I guess Sept 2nd is as close to an anniversary we have for Monkey Island. I made the gold master on the 2nd but it probably didn't appear in stores until Oct. There was no "release date" back them. It annoys we when people say Monkey Island "released" today.

https://www.grumpygamer.com/monkey25/

@grumpygamer I guess this is as good time as any to tell you a little story. I just joined a big project and had to have a meeting with bank people (we were going to deal with lots of money, so some proper integration was required). I hate meetings, meetings with suits doubly so.

So I come to the conference room, I'm pre-grumpy, frumpy and tired. You know, a programmer. I sit down, take a look at people from the bank. Suits, smiles, the works. I'm going to hate it here. I pull my laptop from a bag and place it on a desk.

"Ooooh!" — says a man siting vis a vis me — "ain't that Guybrush?" and points to a sticker on my lid. "I fucking love Monkey Island!", he adds.

The meeting went swimmingly.

(I took me too long to find a photo of it)

@emil @grumpygamer I'm showing this post to my wife who didn't understand why I had so many stickers on my laptop. Thank you for explaining so clearly! ^_^