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Sorry for the confusion! I haven't been widely advertising the beta because it still has a bunch of rough edges, but feel free to check it out. I've only worked with disc images so far, and haven't yet taught DREAMM about the GOG/Steam releases of newly-supported games. In the case of EFMI, I suspect the digital version has the updated EXE, which was not on the disc images. Should be an easy enough thing to support in the future. Aaron P.S. If you *DO* try out the beta, feel free to let me know of major issues (or minor ones), especially if you're on a Mac, as this is my first attempt to package up a MacOS X application.

Gutting news. Jess Harnell did an admirable job in return but boen was absolutely unbeatable. I’ve never seen anything else he’s ever done (not even terminator 😮) but just based on this one role alone, he’ll be sorely missed by me.

Earl Boen's LeChuck was always one of my favorites performances in the series. Possibly my favorite, period. In fact, finding out that he was not to be involved in Return put a non-insignificant damper on my expectations. One of those rare, lightning-in-a-bottle casting choices that almost makes it impossible to think that the character wasn't written for him in the first place. He switched effortlessly between LeChuck's goofy, foolish side and his creepy, sadistic side. His take was so perfect and so unique that he's basically irreplaceable. Because even if you hire very talented actors (as they did), inevitably you end up either with someone who kind of sounds like he's imitating the previous performance (Adam Harrington in Tales), or someone who sounds like an entirely different character (Jess Harnell in Return). I would love to hear some day the specific behind-the-scenes circumstances that led to his returning for the first Special Edition but initially not for Tales, despite both games being developed simultaneously. And then his return for the last stretch of Tales. I can only assume, perhaps mistakenly, that had he been involved with Tales since the beginning, he might as well had voiced human LeChuck too, so that would have been a very significant role. He will be sorely missed.

If you're interested, Terminator 2 - Judgement Day is just about the best action/sci-fi movie with emotional depth that is out there. Boen's minor antagonist role is that of a psychiatrist stunted by decades of seeing the worst, and he skillfully walks on a tightrope between scientific interest turned sadistic impulse and halfway well meaning treatment of his patient. One minute you just want to punch his face, the very next you'd like to tell the protagonist to not treat him that brutally. A small role, but a perfect performance in a perfect movie.

I've been a bit down since I heard the news... His LeChuck was something that immediately clicked with me, first when I played the demo of CMI. I remember the announcements of RtMI and constantly hoping he'd be returning as LeChuck! I was a bit bummed when I heard Jess Harnell took over the role. I like his take, but it's no Earl Boen... I'd like to give a special shout out to his role of the Butcher in Psychonauts! It's a pretty small part, but he's sooo brilliantly terrifying in it: (spoilers below)

https://nypost.com/2023/01/06/terminator-actor-earl-boen-dead-at-81/ Sad to hear of the death of Earl Boen, a.k.a. the fantastic voice of LeChuck. He gave life to a dead character, which is an incredible accomplishment. Appearantly he was diagnosed with phase 4 lung cancer last year, which probably explains his absence from Return to Monkey Island. Rest in peace, Earl. You’ll be lovingly remembered.

Hi all! Wish all the best for 2023 !! Here are the printed version https://postimg.cc/PPwyZcqg Hope you'll like it ! The stickers, manual and newspaper will follow

I grew up with LeChuck's German voice, Reinhard Schulat-Rademacher, who did a terrific job already, but always read about Earl on fan sites. Then I heard him as LeChuck. Wow! Thanks for these great times!

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I only saw the first two Terminator movies recently. I had no idea he was in them. I enjoyed them. I hope Earl Boen enjoyed his retirement, I hope he got a ton of painkillers for the cancer. Rest in peace.

Yeah I know. Three posts above and more than a week ago. 🤣 That's why it's so embarrassing for me to only have stumbled upon it yesterday. I really need to celebrate this more.

Ah okay, I guess it's easier to just repaint the windows if I want to clean up that poster. Thanks for digging those out!

The latest beta version already supports Escape from Monkey Island, Grim Fandango and Dark Forces! https://aarongiles.com/dreamm/beta/

Only now have I stumbled upon the teaser. Telltale's actual swan song deserves just this. I'm pissing my pants with anticipation. An hour of additional JEJ music, finally the soundtrack release on bandcamp, a day one release on gog.com and of course a European tourist that actually looks like Marius would be great. 🥸 This should be discussed more ... ... it should have its own subforum dammit. Looking forward to laughing my butt off about the Aeroschwein and Weltraumliebewachzauberkrieg jokes again.

I'm curious to see what they do with this one because iirc at the time it took a big step up from the first two seasons in terms of visuals and probably still looks pretty nice.