Ron Gilbert won’t post about the new Monkey Island anymore following online abuse

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The first trailer for Return to Monkey Island was released this week, a follow up to the first and second Monkey Island games. Gilbert made a joke about a new Monkey Island game, but it turned out to be an announcement. Gilbert said he wouldn't be posting about Return to Monkey Island anymore after the new trailer was released.

Gilbert said that he was shutting down comments. I have to remove personal attack comments from people. Everyone on the team is very proud of their performance. Don't ruin it for everyone else, but play it if you want to. I won't be posting about it anymore. The joy of sharing has been taken away from me by someone else.

Bang up job, everybody.



(I've seen a lot of passionate but polite/polite-adjacent discussion going on, but the comments on Ron's blog were a total shitshow.) pic.twitter.com/BUBoPdU1fS

— Dominic Armato (@SkilletDoux) June 30, 2022

Return to Monkey Island's art direction has been the focus of most of the comments. The new game uses a more cartoony look than the previous ones. Gilbert said that it was an intentional decision.

So it isn’t pixel art, and that was a discussion that Dave [Grossman] and I had early on about “should it be a pixel art game? Should it not be a pixel art game?” Ultimately, we thought that we just had a lot more freedom and flexibility to not make it a pixel art game. I think people are going to be very happy with the art once they see it and once they see it moving and the animation. We have an incredible group of animators on the project, and it’s really neat when you actually start to see everything moving in the game.

Gilbert tried to address the criticism of Return to Monkey Island's art style in a May post. Return to Monkey Island may not be the art style you wanted or were expecting but it is the art style I wanted. We won't be hearing from Gilbert about what looks to be a terrific game because some people continue to say vile things. If the short scene on the Return to Monkey Island website is any indication, then we are in for a treat.

Video games have been weird this week. A release date for God of War: Ragnarok was rumored to be announced on Thursday, but on Wednesday, Santa Monica Studio creative director Cory Barlog said that wasn't the case and asked fans to be patient.

He said he would give all the information when he knew about it. It is not mine to decide. Please be patient. Things will be shared at the earliest possible time.

dear all,



if it were up to me I would share all the information when I know about it. but it is not up to me.



so please, be patient.



I promise things will be shared at the earliest possible moment they can be.



we make games for you. we get to make games because of you. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/aw7dje5XxF

— cory barlog (@corybarlog) June 29, 2022