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Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island

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Post by brianwawok » Sat, Sep 05, 2020, 5:06 PM UTC

Cakez0r wrote: post #150

thefaux wrote: post #81

When I was 9, in 1993, I hurt my eye and couldn't go to school for a week while it was healing. To make it bearable, my dad somehow got me a pirated copy of the secret of monkey island from a coworker (he worked at a PR company so I still find that mildly surprising today). The game had a copy protection feature where there was a spinning wheel and you had to input some text that was revealed when you combined the to…

I also sent a physical letter to Lucasarts when I got stuck as a kid. They kindly sent me back a full walkthrough! I wonder how many other kids must've done this...

I mailed Nintendo for a dragon quest puzzle and they wrote back. Was great.

Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island

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Post by gamblor956 » Sat, Sep 05, 2020, 7:46 PM UTC

echelon wrote: post #168

mjg59 wrote: post #159

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because he assaulted his partner.

It's not typically how these things go, but Amber Heard was abusing Johnny Depp and holding him hostage. There are lengthy audio recordings where she admits to hitting him, threatening that the public will never believe his story. She dragged his name through the mud in the court of public opinion, and it turned out she was actually an abuser. It ruined his reputation and cost him a lot of money. https://globalnews.c…

Heard is still on track to reprise her role in Aquaman 2 as of 2 days ago.

Depp lost roles because he is a diva on set and hasn't been enough of a draw for audiences outside of Pirates for studios to put up with his behavior.

Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island

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Post by celticninja » Sat, Sep 05, 2020, 8:19 PM UTC

mjg59 wrote: post #159

oooooooooooow wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pardon the huge sidestep, but can you elaborate? Why is Depp's stock plummeting?

Because he assaulted his partner.

I mean that's not what came out in court at all.

Re: Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island

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Post by echelon » Sun, Sep 06, 2020, 12:04 AM UTC

gamblor956 wrote: post #172

echelon wrote: post #168

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not typically how these things go, but Amber Heard was abusing Johnny Depp and holding him hostage. There are lengthy audio recordings where she admits to hitting him, threatening that the public will never believe his story. She dragged his name through the mud in the court of public opinion, and it turned out she was actually an abuser. It ruined his reputation and cost him a lot of money. https://globalnews.c…

Heard is still on track to reprise her role in Aquaman 2 as of 2 days ago. Depp lost roles because he is a diva on set and hasn't been enough of a draw for audiences outside of Pirates for studios to put up with his behavior.

Thanks for the correction. I was unaware.