Our hero, Guybrush Threepwood, made #7 on Empire’s 50 Greatest Game Characters list, being beaten by Link, Lara Croft, Mario, and Gordon Freeman, but beating out characters like Master Chief, Sephiroth, Sonic, Duke Nukem, Solid Snake, and Cloud Strife. You can click here to vote for Guybrush to climb higher in the rankings!

Manny Calavera made #30.

Dr. Fred Edison made #40.

Sam and Max made #42.

(thanks to Secret Fawful for the heads-up)

Gamespot are having a little contest to determine who the greatest video game hero of all time is, and our own Guybrush Threepwood is pitted against Wander. And everyone’s favourite mighty pirate is losing. You know what to do. Chop chop, get voting!

You’ve probably heard about this thing called Project Natal, and maybe you’re even excited about it. If so, you’re not the only one. Telltale Games’ Dan Connors has mentioned to Videogamer.com that he can see Guybrush as an interesting character to use with Natal. It won’t happen any time soon though, and I can’t see it happening with the way point-and-click adventures are currently designed, but who knows what will happen? It’s certainly an interesting notion to ponder, that we may soon be able to ‘be’ Guybrush Threepwood.