Nowadays, not a month goes by without a new downloadable game being excreted by the twin babies of Double Fine. However, back in 2001, the company was just starting up and hiding behind a poop coloured door somewhere in San Francisco. It was to this place that former staffers Spaff and Jake decided to make a trip on a warm July day. Their account of this adventure has been rescued from the Mojo archive and can again be perused over here.
Or here.
In our new poll we ask how much you donated to the worthy case of the Double Fine Adventure. Was it a single dollar or did you see triangles in the distance and pledged a 150 grand? Go vote! (it's all anonymous, but feel free to spill the beans in the comments)
Our previous poll shows that most people own several consoles, if not all of them. Many of you also own at least one current generation console as well as no consoles. People with only old consoles do not exist among Mojo's readers:
| What consoles do you own? | ||
|---|---|---|
| All of them! (Well, several current gen. consoles) | 13 | |
| One current generation console (e.g. PS3, Xbox 360, DS, etc) | 12 | |
| No consoles. Just my trusty PC/Mac | 10 | |
| Only an older console (eg. PS2, Xbox, Atari 2600, etc.) | 0 | |
| Total votes | 35 | |
You asked; you donated; we delivered, because that's just how great we are. All the "LucasArts' Secret History" articles are now back online:
For heaven's sake don't read this when you can read that. That's much more interesting!
Showering is happening, as we speak! $1.5 million -- million -- has been passed, proving a true marketplace reality. And so, we keep our word: Four LucasArts's Secret History's have been posted and more shall come soon. Meanwhile, Jason is getting ready to read you some poetry.
Older news: We already know we're getting a Double Fine adventure game as the $400,000 goal was met within hours.
But... There is no reason to stop there, as more money means better and more stuff and therefore we at this International House of Mojo want to keep the donation frenzy going by throwing in some wondrous rewards. Like:
If a total of $750,000 is met...
... we will post all LucasArts' Secret History articles pertaining to games headed by Ron Gilbert or Tim Schafer within a week. Maniac Mansion, The Last Crusade, The Secret of Monkey Island, LeChuck's Revenge, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, and Grim Fandango! All posted for your nostalgia pleasure! Update! You gave, so you shall receive!
If a total of $1,000,000 is met...
... the rest of the Secret History articles will be posted within two weeks. Update! Well, OK then! Now, how badly do you want a poetry reading from Jason?
If a total of $1,500,000 is met...
... we'll post a Secret History article about the 95%-finished version of Ron's Monkey Island 3 we have a copy of. Jason will perform a dramatic reading of "Dem Bones".
So really, if you thought you were done donating, think again! Run and do some more kickstarting, then get ready to feel the warm embrace of Mojo and to read content you've already read.
When I first told Max the next thing he would review would be something involving people wearing trench coats, he mistakenly went to a screening of Deep Throat. After guiding him onto the right track, he handed in this review of Telltale's latest episodic offering, Law & Order: Legacies, which you will now read by clicking here.
Or here.
As part of our fifteen year effort to restore all articles from the pre-MojoX days, I went and re-published my reviews of Mata Hari and The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. Man, I wish I was you right now just so I could look forward to reading these a second time.
Special thanks to Remi and Zaarin for the various header image-making labors it takes to jump these articles to the MojoX plane. Look for articles of old to be resurrected at a brisker rate in the future. (Or at least mine; the other staffers can dust off their own crap.)
It's a new year, so probably about time for a new poll. This time we're asking our Mojo readers about their gaming systems... Just what hardware is the discerning Adventure Game fan packing in 2012?
As for "Which of Double Fine's Amnesia Fortnight games is your favorite?", all is finally revealed below! (Well, kind of... Iron Brigade has only just been released in Europe, and Once Upon A Monster isn't even on the list -- but, er, never mind!)
| Which of Double Fine's Amnesia Fortnight games is your favorite? | ||
|---|---|---|
| I am ashamed that I haven't played any yet | 19 | |
| Costume Quest/Grubbins on Ice | 11 | |
| Stacking/The Lost Hobo King | 11 | |
| Trenched (for those who've been allowed to play it) | 0 | |
| Total votes | 41 | |
... and it took us less than five months to do so!
