Retronauts Vol. IV Episode 45: The Monkey Island Series with Special Guest Ron Gilbert

Retronauts

Technology, Leisure, Games, Video Games

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2015

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

25 years ago, the landscape of adventure games changed forever with The Secret of Monkey Island. This LucasArts classic essentially changed the rules for a once-formidable genre; instead of punishing experimentation, Monkey Island presents a death-free world where players can't paint themselves into game-ending corners—definitely not the norm for adventure games of its era. On this special episode of Retronauts, listen in as Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert talks about his history with adventure games, and his current role on the upcoming Thimbleweed Park. And if you don't care about that, maybe we could interest you in these fine leather jackets? Be sure to visit our blog at Retronauts.com, and check out our partner site, USgamer, for more great stuff. And if you'd like to send a few bucks our way, head on over to our Patreon page!

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0:00.0	This entire season of RetroNots is fully funded by listeners like you thanks to Patreon.
0:05.4	If you'd like to find out how you can help and get episodes a week in advance, head on over to patreon.com slash RetroNots.
0:12.0	Thanks and enjoy the show!
0:16.0	This week on RetroNots, we discover the secret of Monkey Island.
0:30.0	Hello everybody, this is Bob Mackie with a brand new episode of RetroNots and the topic today is the secret of Monkey Island games.
0:49.0	And before I introduce anyone else, I do want to let you know who is our special guest for today and can you introduce yourself please?
0:55.0	I'm Ron Gilbert and I was the creator of designer of Monkey Island.
0:59.0	Ron Gilbert, a very important dude in terms of the history of adventure games and the current history of adventure games I would say.
1:06.0	And so who else is here today?
1:08.0	Jerry Parrish, the jackass who doesn't play PC or adventure games.
1:12.0	Oh, we've dead weight here today?
1:14.0	You're not going to be pointing.
1:15.0	Sorry, I ran nothing personal.
1:16.0	Jerry me is against pointing and clicking.
1:17.0	I am.
1:18.0	It's rude. It's so rude.
1:19.0	You can just point and gesture.
1:20.0	When you point, you have four fingers pointing back at you.
1:22.0	I guess well, I've never heard that one.
1:24.0	Anyone else is here?
1:25.0	Jerry me Parrish, the man who coined Metroidvania as a classic gamer is not a point and click adventure guy.
1:33.0	This news shocks me and speaking.
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