Category Archives: lucasarts

Slimeline

Posted on June 25, 2026 by Nathan

I’m going to look at one of my niche interests, that of timelines for fictional universes, in this case the Dragon Quest series. While there are exceptions, I get the impression that game developers don’t generally think too much about … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Authors, Christianity, Chrono Trigger, Comics, Discworld, Dragon Quest, Egyptian, Families, Final Fantasy, Greek Philosophy, J.R.R. Tolkien, Japanese, Language, lucasarts, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Persian, Philosophy, Relationships, Religion, Roman, Terry Pratchett, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged a link to the past, aliahan, atlantis, c.m.o.t. dibbler, cecil harvey, celestria, ceodore harvey, chronology, dragon quest builders, dragon quest heroes, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest ix, dragon quest monsters, dragon quest monsters the dark prince, dragon quest vi, dragon quest vii, dragon quest viii, dragon quest xi, dragons, dragovians, emblem of roto, empyrea, erdrick, escape from monkey island, final fantasy iv, final fantasy iv the after years, heirs of the mark, himiko, hyborian age, hyrule, hyrule historia, item monogatari, jipang, link, manga, mithra, mithraism, mithril, monkey island, monster monogatari, monty the monster monitor, ocarina of time, orichalcum, pioniria, plato, psaro, ragnar mcryan, ramia, robert e. howard, square enix, sword of erdrick, sword of light, swords, the mark of erdrick, time travel, timelines, tockles, torneko taloon, warriors of eden, weapons, yamata no orochi, yuji horii, zenith dragon, zenithia | Leave a comment

Shapeshifters All Around

Posted on June 11, 2026 by Nathan

Dragonsphere – This is a MicroProse point-and-click adventure game from 1994, which is quite similar in its interface to the last two games I played, Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender by the same publisher, and Inherit the Earth … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arabian, Art, Celtic, Games, Language, lucasarts, Magic, Maps, Mythology, Names, Sierra, Video Games | Tagged bears, bryn-fann, butterfly king, cailleach, dragonsphere, fairies, grand callahach, hightower, king callash, microprose, rex nebular and the cosmic gender bender, rocs, sanwe, seals, shaks, shape shifters, slathan ni patan, snakes, soptus ecliptus, toads, transformation | Leave a comment

Undoing the Undead

Posted on May 21, 2026 by Nathan

Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness – This is the fourth game in the series, but the number doesn’t officially appear in the title. I think there was kind of a stigma on using numbers for too many sequels at … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Celebrities, Gender, Humor, infocom, lucasarts, Magic, Maps, Medicine, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Prejudice, quest for glory, Russian, Science, Sierra, Slavic, space quest, Video Games, zork | Tagged ad avis, avoozl, baba yaga, domovoi, dr. brain, dr. cranium, erana, fairies, frankenstein, gnomes, gypsies, jack nicholson, leshy, machopolis, microprose, monkey island 2, mordavia, punny bones, quest for glory iii, quest for glory iv, rabbits, rex nebular, rex nebular and the cosmic gender bender, rodney dangerfield, rusalka, shadows of darkness, Street Fighter, vampires, vorpal bunnies, werewolves, wraiths | 1 Comment

The Eldritch Hero

Posted on May 14, 2026 by Nathan

Cthulhu Saves the World – I enjoyed Cosmic Star Heroine from Zeboyd Games, so I checked out this earlier game. It’s a throwback to the sixteen-bit era with much of the same style and sense of humor, but it’s shorter … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Final Fantasy, Humor, lucasarts, Magic, Metroid, Monsters, Music, Names, Technology, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged apes, azathoth, bad dudes, cats, cosmic star heroine, cthulhu, cthulhu saves the world, dacre, dagon, day of the tentacle, dragons, ember, final fantasy mystic quest, final fantasy vi, final fantasy vii, h.p. lovecraft, maniac mansion, nylarathotep, october, old ones, paws, santa claus, sharpe, shoggoths, space invaders, super metroid, swords, the legend of zelda: ocarina of time, umi, weapons, zeboyd games, zelda ii the adventure of link | Leave a comment

