The gas and the chainsaw: Together again for the first time
We were lucky enough to have Ron Gilbert (Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island) on Sup Holmes a few weeks back. Looking back, it looks like Ron may have been utilizing the show for a little pre-kickstarter promotion. Explains why he did the whole show in pixel-face. Fine by me. I’d have his pixel-faced puss on the show every week if I could.
Ron hinted that he may be working with original Maniac Mansion artist Gary Winnick again soon, but I didn’t think it would be this soon. But here we are, looking at a new SCUMM-style game from the creators of the term “cut scene” and the fathers of an entire genre. As a longtime fan of Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken, and the first two Monkey Island games, I’m feeling like this all over again.
It’s a murder mystery that contain hundreds of locations and puzzles, all centered around Thumbleweed Park, a town that “…once boasted an opulent hotel, a vibrant business district and the state’s largest pillow factory, but now teeters on the edge of oblivion and continues to exist for no real reason.” Sounds like a cross between Twin Peaks and Waiting for Guffman. Outside of Ron getting the rights to make a new Monkey Island game, this is about as close to perfect as it gets for fans of classic Lucasfilm Games.
