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    'Return to Monkey Island' revives one of the most timeless of pirate franchises

    There's an alternate, game-driven reality where the most famous pop-culture pirate of the 21st century isn't Jack Sparrow but is instead Guybrush Threepwood. Both are good-natured and bumbling, and both have had to battle supernatural foes. Neither is a stereotypical pirate, each has had decent luck in the romance department, and the two have shared an appreciation of comic timing. And both ...
    by Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times Sep 20, 2022 6 minutes
    Wannabe "mighty pirate" Guybrush Threepwood is back in "Return to Monkey Island."

    There's an alternate, game-driven reality where the most famous pop-culture pirate of the 21st century isn't Jack Sparrow but is instead Guybrush Threepwood.

    Both are good-natured and bumbling, and both have had to battle supernatural foes. Neither is a stereotypical pirate, each has had decent luck in the romance department, and the two have shared an appreciation of comic timing. And both too are original creations influenced by Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean.

    But only one was just as handy with a rubber chicken as a sword.

    Today, Sparrow and Threepwood are properties of the Walt Disney Co., but as the Johnny Depp-associated Sparrow lies dormant — aside from his robotic presence at Disney's theme parks — in 2022, Threepwood has unexpectedly risen from intellectual property limbo. The "Monkey Island" franchise, with original creator Ron Gilbert at the helm, is resurrected this week with the release of "Return to Monkey Island" for PC and the Nintendo Switch.

    "Return to Monkey Island" re-introduces players to characters from one of the most

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