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The Han Solo Adventures – Fanwork in Video Game Format

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Back in the ’90s, Lucasarts was one of the kings of the video game playground. Among their best titles were their adventure games: Tales of Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Sam and Max Hit the Road, The Dig, Loom. Nearly twenty years after they were published, these games are still regarded as masterpieces. What they all had in common was the engine powering them, Lucasarts’ SCUMM.

Fast forward to 2012. The SCUMM engine is now in the hands of fans who can create homages to the great games of the past. One such in-progress fan creation? The Han Solo Adventures.

I certainly hope Stacy Davidson can finish this game. Just watching that video brings me back to some of the first games I played growing up. For now, I’ll have to go dust off my old copy of Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. 

Via Kotaku

Fallout, Wasteland and a favorite author

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I’m not what you might call a ‘hardcore’ gamer. I really haven’t ever been, but as time has gone by I’ve gotten to the point where I’m less and less competitive when it comes to games. At the end of the day, I’d rather play a good co-op game than go head to head against a nameless stranger that insists on throwing insults my way. But I still love gaming and I still love difficult, challenging games. I just like them in the single player world.

My wife will tell you that she’s seen me play more in the setting of Fallout than is healthy for any person, and as I check my Steam account, I can tell you that I have spent 238 hour in Fallout: New Vegas. I’m a little bit sick, I think.

This is all leading up to something loosely Star Wars related, I promise.
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