Strange Faceless Men

Had a dream about these faceless men in suits and hats with googly eyes that were out on a beach hunting for me. I had to hide in the ocean, under an upside-down coffin that had floated out from a nearby flooded graveyard.

This is what they looked like.

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge

I was ten years old when I first played Monkey Island 1 and it blew my mind. Granted, it does not take much to impress someone at that age: pirates, sharp writing, and a well-realised world is plenty.

A more mature and cynical eleven year old, on the other hand, is much harder to excite. It was therefore somewhat surprising to me at the time to have the belief I had experienced everything the world had to offer roundly shattered by the 1991 sequel, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge.

Warning: spoilers

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