THE CURSE OF MONKEY ISLAND
“Characters that are essentially useless props still have detailed, fun stories to tell.”
The first PC game I ever played was Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge, which was included in a magazine. Because I was a kid, I lost it or scratched it as well the set of floppy disks I ended up playing the first Monkey Island on, forcing me to eventually buy a bundle of both games. That bundle, called Monkey Island Bounty Pack came with a demo of The Curse of Monkey Island. The year was 1997, and I had just found the game that would likely accompany me forever.
Childhoods are filled with weird compulsions. You eat your favourite snack until the mere sight is enough to give you hives, you
