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Monkey Island on the cover of Retro Gamer

KaladronKaladron
edited December 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
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There's a story about this on the Telltale Buzz today but I was a bit concerned that many of you would have missed it. Retro Gamer magazine has just released issue 70 and it's a Monkey Island special. LeChuck is on the cover as you can see and the inside features an 8-page history of the series and brand new interviews with Ron Gilbert, Steve Purcell and Dave Grossman.

UK readers will find the mag in just about any newsagents, while overseas readers can buy a copy from here. And I highly recommend that you do. I mean, how often do you see Monkey Island on a magazine cover these days?
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  • ArmakuniArmakuni
    edited November 2009
    retro GAMER is an awesome magazine.
  • QwazinQwazin
    edited November 2009
    Nobody would happen to be so kind as to aquire some scans of said interviews? :3
  • LaserschwertLaserschwert
    edited November 2009
    By the way, the MI2 artwork on the cover and the MI1 artwork inside are my touched up versions. They've asked me if I'd be okay with them using them, and they've even sent me a free copy of the magazine. Very cool! :)
  • lord darkstormlord darkstorm
    edited November 2009
    Not sure if they've dropped such a hint before, but in the article it says that Lucasarts told Retro Gamer that "next march might be a special month for fans", after Retro gamer had been talking about the success of the special edition, so it could be the MI2 Special Edition we've all been hoping for.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited November 2009
    I hope so... although it probably means they are releasing even more games on steam
  • KaladronKaladron
    edited November 2009
    Qwazin wrote: »
    Nobody would happen to be so kind as to aquire some scans of said interviews? :3

    Please don't. Retro Gamer is a niche magazine and survives on a meager income. If you're not willing to pay for the content then please don't steal it.
  • alfdauralfdaur
    edited November 2009
    Laserschwert wrote: »
    By the way, the MI2 artwork on the cover and the MI1 artwork inside are my touched up versions. They've asked me if I'd be okay with them using them, and they've even sent me a free copy of the magazine. Very cool! :)

    I actually wondered about this as soon as I saw the scan... if they had used your touched up versions of the box scan or if they had managed to get copies of the original cover art from purcell :)

    btw, i don't know how interested you would be, but your box art idea is spreading, they are doing some sierra/qfg ones over at http://www.questformoreglory.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2768.

    peace.

    edit: im going through city centre today, so i'm going to see if i can pick up a copy of RG. before I do, can anyone tell me if this is out in the uk yet? (before I conduct pixel hunting in the various magazine shops)
  • KaladronKaladron
    edited November 2009
    alfdaur wrote: »
    edit: im going through city centre today, so i'm going to see if i can pick up a copy of RG. before I do, can anyone tell me if this is out in the uk yet? (before I conduct pixel hunting in the various magazine shops)

    It's definitely out in the shops, yeah.
  • TofuHeadTofuHead
    edited November 2009
    I'd be willing to bet that it's a full on announcement of Monkey Island 5 along with MI2 SE. I hadn't heard of any such success of MI: SE, but if it really did do well, they would definitely want to milk the cash cow while the flow is still heavy.
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited November 2009
    I love the fact that most companies supplying their products over the internet require you to have a credit card, something that does not come for free in a pack of cereal in some countries.
  • Thriftweed Fancy PantsThriftweed Fancy Pants
    edited November 2009
    Irishmile wrote: »
    I hope so... although it probably means they are releasing even more games on steam

    Either way... I'm excited. The more exposure for adventure games (past or present) the better.
  • LaserschwertLaserschwert
    edited November 2009
    Interesting side note: The Retro Gamer guys told me that when they went to get the okay from LucasArts to use the MI2-artwork, LucasArts was actually concerned about that, because - as the put it - "they haven't released Monkey Island 2 yet". Sounds like it's going to get a definite re-relase... question is: will it be an SE?
  • KaladronKaladron
    edited November 2009
    GaryCXJk wrote: »
    I love the fact that most companies supplying their products over the internet require you to have a credit card, something that does not come for free in a pack of cereal in some countries.

    You can also use certain debit cards. Point taken though. I'll ask about adding a Paypal option next week.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited November 2009
    I get the sinking suspicion that they are just going to re-release it on steam and not give it the special edition treatment...
  • QwazinQwazin
    edited November 2009
    Kaladron wrote: »
    Please don't. Retro Gamer is a niche magazine and survives on a meager income. If you're not willing to pay for the content then please don't steal it.

