For the record, I like to post these reviews a week or so after they're released because A. I'm lazy and B. I'd like to think it gives the CO-OP team a second boost of views in case folks missed the original debut of the episode. More views = more happy and well-paid Area 5 folk doing the thing they love most. That's something I can certainly support!
In this episode the CO-OP kids not only tour some of the best eateries in the San Francisco Mission district (St. Francis is one of my favorite breakfast spots in the city, next to the brunch at Suppenküche and Nopalito), but they also give me my first (and probably only) opportunity to talk about probably my favorite game of all time, LucasArt's The Secret of Monkey Island. Adventure games like Monkey Island, Kings Quest, and Willy Beamish were my heart and soul growing up gaming, so I'm absolutely gushing with excitement in the segment that clever games like this are making a comeback in this generation. It's an incredibly terrific happening, and I hope that the industry and gaming public comes to embrace and encourage this trend.
So enjoy watching me get all flabbergasted and dorky about LeChuck, Gov. Marley, and my favorite fine-leather-vest-selling-pirate, Guybrush Threepwood. Thanks, as always, to Area 5 for having me on the show!
P.S. Oh, and if you ever see me in public, even if I'm not wearing the Ask Me About LOOM™ button, please, ask me about LOOM™.
I liked the art in the Special Edition... except for the “Stan’s” sign. The classic one is so kinetic compared to the stamped-out SE version. Why didn't they draw a nice version of the classic sign, especially given how they updated the logo on the Grog machine right next to it?
Posted by: markpasc | August 14, 2009 at 04:00 PM
You have no idea how happy I am that you mentioned that. I forgot to say something during our discussion, but the treatment of typography in the Special Edition is absolutely horrendous. Stan's sign is a glaring example of that, but the one that really got me was the sign outside of Meathook's house. Maybe I'm a bit of a typography snob, but it was upsetting to see them use computer fonts instead of taking the time to hand-rendering the text.
Posted by: .tiff | August 14, 2009 at 04:08 PM
Liked it better live. Probably cuz it had moar skribblenauts.
Posted by: Shamous | August 14, 2009 at 04:32 PM
Way to play the VIP'impin' card, BROTHER.
Posted by: .tiff | August 14, 2009 at 04:33 PM