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What do huge manatees, mutinous crews, and voodoo curses all have in common? The third installment of Tales of Monkey Island: Lair of Leviathan! In the last episode, our hero Guy Brush and his ship were swallowed whole by an insanely large manatee. Once inside, Guy Brush finds out that… Continue Reading »

Arr. What be a better way to spends yer time than to be talkin’ like a pirate? Ow ‘bout talkin’ like a pirate on International Talk Like a Pirate Day? Which just so happens t’ be this ‘ere (and ev’ry) September the 19th! OK, enough of that (for now). To… Continue Reading »

The second half of the four-part Monkey Island series is out now and poor Guybrush still can’t catch a break. The Siege of Spinner Cay starts with a daring sword fight against the mighty pirate hunter Morgan. (And, no, it’s not an insult sword fight.) After you get rid of… Continue Reading »

Ahoy me pirate mateys! It’s time for Monkey Island. That’s right, Telltale games has released a new series of adventure games based on the Monkey Island series from Lucasarts with Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal as the first part. This series is a bit different from… Continue Reading »

The video game industry could gain a powerful Washington ally in Arizona’s 2010 Congressional election. Former LucasArts head Jim Ward, who resigned from the company in 2008, wants to be the next US representative from Arizona’s 5th Congressional District.  The district includes Scottsdale, Tempe and parts of Phoenix. He’s running… Continue Reading »

In lieu of digging through most of garbage apps that make up the App Store landfill (I kid, I kid) this week, I decided it would be better to spend my time offering suggestions of gaming apps you’d actually want to try. Sure, some of these apps are the obvious… Continue Reading »

Last E3 (2008) we reported that the rumors for a new Star Wars MMO were finally confirmed. This E3 (2009), convention goers were treated to a lovely surprise consisting actual details on the upcoming MMO (release date yet to be announced) that’s being developed by BioWare titled Star Wars: The… Continue Reading »

The news of Free Radical closing its doors invariably shocked the gaming community, as it was a development studio held in high regard for its Timesplitters series (even though that high degree of respect was recently washed away due to questionable reviews of its latest Playstation 3-exclusive title Haze). However,… Continue Reading »

Following months of whispers and speculation, LucasArts has finally announced that BioWare is hard at work on a Windows PC-exclusive, massively multiplayer online sequel to its beloved Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic role-playing series. Star Wars: The Old Republic will, according to a press release issued yesterday (October… Continue Reading »

Still making you way through Star Wars: The Force Unleashed? Or have you thrust it aside in favor of something shiny and new? Well, LucasArts has revealed some sweet-sounding downloadable content for their force-powered action title, including a new level and new characters to pummel bad guys with. Continue Reading »