Ummm, enjoy, I guess?

Vote for LeChuck, as he struggles to be recognized as the All Time Greatest Game Villain! His opponent is currently Akuma from Super Street Fighter! Don’t let him win!

Here is the link! Go go go!

UPDATE: LeChuck lost, with a difference of +8000 votes against him. Well, better luck next time!

Oh, Grog Machine! You turn up in the strangest places and you unknowingly help me. Our fates are intertwined and I’ve appreciated your companionship from the moment I laid eyes on you at Stan’s Previously-Owned Vessels. You were wrecked by LeChuck’s ghostly body and I later discovered your broken remains in a storage room underneath the amusement park. Yes, I said it, for I believe, my dear friend, that you hold the key to The Secret and by studying your whereabouts we can learn not only what we have sought for so many years, but also the true way of appreciating a fine piece of machinery.

Greedy corporations wanted dirty money for your appearance, but we gave you a make-over and you look better than ever. Your true value can never be measured in mere currency. Oh, dear Grog Machine. You are a mystery to me.

51% thinks the Voodoo Lady had the best residence when she lived in the swamp on Scabb Island. The voice of Stan is a wildly debated topic as he never sounds exactly as you imagined him. In MI3, and the special editions of MI1 and MI2, he was voiced by Pat Pinney. In MI4 Pat Fraley supplied the voice and in “The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood“, he was voiced by Gavin Hammon. I couldn’t find a clip of the different voices, so I hope you can remember them

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With the recent special editions of the first two Monkey Island games, the Internet is rife with speculation. For instance, people are currently hoping for a special edition of Grim Fandango, and rightly so. Our own haydenwce27 is also wondering about special editions of The Curse of Monkey Island and Escape from Monkey Island, and you can wonder with him on the forums. Or if you prefer an entirely new Monkey Island game, you can shine your light on returning characters. Let’s hope LucasArts takes notice!

What’s this? You’ve got highbrow culture in my video game fan blog! Yes, I know, and yes, it’s on purpose. This is the first in a hopefully unending series of columns called Horizons, in which we explore other media that could be of interest to Monkey Island fans, for all sorts of reasons. For the first one, we’ll look at some recommended reading: the story of Don Quixote de la Mancha (and let’s not forget Sancho Panza).

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This week, the doc is taking a small break.

(an experiment went wrong and the stuff behind the sofa exploded, maybe Gustav was behind all this… although he was not behind the sofa, anyway)

The life of a pirate isn’t always easy, and limbs can be lost in the blink of an eye (if said eye is still intact, that is). So it’s a good thing that people like Deadeye Dave offer a wide range of products to replace lost body parts. The Palace of Prostheses on Lucre Island is the place to be if you’re short on hands, feet, or even internal organs. The shop even has a state-of-the-art filing system, but unfortunately that’s been out of order ever since Pongo the monkey disappeared.

According to last week’s Polly, 40% would prefer to spend a night at The Goodsoup Plantation Resort Hotel and Casino. Probably enjoying a nice drink while Griswold tells one of his stories. This week we take a vote on the Voodoo Lady’s different places of residence. She has moved around a bit as she started in a small house on Mêlée Island, then moved to a swamp on Scabb Island, then moved to another swamp on Plunder Island,  then back to the house on Mêlée Island, and finally to a cottage in the woods on Flotsam Island. Which of her residences did you like the best?

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It’s been a bit of a quiet week on the forums, but our sophisticated community has once again shown its appreciation of works of art that don’t just involve Monkey Island. Here’s a thread about Puzzle Agent, a game by Telltale featuring Graham Annable’s art. It’s highly recommended! While you play it (in case you haven’t yet), you can think of some new threads to post on the forums, and maybe yours will be featured here next week!