Byron has reviewed the newly released Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal. Here is an excerpt:

9 years ago, yes 9 long years ago was the last time we had the chance to play a Monkey Island adventure game. Admittedly Escape from Monkey Island wasn’t the best of the series in my view, but it wasn’t bad either. The Curse of Monkey Island still has a real place in my heart, not because that was actually my first time playing a Monkey Island game, but it was well written and looked gorgeous with some fantastic artwork. While explosively stripping the evil pirate LeChuck of his demonic mojo, Guybrush Threepwood inadvertently infects the entire Caribbean with the arch-fiend's expelled voodoo, which threatens to transform buccaneers into unruly pirate monsters. Pursued by a notorious cut-throat Pirate Hunter and a creepy French Physician who believes that Guybrush's eerily-infected hand holds the secret of eternal life, Threepwood sails the seven seas in search of La Esponja Grande, a legendary sea sponge with unparalleled voodoo exfoliating abilities. But little does Guybrush know, his quest is part of a larger, more sinister plot, and good and evil are not always as they seem… Who can Guybrush trust? Where can he turn? Everything you think you know will be challenged as Tales of Monkey Island builds to its unexpected finale!