    If I lived in a country that sold Retro Gamer it would be a no-brainer, but I don't.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited November 2009
    Yeah I am not about to spend god knows what to have a magazine shipped here just for one article ... in the end if I read it online they wouldn't have lost any money on my account because they were not going to get it from the start.... Its no different from reading magazines at the Library you know... Some people just want to read an article or two but not have the whole magazine..
  • MrsBBCMrsBBC
    edited November 2009
    People are so tight, either you want to read it enough to buy it, or you don't.
    Retro gamer is an excellent magazine and one that I can always read cover to cover, which is a rarity these days. Always an interesting, informative and nostalgic read, and one that I would consider good value for money.
    I have paid silly amounts of money to read back articles from science magazines/journals when I couldn't get hold of the article through university. If you want to read the article and don't have a card, I'm sure you could ask your parents, and pay them back....and Christmas is coming up

    Nic
  • TheHuttTheHutt
    edited November 2009
    Well, SOMEONE could go ahead and BUY it. And then scan the interviews. ;)
  • IgnatiusIgnatius
    edited November 2009
    Yeah, i support the scanning.
    Unless some good samaritan wants to send a mag down here? I ll pay back.....I promise...
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited November 2009
    MrsBBC wrote: »
    People are so tight, either you want to read it enough to buy it, or you don't.
    Retro gamer is an excellent magazine and one that I can always read cover to cover, which is a rarity these days. Always an interesting, informative and nostalgic read, and one that I would consider good value for money.
    I have paid silly amounts of money to read back articles from science magazines/journals when I couldn't get hold of the article through university. If you want to read the article and don't have a card, I'm sure you could ask your parents, and pay them back....and Christmas is coming up

    Nic



    I could give a flip about the rest of the magazine.... and If they had a subscription to it at the library my wife works at I would read it there for free... So I say if someone scanned it that's cool its not like you are scanning the whole dang magazine... I'm sure you will not burn in hell like some thieving sinner.... If not I will go on somehow with the knowledge I never read that one article in a magazine from a different country....

    And being a 29 year old father of three myself... I'm not sure how asking my parents to buy me the magazine would play out :p
  • EwenWEwenW
    edited November 2009
    I went out and bought it as soon as I read the post. I don't have a scanner here as I'm at University and I'm not going home for a while. Great article, though. A 7 page article about the history and current direction of the game with new quotes from Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman. There are several-side features throughout the spread. These are: A-Z of Monkey Island; The Painting of Monkey Island (an Interview with Steve Purcell); Interface Evolution; Island Hopping; and Monkey Island: the Movie.

    Interesting quote:
    '...And would those writers and designers include original creator Ron Gilbert, if he were invited?
    "Maybe. Yes. Probably. Hrmmm," he answers with typical certainty. "That's a hard question to answer. I'd love to do the real Monkey Island 3, or, as I called it, Monley Island 3a: The Secret Revealed Or Your Monkey Back, but I wonder if I would be able to, given the span of years. I'm not sure (I'm) the same person I was 20 years ago. It would be a different game than I had planned and the world of games is a very different place today.'

    It is also mentioned that the main involvement of Mr. GIlbert in Tales was the character of Elaine and her relationship with Guybrush.
  • TrenchfootTrenchfoot
    edited November 2009
    Interesting quote:
    '...And would those writers and designers include original creator Ron Gilbert, if he were invited?
    "Maybe. Yes. Probably. Hrmmm," he answers with typical certainty. "That's a hard question to answer. I'd love to do the real Monkey Island 3, or, as I called it, Monley Island 3a: The Secret Revealed Or Your Monkey Back, but I wonder if I would be able to, given the span of years. I'm not sure (I'm) the same person I was 20 years ago. It would be a different game than I had planned and the world of games is a very different place today.'

    Cool! Thanks a lot!
    It is also mentioned that the main involvement of Mr. GIlbert in Tales was the character of Elaine and her relationship with Guybrush.

    I knew it, I knew it! Muahahaha... Okay... And now what? :p
  • ViraVira
    edited November 2009
    Laserschwert wrote: »
    Interesting side note: The Retro Gamer guys told me that when they went to get the okay from LucasArts to use the MI2-artwork, LucasArts was actually concerned about that, because - as the put it - "they haven't released Monkey Island 2 yet". Sounds like it's going to get a definite re-relase... question is: will it be an SE?
    Fingers crossed! :D

    This time I hope they get new artists, though.
  • JunaidJunaid
    edited November 2009
    Or old artists... like a certain mr. Purcell
  • punkmariopunkmario
    edited November 2009
    next time i get the chance, ill try and pick up a copy, i usually buy retro gamer and Games TM when i go on long journeys as YOU CAN read them cover to cover, and they usually coincide with stuff as theyre sister magazines... but yeah when i get it, i wont do scans but i shall post some qoutes
  • HaggisHaggis
    edited November 2009
    I'm rather amazed at some of the double standards in this thread. We would never pirate games, right? So why pirate a magazine? Believe it or not, people have worked hard to put that content out there, and those people do need to be paid. It's not as if writing good content is trivial and not worth paying for.

    As for reading a magazine in the library, sure, you can do that, but only because our tax money pays for it and the books in it. That you can read books in the library for free doesn't mean that you should copy all of them from beginning to end so you never have to buy a book. Writers need to live too, you know.

