“I’m Guybrush Threepwood, and I wanna be a pirate!”
The Secret of Monkey Island is one of the classic LucasArts (yes, they did do stuff other than Star Wars) adventure games that everyone should play.
The game is as old as I am, heralding from the year AD 1990. Despite hearing great things about it for basically my entire life, I went 20 years without playing it. I finally got it when the special edition with fancy graphics was released.
You play Guybrush Threepwood, a young guy who wants to be a pirate. He seeks the Pirate Leaders on Mêlée Island, who send him on three quests to prove himself a pirate.
Along the way he meets, and falls hopelessly in love with, Elaine Marley, the governor of Mêlée Island. Unfortunately for Guybrush, the evil ghost pirate LeChuck already had his eyes on her. LeChuck kidnaps Elaine, and Guybrush sets out to rescue her.
The game is hilarious, filled with jokes from top to bottom. It also teaches advanced swordfighting techniques. If anyone ever insults you, be sure to tell them that they fight like a cow.
Hello viewers! Today, I’m going to tell you what y’all should buy yourselves this Christmas. The 12 games that I got the most fun out of. (Yes, I know that the 12 days of Christmas starts on Christmas Day, but you need to get these beforehand in order to stick them under your tree, right?)
Right! When I was a lad of six or seven, Chex Quest was the coolest thing in the world. I’ve played it so many times since then, I know the level layouts, including all secret areas, by heart. I could play the entire game in my head, if I wanted to.
You are Fred Chexter, a member of an elite force: Chex Squadron. Upon hearing of the invasion of the Bazoik colony by the Flemoids, evil cereal-eating creatures from another dimension, you volunteer to go in alone and rescue the trapped scientists.
‘sup, dudes? Did you miss me? Free time has been basically zero in the last month, and what little I did have I didn’t feel like spending on the WVR. I’ll get to the other missing ones eventually. YouTube videos don’t take very long to make a post about. Which is why they continued.
It took me two months to realize I spaced on announcing autumn. Geeze. Well, fall is here now, if you were waiting for this post for it to start. Winter’s will be on time, I swear.
Anyway… About the song. Shibayan is a hit-or-miss group for me. This one is a hit.