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Ghost Pirates and the Galleon of Doom?

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:03:00 PST

Bill Tiller’s latest tweet will be of great interest to fans:

Brain storming ideas fir Ghost Pirates and the Galleon of Doom! Fun fun fun!

Now, even assuming a sequel to Ghost Pirates has been greenlit by a publisher, the fact that they’re “brain storming” would make a release pretty distant. Still, exciting!

Autumn Moon maestro relaunches site

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:44:00 PST

A development recently alerted to the world by The Pumpkin Post is the fact that Pedro Macedo Camacho, the composer responsible for the film quality soundtracks of both of Autumn Moon’s games, has relaunched his online presence at http://www.musicbypedro.com/.

Why do you care? Well, for one thing, Pedro has posted several tracks from his A Vampyre Story and Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island scores for your enjoyment. In fact, I don’t know that the entire soundtrack for both games isn’t on there. To listen, navigate to “Projects” under the “Music” menu item on the top of the page, then choose your game on the left. (The Flashy nature of the site prevents me from providing a more direct link.) How awesome is that?

Ghost Pirates chart a course for digital shores

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:19:00 PST

Given the amount of people who seem to be waiting on the digital version of Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island, I figured I’d ask Mamba Games, the UK publisher, if they had any kind of status they were at liberty to share on that front. Here’s what they got back to me with:

Thank you for your email. The download should be available from our site within the next 3 weeks, or if you order off the website we will ship direct to you.

So there you go. If you’re willing to sit tight for a bit longer, you can get Ghost Pirates in a format as non-corporeal as the game’s protagonists. If you can’t hold out (and who could blame you?), you have the usual options open to you.

Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island - our review

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:07:00 PST

Back when it was originally announced, Ghost Pirates seemed poised as a humble comeback for the fantasy pirate adventure game, and today it drowns helplessly in an angry ocean of Monkey Island resurgence. But now the English version of Bill Tiller’s all-new swashbuckling romp is available, and we’re here to tell you our opinion, which is, of course, always right. Read!

Sean Vanaman fingered by Idle Thumbs

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:58:00 PST

The latest Idle Thumbs podcast for March 15th 2010 features Sean Vanaman of Telltale Games. You may remember him from such GDC panels as that one on comedy from the other day.

In the podcast, from about the 46 minute point, they discuss that very panel and Sean has some quite interesting things to say about writing for Guybrush.

Have a listen up there, or directly here.

Interrogation of Sam & Max cast continues

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:27:00 PST

Samandmax.co.uk is at it again, and they ain’t quittin’ until they get their hands on every last voice actor bearing a credit on a Sam & Max episode. Their latest interview is with Brian Sommer, the voice of such characters as Brady Culture and Jurgen’s monster. You may also know him from his roles in other Telltale titles, including Bone, CSI, and TMI. As always, it’s well worth reading what Samandmax.co.uk was able to extract.

Mixnmojo Podcast #9

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:57:00 PST

This week we talk about Monkey Island 2 Special Edition (including which version of Monkey Island 1 is the best), Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse (including the question “is Max gay?”), and Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island (Bill Tiller’s new game; mild spoilers included).

You can download it here (1:08 hrs, 62mb). The jingle was by Goblin, and the musical “bed” is from Bart Klepka’s Barbary Coast Booty Remix.

Incidentally, apologies for the news post below that for some reason decided to jump ahead in time by 8 years. We think someone might have accidentally brushed against some tables in the database… let’s hope that’s the case anyway, and that it’s not the site falling apart again!

Tim Schafer, Sean Vanaman discuss Comedy in Games, inspire unfunny news headlines

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:54:00 PST

On the last day of the Game Developer’s Conference Sean Vanaman (Telltale games writer), Rhianna Pratchett (daughter of Terry and writer of the Overlord games), and Tim Schafer (oh, you know him and not Sean Vanaman? Shame on you) chaired a panel on Comedy In Games. 1Up has a nice sum-up, along with some nice quotes. Of course Tim gets all the best ones.

Moderator: Either within the games world or outside it, what informs your comic sensibility when you’re putting together a script or a game?

Tim: [long pause] Where are we stealing our ideas from?

Ghost Pirates shanties shant be denied

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:22:00 PST

As those who’ve played it (a populace which I’m thankful to announce now includes me!) are well aware, Autumn Moon’s regular composer, the super-talented Pedro Macedo Camacho, assembled another excellent score with his music for Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, the pirate song that the game opens with (essentially its version of “A Pirate’s Life for Me”) ended up being truncated, so Pedro came to the rescue by providing the Post with the complete version of the song along with the lyrics.

Even more exciting is that Pedro suggests that wheels are in motion in order to get an official soundtrack album of Ghost Pirates released, and if that doesn’t happen, he will offer it himself for free. I like the cut of that man’s treble clef.

Mojo's throwback reviews continue!

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:19:00 PST

Even though we were arguably the most appropriate web site on the entire internet to review The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, we ended up being the only one not to do so. In preparation for the hotly anticipated LeChuck’s Revenge revamp, we’ve rectified the situation.

Note: Apologies for all the broken and/or weird stuff you may have observed while I was getting this published – Mojo has a few miles on her. Also, for anyone who cares, the score is supposed to be 3.5 skulls – we’ll get that fixed at some point, I’m sure.