{"id":49401,"date":"2013-01-15T12:58:21","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T10:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=49401"},"modified":"2013-01-15T13:05:43","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T11:05:43","slug":"monkey-island-insult-sword-fighting-free-in-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/49401-monkey-island-insult-sword-fighting-free-in-browser","title":{"rendered":"Monkey Island insult sword-fighting free in browser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of the original Monkey Island series will fondly remember the wacky sword-fighting mechanics in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Swordplay had little to do with your chances in Monkey Island, it all came down to who had the sharper wit and the snappiest comeback.<\/p>\n<p>A modder named Karzahas has put together an homage to the classic PC gaming insult simulator, combining the straight-forward insult swagger of Monkey Island 1 and the rhyming rippers of Monkey Island 3.<\/p>\n<p>You can play the game here: <a title=\"Monkey Island Insult Game\" href=\"http:\/\/www.int33h.com\/test\/mi\/\"><strong>Monkey Island &#8211; Insult Swordfighting Game<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the game is loading, to get into the spirit, check out this classic from Monkey Island 3 &#8211; A Pirate I Was Meant To Be!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y9bXjttMxKY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>Via: <a title=\"Eurogamer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2013-01-14-monkey-islands-insult-swordfighting-now-playable-for-free-in-your-browser\" target=\"_blank\">Eurogamer<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/27781-ron-gilberts-new-game-predates-maniac-mansion.html\">Ron Gilbert\u2019s new game \u201cpredates Maniac Mansion\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How appropriate, you fight like a cow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":49411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,521,1131,8461],"class_list":["post-49401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-active","tag-free-game","tag-monkey-island","tag-monkey-island-insult"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49412,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49401\/revisions\/49412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}