Wordythings And Reviews

By Ben Borthwick On July 9, 2009 · 1 Comment

So yeah, that hiatus was the shortest hiatus ever. Or at least the transition has gone well enough for me to say that I’m now contributing to not just one, but two gaming sites on a regular basis. You’ll now be able to find my work as the newest addition to The Reticule team, kicking off with a review of the latest series from Telltale in the guise of Tales of Monkey Island:

Itâ€™s another of those licenses that takes a developer with balls to accept. But itâ€™s not as if Telltale doesnâ€™t have the pedigree. With former LucasArts adventure Sam & Max under their belt and a proven track record with the Strong Bad and Wallace & Gromit games, it was only a matter of time before LucasArts themselves entrusted one of their other prize jewels with the studio made up of former comrades â€“ and so we see the first episode of Telltaleâ€™s latest offering: Tales of Monkey Island. Does it have the right to hold the Monkey Island flag high? If this first episode is anything to go by, it looks promising.

As if that wasn’t enough, the lovely folks at Gaming Daily have asked me to do a weekly column, so you’ll start seeing some wordy ramblings on there soon enough.

As ever, I’m still open to any offers – especially on paid work – but for now I am very pleased to let you know of these developments and look forward to working with both websites in the coming months.