2026-08-14 21:15 UTC · PC Gamer · Andy Chalk
Have you ever said to yourself, 'If I was rich I'd get Looking Glass Studios back together and have them make a proper goddamn Thief sequel!'? Or, you know, whatever game gets you really wound up about such things. It's a pleasant fantasy, but not something that ever actually happens—except, apparently, in the case of the recently announced Thimbleweed Park 2... Read more.
2026-07-30 15:31 UTC · PC Gamer · Andy Chalk
Released in 2017, Thimbleweed Park is a LucasArts-style point-and-click adventure about murder in a small town, headed up by LucasArts veterans Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick. All that LucasArts pedigree added up to an 84% score in our review, on the strength of "challenging puzzles, oddball characters, and an intriguing, mystery-laden plot"—and of course the familiar visual style that immediately conjures thoughts of Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, and Zak McCracken... Read more.
2020-05-28 06:30 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alice Bell)
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. I know as much as the next gal that classic adventure games aren’t for everyone. But if you were thinking of dipping your toe in the genre, Thimbleweed Park is a great place to start – because you’re starting at the finish, almost. The game was created by Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, who worked on some of the most famous adventure games to come out of Lucasfilm (later LucasArts). (more…)
2020-05-11 13:06 UTC · Eurogamer
Thimbleweed Park, the point and click adventure game from Monkey Island's Ron Gilbert, has a sequel. Sort of. Gilbert has created a mini-standalone follow-up featuring character Delores, set one year on from the main game's events. This follow-up was originally designed as a prototype for Gilbert's new game engine, but it eventually grew into a project to help him keep busy during the lockdown. Read more
2020-05-11 10:34 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alice O'Connor)
We’re all invited back to the strange town of Thimbleweed Park for a free new little spin-off. Over the weekend, Ron Gilbert and pals released Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure, a new story standalone story which grew out of a prototype for Gilbert’s next game engine. And it’s free for everyone to play, whether you own the original or not. And if you do want the original, that’s discounted on sale right now too. (more…)
2019-02-22 11:18 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alice O'Connor)
The latest game going free on the Epic Games Store is Thimbleweed Park, 2017’s retro reunion of Maniac Mansion creators Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick. It’s a point ‘n’ click adventure game in ye olde waye, with jokes and puzzles and pixels and a SCUMM-like ‘select actions from a menu’ sorta interface, and it’s pretty good. For free, mate, get in. (more…)
2019-02-21 19:56 UTC · PC Gamer
In case you missed the announcement a couple weeks ago, Thimbleweed Park, the goofy X-Files-esque point-and-click adventure from Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion creators Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, is now free on the Epic Games Store.    Thimbleweed Park tells the tale of Ray and Reyes, a Mulder-and-Scully-like duo investigating a murder in a very strange small town. As is so often the case in such locales, it features a cast of bizarre supporting characters including a foul-mouthed clown who's been cursed to wear his makeup forever, a game designer who returns home following
2019-02-08 11:50 UTC · PC Gamer
If you haven't had the chance to pick it up yet, you're in luck—Thimbleweed Park is the next game to go free on the Epic Games Store for a limited time from February 21 until March 7. The quirky, point and click murder mystery from the makers of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion is the latest game to go free on the Epic Games Store in a bid to draw in players from other platforms. What Remains of Edith Finch and Subnautica are just two of the games that have already received the treatment and if you haven't had a chance to grab it yet, Axiom Verge is currently free until F
2018-03-01 21:54 UTC · Eurogamer
Ron Gilbert's wilfully retro point-and-clicker Thimbleweed Park might be excellent, but it's not - thanks to its precisely structured narrative - an experience that felt like it would benefit from additional story DLC. Which is probably how we've ended up with Ransome *Unbeeped*. Ransome *Unbeeped* is the name of Thimbleweed Park's first paid-for DLC - and it exists to do one thing and one thing alone. It entirely removes the family friendly censorship beeps that mask Ransome the clown's frequently foul-mouthed tirades. I'll be honest, it never even occurred to me that there might be actual f-
2018-03-01 20:40 UTC · PC Gamer
Ransome the Clown is a foul-mouthed character in Thimbleweed Park, the retro-styled point-and-click adventure released last year by Terrible Toybox. Not in a way that will get you kicked out of nice restaurants, though: His way with words is softened in the game through the liberal use of the censor's bleeper every time he speaks. But if you'd prefer to play the game uncensored—Ransome Raw, you might say—then the new "Ransome Unbeeped" DLC could be just what you're looking for.  The DLC is exactly what it appears to be, a fact that Ransome himself (i
2018-03-01 20:05 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alice O'Connor)
The Total War games have a tradition, so they can dodge the censors and get a lower age rating, of toning down the gore then releasing a big bucket of blood and mutilation as paid DLC. That way, teens still get to murder but adults can see the full consequences of murder. Now Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick’s retro point ‘n’ clicker Thimbleweed Park has seemingly followed suit. Well, with swearing, not decapitation. If you wish to hear Ransome the *Beeping* Clown swearing his teeth out, you may now pay $2 for DLC to remove the censoring beeps from his dialogue. (more…)
2018-03-01 19:52 UTC · Community Announcements · jennsand
http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27852310/b7831999d992a4c100a8916c9e3f505ea6ab204e.png The mystery adventure game Thimbleweed Park may have five playable characters, but let's face it: Ransome the Clown steals the show. If only his colorful language weren't censored to protect your delicate eardrums. Good news, Thimbleweed Park aficionados! For the low price of $1.99, you can now remove the annoying beeps from Ransome's dialogue and hear his lines as the artiste originally intended. *Beep* yeah! Exactly what can you expect from an uncensored Thimbleweed Pa
2018-03-01 19:52 UTC · Community Announcements · jennsand
http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27852310/b7831999d992a4c100a8916c9e3f505ea6ab204e.png The mystery adventure game Thimbleweed Park may have five playable characters, but let's face it: Ransome the Clown steals the show. If only his colorful language weren't censored to protect your delicate eardrums. Good news, Thimbleweed Park aficionados! For the low price of $1.99, you can now remove the annoying beeps from Ransome's dialogue and hear his lines as the artiste originally intended. *Beep* yeah! Exactly what can you expect from an uncensored Thimbleweed Pa
2018-02-23 03:44 UTC · PC Gamer
I finished the Dragon Age games on 'nightmare'. I just want you to know that. I was advised not to waste words proving my 'gamer cred'. I was like, "Sure, I’ve been playing since the Exidy Sorcerer and reviewing games professionally for 10 years, but that’s totally not relevant. Whatever." But after four serpents killed me in Avernum 3’s tutorial area on 'casual' difficulty, my cred feels relevant.  Avernum 3: Ruined World is Spiderweb Software’s second remaster of what was originally Exile 3: Ruined World back in 1997. I
2018-01-02 21:43 UTC · PC Gamer
Tim Clark: Simulacra   Look, I'm nothing if not entirely predictable, so to the surprise of absolutely nobody, least of all myself , I failed to catch up on Assassin's Creed: Origins. To be fair I did boot it up and made it through a couple of missions, but as I saw its vast sandy expanse stretching away into the distance, I felt the clarion call of my old favourites. And so most of the break was spent grinding Destiny 2 for masterworks weapons, of which I now have an indecent amount , but somehow still no raid hand cannon. I also managed to crank out a successful Hearthstone
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