In the unlikely event you haven't played The Baconing and are still wondering if you should, you can read our review of the Ron Gilbert-less sequel now. (That's all.)
2011 is almost over. How about that? Therefore we have posted our annual end of year article. Inane whining, poll results, Back to the Future-bashing, it's all in there.
Hell, don't read this, read that! It's good for you or something.
Hello everyone! Hope you all had a pleasant Christmas/Kwanzaa. To celebrate the festive period, and the forthcoming New Year, the Cookchase Gang flew to Lapland to record a Christmassy podcast! Listen to it below. Here are the highlights:
Gabriel introduces Nojan (who is from IRAN) to the idea of Christmas, and we pop a few crackers. We discuss the situation in Iran in a political discussion that lasts 0.4 seconds.
We talk about the most exciting stories of the year, and what we hope for next year. This includes the future of LucasArts.
We overview community projects and discussions. We mention Nightlight's Monkey Island radio play and MJ's mental breakdown in the forums. There is also a new HOT TOPIC (which is actually revisiting an old hot topic, Fan makes Psychonauts Steam patch available for all) as well as a really new HOT TOPIC which is 'Is Portal an adventure game?'
And of course we mention Jeepgate (how could we resist?) and revisit our regular subject, Paul Franzen.
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.
It's the end of year, and end of year means voting in end of year polls. And as usual, we have our own polls for you to vote in! Like...
... your favorite game! Or...
... what sucked in 2011?!! Or...
... your opinion on 2011 in general! Or...
... most wanted for 2012! Or...
Go vote!
Guest reviewer Max finally managed to get his iPad back from his pet edmontonia so he could finish his review of Jurassic Park: The Game Episode 1 for us!
Ever wondered what the first post of 2003 was about but was too afraid to ask? Now you can see for yourself! Who posted that Bill Tiller left LEC? Now you can find out!
These and more nuggets of gold can be found in our relaunched news archive! There are a few months gone here and there, but what is Mojo without the downtime, eh? There's a second link to it at the bottom of the page, for those adventurous souls that scroll all the way.
In other news, clicking the category icons will finally show you news posts in that category again. It's like 2009!
Better late than never. Here's our review of all three episodes of Strandlooper and Telltale's trilogy Hector: Badge of Carnage by guest reviewer Igor Hardy. He runs A Hardy Developer’s Journal and has worked on the free adventure game Snakes of Avalon, so check them out!
Hey, remember this? Well, it's not too late for you to apply!
We've had some great submissions already, and there are a number of people we could hire - and why would you let someone else get all the glory and money*? If you think you can write for Mojo, send us a sample!
Here are some suggestions:
E-mail us at jobs@mixnmojo.com, or look forward to mediocrity.
*Ha ha, some of you may recall that there is no money. Sorry :(
Since it's off-topic Saturday and Halloween, I felt the need to inform you of the fact that GOG is running a Halloween promotion which includes all three Gabriel Knight games for $2.99 each. Given that at least one of them is a stone cold classic, you should totally buy it if you haven't done so already.
On a more Mojo-related note, The Adventure Shop is having a sale of its own, and one of the titles impacted is A Vampyre Story, presently selling for $12.99. What with you being all excited about the game thanks to our recently restored review, you will surely be all over that!
Source: GOG.com
This time we have two Autumn Moon related features for you: Jason's A Vampyre Story review from 2008 and our second Bill Tiller interview from 2010, also by Jason. Tiller talks about the making of his then newly released second game, Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island; additional back story that didn't make it into the game; and sequels that unfortunately are yet to be released.
As the second feature of our Autumn Moon themed series, we present to you the Bill Tiller chat from 2007. Tiller joined us on December 30th, 2007 in the #monkey-island IRC channel. This resulted in a two hour Q&A session that Gabez edited down to a more coherent format which is again available for you to read! For those that want to read every word typed, the complete chat log is also available in our media archive.