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37 38 39 40</head> 41<body> 42 <header> 43 44<div class="header"> 45 <nav class="menu"> 46 <div class="menu-item"> 47 <a href="/">Home</a> 48 </div> 49 <div class="menu-item"> 50 <a href="/contact">Contact</a> 51 </div> 52 <div class="menu-item"> 53 <a href="/archives">Archives</a> 54 </div> 55 <div class="menu-item"> 56 <a href="/about">About</a> 57 </div> 58 <div class="menu-item"> 59 <a href="/rss">RSS</a> 60 </div> 61 <div class="menu-item"> 62 <a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@grumpygamer">Mastodon</a> 63 </div> 64 </nav> 65 <h1>Grumpy Gamer</h1> 66 <h3>Ye Olde Grumpy Gamer Blog. Est. 2004. AI free. 100% human.</h3> 67</div> 68 69 </header> 70 <main> 71 72 73 74<div class="container"> 75<div class='post'> 76 77 <div class='title'> 78 <a href="/about/">About</a> 79 </div> 80 81 <div class='body'> 82 <p>It’s always hard to write your own about pages. I should have my mom do it, she always has nice things to say about me.</p> 83<p>I started making games because I loved to program and I loved to tell stories and the two seemed to intersected nicely.</p> 84<p>I wrote a program for the Commodore 64 (greatest computer ever made) called <strong>GraphicsBASIC</strong> that extended the rather boring built-in Basic that includes commands to gain access to the graphics and sound.</p> 85<p>In 1985 I got a job working at Lucasfilm Games (now called LucasArts) porting <strong>Koronis Rift</strong> and <strong>Ballblazer</strong> from the Atari 400/800 to the Commodore 64.</p> 86<p>In 1986 Gary Winnick and I created and designed <strong>Maniac Mansion</strong>.</p> 87<p>During its production, I developed the <strong>SCUMM System</strong> (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion).</p> 88<p>I co-designed the Indiana Jones and the <strong>Last Crusade</strong> adventure game with Noah Falstein and David Fox.</p> 89<p>I am also the creator and designer of <strong>The Secret of Monkey Island</strong> and <strong>Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge</strong>. A game about a pirate.</p> 90<p>I am the co-founder of <strong>Humongous Entertainment</strong> where we made some amazing adventure games for kids like <strong>Putt-Putt</strong>, <strong>Freddi Fish</strong> and <strong>Pajama Sam</strong>.</p> 91<p>I was the producer of <strong>Total Annihilation</strong>.</p> 92<p>I co-created <strong>DeathSpank</strong> with Clayton Kauzlaric and was the designer of the first two DeathSpank games.</p> 93<p>I worked at Double Fine for a bit making a game I’ve had rolling around in my head for close to 25 years called <strong>The Cave</strong>. Double Fine was sold to Microsoft, who now owns The Cave, and once again I got nothing and someone else owns my IP. FU TS.</p> 94<p>I released <strong>Scurvy Scallywags</strong> in The Voyage to Discover the Ultimate Sea Shanty: A Musical Match-3 Pirate RPG (or SSITVTDTUSS:AMMTPRPG for short) for iOS and Android.</p> 95<p>I finished a new point & click adventure game called <strong><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/569860/Thimbleweed_Park/">Thimbleweed Park</a></strong> and the completely free <strong><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1305720/Delores_A_Thimbleweed_Park_MiniAdventure/">Delores</a></strong>.</p> 96<p>I then went and made <a href="https://returntomonkeyisland.com">Return to Monkey Island</a> in total secret.</p> 97<p><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3773590/Death_by_Scrolling/">Death By Scrolling</a> is out.</p> 98 99 </div> 100 101 102<div class='comments'> 103 <hr> 104 <h3>Comments:</h3> 105 106 <div class='comment'> 107 <div class='comment-info' id='2189'> 108 <span class='name'>Sally</span> 109 <span class='date' nortreblig='2025'>Dec 31, 2025</span> 110 <div class='text'>â¥ï¸</div> 111 </div> 112 </div> 113 <div class='comment'> 114 <div class='comment-info' id='2306'> 115 <span class='name'>J. Titor</span> 116 <span class='date' nortreblig='2026'>Jan 04, 2026</span> 117 <div class='text'> <br> FIGHT THE FUTURE<br> <br></div> 118 </div> 119 </div> 120 <div class='comment'> 121 <div class='comment-info' id='2402'>
