Ron Gilbert to give keynote speech at PAX 2009
We consider the creation of the SCUMM engine to be a historic event that's on par with the invention of the light bulb or the discovery of fire, so forgive any and all typos you may find within this post -- it's tough to type while squealing and flailing your arms about. A press release just landed in our inbox which revealed the keynote speaker for the
2009 Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, WA -- it's
Ron Gilbert, inventor of SCUMM and creator of
Maniac Mansion and the first two
Monkey Island games.
A collaboration between this adventure game luminary and the
pair of comic-producing philanthropists isn't too surprising -- after all, Gilbert did consulting work on
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. Surprising or no, we're still buying two passes to show how
awesome we think this is. (No, you can't have the other one. It's
symbolic.)
