Ron Gilbert Announced as PAX 2009 Keynote Speaker
by Wesley Thomas ~ June 29th, 2009. Filed under: Games.
Ron Gilbert will keynote the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo which takes place September 4-6 in Seattle, Washington. Gilbert, a legend in the point-and-click adventure game realm, had a hand in Maniac Mansion and the original two Monkey Island games. He also developed SCUMM scripting language, which allows us to continue to play his wonderful creations on modern computers.
Gilbert now works for Hothead Games in Vancover, Canada.
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