You may have heard they are remaking The Secret of Monkey Island. To prepare for this event, Ron Gilbert, the man behind such gems as Maniac Mansion, and the Monkey Island series plays through the game giving us some behind the scenes commentary. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

A lengthy interview with Dominic Armato, voice of Guybrush Threepwood of the Monkey Island series. picked by SeaSkyShore 4 months ago

Long thought to be an urban legend, 3500 Rhesus monkeys live under Federal protection in the SC low country. Even people that live nearby don't know they're there. picked by tigertony 2 years ago

Got the plague? Onto the island. Vomiting? Onto the island. Fever? Island. Sniffles with a mild cough? You get the idea. You stayed there until you got well or died. Judging from the mass graves, not many got well. picked by Moe 3 years ago

The Venezuelan government has formally donated an island near Philadelphia back to the United States. Petty Island, an uninhabited island some 528 acres (214 ha) in size, is situated in the Delaware River in the state of New Jersey.
It was bought by Venezuela's state-run energy company, PDVS, in 1990. picked by bingo 11 months ago

Also, the iPhone and iPod Touch versions of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition will be 50% off at the App Store. The PC version of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition will also be 50% off on Steam and Direct2Drive for the day. picked by thebluefrog 6 months ago

Can you imagine how much romantic monkeys can be? picked by dorijan 3 years ago

A British owned island in the South Atlantic has been overrun by hundreds of thousands of monster mice which have evolved into carnivores. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

It seemed like a good idea at the time: Remove all the feral cats from a famous Australian island to save the native seabirds. But the decision to eradicate the felines from Macquarie island allowed the rabbit population to explode and, in turn, destroy much of its fragile vegetation that birds depend on for cover, researchers said Tuesday. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

New Zealanders didn't exactly push the boat out when they called the northern island North Island and... Well, I'm sure you know what the southern island is called. Turns out though that they also never got round to legally adopting these names. There's now a move to exploit this to rename the islands as the Maori originals. picked by pocksucket 11 months ago

A monkey who was forced to climb palm trees by his owner took revenge by killing him with a coconut. picked by fentwin 1 year ago

Could there be a better name for a game? I think not.

Arrow keys move you, "a" throws poo, "s" jumps.

Super Monkey POOP FIGHT!!! picked by donteatpoop 2 years ago

Back on May 27, 1911 Coney Island was doing worse off than it is today, with Dreamland Park in flames for a full 18 hours, burning to the ground and never again being rebuilt as it was. But a piece of the glory days was just found underwater; local divers are bringing up a piece of the past: a massive 500-lb bell that sunk to the ocean floor with the rest of the pier. picked by suebe 7 months ago

vintage monkey cartoons from around the web. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

During her long life Percilla Lauther was known by many names. Originally she was descriptively dubbed ‘the hairy little girl’ and later as ‘the monkey girl’, but it is quite likely that she will forever be remembered by those dear to her as Percilla Bejano – loving wife of Emmitt the Alligator-Skinned Man. picked by bornbad 9 months ago

A test was done where they cheated a monkey at cards. The look on the monkey's face when being cheated is absolutely priceless. -FAF picked by jhordie 2 years ago

In August 2006, the crew of the yacht Maiken, sailing out of the Vava'u island group, encountered a remarkable "stone sea." The phenomena they spotted were a series of pumice rafts resulting from a nearby eruption, one that was forming a new volcanic island in Tonga. picked by videoguy 3 years ago

Of all the place I would not expect this...to those of you too young to recall, Three Mile Island is home to what almost became the American version of Chernobyl*.

*If you are too young too know what Chernobyl was, freaking google it, I am too lazy to provide a link. But it was a million laughs for sure. picked by moe 2 years ago

Jimmy, the lucky monkey, will be challenged to type your name if you follow him on Twitter. Go watch him tweet. picked by suebe 9 months ago

Residents of a tiny Scottish island have another special reason to celebrate the New Year, they will be connected to mains electricity for the first time. picked by muppet 2 years ago