Galaxy Brain

Posted on April 2, 2026 by Nathan

Vivarium – I think Beth might have chosen to watch this near St. Patrick’s Day (yes, I’ve had this review in the works for a while) because it’s set in Ireland, even if neither of its leads, Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Conspiracy Theories, Feminism, Gender, Humor, lucasarts, Mario, Monsters, Music, Names, Prejudice, Relationships, Television, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies, XTC | Tagged antisemitism, birdo, boss bass, bowser koopa jr., clawgrip, fox mccloud, imogen poots, inside the manosphere, jesse eisenberg, king bowser koopa, lechuck, louis theroux, luigi mario, mario mario, misogyny, monkey island, mouser, mushroom kingdom, netflix, nintendo, patriarchy, pikmin, princess peach toadstool, robotic operating buddy, Rosalina, rosalina's storybook, space ace, star fox, super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, super mario galaxy, super mario odyssey, super scope 6, the curse of monkey island, the super mario bros. movie, the super mario galaxy movie, vivarium, wart, yoshi, yoshi's island | Leave a comment

The Final Insult

Posted on March 18, 2026 by Nathan

Escape from Monkey Island – While I can’t speak to other ports of this game, the version that comes with Steam doesn’t have mouse support at all, so I used the keyboard for everything. Guybrush moves with what I’ve seen … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Humor, infocom, lucasarts, Magic, Maps, Religion, Video Games, Voodoo, zork | Tagged assault on egreth castle, conroy bumpus, day of the tentacle, dirinthrax, duncanthrax, egreth castle, escape from monkey island, frobwit the fair, governor elaine marley, gurthark the stout, guybrush threepwood, herman toothrot, infocomics, lechuck, lord dimwit flathead, maniac mansion, melee island, monkey island, monkey kombat, monkeys, ozzie mandrill, pirates, sam and max hit the road, sorcerer, spellbreaker, the crystal of doom, thorman the red-beard, time travel, triax, zorkquest, zorkquest i, zorkquest ii | 3 Comments

A Pirate I Was Meant to Be

Posted on January 8, 2026 by Nathan

The Curse of Monkey Island – The third game in the series was also the first not to be designed by Ron Gilbert, who had left the previous installment with a weird ending in which LeChuck was Guybrush’s brother, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Authors, Humor, lucasarts, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Music, Plays, Relationships, Video Games, William Shakespeare | Tagged alan young, amusement parks, barbery coast, captain lechimp, death, demons, ghosts, governor elaine marley, grim fandango, guybrush threepwood, haggis mcmutton, lechuck, loom, manuel calavera, marriage, monkey island, monkey island 2, monkeys, pirates, plunder island, roller coasters, ron gilbert, skeletons, skulls, the curse of monkey island, the secret of monkey island, undead | 1 Comment

Simon Says Something Snarky

Posted on January 1, 2026 by Nathan

Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe – The first game ended with Simon being pulled against his will into the sequel, but that’s not exactly how this one starts, even if the part of his … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, Fairy Tales, Food, Greek Mythology, Humor, lucasarts, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Video Games | Tagged cats, goblins, goldilocks and the three bears, graeae, guybrush threepwood, jinn, lady of the lake, lions, monkey island, mucswampling's, mucusade, pirates, roger wilco, simon the sorcerer, simon the sorcerer ii, simon woodroffe, sordid, swampling, swords, the lion the wizard and the wardrobe, witches, wizards | 1 Comment

Baffled by Baphomet

Posted on December 4, 2025 by Nathan

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – Another point-and-click adventure game, this one was developed by Revolution Games and originally released in 1996, although I played the recent Reforged version. It deals with an international conspiracy based on a mysterious … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Crusades, Final Fantasy, France, History, Humor, Language, lucasarts, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Norse, Prejudice, Religion, Video Games | Tagged armor, baphomet, broken sword, carmen sandiego, clowns, demons, dwarves, elves, gate rune war, george stobbart, hashashim, knights templar, kobolds, kuromi, kuromimi, milich oppenheimer, nicole collard, revolution games, sanrio, scarlet moon empire, shadow of the templars, space quest, suikoden, teo mcdohl, tir mcdohl, weapons | Leave a comment

Digable Planet

Posted on October 29, 2025 by Nathan

The Dig – Released in 1995, this is similar to other LucasArts games in how it’s played, with a point-and-click interface and an inventory that you have to use in various places, but it has a more serious tone. Based on … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Language, lucasarts, Monsters, Technology, Video Games | Tagged aliens, asteroids, commander boston low, cora miles, crystals, dr. ludger brink, ken borden, maggie robbins, puzzles, robert patrick, spacetime six, steven spielberg, the dig, zak mckracken and the alien mindbenders | Leave a comment

Category Archives: lucasarts

Slimeline

Shapeshifters All Around

Undoing the Undead

The Eldritch Hero

Galaxy Brain

The Final Insult

A Pirate I Was Meant to Be

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Baffled by Baphomet

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