What's The Deal With: Monkey Island?

Triple Click

Maximum Fun

Kirk Hamilton, Society & Culture, Video Games, Jason Schreier, Maddy Myers, Arts, Technology

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

What exactly is "Monkey Island" and why is it so popular? This week, the Triple Click gang revisits the old point-and-click adventure series in preparation for the newly announced Return to Monkey Island, which will be out later this year. They talk about the ups and downs of Monkey Island, the incredible music, and how it reinvigorated the genre by showing the world that adventure games do not, in fact, need to kill you.

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0:00.0	Look behind you! A 300 monkey!
0:06.0	Whoa, that is the second biggest podcast I've ever seen!
0:11.0	Welcome to Triple Click, where we bring the games to you!
0:16.0	Today we are talking about the iconic video game series, Monkey Island.
0:20.0	What is the deal with it?
0:22.0	Today, we shall discuss, we will tell you exactly what the deal is.
0:30.0	I'm Jason Shire, I'm Kirk Hamilton, and I'm Maddie Myers.
0:34.0	Hello!
0:36.0	Hello!
0:38.0	Hello, my friends!
0:40.0	We are back for another episode of Triple Click!
0:42.0	Clicking our way into your heart!
0:44.0	Click, click!
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