Maniac Mansion

Thimbleweed Park is more of what you like in adventure games, less of what you don’t

I dunno -- still looks kind of "adventure gamey" to me. Photo: Thimbleweed Park

I dunno — still looks kind of “adventure gamey” to me. Photo: Thimbleweed Park

Adventure games: lots of humorous storytelling, delightful art, and a lot of annoying mechanics that should all just die in a fire. Am I right?

Thimbleweed Park, the upcoming adventure game from Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick of Maniac Mansion fame, hopes to close the book on those crappy outdated old mechanics and get us back into adventure games.

Here’s a little trailer to show you what they’re hoping to do.

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