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Rob Westbrook
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25/05/2007
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19th September, 2009 at 16:38:22 -
Today is International Talk Like A Pirate Day! And just to make it even more shiny the new Monkey Island game's going free. This may sound like an advert but really it's just an excuse for me to get nostalgic and jump back into the piratey boots of Guybrush Threepwood.
Fortunately the new game seems to have the same style of humour as the old ones, and having the same voice actors from Curse is an added bonus. On the other hand, the interface is both oversimplified and clunky; It feels better suited to an analogue stick than a mouse. Still, the graphics are all rather nice, even if I had to turn them down to minimum in order to get any decent frame rate out of my laptop. The treasure hunting mini-game is pretty cool as well, what with the ability to unlock extra stuff online.
All in all, a rather enjoyable little installment made all the better for being free. Yar-harr!
There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't.
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OMC
What a goofball
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21/05/2007
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19th September, 2009 at 16:48:12 -
My laptop isn't macho enough to run Telltale games. 
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Ski
TDC is my stress ball
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19th September, 2009 at 17:02:05 -
Would help if you posted a link 
http://www.telltalegames.com/playlikeapirate
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Rob Westbrook
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25/05/2007
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20th September, 2009 at 01:34:23 -
That would be a good idea... Cheers x)
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UrbanMonk
BRING BACK MITCH
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07/07/2008
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20th September, 2009 at 01:48:06 -
I downloaded it this morning! 
Haven't played it yet though.
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Ski
TDC is my stress ball
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20th September, 2009 at 02:20:25 -
If you're from the West country in UK it shouldn't be too hard >_<
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OMC
What a goofball
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21/05/2007
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20th September, 2009 at 03:04:51 -
Looks like I was fibbing. I went ahead and downloaded it anyway, and it plays acceptably in 640x480. I'm glad I tried it, even though Wallace and Gromit was too choppy!  Been needing a nice game to play, and this one'll work well with my tablet to boot! Er... To booty! Ar ye matey and all that grog swill bilge rat poop deck tack 'n' for'ard plunderin' scallawag.
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Rob Westbrook
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25/05/2007
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20th September, 2009 at 15:30:42 -
Haha, rat poop x)
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-J-
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05/10/2008
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21st September, 2009 at 09:58:02 -
I played the Monkey Island game on someone else's computer, then installed it on mine later... But my computer must not want me playing it.
Everything installed correctly, it's just, when I try and open it nothing happens. I watched the processes list in Task Manager and saw "MonkeyIsland101" that comes up for about 10 seconds after I run the exe, then just disappears. Did anyone else experience something like this?
I guess the free offer is over now... Oh well.
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