122 <span class='name'>Peter</span> 123 <span class='date' nortreblig='2026'>Jan 10, 2026</span> 124 <div class='text'>Thank you for bringing so much positive and marvelous time to my life. <br>I played around '95 when i was 10 and I felt home when playing the last monkey and thimbleweed. Much love from south germany.</div> 125 </div> 126 </div> 127 <div class='comment'> 128 <div class='comment-info' id='2438'> 129 <span class='name'>birenbergg</span> 130 <span class='date' nortreblig='2026'>Jan 31, 2026</span> 131 <div class='text'>Ah, so that's why TS don't make RTMI with you.</div> 132 </div> 133 </div> 134 <div class='comment'> 135 <div class='comment-info' id='2447'> 136 <span class='name'>Tony Avery</span> 137 <span class='date' nortreblig='2026'>Feb 15, 2026</span> 138 <div class='text'>I will buy any game you make monkey island and pajama Sam made me feel less alone </div> 139 </div> 140 </div> 141 <div class='comment'> 142 <div class='comment-info' id='2566'> 143 <span class='name'>Computomatic</span> 144 <span class='date' nortreblig='2026'>Apr 10, 2026</span> 145 <div class='text'>FU TS!</div> 146 </div> 147 </div> 148 <div class='comment'> 149 <div class='comment-info' id='2584'> 150 <span class='name'>Quan Le</span> 151 <span class='date' nortreblig='2026'>May 04, 2026</span> 152 <div class='text'>Respect!</div> 153 </div> 154 </div> 155 <div class='comment'> 156 <div class='comment-info' id='2589'> 157 <span class='name'>LXM0</span> 158 <span class='date' nortreblig='2026'>May 05, 2026</span> 159 <div class='text'>Just wanted to say that Return to Monkey Island is amazing! Any chance you will remake the old games in the same way?</div> 160 </div> 161 </div> 162 <div class='comment'> 163 <div class='comment-info' id='2599'> 164 <span class='name'>Deb Singh</span> 165 <span class='date' nortreblig='2026'>May 30, 2026</span> 166 <div class='text'>Just wanted to say the best game you ever created was the Cave. I kept my Wii U<br>Just for that game and ditched all my others ...<br>I pray someday there will be a Cave 2. I've played it at least 50 times ...it never gets old. Monkey Island is not az good as the Cave </div> 167 </div> 168 </div> 169 <div class='comment'> 170 <div class='comment-info' id='2611'> 171 <span class='name'>Kephen Sting</span> 172 <span class='date' nortreblig='2026'>Jun 27, 2026</span> 173 <div class='text'>Thimbleweed Park brought me so much happiness and joy. Thank you. </div> 174 </div> 175 </div> 176 <div class='comment'> 177 <div class='comment-info' id='2627'> 178 <span class='name'>James Y</span> 179 <span class='date' nortreblig='2026'>Jul 18, 2026</span> 180 <div class='text'>Thanks so much for your work. Monkey island was my childhood and playing it all over again from start to end. The nostalgia hits so hard with the intro music. I sang along with my 3 month old daughter smiling. Thank you again Ron</div> 181 </div> 182 </div> 183 <div class='comment'> 184 <div class='comment-info' id='2741'> 185 <span class='name'>Lazy Artistic Pirate from south Italy</span> 186 <span class='date' nortreblig='2026'>Jul 30, 2026</span> 187 <div class='text'>Really exicted for Thimbleweed Park 2 announcemento! You're a legend! ð</div> 188 </div> 189 </div> 190 <div class='comment'> 191 <div class='comment-info' id='2903'>
192 <span class='name'>Samuel</span> 193 <span class='date' nortreblig='2026'>Aug 01, 2026</span> 194 <div class='text'>Just thank you, again.</div> 195 </div> 196 </div> 197 <div class='comment'> 198 <div class='comment-info' id='2958'> 199 <span class='name'>Jimothy</span> 200 <span class='date' nortreblig='2026'>Sep 17, 2026</span> 201 <div class='text'>Does Microsoft still own the IP to The Cave in light of recent events?</div> 202 </div> 203 </div> 204 205 <div> 206 <h3>Add comment:</h3> 207 <form action="https://grumpygamer.com/comments.php" method='post' accept-charset='UTF-8'> 208 <div> 209 <label class="sr-only2" for="comment_name">Name</label> 210 <input type="text" class="input-control" name="comment_name" id="comment_name" placeholder="Elaine Marley" value="" required> 211 </div> 212 <div class='form-group'> 213 <label class="sr-only2" for="comment_text">Brief Message</label> 214 <textarea class='input-control' name='comment_text' id='comment_text' rows='5' placeholder="Be nice! Plain text only. No urls or links." required></textarea> 215 </div> 216 <input type="hidden" name="comment_url" value="about"> 217 218 <div class='h-captcha' 219 data-sitekey="b8552098-a429-4a8b-9bb7-0eab465d067a" 220 data-theme='dark'> 221 </div> 222
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