Monkey Island's Return Teased by Creator Ron Gilbert

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Ron Gilbert is a legend for adventure game fans. He's the game director for iconic classics including Maniac Mansion, the first two Monkey Island games, and more recently The Cave and Thimbleweed Park. Gilbert's next project is unknown, but he may have just told fans exactly what he's working on. In a recent post to Gilbert's blog, he told readers that he's working on a new Monkey Island game. There's just one big catch, which is that Gilbert posted it on April Fool's Day — but the story doesn't end there.

Normally, an April Fool's Day post would instantly be recognized as a joke. It wouldn't be surprising if many of Glibert's own fans saw his post about a new Monkey Island game and immediately dismissed it, but there is a problem with that interpretation. Gilbert has a long history of expressly not celebrating April Fool's Day. In 2021, Glibert explained that his Grumpy Gamer blog «has been and always will be April Fools' Day free» for 17 years running. Suffice to say, the situation's more opaque than a typical April Fool's Day post would make it seem.

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The post on the Grumpy Gamer's blog for 2022 also acknowledges its long history of refusing to celebrate April Fool's Day. The post reads, «For 18 years the Grumpy Gamer blog has been April Fools' Day free because it's a stupid tradition. So to mix things up a little I'm taking this opportunity to announce I've decided to make another Monkey Island.» The intention is to be cryptic, obviously. The intention is to confuse the situation so that nobody knows whether Ron Gilbert is actually working on a new Monkey Island.

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