March 2010 Archives

Ho, traveler. Know ye the Brutal Legend of Tim Schafer? Author of of the Secret of Monkey Island? Designer of the Grim Fandango? Bringer of the Day of the Tentacle? If not, then wail and lament thine ignorance, and be cast into realms of madness where only the Psychonauts might save ye.

But if so, then behold a treasure. Verily, posted on Tim's blog, you may behold the man's actual job application for an "Assistant Designer/Programmer" position, back when the world was young, and Lucasarts was Lucasfilm Games Division.

Here's a little piece of a true Epic in career applications. Click on it to visit Tim's site and view the rest.

You ever tried to find a heroic quest to go on? These days it is a hell of a challenge! You'd think it would be simple enough to hoist a few flagons, pick up a sword, and head off down the road looking for treasure -- but every time you try it, it's no time at all before the cops are dragging you down to county lockup, putting you up on charges of drunken and disorderly conduct, and saying some junk about lewd behavior. Whatever. Cops just do not understand "What Is Best In Life," I tell you.

Aaaaanyways, you may not have heard of the band Wintergreen before, and it is entirely possible that you will never hear about them again, but in the video linked here, they find themselves a heroic quest worthy of the name. And if you didn't know about this before, you'll also learn the legend of the worst video game of all time.