By the early 2010s, adventure games (in the old-timey sense) were largely seen as a relic of the past. Then, out of nowhere, developer Double Fine pulled in $3.3 million dollars' worth of crowdfunding for the sake of bringing the genre back to life. And in the midst of this newfound interest came The Cave: a platforming/adventure game mashup spearheaded by Ron Gilbert, the guy who originally brought us Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island. On this episode of Retronauts, join Bob Mackey and Nina Matsumoto as they go spelunking and bump up against The Cave's admirable-but-awkward attempts to translate classic adventure game elements into something more palatable for the Xbox 360 crowd.
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