Talk like a pirate day has passed, wearing your puffy shirt just isn’t magic anymore, and you’ve noticed that you have to focus all of your concentration on walking a straight line to avoid running into people (damn eye patch!). So what are pirate lovers to do to Live the Life? Why, pop in your copy of Sid Meier’s Pirates!: Live the Life, of course!

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Even the most diehard point-and-click adventure fans will admit the heyday of adventure gaming seem to belong past. Still, these games seem to be making a comeback lately, with venues like Nintendo’s DS and Wii opening the door for both ports and new games alike. Particularly making waves recently (sorry for the awful pun), was LucasArts’ recent revelation of Monkey Island: Special Edition, an updated version of the classic, being released July 15 on PC and XBLA. Following on its coattails (or should I say, proceeding it?) on July 7 was Telltale Games’ first installment of the new game Tales of Monkey Island, the first truly new game in the Monkey Island franchise in years.

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