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Started by Pixel "#~
Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:50
Monkey Island 5?
Author: Pixel "#~
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:50
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:50
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Vigilante posted this to livejournal the other day (see below). Does anyone here think that this is ever actually gonna happen? I mean, unless Guybrush travels space and time to a place long go and far far away (or something along those lines), it's not really fitting to put in lightsabers.... start quote: "From this month's Retro Gamer:" "While it's only at the rumour stage at the moment, it's already sounding highly likely that a fifth instalment of Lucasarts' popular pirate franchise could soon be on the way. While news of a fifth game has been circulating for a while, speculation reached fever point when the popular Monkey Island fansite, World of Monkey Island received an email from Steve Purcell which contained some gorgeous concept art for a project that was "in no way connected to any existing or cancelled piratey project." While Jim Ward, president of LEC is strongly against reworking old franchises - with the exception of Star Wars, Thrillville and Indiana Jones - and adventure games, there can be no denying the popularity of the Pirates of the Carribean films that have dominated cinemas. Then there's the fact that the recent Sam & Max episodes have proven extremely popular and are further proof that the genre can survive if it's handled properly. World of Monkey Island recently mentioned that "a reliable source" had informed them that the pictures that were submitted by Purcell were concept art from a cancelled Monkey Island film that was first pitched in 2000, but that doesn't really explain why it's taken seven years for the pictures to finally surface. There's still a huge fanbase for Monkey Island, and it could be somewhat premature if Lucasarts was to completely write the series off without exploring potential new directions for the well-loved franchise - providing, of course, that it doesn't try and turn it into another Pirates of the Carribean sword slasher. We can just about stomach another 3D iteration, but we'll walk the plank and jump into shark-infested seas before we play a Monkey island game that isn't a proper adventure." -- pixel - knight of aglami www.warande.net/~pixel pixel at aglami dot net msn: johannesvanderwerf at hotmail dot com icq: 58550811 www.aglami.net - "This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight... turbulence and then explode." -
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: DG
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:57
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:57
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Pixel "#~ schreef: > Vigilante posted this to livejournal the other day (see below). > > Does anyone here think that this is ever actually gonna happen? I > mean, unless Guybrush travels space and time to a place long go and > far far away (or something along those lines), it's not really fitting > to put in lightsabers.... > > > snips quote: Nope. Four is the perfect number for a trilogy. -- Danny.
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: Pixel "#~
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:05
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:05
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Earlier DG muttered: >> Vigilante posted this to livejournal the other day (see below). >> >> Does anyone here think that this is ever actually gonna happen? I >> mean, unless Guybrush travels space and time to a place long go and >> far far away (or something along those lines), it's not really fitting >> to put in lightsabers.... >> >> >> snips quote: > >Nope. Four is the perfect number for a trilogy. I hope you are not referring to the Hitchhikers Guide TT Galaxy? -- pixel - knight of aglami www.warande.net/~pixel pixel at aglami dot net msn: johannesvanderwerf at hotmail dot com icq: 58550811 www.aglami.net - "This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight... turbulence and then explode." -
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: DG
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:21
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:21
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Pixel "#~ schreef: >>> Vigilante posted this to livejournal the other day (see below). >>> >>> Does anyone here think that this is ever actually gonna happen? I >>> mean, unless Guybrush travels space and time to a place long go and >>> far far away (or something along those lines), it's not really fitting >>> to put in lightsabers.... >>> >>> >>> snips quote: >> Nope. Four is the perfect number for a trilogy. > > I hope you are not referring to the Hitchhikers Guide TT Galaxy? > > Now why would I refer to that? I might be referring to Indy IV. Since this *is* a LUCAS-ARTS ng. Or I might have just been "scilly". -- Danny.
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: Pixel "#~
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:20
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:20
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Earlier DG muttered: >>>> snips quote: >>> Nope. Four is the perfect number for a trilogy. >> >> I hope you are not referring to the Hitchhikers Guide TT Galaxy? >> >> >Now why would I refer to that? >I might be referring to Indy IV. Since this *is* a LUCAS-ARTS ng. >Or I might have just been "scilly". You might be referring that, because they used something like that as a slogan once. Before there was a fifth book. Scilly, eh? -- pixel - knight of aglami www.warande.net/~pixel pixel at aglami dot net msn: johannesvanderwerf at hotmail dot com icq: 58550811 www.aglami.net - "This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight... turbulence and then explode." -
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: DG
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:05
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:05
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Pixel "#~ schreef: >>>>> snips quote: >>>> Nope. Four is the perfect number for a trilogy. >>> I hope you are not referring to the Hitchhikers Guide TT Galaxy? >>> >>> >> Now why would I refer to that? >> I might be referring to Indy IV. Since this *is* a LUCAS-ARTS ng. >> Or I might have just been "scilly". > > You might be referring that, because they used something like that as > a slogan once. Before there was a fifth book. Scilly, eh? > > That sounds perfectly scilly in a way that doesn't make sense except in a Douglas Adamsian way. It wouldn't work in Larry Laffer's world, though. -- Danny.
