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Some time ago Andi presented his newly acquired LucasArts game poster collection, including Monkey Island 1 and 2, Sam & Max, Day of the Tentacle and Zak McKracken. Being the big point-and-click fan and Monkey Island junkie that I am, I immediately got inspired to get myself a poster collection of my most favourite adventures.

Alas, the thread from which the high res image downloads originated did not include “Simon the Sorcerer” yet – my first ever adventure game, which will forever have a special place in my heart. So I bravely registered an account there and asked if someone could provide me with high res scans of the game boxes so I could give it a try myself. But I got something even better: Laserschwert, the mastermind behind the other poster downloads 1) himself, got hold of the retail boxes of STS1 and 2 and turned them into poster downloads. YAY! :-)

So, after some pondering (of course together with demod) which posters to get printed (like Andi in 60x45cm), I now present thee with the new view of my living room and the stairs2).


“Simon the Sorcerer” and “The Dig” above my couch.

For the living room, I decided on “Simon the Sorcerer” and “The Dig”. STS was my first Point-and-click adventure ever, and my parents and me plus several friends spent hours together working on the puzzles3). The Dig on the other hand was the first english game I ever played, and it really melted the ice between me and that language. I can vividly remember sitting in my room in front of the PC, with both voice and text output turned on in the game and the english-german dictionary right beside the keyboard. Ahhh, what a wonderful vocabulary boost ;-)

But of course, I couldn't keep my hands off Monkey Island either…


The “Monkey Island” trilogy4). From the top…


… and from the bottom of our staircase.

So we now have three posters of “Secret of Monkey Island”, “LeChuck's Revenge” and “The Curse of Monkey Island” in chronological order from kitchen to front door ;-) What wonderful memories that display triggers… Really makes me look forward to the already pre-ordered "Tales of Monkey Island" by Telltale Games and the official remake of MI1 by LucasArts, which I'll sure as hell add to my collection as well :-D

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1) KUDOS!
2) stupid picture angles thanks to the rather cramped living situation here, sorry
3) It took me almost a year to get through it – last sunday I managed to complete it in two hours. Replay value: the major problem with adventures ;-)
4) I'll simply ignore the existence of that horrible fourth one, thanks…

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Kaddi tagged me with her New Year's meme “Fustilinus 09”, and who am I to ignore sticks hitting my head? ;-) So I set down to answer her questions, but before I present the results, a quick look at the rules of this game'o'tag: * Link to the website from which you got tagged. * The name of the meme (“Fustilinus”) must be included in your post. * List these rules. * Tag two or three of your favourite blogs.
 

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