When I host parties, they usually don’t occur without some geeky theme. My dad and sisters were all over this one. Day of the Tentacle, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, The Dig, Curse of Monkey Island… Having grown up on 1990’s Lucas Arts PC games and practically incorporating dialogue and hand made props into our daily childhood, the mood at this random party was energized! All who came in costume thoroughly played out their characters, and watching game play on YouTube was a hit!
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My son as Purple Tentacle from Day of the Tentacle (1993).
Game play (Fate of Atlantis).The Sea Cucumber was the name of Guybrush Threepwood’s ship in Curse of Monkey Island.Disc-turning door key from Fate of Atlantis.Squab on a stick, found in the streets of Algiers in Fate of Atlantis.Day of the Dead bread.Crab trab crab dip. In Fate of Atlantis you have to bait a rib cage to catch some crabs.Orichalcum!Hungry for world domination.My niece as a green alien crystal from The Dig (1995).My sister as Ludger Brink from The Dig (1995). Aughhh! The healing green crystal saves Brink’s stump.My dad, chillin’ as Manny Calavera from Grim Fandango (1998).
That model skull comes in handy!Myself as Sophia Hapgood, Indy’s partner, from Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (1992).Mimicking the shot from game play, Sophia Hapgood shows Indy what happens when she puts orichalcum into her mystic necklace.Fate of Atlantis orichalcum making machine, complete with edible orichalcum! Chocolatey!Curse of Monkey Island theme decor.My dad as Manny Calavera from Grim Fandango (1998).Manny Calavera’s bone watch, a prop I made for him.
My sister as Guybrush Threepwood (mighty pirate!) from Curse of Monkey Island (1997).My brother in law as Indiana Jones from Fate of Atlantis (1992), using the “fish on a string” (a prop I made for my sister) to magnetically locate orichalcum, the coppery beads used as power by the ancient Atlanteans.My twin sister as Ludger Brink from The Dig (1995). Brink lost his arm trying to access some addictive green alien crystals.“Hang on, I’m getting something…” Sophia channeling her inner Nur-Ab-Sal spirits.Someone needs to refer to Plato’s lost dialogue.There are three different games going on here.
My geeky family. At right decided his lack of costume unintentionally became Guybrush Threepwood’s map.Bucket after party!
Manda Marie Kar
Photojournalist | Thematic Designer
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