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: Kasper
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:38
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:38
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On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:50:20 +0200, "Pixel \"#~" <jjwwe...@phil.uu.nl> wrote: >Vigilante posted this to livejournal the other day (see below). > >Does anyone here think that this is ever actually gonna happen? I >mean, unless Guybrush travels space and time to a place long go and >far far away (or something along those lines), it's not really fitting >to put in lightsabers.... I don't care. Ron Gilbert is doing the Penny Arcade game. That's all I need. -- Kasper
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: Daffy
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:10
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:10
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A day without Pixel "#~ is like a day without sunshine... > Vigilante posted this to livejournal the other day (see below). > > Does anyone here think that this is ever actually gonna happen? I > mean, unless Guybrush travels space and time to a place long go and > far far away (or something along those lines), it's not really fitting > to put in lightsabers.... Well, he'll have his time-travelling train to do that in. -- Daffy Now it's your turn. aglami.net? What is that?
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: Pixel "#~
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:18
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:18
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Earlier Kasper muttered: >>Vigilante posted this to livejournal the other day (see below). >> >>Does anyone here think that this is ever actually gonna happen? I >>mean, unless Guybrush travels space and time to a place long go and >>far far away (or something along those lines), it's not really fitting >>to put in lightsabers.... > >I don't care. Ron Gilbert is doing the Penny Arcade game. That's all I >need. Penny Arcade game? I haven't heard of that? What is it? -- pixel - knight of aglami www.warande.net/~pixel pixel at aglami dot net msn: johannesvanderwerf at hotmail dot com icq: 58550811 www.aglami.net - "This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight... turbulence and then explode." -
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: Pixel "#~
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:19
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:19
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Earlier Daffy muttered: >> Vigilante posted this to livejournal the other day (see below). >> >> Does anyone here think that this is ever actually gonna happen? I >> mean, unless Guybrush travels space and time to a place long go and >> far far away (or something along those lines), it's not really fitting >> to put in lightsabers.... > >Well, he'll have his time-travelling train to do that in. Oh! Of course. Now where is that image? http://www.aglami.net/webfiles/mi5-train.jpg !!! -- pixel - knight of aglami www.warande.net/~pixel pixel at aglami dot net msn: johannesvanderwerf at hotmail dot com icq: 58550811 www.aglami.net - "This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight... turbulence and then explode." -
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: Kasper
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:27
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:27
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On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:18:58 +0200, "Pixel \"#~" <jjwweerrff@phil.uu.nl> wrote: >>I don't care. Ron Gilbert is doing the Penny Arcade game. That's all I >>need. > >Penny Arcade game? I haven't heard of that? What is it? You DO know what Penny Arcade is, right? http://www.penny-arcade.com/2007/05/09 http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3159343 -- Kasper
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: DG
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:52
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:52
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Kasper schreef: >>> I don't care. Ron Gilbert is doing the Penny Arcade game. That's all I >>> need. >> Penny Arcade game? I haven't heard of that? What is it? > > You DO know what Penny Arcade is, right? > > http://www.penny-arcade.com/2007/05/09 > > http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3159343 > I have severe doubts about this one. I don't like the comic all that much (though I have the RSS-feed). The Teddy Ruxpin Redux thing they did recently made me laugh though. The screenshots may look nice, but it just doesn't look like the kind of game I'd like to play. -- Danny.
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: Kasper
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:48
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:48
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On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:52:16 +0200, DG <dammygerritsen@censored.zzn.com> wrote: >> You DO know what Penny Arcade is, right? >> >> http://www.penny-arcade.com/2007/05/09 >> >> http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3159343 >> >I have severe doubts about this one. I don't like the comic all that >much (though I have the RSS-feed). The Teddy Ruxpin Redux thing they did >recently made me laugh though. The screenshots may look nice, but it >just doesn't look like the kind of game I'd like to play. The Teddt Ruxpin thing went completely over my head, since I have absolutely no frame of reference. But that's the cool thing about it, that's so obscure, that you're bound to miss some of the jokes, even if you're solidly geeky. The one from today is fun. Grinding on the vacuum cleaner. That's funny. -- Kasper
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: DG
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:07
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:07
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Kasper schreef: >> I have severe doubts about this one. I don't like the comic all that >> much (though I have the RSS-feed). The Teddy Ruxpin Redux thing they did >> recently made me laugh though. The screenshots may look nice, but it >> just doesn't look like the kind of game I'd like to play. > > The Teddt Ruxpin thing went completely over my head, since I have > absolutely no frame of reference. But that's the cool thing about it, > that's so obscure, that you're bound to miss some of the jokes, even > if you're solidly geeky. > > The one from today is fun. Grinding on the vacuum cleaner. That's > funny. > As you didn't get the take on a goody Saturday morning cartoon, I didn't get the vacuum thing. Actually, I think I did get it. Just didn't find it funny. Mundane things as a game converted to real life activity resulting in guy on couch not having to do a thing. -- Danny.
