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I've started to look at Ron Gilbert as almost George Lucas-esque these days. It's not like he was the only person involved (Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman were just as instrumental to the development as he was), and what few things he's done ever since haven't been that great (do you know anyone who's played Deathspank?). I'm starting to thing that he's just been holding the whole "What IS the real secret of Monkey Island? I'll NEVER TELL " thing over people's heads over the years just to make sure people still care.

Monkey Island 4 wasn't that great (seriously, FUCK Monkey Kombat), but the Tales series was awesome.

C3PX said:

Had a sequel to Monkey Island 2 never been made due to Ron Gilbert's departure from LucasGames, no doubt we would still be hankering for Monkey Island 3. Fortunately/unfortunately that game was made, and it taught us a valuable lesson... sometimes things are best off left alone.

Monkey Island 3 was awesome.

What does annoy me, however, is that real physical swag is getting to be a rarity in both pre-orders and in collector's editions, and is rapidly being replaced by codes to unlock exclusive items. I for one kind of liked the cheap silly little crap they used to give away with pre-orders.

That's another awesome thing about being a PC gamer. If all they're doing with those pre-order items is unlocking some code, that means that that shit is already in there somewhere, and somebody already knows how to go into the console and unlock it. For instance, if you look on the Fallout 3 wiki, you'll see several weapons that say "Available through console only", like this one: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/O%27Grady%27s_Peacemaker

I don't understand a single post in this thread.

I don't even think I need an OP given the length of the thread title.

TV's Frink said:

This Jedi Temple34 dude is becoming one of my favorite posters. 

I agree with this statement purely because he said "Well the system is pants..."

So I've been playing Zelda 2 on NES for a while now, and I don't see why everybody hates on it so much. I LOVE this game!

mrbenja0618 said:

Well, perhaps there will be a TPM cut by TM...

Coming 2017! :P

So I managed to find an NES, with all the cords, 2 controllers, and a copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 stowing away inside of it all for $20 last week. I had some problems with the blinking power light, so I replaced the 72 pin connector and it works like new now. First goal: beat Bionic Commando. Also Dr. Mario, Zelda 1 and 2 and Balloon Fight are in the mail.

It's gonna be a good week.

I see nothing, since apparently you've just deleted your account.

Am I the only PC gamer in this thread? I take it nobody here is into Team Fortress 2?

Add Just Cause 2 to that list.

Holy shit guys. Get Just Cause 2 right now. It's over-flowing with awesome.

EDIT: Oh, I forgot to add this to the list earlier, but I did the pre-purchase deal for Monkey Island 2: SE several days ago (the deal is if you pre-purchase MI2:SE, you get SoMI:SE free. Now I feel redeemed for pirating it ages ago. :P )

Man, this Steam summer sale is really putting a strain on my wallet, but SO MANY GREAT DEALS!!! This is all of the games I've gotten over the past week, all of which have been on sale, and total have cost me less than $100

Audiosurf

Ben There, Dan That!

Bioshock

Borderlands

Chains

Ghostbusters: The Video Game

Grand Theft Auto IV

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Gumboy: Crazy Adventures

Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead 2

Mass Effect

The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom

Obulis

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus

Osmos

Saints Row 2

Thief: Deadly Shadows

Time Gentlemen, Please!

Vigil: Blood Bitterness

X-COM: Apocalypse

X-COM: Enforcer

X-COM: Interceptor

X-COM: UFO Defense

X-COM: Terror From the Deep

I love Steam!

I'm in the process of reading it right now, but I'm not all that far yet. Although I am enjoying it, there is one thing that annoys me, and it's the CONSTANT references to the previous books, in an almost Family Guy-esque "Hey, you remember when we (insert event from first or second book here)?" and I just want to tell Colfer "You know we've read these books already, right? That's why we're reading this one in the first place!" Does he quit doing this later in the book?

But other than that, it's a quite enjoyable read.

EDIT: Arthur calling people "mate" kind of bothers me a little as well. He's far too stuffy for that.

Wait for Portal 2! :D

I'm on TV Tropes! :D

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarbleHornets

Sluggo said:

I hope Devo still has it.  As much as I love The Who, I don't think I'd enjoy a new album from them.

Check out the tracks I put in the OP. I can assure you that they do indeed still have it. :D

Original post updated!

A postage stamp is legal tender. A bus driver would have to accept that as currency.

That's a lot of posts!

You know Gaff, I'm a little bit ashamed. We joined the forum in the same month and yet my post count is considerably lower than yours. :P

Gentlemen, I present to you Super Mario Crossover:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/534416

Play the original Super Mario Bros. in its entirety as Mario, Link, Mega Man, Simon Belmont, Samus, and Bill from Contra. And prepare for nerdgasm.

Playing as Bill feels like unleashing a Terminator onto the Smurf village. :P

The only movie I can think of where I thought Shia was pretty good was Holes. But that was years ago.

Oddly enough, most of the images I got were ones that were already posted on OT.com ( I guess that's a result of having been a member for so long :\ ). This one, however, was not one of them:

Along with Super Mario World, this is one of the first games I have memories of playing:

Commander Keen

Still a great game!