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Ah, that's a very sad chapter in my family's history 11 Mar, 2009, 23:45 / 19 comments

By Jason


Hey guess what? We need your reader opinions and/or editorials for the next Secret History article, which is, of course, about The Curse of Monkey Island, which in case you didn't know is pretty much single-handedly responsible for the entire LEC fan explosion in the mid-to-late 90s. Oh, how I pine for those days.

Anyway, send your stuff in, and get to replaying the game if you haven't done so in awhile. Relive the delights of Murray the demonic skull (Hey! He became our star rating!), El Pollo Diablo (Hey! He became the name of our retired polls!) and friends, all of whom comprise the cast of one of the best graphic adventures of all time. (Even if Elaine's accent is still perplexing.) Yargh!
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19 Comments

  • Murray-Mint on 20 Mar, 2009, 19:51…
    I was a fan long before CMI, it just so happened that CMI coming along co-incided with me getting Internet access and discovering the great online community.

    I miss those days! Time for ANOTHER reunion? :)
  • hellbeard on 13 Mar, 2009, 23:48…
    Sorry, this is my first post in like 7 years. If I want to submit a secret history write up, do I just email it in? I have some incredibly fond memories of this game.
  • Kroms on 14 Mar, 2009, 01:24…
    Yep! Also you can just click on my name and send it in, and I'll forward it accordingly. Don't worry, I read all my junk mail too, so it'll reach.
  • Haggis on 12 Mar, 2009, 14:01…
    Oh crikey, I suppose I should try to write another one of those 'real history' things... what's the deadline?
  • Udvarnoky on 12 Mar, 2009, 19:45…
    Getting it to me before April would be superb.
  • Haggis on 12 Mar, 2009, 20:43…
    I hope nobody will be disappointed if I'm not able to make it, since I've got a big paper to write before April as well, and that's slightly more important, sadly. :(
  • Sp0tted on 12 Mar, 2009, 22:51…
    I think it'd be fun to do a "real history" section on all of the games. Like Haggis, I could not attempt it until the summer, but it could be fun. Can we amend/add to them later?
  • Sp0tted on 12 Mar, 2009, 22:52…
    ps, I don't want to take your job, but I'd work on it with you... split it up. History major unite?
  • Haggis on 13 Mar, 2009, 11:30…
    No problem at all, I think it would be awesome to collaborate on something like that! Maybe it could become an article of its own, even.
  • Gabez on 13 Mar, 2009, 14:23…
    Sounds good -- and we will accept contributions even after the article has been published.
  • Lagomorph on 13 Mar, 2009, 17:32…
    I can confirm that.

    Wait, what am I doing here?
    I'd better start writing!
  • Icebox on 12 Mar, 2009, 02:03…
    Can I just say, thank ye gods for quoting beloved Griswold!
  • Ascovel on 12 Mar, 2009, 00:54…
    What kind of accent did Elaine have in this? I'm not good at recognizing these things.
  • neon_git on 12 Mar, 2009, 01:06…
    Pretty sure it was English
  • Capn_Nacho on 12 Mar, 2009, 01:59…
    Pretty dang English, yeah.
  • Ascovel on 13 Mar, 2009, 18:09…
    Is it wrong for it to be English? Or was there some other problem with it?
  • Lagomorph on 13 Mar, 2009, 23:14…
    I loved her accent in this one.
    I was pretty put off by her American accent in part 4.
    Now that I start thinking about it, I was put off by a lot in part 4...
  • Capn_Nacho on 14 Mar, 2009, 16:53…
    I never completed the first Part of EMI, and I was still put off by quite a bit.
  • Lagomorph on 15 Mar, 2009, 14:48…
    And the first part was actually quite playable.
    The second part really went overboard.