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Video games have been entertaining us for decades. According to a study published by Time in 2015, about 1.23 billion people worldwide spend at least one hour every day playing video games. Considering this enormous popularity, it comes as no surprise...

Monkey-Island-Schöpfer Ron Gilbert will sich nach The Cave und Scurvy Scallywags wieder seiner Wurzeln zurückbesinnen und ein echtes Retro-Adventure im Stile von Maniac Mansion machen. Hierzu hat er sich seinen damaligen Lucasfilm-Games-Kollegen Gary...

Ron Gilbert has written and designed some of the most influential adventure games around, including 1987's Maniac Mansion, the spark for the golden age of Lucasfilm Games. And his next release, the crowdfunded Thimbleweed Park, looks a lot like the classics...

When I met Ron Gilbert in London he'd just spent the previous couple of weeks touring Thimbleweed Park, the game he and Gary Winnick crowdfunded way back in 2014, for press and fans alike in Germany. He then spent half an hour demonstrating it for me...