UMBCast 033 - Monkey Island

This week, we're covering the 1990 LucasArts adventure, The Secret of Monkey Island and its sequels. I got my hands on Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards: Reloaded. I played an hour or two and so for, I'm luke warm on the game. A more complete review will come later on. Two items of Steam news: Firstly, the Steam Summer Sale is on! Lots of old games here to be had. Secondly, I have created a steam group for the show, join up! The winner of the retro game music bundle contest announced! I hope Jeffery enjoys his bundle. Then we get to the main topic, the Monkey Island series. We go through the story, gameplay, tech specs and history for the entire series up to today. Buy The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/32360 Buy Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge Special Edition on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/32460 Buy Tales of Monkey Island on GoG: http://www.gog.com/gamecard/tales_of_monkey_island Buy Tales on Monkey Island on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/31170 Next week, we'll be covering the great space sim series, Descent Freespace.