We all love making lists, whether it be about our top 5 THIS or our least favorite THAT. I’d always say my favorite video game of all time was The Secret of Monkey Island. Even though I had only played it once through when it first came out (in 1993), most of my memories were based on that one play through. I’d picked up the CD-Rom version of the game about a year ago (the original came on a few diskettes) and just kind of held onto the game. I just wanted the box and game in my collection, even though I had no Windows machine to play it on.

Fast-forward a year and I’m thinking about buying a new Windows laptop (to go with my Apple desktop). I buy a semi-top-of-the-line machine that can run Half-Life 2 at full res 60-fps blah blah blah. And what’s the first thing I install? The Secret of Money Island. Continue Reading »