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Old 09-17-2009, 03:40 PM   #1
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Tales of Monkey Island FREE this Saturday

In celebration of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, the adventure maestros over at Telltale Games will be giving away the first episode of their Tales of Monkey Island absitively, posilutely free. Yeah, I said free, as in gratis... like, fer nuthin. Seriously.

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Each year on September 19, brigands and scallywags ‘round the globe rule the day on International Talk Like a Pirate Day. And what better way to mark the occasion than by jumping into the celebrated Monkey Island swashbuckling pirate games by LucasArts and Telltale!

On September 19, Telltale is making the premiere episode of Tales of Monkey Island a FREE download on their website all day.

In addition, today through September 21, LucasArts is offering a virtual treasure trove of deals on several versions of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition titles, including:
  • 50% off the iPhone and iPod touch version of LucasArts’ new The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition via Apple’s App Store
  • 50% off The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition on Steam, Valve Corporation’s delivery and management platform for the PC and Direct2Drive, IGN Entertainment’s digital download store
The original press release can be found here, and be sure to head on over to Telltale Games' Play Like a Pirate website for more info.

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Old 09-17-2009, 04:40 PM   #2
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Might grab the Special Edition. I guess I could check out Tales, but I just hate Telltale so goddamned much.
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Old 09-17-2009, 05:20 PM   #3
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Might grab the Special Edition. I guess I could check out Tales, but I just hate Telltale so goddamned much.
Hey thanks for that, you're all class.
Anyways, sounds great. Looking forward to Saturday.
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Old 09-17-2009, 05:30 PM   #4
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Hey thanks for that, you're all class.
Do you work for them or something? Tell Dan to stop making shitty new versions of classic games. And if Telltale ever gets the Grim Fandango rights, there will be murders.
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Old 09-17-2009, 05:44 PM   #5
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Do you work for them or something? Tell Dan to stop making shitty new versions of classic games. And if Telltale ever gets the Grim Fandango rights, there will be murders.
LOL.

Yes, that would indeed suck.
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Old 09-17-2009, 05:57 PM   #6
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No, I dont work for them, it just seems pretty tacky to come into a thread and crap all over the entire group. Lets not turn this into a thing though, you don't care for their games, thats certainly valid. It just seems you could have handled that a bit more tactfully.
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Old 09-17-2009, 07:57 PM   #7
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Old 09-17-2009, 08:48 PM   #8
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No, I dont work for them, it just seems pretty tacky to come into a thread and crap all over the entire group. Lets not turn this into a thing though, you don't care for their games, thats certainly valid. It just seems you could have handled that a bit more tactfully.
Fuck tact. If I was talking to Dan Connors, I might be polite. But this is a gaming thread about a game made by a company that has made nothing but shit. Tact is unnecessary.
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I rather enjoyed the first Sam & Max episode. *shrug*
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Old 09-17-2009, 08:55 PM   #10
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I've enjoyed Tales of Monkey Island, and for the price of FREE the first episode is well worth checking out. I LOVED the original as a kid, but I thought the remake was mising something. But the Telltale sequels offer something new (Though they do feel budget and are needlessly frustrating at times).
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Old 09-18-2009, 11:12 AM   #11
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Fuck tact. If I was talking to Dan Connors, I might be polite. But this is a gaming thread about a game made by a company that has made nothing but shit. Tact is unnecessary.
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Old 09-18-2009, 06:02 PM   #14
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Game Developer who worked on excellent games in the past + Leading his own studio + Episodic releases of classic games = Complete Shit

I was a huge apologist for Telltale in the beginning, and was really behind them. Yes, I talk shit once I am delivered shit.
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Old 09-18-2009, 07:59 PM   #15
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The free game is available right now , I am downloading it as I type this.
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Old 09-19-2009, 01:45 AM   #16
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Just downloaded this... I can't play it though. I wish to play through the original first... yeah I never played the original. Something I will quickly correct.
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Old 09-19-2009, 03:12 AM   #17
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Just downloaded this... I can't play it though. I wish to play through the original first... yeah I never played the original. Something I will quickly correct.
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Old 09-19-2009, 04:31 AM   #18
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You can also get this for free from Amazon, which might be a better idea as they will add it to your account, and you can download it again whenever you like.

Here is the link for that.
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Old 09-19-2009, 09:45 AM   #19
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You can also get this for free from Amazon, which might be a better idea as they will add it to your account, and you can download it again whenever you like.

Here is the link for that.
You'll also get a discount on the next chapters should you decide to continue. The flipside is that you have to use Amazon's terribad application.
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You can also get this for free from Amazon, which might be a better idea as they will add it to your account, and you can download it again whenever you like.

Here is the link for that.
Blah, geographical restrictions as usual.
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