    Personally, I don't think I'm getting the magazine (if a poster came with it, that would change things), but I'm not going to ask people to scan it for me, because that's on the same moral level as pirating games or music.

    *gets off high horse*
  • SpadgeSpadge
    edited November 2009
    Fine, guys, don't scan it, just tell me everything that's in the article. :D
  • Thriftweed Fancy PantsThriftweed Fancy Pants
    edited November 2009
    It is the main article too. It's not just some side story in the magazine. I mean, look at the cover.
  • ArmakuniArmakuni
    edited November 2009
    Cool Retro Gamer review
  • LateGeorge360LateGeorge360
    edited November 2009
    Haggis wrote: »
    We would never pirate games, right?

    Yep...
    Haggis wrote: »
    So why pirate a magazine?

    Even if I would buy the magazine, I can't. There's no release of it here in Italy.
  • KaladronKaladron
    edited November 2009
    LateGeorge360 wrote: »
    Even if I would buy the magazine, I can't. There's no release of it here in Italy.

    You could use this. If you wanted to buy the mag, of course.
  • EduardoEduardo
    edited November 2009
    Let me know if they sell an electronic version of it.
  • KaladronKaladron
    edited November 2009
    Eduardo wrote: »
    Let me know if they sell an electronic version of it.

    Every now and then they archive the mags onto DVD-ROM. But you'd have to wait a few years until they get around to this issue.

    There's also a chance that they'll put the article online but, again, that could take months/years and you'd miss out on the cool physical product and all the art that goes along with it.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited November 2009
    Haggis wrote: »
    I'm rather amazed at some of the double standards in this thread. We would never pirate games, right? So why pirate a magazine? Believe it or not, people have worked hard to put that content out there, and those people do need to be paid. It's not as if writing good content is trivial and not worth paying for.

    As for reading a magazine in the library, sure, you can do that, but only because our tax money pays for it and the books in it. That you can read books in the library for free doesn't mean that you should copy all of them from beginning to end so you never have to buy a book. Writers need to live too, you know.

    Personally, I don't think I'm getting the magazine (if a poster came with it, that would change things), but I'm not going to ask people to scan it for me, because that's on the same moral level as pirating games or music.

    *gets off high horse*


    Havent you played a demo for a game? or watched a trailer for a movie or (stores play entire movies in electronic dept.)..... Or only read one article and not the entire magazine?

    I guess I do not see much of a difference.... I would agree if people were asking them to scan the whole Mag.
  • MrsBBCMrsBBC
    edited November 2009
    I always find it interesting that people have enough money to own a computer and purchase games, they appreciate the game enough to use its message board, but parting with £5 for a lengthy article that they clearly want to read or £5 plus p&p is asking too much.
  • tbm1986tbm1986
    edited November 2009
    Woo! We get something more readily available here than in the US for a change! :p

    I've picked up issues of this before and they're a great read. Maybe I'll head to a local newsagent later...
  • MrsBBCMrsBBC
    edited November 2009
    Irishmile wrote: »
    Havent you played a demo for a game? or watched a trailer for a movie or (stores play entire movies in electronic dept.)..... Or only read one article and not the entire magazine?

    I guess I do not see much of a difference.... I would agree if people were asking them to scan the whole Mag.

    .... You can't compare the two... theyre completely different
    One is being a massive pikey shit and the other is downloading or installing from cd a demo version (produced by the game manufacturers/producer) in order to promote the game and encourage you to buy the full version. The same with a film.
    I don't consider myself to be a film pirate when I arrive at the cinema for a movie and watch the trailers.....

    I also don't usually bother replying to such ridiculous posts but for some reason this really frustrated me.

    ..... Yeah and I have worked in a video store. People didn't used to come in to sit on the floor and watch a film, in the shop, the same goes for the Disney store or any other shop that has a license to show films with the volume down, for promotional purposes.
  • PecanBluePecanBlue
    edited November 2009
    I don't know if they sell Retro Gamer around these parts but the next time I'm at the store I'll check it out. I used to subscribe to Nintendo Power but it got dull after a while for reasons I can't remember, same for EGM, so I'm kind of hesitant to subscribe to gaming magazines anymore.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited November 2009
    So its never ok to read only and article in a magazine under any instance unless you have paid for the entire thing? You guys are blowing this thing way out of proportion.... I find if hard to believe you guys have never borrowed a magazine, or a book, or a movie, or a game, gotten use out of it without paying for it......
  • PecanBluePecanBlue
    edited November 2009
    I don't know, I'm the creepy person that goes to the local comic store and sits there to read about twenty comics a week and only ends up buying one out of those twenty on average. I read nearly every new issue of everything released a month and might be costing people business, here!

    Though really, there's also comics up for a free loan at the library so I should look into that more often.

    I have no idea if it would work the same with magazines.
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