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Great work. Rex often turns the perspective by just a few degrees and cranks up contrast, and he often arrives at scenes that appear a good deal more three-dimensional to me than some of the original TSoMI one point perspective "bullseye" setups. Of course the ReMI art team could leave no formerly straight line alone, things slope, lean, bend, dangle, and compress, and you can almost hear that woodwork creaking in some of the backgrounds. The former rich blue is no more, Rex likes his cyan and tinges of green, but then again, these deep blues were kind of a catch-all default color on Melee Island anyway. As to mere subjective, personal taste, I don't care that much for the new Scumm bar or the governor's mansion interior, but the lookout, the prison and the giant monkey head I find even better than the original. There, I said it. The ReMI backgrounds always contain pretty much exactly what was in their 'original' counterparts. But there's always a twist and a twirl that seems to playfully pull away nostalgic recognition just out of reach. I hope that Monkey Island fans will eventually universally be able to find that nostalgia grappling hook in the inventory of their own minds, and draw themselves, by their own strength, back into childhood memory at first, and later, into the grand new adventure of their lives.

For anyone who didn’t see it on Twitter or the newsletter, I compared all the returning locations over the last week. Some great synergy with Remi providing supplementary Amiga shots and Jake creating the moment to bring them all together. 😀 https://twitter.com/i/events/1544313501044224000?s=21&t=Wi0U_Mm80uuFAEbUkTMY8A

Most exciting news this week: LeChuck now named "Uncle Chuck".

The new Scumm Bar has very different tone for sure. I always thought of it as warm and jovial place, in stark contrast to very blue and very empty dock, with upbeat music and pirates drinking and having fun. The new one appears to be a dark and brooding place. If it that art was used as a drop-in replacement in the first game it wouldn't work for me at all. It could be perfectly fine in the context of the new game.

Oh come on! 👕 I beat #Mojole #109 and all I got was this stupid t-shirt. 4/6 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 🖤💚🖤💚🖤 💛💚🖤🖤🖤 💚💚💚💚💚 https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Mojole/

Wooo that one was tough. 👕 I beat #Mojole #109 and all I got was this stupid t-shirt. 5/6 🖤🖤🖤💛🖤 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 🖤💚🖤🖤🖤 🖤💚🖤💛🖤 💚💚💚💚💚 https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Mojole/

Remi gets some of this for his Mojole answers. 👕 I beat #Mojole #109 and all I got was this stupid t-shirt. 5/6 💛🖤🖤🖤🖤 🖤🖤💚🖤🖤 🖤💚💚🖤🖤 💛💚💚💚🖤 💚💚💚💚💚 https://funzone.mixnmojo.com/Mojole/