If you have not played any of the Monkey Island games, you're just robbing yourself of fun.  LucasArts announced the next step in the Monkey Island series with Tales of Monkey Island. This time, it's coming out on the PC, Wii and 360. Trailer is forthcoming (we're compressing as we speak).... Enjoy the press release. -----------------------------------   SHIVER ME TIMBERS! MONKEY ISLAND® IS BACK THIS SUMMER! LucasArts and Telltale Reveal Series of New Monkey Island Adventures Coming Soon! SAN FRANCISCO, Calif – June 1, 2009 – LucasArts today announced that the original hilarious pirate adventure is back, with two new projects underway based on the classic Monkey Island franchise. Beginning in just a few short weeks, Telltale will premiere the Tales of Monkey Island™ game series, delivering a completely new epic storyline and swashbuckling flair that will unfold across five monthly episodes on PC and WiiWare™. The Monkey Island celebration continues later in the summer when LucasArts publishes The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition, a completely re-imagined version of the first game in the series that adds updated high definition graphics, a re-mastered musical score, and full voiceover to the classic adventure game originally launched in 1990....

Say it ain’t so, Nintendo…

Three cheers for a game series that consumed three solid months of my college life. Then enter Animal Crossing: Wild World for the Nintendo DS, and I’m right back to playing constantly again… though I tired of it more quickly. Now we’re doing the same thing a third time with marginal changes once again, and I’m beginning to wonder how interested I’ll be in this new version. Regardless, there are some notable differences this time around that will make the game enticing either to newcomers or those who never tired of the older ones. First off, this time, you can actually leave your town and go to the city, via bus driven by—naturally—The Kapp’n. However, you can only do this in single-player mode, and only if no one is currently in your town (does this dispel the possibility of having your town visited while you are not playing? Not necessarily, say Nintendo). The city is filled with all sorts of stuff that previously was only to be found on special days in Animal Crossing; lots of different shops and other buildings here are run by characters that will be familiar to you if you’re a fan of the series. Some...