Sometimes, in the history of gaming, a game will come along that installs itself directly into your subconscious to become the screensaver of your mind for the rest of your fucking life. Sometimes a game will come along that secures itself a position in every GREATEST GAMES OF ALL TIME LIST that will ever arrive for the rest of eternity.

Maybe you never played it. Maybe you never had a gaming Gramps like me who could direct you to all these neat games. Well let me tell you right now, you fucking missed out big time.

The first time this game clicked on screen, shivers ran down my spine because let’s admit it: I’m gay for pirates. It wasn’t until MUCH later into my life I realized I wasn’t the only one. I wasn’t the only one that fell for the sucker punch of adventure gaming because as soon as the internet came around it was pretty evident that this game was HUGE and it always will be.



Monkey Island BLEW ME AWAY. The game was jam packed to the brim with funny jokes, easter eggs and a storyline that actually let you get to know your characters (unlike the previous games I have reviewed), and what a fucking bunch of characters they were. Sitting back then I really felt like I was in control of a movie that was playing out. Not so much because it was MOVING PICTURES that could be controlled, but more because it felt like such a badly put together movie, on purpose. And you got to be the director. It felt like any second a boom mic would fall on screen or the character might accidentally walk off this pirate set into a crowd of onlookers in a modern day parking lot.



Now when playing Monkey Island, the first thing you need to do is forget everything you know about the world and how things work logically. As Guybrush Threepwood, things work differently. This is the world where to open a door you might need to cotton swab a monkeys ear and where vegetarian cannibal’s have fruit for heads . In Monkey Island, anything can happen.



The game may look dated by today’s standards, but when you look past the pixel graphics and actually engage yourself in the game you are rewarded with a world where the humour will make you laugh, and at worst smile. Where you actually feel a sense of achievement for “I beat the sword master and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt.” And where every character is important. In MI there are no filler NPC's.



The game is overflowing with hilariously imaginative items to collect and where you are actually required to THINK BEYOND NORMAL if you want to get anywhere. Monkey Island is imaginative, but it doesn’t give it to you for free.
So maybe you missed Monkey Island, maybe you were too young to remember it or maybe you weren’t even born yet. For god’s fucking sake do not miss this masterpiece of a game because you won’t regret playing it and if you never try it, you will never know what you are missing and I will feel so sorry for you. (But I will also laugh at your stupidity.)

Play this game now.