about Stephen's love for fighting games on our Fighting game topci in episode, "Shaniqua Shepard sounds cool." Stephen's Most Anticipated (for 2018) 0:38:35 Stephen McGregorNicestSoul Calibur 6 - Michael McWhertor, PolygonKirby 2018 - Nintendo, YouTubeSmash on the Switch (NINTENDO PLEASE) Martha's/Mortho's Most Anticipated (for 2018) Martha MegarryNicestMineko's Night Market - Meowza GamesOoblets - Glumberland

Another year of great games! All "four" of your hosts gather in the freezing clubhouse to talk about some of the nicest games of 2017. They decided that they couldn't ALL talk about Zelda and Mario for the whole episode so each of them picked exactly two games to highlight. Mark is on brand, Stephen makes some ambitious resolutions and Martha totally didn't cheat the system. Listen to Sara’s Widget Satchel Soundtrack here! - Sara Ferrart Play the jam version of Widget Satchel - Ludem Dare Game Jam Martha’s/Mortho’s Nicest 2017: 0:08:19 Martha Megarry Category Nicest Thimbleweed Park - Terrible Toybox, Inc Slime Rancher - Monomi Park Destiny 2 - Bungie Check out #madewithblocks on Twitter to see/share amazing things made with Bloc… We talk a lot about Destiny 2 in our topic, Repetition, in our episode "Schrödinger’s Animal Crossing." Mark’s Nicest 2017: 0:22:09 Mark LaCroix Category Nicest Star Trek: Bridge Crew - Ubisoft Gorogoa - Buried Signal & Annapurna Interactive The old school Star Trek game we reminisced about is probably Star Trek: The Ne… - Spectrum Holobyte We talked about VR immersion in a past episode "You can see the cabbage in it." If you are local stop by Glitch’s VR Night run by Mark! The Puzzle Of A Lifetime - Chris Kohler , Kotaku Stephen’s Nicest: 0:32:33 Stephen McGregor Category Nicest Arms - Nintendo Neurovoider - Flying Oak Games Hear more about Stephen’s love for fighting games on our Fighting game topci in episode, "Shaniqua Shepard sounds cool." Most Anticipated 2018 0:38:35 Martha Megarry Stephen McGregor Category Nicest Stephens's 2018 Most anticipated Category Nicest Soul Calibur 6 - Michael McWhertor , Polygon Kirby 2018 - Nintendo , YouTube Super Smash on the Switch (NINTENDO PLEASE) Martha’s/Mortho’s most anticipated 2018 Category Nicest Mineko’s Night Market - Meowza Games Ooblets - Glumberland

Saludos a tod@s!!Sin novedad en el frente. Apple nos tiene muy mal acostumbrados y entre betas y demás lleva lanzando actualizaciones de SO una por semana prácticamente desde junio... En la actualización de hoy arregla varios fallos y temas de seguridad. Este tema y varios mas en el audio que tenéis en vuestros oídos!

Saludos a tod@s!! Sin novedad en el frente. Apple nos tiene muy mal acostumbrados y entre betas y demás lleva lanzando actualizaciones de SO una por semana prácticamente desde junio... En la actualización de hoy arregla varios fallos y temas de seguridad. Este tema y varios mas en el audio que tenéis en vuestros oídos!

Notre avis sur le dungeon RPG « The Caligula Effect » (Vita) de FuRyu, le puzzle-game de science-fiction « Sethian » (Mac, Windows) de Duang! Games, le point'n click « Thimbleweed Park » développé par Terrible Toybox et le reste de l'actualité de la semaine (un nouveau Life is Strange en préparation, ce qu'on sait sur Assassin's Creed Origins...).

Giselle Rosman of Hipster Whale, the Melbourne IGDA and the Global Game Jam is our guest this week, helping Ben and Trevor turn random prompts into games where babies play basketball, dogs have to pee their own landmarks, a wandering chaperone moves from school to school making sure there's no funny business happening, and a ghost has to alter its environment to make sure everybody finds their soulmate. Finally, while reimagining Thimbleweed Park by Terrible Toybox we bring the time-honoured adventure game staple of pixel hunting into the VR space - I can hear Ron Gilbert's facepalm from here.