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So, Dave Grossman DOES know the Secret!

Toothless GibbonToothless Gibbon
edited September 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
According to this video, at least... It's a LucasArts Reunion.

http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/26234
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  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited September 2009
    Believe me: Only Ron knows the secret. And he will take it to his grave.
  • JazzyJazzy
    edited September 2009
    der_ketzer wrote: »
    Believe me: Only Ron knows the secret. And he will take it to his grave.
    And then, in the middle of the night, dark shadows will fall upon his grave as a group of Monkey Island Fanatics (MIFs) descend upon it with shovels. They will dig up his coffin, pry it open, and then hold aloft a single bone in the air as lightning strikes around them and their trousers fall down...
  • HaggisHaggis
    edited September 2009
    ...and then they get arrested.
  • JazzyJazzy
    edited September 2009
    Haggis wrote: »
    ...and then they get arrested.
    But not before they use the bone to create...the Ultimate Voodoo Doll! And the suffering of Ron's kids at the hands of a bunch of MIFs having a laugh begins...
  • Astro GnocciAstro Gnocci
    edited September 2009
    And the suffering of Ron's kids at the hands of a bunch of MIFs having a laugh begins...

    Eww, MIF's
  • PretenderPretender
    edited September 2009
    the secret is that there is no secret..
  • patterspatters
    edited September 2009
    Pretender wrote: »
    the secret is that there is no secret..

    Damn I was just abut to post this.
  • WoodsyblueWoodsyblue
    edited September 2009
    That whole video was really interesting. Especially the part about the decline of adventure games.
  • HaggisHaggis
    edited September 2009
    Man, the camera in that video is making me seasick...
  • KromsKroms
    edited September 2009
    Heh, I'm pretty sure 1UP hadn't planned on unveiling this video yet. They were going to do it in a few hours, actually.
  • Toothless GibbonToothless Gibbon
    edited September 2009
    Kroms wrote: »
    Heh, I'm pretty sure 1UP hadn't planned on unveiling this video yet. They were going to do it in a few hours, actually.


    It was linked directly from their homepage....
  • darknessofheartdarknessofheart
    edited September 2009
    I think Ron said once that he has a document with the secret in it. He said it will be read at his funeral in the event he dies without making the last monkey island game to conclude the series and reveal everything. Probably just joking though. Imagine though, hundreds of people would probably just show up to hear the secret. Not to say their wouldn't be a lot of grief either.
  • BaggeBagge
    edited September 2009
    darknessofheart wrote: »
    I think Ron said once that he has a document with the secret in it. He said it will be read at his funeral in the event he dies without making the last monkey island game to conclude the series and reveal everything. This is obviously just a joke, though. Imagine though, hundreds of people would probably just show up to hear the secret. Not to say their wouldn't be a lot of grief either.

    Fixed.
  • Lennie MelvinLennie Melvin
    edited September 2009
    Haggis wrote: »
    Man, the camera in that video is making me seasick...

    Kinda reminded me of Cloverfield :P
  • KromsKroms
    edited September 2009
    Toothless Gibbon wrote: »
    It was linked directly from their homepage....

    Was it? Hmm, they must've not updated the DeathSpank cover story when I checked :)
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited September 2009
    You do realize in the 2009 video game world chapmpionships(which BOTH MI and sam and max where in. MI got about maybe 4 records and its own page and sam and max got 1 along with saying they are point n clicks last hope.) Someone said the secret to monkey island was....
    pi
    shocking isnt it.
  • GeypiGeypi
    edited September 2009
    there has got to be a secret :D
  • thanatos56thanatos56
    edited September 2009
    The secret is what you need to add to a game to keep the cult following rabid after nearly 20 years and 4 sequels.
  • pilouuuupilouuuu
    edited September 2009
    The secret is Grog XD.
  • Lennie MelvinLennie Melvin
    edited September 2009
    The secret is
    that it's all just a computer game
  • wispwisp
    edited September 2009
    that's more common knowledge than secret...

    ..anyway, i am pretty sure that dave grossman knows the secret. he was working with gilbert on the first two games and i can't imagine gilbert never talked about his plans. even if not, he probably has enough knowledge to have a good idea, what ron gilbert was up to.
  • snip3z4killssnip3z4kills
    edited September 2009
    The Secret is...
    We are all in a computer-ized dreamworld known as the Monk-trix.
  • balin2kbalin2k
    edited September 2009
    the secret is
    you already know the secret

    also i watched a bit of the video. it seems that they did share the secret. the other guys changed it a little along the way...so there is 3 secrets!
  • zmallyzmally
    edited September 2009
    the secret is that the whole thing is actually a real life theme park. And guybrush is an imaginative flooring inspector, and herman toothrot is a glorified night watchman.
  • doggansdoggans
    edited September 2009
    I think the secret is that Guybrush never actually had a barber named Dominique.
  • JazzyJazzy
    edited September 2009
    You know what, throughout watching that video one thing got stuck in my mind: I just wanted to...shave them! I mean, what was that, the clandestine meeting of Funny Beards? I just wanted to jump in there, hold Dave Grossman down, and shave that little beard of his off! Is it some sort of fashion statement that they all grow the pointy beards, or is it that they need them to contain the Game Developer Brain Extension or something? Aerials for contacting the Overmind? I just need to shave them! :'(
  • hplikelikehplikelike
    edited September 2009
    The Secret is...
    The Greatest Deals around are at Smiling Stan's Slightly Used Shops!


