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Xbox One. WW: October 29, 2020. Genre (s) Graphic adventure. Mode (s) Single-player. Grim Fandango is a 1998 adventure game directed by Tim Schafer and developed and published by LucasArts for Microsoft Windows. It is the first adventure game by LucasArts to use 3D computer graphics overlaid on pre-rendered static backgrounds.
Grim Fandango was created by Tim Schafer, his final work for LucasArts. The game follows the tale of Manny Calavera, a travel agent in the Land of the Dead, as he becomes embroiled in a web of crime and corruption. As well as drawing inspiration from Aztec concepts of the afterlife, Grim Fandango is strongly rooted in film noir tradition.
Day of the Tentacle. Cover art by Peter Chan depicting the three playable characters (Bernard, Hoagie and Laverne) running from the tentacle antagonist. Day of the Tentacle, also known as Maniac Mansion II: Day of the Tentacle, [5][6] is a 1993 graphic adventure game developed and published by LucasArts. It is the sequel to the 1987 game Maniac ...
Tony Plana. José Antonio Plana (born April 19, 1952) is a Cuban-American actor and director. [1] He is known for playing Betty Suarez 's father, Ignacio Suarez, on the ABC television show Ugly Betty and for voicing Manuel "Manny" Calavera in the video game Grim Fandango.
Broken Age. Broken Age is a point-and-click adventure video game developed and published by Double Fine. [ 6 ]Broken Age was game director Tim Schafer 's first return to the genre since 1998's Grim Fandango, and was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox One platforms.
Tim Schafer was born on July 26, 1967, in Sonoma, California, the youngest of five children.His father was a doctor and his mother was a nurse. [4] While studying computer science at UC Berkeley, Schafer became interested in writing, and took inspiration from Kurt Vonnegut, who while a publicist at General Electric wrote short stories in the evenings.
Grim Fandango is a graphic adventure video game directed by Tim Schafer and released by LucasArts in 1998. [2] Set in the Mexican folklore's Land of the Dead and with a strong film noir twist, the story follows Department of Death's travel agent Manny Calavera who acts as a guide for recently departed souls as they travel through the Land of the Dead on their way to their final destinations.
Ron Gilbert. Ron Gilbert (born Ronald David Gilbert[ 1 ]) is an American video-game designer, programmer, and producer. His games are generally focused on interactive story-telling, and he is arguably best known for his work on several LucasArts adventure games, including Maniac Mansion and the first two Monkey Island games.