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‘Maniac Mansion’ Spiritual Successor ‘Thimbleweed Park’ Available For Free on Epic Games Store
Epic keeps attempting to woo people away from Steam and signing on for the Epic Games Store platform with free games. This time around, Terrible Toybox’s Thimbleweed Park gets the nod, and will be free to claim on the Epic Games Store platform from now until March 7.
In a not-so-subtle homage to The X-Files, Thimbleweed Park is the brainchild of Maniac Mansion creators Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, and as you’d expect, is a point-and-click adventure game that has quite a lot of humour to it.
The game centres on Ray and Reyes, a Mulder-and-Scully-like duo investigating a murder in the town of Thimbleweed Park. The town is host to a “colourful” cast, including the foul-mouthed Ransome the Clown who’s been cursed to wear his makeup forever, Chuck, a pillow salesman who also happens to be a ghost, and a computer programmer named Dolores who has returned home following the death of her aforementioned uncle Chuck.
Released in 2017, Thimbleweed Park is also available on GOG.com, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch.
Are you watching? Ishana Night Shyamalan has clearly been paying attention to her father, M. Night Shyamalan. Not only is she following in his footsteps as a filmmaker, but she’s also embracing a similar mystique surrounding her work.
The new trailer for her feature directorial debut, The Watchers, gives viewers a taste of what’s in store. AreYouWatching.com has launched with even more clues.
Visit the site to join the mysterious creatures that lurk in the Irish forest as you observe a shelter. From the time the sun sets at 7:30 PM until it rises at 5:55 AM, four strangers — played by Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Oliver Finnegan, and Olwen Fouere — can be seen trapped inside.
You’ll find several interactive items. Click on the gramophone to set the mood with some spooky music. Tap on the birdcage to hear an ominous message from the parrot inside: “I’m going out, try not to die.” Press on the TV to watch clips from a fake reality show called Lair of Love. And if you tap on the window during the daytime … they’ll tap back.
There are also Easter eggs hidden at specific times. We’ve discovered three: a disorienting shot of Fanning’s character’s car at 5:52 PM, a closer view of the captives at 11:11 PM, and a glimpse of monitors at 12:46 AM. Let us know if you find any more in the comments…
The Watchers opens in theaters on June 14 via New Line Cinema. Ishana Night Shyamalan writes and directs, based on the 2022 novel of the same name by A.M. Shine. M. Night Shyamalan produces.
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