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    Man, I can't believe Ron sold out like that...
  • pilouuuupilouuuu
    edited September 2009
    Jazzy wrote: »
    You know what, throughout watching that video one thing got stuck in my mind: I just wanted to...shave them! I mean, what was that, the clandestine meeting of Funny Beards? I just wanted to jump in there, hold Dave Grossman down, and shave that little beard of his off! Is it some sort of fashion statement that they all grow the pointy beards, or is it that they need them to contain the Game Developer Brain Extension or something? Aerials for contacting the Overmind? I just need to shave them! :'(

    Wow! Don't you mess with these guys' looks. They're geniuses! They could use a pirate patch and they would still be cool. And I think Dave is trying to grow a Guybrush beard! :-P
  • HaggisHaggis
    edited September 2009
    What's wrong with beards?
  • ThunderPeel2001ThunderPeel2001
    edited September 2009
    der_ketzer wrote: »
    Believe me: Only Ron knows the secret. And he will take it to his grave.

    Any particular reason we should believe you?
  • tbm1986tbm1986
    edited September 2009
    der_ketzer wrote: »
    Believe me: Only Ron knows the secret. And he will take it to his grave.

    Pity there's no Ash2Life in the real world. Besides, I think his family would turn the gas off to stop the reminders.
  • IcedhopeIcedhope
    edited September 2009
    doggans wrote: »
    I think the secret is that Guybrush never actually had a barber named Dominique.

    But is voiced by Dominic.
  • Dave GrossmanDave Grossman Telltale Alumni
    edited September 2009
    Jazzy wrote: »
    You know what, throughout watching that video one thing got stuck in my mind: I just wanted to...shave them! I mean, what was that, the clandestine meeting of Funny Beards? I just wanted to jump in there, hold Dave Grossman down, and shave that little beard of his off! Is it some sort of fashion statement that they all grow the pointy beards, or is it that they need them to contain the Game Developer Brain Extension or something? Aerials for contacting the Overmind? I just need to shave them! :'(
    pilouuuu wrote: »
    Wow! Don't you mess with these guys' looks. They're geniuses! They could use a pirate patch and they would still be cool. And I think Dave is trying to grow a Guybrush beard! :-P

    Actually, there was a pirate connection. My family was having "Caribbean Easter" that year (we do a different culinary theme each year), and several of us dressed up as pirates. I grew some scruffy facial hair for it, because I look more piratey that way. Afterwards I shaved most of it off, but kept the silly chin part for fun. I liked tugging on it for some reason.

    Fear not, though, I got tired of it and shaved it off after a few months or so. I remember Heather and Emily commented "It's about time," and nobody else even noticed.
  • SilverwolfpetSilverwolfpet
    edited September 2009
    Good to see you again around the forums, Dave! :)
  • Thriftweed Fancy PantsThriftweed Fancy Pants
    edited September 2009
    Did I hear Noah Falstein say the secret has something to do with being "underground?"

    Which, of course, in a pirate-themed game could be anything...
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited September 2009
    The secret of Monkey Island is that Ron Gilbert wrote Curse, Escape, and Tales, and hasn't told anybody and specifically requested that he be left out of the credits unless he is credited simply as "visiting professor of monkeyology"
  • GBTWGBTW
    edited September 2009
    I think the Secret of Monkey Island refers to the 3 headed monkeys and the Island itself, the voodoo curse, etc...
    The Secret of Monkey Island is all that happens in the first game.
    Than they carried it on to the next games as a legend but I think it really doesn't exist (anymore) ;)
  • HaggisHaggis
    edited September 2009
    GBTW wrote: »
    I think the Secret of Monkey Island refers to the 3 headed monkeys and the Island itself, the voodoo curse, etc...
    The Secret of Monkey Island is all that happens in the first game.
    Than they carried it on to the next games as a legend but I think it really doesn't exist (anymore) ;)
    But in the game itself, it is said that both LeChuck and Herman went to look for the Secret, so it must have been something that existed, somewhere, somehow...
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited September 2009
    Haggis wrote: »
    But in the game itself, it is said that both LeChuck and Herman went to look for the Secret, so it must have been something that existed, somewhere, somehow...
    I can look for the tooth fairy, doesn't mean she exists.
  • Thriftweed Fancy PantsThriftweed Fancy Pants
    edited September 2009
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    I can look for the tooth fairy, doesn't mean she exists.

    WHAT?!!

    Then whose leaving me all this money under my pillow?
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