http://thetarpit.org/2014/grim-fandango "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:38:56 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 http://thetarpit.org/2014/grim-fandango#comment-7132 Sanitarium « The Tar Pit Sat, 07 Feb 2026 20:20:51 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/grim-fandango#comment-7132 [...] a game design perspective, this is standard 1998 adventure material, maybe not as good as Grim Fandango -- which, coincidentally, was launched the same year -- but certainly to the level of I Have No [...] [...] a game design perspective, this is standard 1998 adventure material, maybe not as good as Grim Fandango -- which, coincidentally, was launched the same year -- but certainly to the level of I Have No [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2014/grim-fandango#comment-6919 Return to Monkey Island « The Tar Pit Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:52:51 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/grim-fandango#comment-6919 [...] be a second Secret of Monkey Island; we just won't be able to see another Day of the Tentacle or Grim Fandango; these are beautiful byproducts of an age now long gone, or at least so it seems. I really hope I'm [...] [...] be a second Secret of Monkey Island; we just won't be able to see another Day of the Tentacle or Grim Fandango; these are beautiful byproducts of an age now long gone, or at least so it seems. I really hope I'm [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2014/grim-fandango#comment-4775 Chants of Sennaar « The Tar Pit Thu, 14 Dec 2023 21:25:24 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/grim-fandango#comment-4775 [...] wouldn't necessarily say that classics such as Grim Fandango or Day of the Tentacle did it in any way better. All the same, we cannot possibly compare the [...] [...] wouldn't necessarily say that classics such as Grim Fandango or Day of the Tentacle did it in any way better. All the same, we cannot possibly compare the [...]

]]> http://thetarpit.org/2014/grim-fandango#comment-14 The Walking Dead « The Tar Pit Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:45:13 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/grim-fandango#comment-14 [...] company formed about six years after the beginning of the downfall of adventure games, which we've already discussed, and about four years after the end of the same thing, which we haven't (yet)1. Perhaps [...] [...] company formed about six years after the beginning of the downfall of adventure games, which we've already discussed, and about four years after the end of the same thing, which we haven't (yet)1. Perhaps [...]

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