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CC 17: Grim Fandango and Quoted by LucasArts 10 Sep, 2011 / 6 comments

In this week's Cook Chase Podcast: the results are in from the 'Ultimate Mystery Sound Competition'. We also talk about Grim Fandango, a hot new game from LucasArts coming out in 1998; the likelihood that we'd get quoted on the new Monkey Island box; and play a new jingle sent in from a school choir (in the eighties). The following are links to items discussed:

  • The Grim Fandango as an 'American painting' can be seen here (and the artist, Drew Northcott, also did one featuring Max from Sam & Max here, and one of Gordon Freeman as a Vincent Van Gough here, all for PC Gamer magazine).
  • The Grim Fandango box redesign project can be seen here, on the Internet Archive (originally done 1999, archived 2005). The web-site also contains 'Meeting Minutes'.
  • The Grim Fandango wide-screen video can be seen here. This is actually a more clever thing than we thought it was when recorded the podcast (more details were given on the Residual Forums, and you can also discuss the thing on our forums as well).
  • Junaid's 'Sheeped Away' video can be watched here.

Thanks a lot to everyone who e-mailed in. Listen below, or go to our to download a higher quality copy. Listen to previous episodes here. Subscribe in iTunes here. Thanks to Roger 'Zaarin' Roger for editing and producing.

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    Junaid on 22 Sep, 2011, 17:48…

    Jon N/A

    Junaid: Mix'nMojo's Monster



    Okay...
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    Jon N/A on 18 Sep, 2011, 10:02…
    Junaid: Mix'nMojo's Monster
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    pfranzen on 12 Sep, 2011, 23:37…
    I just think it's awesome that you guys took on the fake names that I accidentally gave you.
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    Longcat on 11 Sep, 2011, 08:26…
    Why did anyone think that redesigning the box was necessary? The new design looks horrific.
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    Shmargin on 11 Sep, 2011, 05:18…
    2 points!
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    Junaid on 11 Sep, 2011, 01:08…
    Thanks for the Sheeped Away shout out! And of course, thanks for creating me!

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