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German german german Ron Gilbert german german german... 17 Dec, 2007, 22:30 / 5 comments

By The Tingler


Ron's lovely blog at Grumpy Gamer has a YouTube video of a recent interview with the Monkey Master for a German videogaming show - although don't panic, it's in English (and there's a nice shot of the Mix 'N' Mojo wheel too!).

A lot of stuff we've heard before but some interesting stuff came out - particularly Ronny G's statement that working with LucasArts to make another Monkey Island game "is not outside the realm of extreme possibility". Personally I just enjoyed the presenter shouting "What is the Secret?!" down the phone in anguish.

Oh, and there's some hints as to Ron's next project. He describes it as "kind of an adventure melded with a Diablo-style role-playing game", which he's apparently making with the help of Double Fine. Well, a desk at Double Fine at least. It's a comedy, and going to be Telltale-style episodic too (although he does mention "pitching it to publishers", which I thought was the whole reason NOT to be episodic).

Check it out! (Although being honest the main reason I'm posting this is to see the Xmas version of the Ron Gilbert News avatar)

Source: Grumpy Gamer

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  • neon_git on 18 Dec, 2007, 03:57…
    Pitching it to publishers? I thought it was pretty much established that this adventure/diablo type game he was working on was the penny arcade games - is this not the case?

    I'm confused :S
  • Gabez on 18 Dec, 2007, 10:50…
    No -- he's just a consultant on the Penny Arcade game, helping out with the plot and characters and so on. This adventure diablo hybrid is his own game, and it's completely separate. He's been pitching it to publishers for ages.
  • neon_git on 18 Dec, 2007, 15:16…
    Ach so, alles klar. I guess I must have just assumed they were the same thing.
  • CaptainDread on 18 Dec, 2007, 00:08…
    Heh, after reading that part about Ron Gilbert saying that all he heard was German German German German Ron Gilbert, all I can think of is "badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom". :P
  • clone2727 on 17 Dec, 2007, 22:33…
    And, the avatar is quite funny :)