Photos from LucasArts 1990

29 Sep, 2010, 15:38 | Posted by: Webmonkey

A while ago Tim Schafer posted some photos on Facebook of the LucasArts team celebrating Ron Gilbert Day, and helping to ship The Secret of Monkey Island by assembling the boxes in the warehouse.

Some people have seen these already, but in case you haven't, Gamecola have published them on their site.

Why is this news now? Because Tim Schafer has given permission for them to be released, meaning we can share them without feeling like horrific e-stalkers.

Now everyone can observe the protoplasmic Schafer (played here by a 12 year old boy), together with Ron 'stripy shirt' Gilbert, Dave Grossman, and what appears (in one photo) to be Mr T.

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Comment by: jp-30 | Posted 30 Sep, 2010, 16:07 | Quote
Wow. Tough crowd..
Comment by: tfarr | Posted 30 Sep, 2010, 10:09 | Quote
Kroms
tfarr

Seeing those screen shots of the Force Unleashed 2, where LucasArts milks the Monkey by putting Guybrush in the game... makes me frown.

It's not *milking* it per se. I'd hardly call putting Guybrush skin in a Star Wars game back-of-the-box material.

Milking would be making a Monkey 13, a Monkey Kart or Monkey Bash. Milking would be making a new game while outsourcing art Singapore. Milking would be making a crossover with another game. But sticking Guybrush into another game as an extra is just a little tribute.

Agreed. A more accurate description would be "cringe worthy" (at least in my opinion)
Comment by: Kroms | Posted 30 Sep, 2010, 02:34 | Quote
tfarr

Seeing those screen shots of the Force Unleashed 2, where LucasArts milks the Monkey by putting Guybrush in the game... makes me frown.

It's not *milking* it per se. I'd hardly call putting Guybrush skin in a Star Wars game back-of-the-box material.

Milking would be making a Monkey 13, a Monkey Kart or Monkey Bash. Milking would be making a new game while outsourcing art Singapore. Milking would be making a crossover with another game. But sticking Guybrush into another game as an extra is just a little tribute.
Comment by: tfarr | Posted 30 Sep, 2010, 01:36 | Quote
Seeing these photos makes me smile.

Seeing those screen shots of the Force Unleashed 2, where LucasArts milks the Monkey by putting Guybrush in the game... makes me frown.
Comment by: Capn_Nacho | Posted 30 Sep, 2010, 01:07 | Quote
Any black man with a high fade and a beard is immediately Mr. T?
Comment by: ATMachine | Posted 29 Sep, 2010, 18:07 | Quote
Diduz
I'd recognize those red glasses everywhere... did Hal Barwood actually wrap Monkey Island boxes? LOL.

Man, I wonder how Barwood must've felt at the time. Especially given that he was the one who introduced George Lucas to Ralph McQuarrie, way back in the mid-70's.

McQuarrie was working on one of Barwood's film projects at the time, but at Barwood's suggestion, Lucas hired him to do concept art for SW.

Everyone involved has basically admitted that Lucas would never have gotten A New Hope sold to any studio, or convinced any executives to take a chance on the project, if Ralph hadn't been able to capture perfectly in pictures the essential"space opera" quality of SW, which in Lucas's script was lost in a pile of technical gobbledygook.

So Lucas ended up being the big film success; Barwood obviously went to work for LEC. Funny how things work out.

Of course, I'm not sure I'd have had it the other way around.
Comment by: Diduz | Posted 29 Sep, 2010, 17:04 | Quote
I'd recognize those red glasses everywhere... did Hal Barwood actually wrap Monkey Island boxes? LOL.

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