Ron Gilbert on Thimbleweed Park, what made adventure games great, and VR skepticism

Playing Thimbleweed Park is like discovering a lost LucasArts adventure game that’s been hidden in a closet for 25 years.

Ron Gilbert, the man who created PC classics like Maniac Mansion and The Secret of Monkey Island, is now returning to the genre with this nostalgic mystery story full of witty dialogue and point-and-click puzzles. Fans loved his old LucasArts adventure games because of their abundance of charm and cleverness, and Thimbleweed Park looks to continue that tradition. GamesBeat interviewed Gilbert last week at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and played the game.