In one of the most original openings to a video game I can remember, Jack Black’s  performance of Eddie Riggs was the perfect celebrity to promote Tim Schafer’s Brütal Legend.  Previously working for LucasArts on titles such as Monkey Island, Grim Fandango and Day of The Tentacle with also a passion for music allowed EA to fully back Schafer with this “fantasy world” of a heavy metal video game.  The introduction crosses over from video to video game and uses a vinyl record as it’s cover as the menu.  Very cool!  We’ve all seen cheesy transitional videos, but Double Fine’s transfer is seamless and done in Rock Fashion.  Will Jack Blacks performance convince you comedians CAN be funny in video games? Hell F-in Yes!

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The image above nearly caused me to think I missed the biggest point-n-click adventure game.  But after some research, I realized this fan made iteration of Han Solo Adventures was not made by LucasArts but is currently being developed for free play by Stacy Davidson.

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It’s been nine years since we last heard from Guybrush Threepwood and the rest of the Monkey Island crew in their last swash-buckling adventure in 2000’s Escape From Monkey Island and boy have they changed.  Not only has the developer of the title changed, but some of the visuals have received an update as well.  With all of this updating, does the first episode of Tales of Monkey Island have the same feel as the previous Monkey Island games, or did that get an unnecessary update as well?

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Breaking News: The LucasArts classic PC titles will be heading to Steam on July 8th.  This is huge news since old school gamers can finally have a home to play all of their titles through Steam.  While many expected “Day of the Tentacle” would be the breaking news, this news is just as good since now we’ll be seeing 10 PC classics available via Direct Download!  This will also be the first round of releases so if your title isn’t on the list, it may be included in the second wave.

The complete list of games to be released on July 8 via Steam includes:
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If you’re a fan of LucasArts, then you’ll be interested to know that tomorrow they’ll be announcing one of their old franchises will be making a comeback. (don’t worry, we’ll report it here) Within the past month, we’ve been treated to Monkey Island with our mugs filled with grog. (what exactly is grog?)

On their official LucasArts twitter page the following message was left:

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During E3, one of the biggest surprises to come out of the show was LucasArts’ announcement of bringing back the Monkey Island series from the dead.  Who better to team up with than TellTale Games, who has been working on adventure titles for the past four years.

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition brings back the PC classic we all know and love, and brings it into the HD era with completely redone artwork, voice acting, and even a new graphical interface so the player can experience more of the game.  If all of this sounds like it’s up your alley, then you’ll be happy to know LucasArts is going to be live-streaming a one hour playthrough session today on Justin.tv at 3PM PST / 6PM EST.  They’ll be answering questions and following your orders live via the Justin.TV chatroom or through their Twitter.

If you just want to sit back and watch the action unfold, check back after the break where the video has been embedded for your convenience.

[UPDATE: The live session has come and gone, but LucasArts went ahead and recorded the session.  So the video after the break features an hour of gameplay footage]

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The best generation of PC gaming was definitely the 90’s.  It’s where LucasArts ruled the PC platform and with good reason.  I don’t know a person who’s played Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle or Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis and didn’t enjoy the point-and-click adventure game.  LucasArts had everything going for them in the right direction. Sam and Max followed Maniac Mansion and Loom, so many thought the history behind LucasArtss’ success would continue into the 2000’s. But alas, slowly the progression of PC gaming was exiting and in came in console gaming.

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