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Game 42: King's Quest Remake - Final Rating
This is going to be tough. There are a couple of reasons why giving a rating to this game will be a struggle. Firstly, I’d played King’s Quest within the last three years prior to playing this time...
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Game 43: The Secret of Monkey Island - Introduction
Bring...it...on!!!!As you could probably guess, I like a good list. It hardly even matters what the topic is. Top 50 movies of 2013? 1001 Comics to Read Before You Die? 67 Best Arnie One-Liners? You...
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Game 43: The Secret of Monkey Island - A Herring!
Guybrush Threepwood Journal Entry 1:"I'm one step closer to fulfilling my dream of being a real pirate! I met a bunch of them today in some scummy bar, and everyone directed me to a threesome of...
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Game 43: The Secret of Monkey Island - Deadly Piranha Poodles
Guybrush Threepwood Journal Entry 2:"I've got to get my hands on some coin! The local store has a sword and a shovel for sale, both of which could really aid in completing my trials, yet there's no way...
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Game 43: The Secret of Monkey Island - Risk and Reward
Guybrush Threepwood Journal Entry 3:"There sure are some strange characters on this Melee Island! Outside of the village I've held conversations with the lookout (an old man that keeps watch for who...
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Game 43: The Secret of Monkey Island - One Down, Two to Go
Guybrush Threepwood Journal Entry 4:"I have passed the first trial! Sadly, the Legendary Treasure of Melee Island didn't turn out to be all that legendary. Still, the T-shirt proves that I'm a third of...
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Game 43: The Secret of Monkey Island - Insult to Injury
Gubrush Threepwood Journal Entry 5:"Yes! I defeated the Sword Master and passed the second trial in the process! I really need to thank Captain Smirk for teaching me how to use the sword, but more...
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Game 43: The Secret of Monkey Island - The Plot Thickens
Guybrush Threepwood Journal Entry 6:"Damn it! I thought I'd finally made something of myself and passed the three trials, only for everything to go completely awry at my moment of triumph. Not only did...
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Game 43: The Secret of Monkey Island - All Aboard the Sea Monkey
Guybrush Threepwood Journal Entry 7:"Who knew this pirating thing was so difficult to organise!? It took me ages to purchase a ship from Stan, despite having stolen 5000 pieces of eight in credit for...
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Game 43: The Secret of Monkey Island - Voodoo Stew
Guybrush Threepwood Journal Entry 8:"I've made it to Monkey Island! It would have been a lot easier had my crew been even remotely helpful, but they seem to think this journey is nothing more than a...
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Game 43: The Secret of Monkey Island - Feeding the Monkey
Guybrush Threepwood Journal Entry 9:"It seems LeChuck and his undead crew are not the only ones to call Monkey Island home. I've met one of the crew members of the Sea Monkey's first voyage here, and...
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Game 43: The Secret of Monkey Island - Monkey See Monkey Do
Guybrush Threepwood Journal Entry 10:"I'm so close to Elaine now, I can feel it! After retrieving Herman's ingenious banana picker from the rather nonthreatening "Cannibals of Monkey Island", I've...
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Freebie Quest - Do You Want to Get a Freebie?
As the regular readers would know, our most magnificent sponsor Lars-Erik donates a game to whoever predicts the correct (or closest) score that I will give to each game I play through. Previously the...
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Game 43: The Secret of Monkey Island - Bite of the Navigator
Guybrush Threepwood Journal Entry 11:"As if having to board a ghost ship in search of a voodoo root isn't horrifying enough, to even get there I had find my way through a fiery maze filled with bloody...
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What's Your Story? - xyzzysqrl
I can't even remember the last time we had a What's Your Story post. They ran dry after an initial burst of entries. There are a whole bunch of newer readers though, and one of them sent their answers...
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Game 43: The Secret of Monkey Island - Won!
Guybrush Threepwood Journal Entry 12: "I've defeated the evil LeChuck and saved Elaine! The key to it all was a root brew, created for me by the cannibals of Monkey Island. Once I had it I was able to...
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Game 43: The Secret of Monkey Island - Final Rating
I have to admit that I've been pretty nervous about this Final Rating post. Blogging through one of the all-time classic adventure games is one thing, but giving it a score is another thing altogether!...
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Game 44: Altered Destiny - Introduction
Seriously, I feel like I altered my destiny just trying to get this game to start!After the joy that was The Secret of Monkey Island, it’s pretty hard for me to get too excited about Altered Destiny....
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What's Your Story? - Ashley Bennett
Another What's Your Story entry has made its way into my inbox, and its from one of our more silent readers (up until now anyway). Ashley clearly has a love of adventure games. So much so that he has...
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Guest Game 2: The Oregon Trail - Introduction
Quick note from The Trickster:We've reached the second game of 1990 that didn't make the Adventure Gamer playlist, The Oregon Trail. The guest blogger this time is the very knowledgeable Ilmari, and...
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