if we're talking marimbas and lofi beats, The Knife - Pass This On foots the bill.
Also loads of tunes off Console - Herself, a personal fave album of mine
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 18 March 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
haunted marimbas in two lone swordsmen it's not the worst i've ever looked etc; also emily's theme from the brick soundtrack, maybe a bit too downtempo though.
― Ignore the neighsayers: grow a lemon tree (ledge), Thursday, 18 March 2021 16:50 (three years ago) link
Maybe it's because they've got a song called "Monkeys Uptown" but Iron & Wine must have a few of these.
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 18 March 2021 17:02 (three years ago) link
actually listening to it now, it's perfect
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 18 March 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
This always reminded me of Monkey Island by way of Out Run:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx0yCpfNPmw
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 18 March 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
(Skip to 4:15 for buildup)
This is so goodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf7VQiu1MGo
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 18 March 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
that's so great
i love this too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr-84mjV3CI
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 18 March 2021 20:36 (three years ago) link
How did they manage to get so much character and musicality out of those tiny cards and processors? There's no concession for sloppiness
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 18 March 2021 22:43 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sahskKAxSCY
Apparently it ignores all but the first two games, when Ron Gilbert stopped working on them.
― adam t. (abanana), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 02:20 (two years ago) link
its not like anyone cares about the monkey island narrative timeline anyway. 3 was my favorite game for a while as a kid but have at it
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 02:31 (two years ago) link
...there's soooo much internet kerfluffle about the MI timeline especially post-LeChuck's revenge. And 3 WAS great!
But it sounds like he IS keeping part 3 as canon (not so much 4 and 5), Gilbert tweeted it somewhere. Also they did manage to get back the voice actor for Guybrush so he obviously doesn't totally hate that entry
― Nhex, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 12:38 (two years ago) link
pixel art or gtfo
― Ste, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 14:18 (two years ago) link
nah only joking, i've played the hd versions of the first two and they're still great. Looking forward to this though.
man i played the HD version of 2 last year and at one point i thought i'd go for the full nostalgia experience and switch to the OG 640x480 version and the images were almost indecipherable to my 2022 eyes. in my memory those games seemed so detailed lush, but it really gave me a fuller understanding of how much work my 12y/o imagination was doing to fill in all those images.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 15:03 (two years ago) link
Some interesting behind the scenes stuff here, courtesy of the Video Game History Foundation:
https://gamehistory.org/monkeyisland/
― Ste, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 19:16 (two years ago) link
Really amazing work they did for that!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 22:17 (two years ago) link
I never finished Thimbleweed Park -- it's great but I didn't have enough time, and then Breath of the Wild turned up.
This is cool though, will dweebily purchase on the day of release I'm sure I've never played 3 - I remember being disappointed as a kid and quitting after a couple hours
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 7 April 2022 13:41 (two years ago) link
3 has graphics that still look great to me today. The new game is using some of the same voice actors.
I never finished the telltale series. I installed it again last month and... no, just no. Tired jokes and so slow and ugly.
― adam t. (abanana), Thursday, 7 April 2022 13:58 (two years ago) link
Yeah. Even on Thimbleweed, which doesn't quite hit the mark, Gilbert's a singular writer, especially with gags. He's sort of classically "corny but without being actually corny" and that's hard to imitate precisely.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 7 April 2022 14:03 (two years ago) link
Yeah, 4 was.. eh. I kept meaning to get around to 5, maybe I'll grind it out in time for this new one to come out.
― Nhex, Thursday, 7 April 2022 14:03 (two years ago) link
I loved 3, though. I mean, the sea shanty part alone made it worth it. And the voice of Scrooge McDuck!
― Nhex, Thursday, 7 April 2022 14:04 (two years ago) link
I got Return to Monkey Island for Christmas and have just finished it. Strangely sad!
― kinder, Monday, 2 January 2023 21:37 (one year ago) link
i just finished it a couple days ago as well, very solid entry
― ciderpress, Monday, 2 January 2023 21:46 (one year ago) link
I liked the theme tune bit and was quite proud of getting that. The second-last puzzle in the last part had me grumbling for quite a while!
― kinder, Monday, 2 January 2023 22:04 (one year ago) link
i quite enjoyed return to monkey island but the very ending didn't work for me - seemed like they needed to expand that part a bit to make the point they were trying to make bc it felt sudden and confusing
― na (NA), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 19:54 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxMwWG1lyJI
― ...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 September 2023 14:59 (seven months ago) link
i should look up more marimba music. such a fun instrument.
― formerly abanana (dat), Wednesday, 27 September 2023 18:08 (seven months ago) link
That whole album is gold btw. That's more of an instrumental interlude track but there's loads of marimba all over it
― ...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 September 2023 18:59 (seven months ago) link