Ron Gilbert has captured 1993 in a bottle and is selling it for 20 bucks. I missed the Kickstarter for this game (I'll touch more on why that makes me sad in a bit), but was happy to find it on pretty much every platform imaginable. The game is more than a callback to Lucasfilm Adventures of the 90s...it *IS* a Lucasfilm Adventure from the 90s. It's Twin Peaks meets X-Files meets Maniac Mansion and is exactly as amazing as that sounds. It's a fully voiced adventure which you can further retro up by swapping the UI elements back to the original Zak McKracken/MM days. The game has all of the callbacks. The humor feels entirely intact and the game is full and entirely fleshed out. I've been burned on KS games before. Thimbleweed delivers in a big way. It's multi-character like Maniac Mansion. The narrative benefits from this in interesting ways. If you're a fan of this type of game, I can say without a doubt you'll love Thimbleweed. I wish I'd gotten in at the Kickstarter. The team did one of the best jobs with backer rewards I've ever seen. As a filmmaker who has to wrangle rewards at least twice a year, it was refreshing to see someone just knock that out of the park. Integrated in game and completely compelling. I really hope this isn't just a one-shot and we get more of these. I am in love.