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: Kasper
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:05
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:05
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On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:07:20 +0200, DG <dammygerritsen@censored.zzn.com> wrote: >As you didn't get the take on a goody Saturday morning cartoon, I didn't >get the vacuum thing. Actually, I think I did get it. Just didn't find >it funny. Mundane things as a game converted to real life activity >resulting in guy on couch not having to do a thing. It's actually the other way around. A stab at MMORPGs being so time consuming and tedious, that they're like doing housework. -- Kasper
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: DG
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:20
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:20
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Kasper schreef: >> As you didn't get the take on a goody Saturday morning cartoon, I didn't >> get the vacuum thing. Actually, I think I did get it. Just didn't find >> it funny. Mundane things as a game converted to real life activity >> resulting in guy on couch not having to do a thing. > > It's actually the other way around. A stab at MMORPGs being so time > consuming and tedious, that they're like doing housework. > Ah! That's why I don't play them. -- Danny.
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: Pixel "#~
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:07
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:07
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Earlier Kasper muttered: >>I have severe doubts about this one. I don't like the comic all that >>much (though I have the RSS-feed). The Teddy Ruxpin Redux thing they did >>recently made me laugh though. The screenshots may look nice, but it >>just doesn't look like the kind of game I'd like to play. > >The Teddt Ruxpin thing went completely over my head, since I have >absolutely no frame of reference. But that's the cool thing about it, >that's so obscure, that you're bound to miss some of the jokes, even >if you're solidly geeky. > >The one from today is fun. Grinding on the vacuum cleaner. That's >funny. Ooh, Teddy Ruxpin. *meanders back to childhood days* -- pixel - knight of aglami www.warande.net/~pixel pixel at aglami dot net msn: johannesvanderwerf at hotmail dot com icq: 58550811 www.aglami.net - "This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight... turbulence and then explode." -
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: DG
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:41
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:41
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Pixel "#~ schreef: >> The Teddt Ruxpin thing went completely over my head, since I have >> absolutely no frame of reference. But that's the cool thing about it, >> that's so obscure, that you're bound to miss some of the jokes, even >> if you're solidly geeky. >> >> The one from today is fun. Grinding on the vacuum cleaner. That's >> funny. > > Ooh, Teddy Ruxpin. > > *meanders back to childhood days* > > My childhood: Berenboot, Tita Tovenaar and Strijd der Planeten. Oh, De Opkopers and Klein Klein Kleutertje on the BRT. And don't forget the first run of Bassie en Adriaan. -- Danny.
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: Pixel "#~
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:25
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:25
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Earlier DG muttered: >>> The one from today is fun. Grinding on the vacuum cleaner. That's >>> funny. >> >> Ooh, Teddy Ruxpin. >> >> *meanders back to childhood days* >> >> >My childhood: Berenboot, Tita Tovenaar and Strijd der Planeten. Oh, De >Opkopers and Klein Klein Kleutertje on the BRT. > >And don't forget the first run of Bassie en Adriaan. You are older than we are, aren't you? I remember now. -- pixel - knight of aglami www.warande.net/~pixel pixel at aglami dot net msn: johannesvanderwerf at hotmail dot com icq: 58550811 www.aglami.net - "This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight... turbulence and then explode." -
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: DG
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:45
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:45
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Pixel "#~ schreef: >>>> The one from today is fun. Grinding on the vacuum cleaner. That's >>>> funny. >>> Ooh, Teddy Ruxpin. >>> >>> *meanders back to childhood days* >>> >>> >> My childhood: Berenboot, Tita Tovenaar and Strijd der Planeten. Oh, De >> Opkopers and Klein Klein Kleutertje on the BRT. >> >> And don't forget the first run of Bassie en Adriaan. > > You are older than we are, aren't you? I remember now. > > I'm not as old as Blonde, but I look much older. But then again, I'm gray and have never been blonde. Actually, Kvraagetaan by the Fixkes captures my youth quite well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixkes http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixkes -- Danny.
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: Pixel "#~
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:42
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:42
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Earlier DG muttered: >>> My childhood: Berenboot, Tita Tovenaar and Strijd der Planeten. Oh, De >>> Opkopers and Klein Klein Kleutertje on the BRT. >>> >>> And don't forget the first run of Bassie en Adriaan. >> >> You are older than we are, aren't you? I remember now. >> >> >I'm not as old as Blonde, but I look much older. But then again, I'm >gray and have never been blonde. > >Actually, Kvraagetaan by the Fixkes captures my youth quite well. > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixkes >http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixkes ?? -- pixel - knight of aglami www.warande.net/~pixel pixel at aglami dot net msn: johannesvanderwerf at hotmail dot com icq: 58550811 www.aglami.net - "This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight... turbulence and then explode." -
Re: Monkey Island 5?
Author: DG
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:03
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:03
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Pixel "#~ schreef: >>> You are older than we are, aren't you? I remember now. >>> >>> >> I'm not as old as Blonde, but I look much older. But then again, I'm >> gray and have never been blonde. >> >> Actually, Kvraagetaan by the Fixkes captures my youth quite well. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixkes >> http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixkes > > ?? > > You don't know the song that has the record for most weeks at no1 in Belgium? The record even has airplay on Dutch radio now. Just listen to that song. You'll find out much more about me than I want you to. -- Danny.
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