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Tales of Monkey Island Episode 5 – The Verdict

So here we are, at the end of Telltale and LucasArts’ daring resurrection of the Monkey Island franchise. Has the gamble of bringing back much loved characters Guybrush, LeChuck, Elaine and many others paid off? Quite simply: yes! The final episode almost manages to be the exclamation point on what has been a wonderful series. Now before I go any further, it should be blindingly obvious but this review – along with the screenshots – contains MASSIVE SPOILERS to the…

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Tales of Monkey Island Episode 4 – The Verdict

We’re now at the penultimate episode of Telltale’s adventures of Guybrush Threepwood, and it’s fairly easy to say that The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood is the best one yet. Indeed, it’s the best Telltale game out of everything they’ve produced. But at the same time, it’s also the episode that makes it very clear that these singular episode reviews are becoming more and more redundant. Which is a horrible thing to admit in any review, never mind the…

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Tales of Monkey Island: Episode 3: Lair of the Leviathan – The Verdict

Reviewing an episodic game is one of the few things that gets easier the longer the series goes on. No new gameplay mechanics to detail and assess, it all boils down to story telling, plot and the general atmosphere of the product. In short, the important parts of any adventure game. This new episode of Monkey Island begins with Guybrush and co. trapped inside the mouth of the second biggest manatee I’ve ever seen after an attempt to discover the…

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Tales of Monkey Island Episode Two – The Verdict

So, as you may have gathered from last month’s review, we at the Reticule rather liked the first episode of the resurrection of gaming’s favourite pirate Guybrush Threepwood. After setting such a high precedent with Launch of the Screaming Narwhal, can Telltale match the high standard for the second episode,

Tales of Monkey Island Episode One – The Verdict

It’s another of those licenses that takes a developer with balls to accept. But it’s not as if Telltale doesn’t have the pedigree. With former LucasArts adventure Sam & Max under their belt and a proven track record with the Strong Bad and Wallace & Gromit games, it was only a matter of time before LucasArts themselves entrusted one of their other prize jewels with the studio made up of former comrades – and so we see the first episode…

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Mark Darin – Telltale Games Interview

Adventure games never went anywhere, but if there’s one developer that’s given the genre a massive resurgence of late, then it’s the guys at Telltale Games. Taking some well loved and fondly remembered classic properties like Sam & Max, Wallace & Gromit and Homestar Runner, they appear to be the only company that has truly made the episodic gaming formula work on a long term basis. Their latest treasure comes from the booty of a collaboration with the former masters…

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USE Steam WITH LucasArts Classics

Honestly, you leave the team alone for five minutes, and people like me creep onto The Reticule’s team followed by them missing news like this? It’s anarchy I tell you. So of course, I’m rectifying this matter. LucasArts had been teasing for some time on their Twitter account that they had a big announcement for this Monday, and thousands of fans provided guesses ranging from the possible to the ludicrous. Luckily the real announcement was enough to send fans of…

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