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What's your inspiration?

“All right, Jones.  How are you going to find that statue in all this junk?” And so it begins: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.  One of the best games ever created (save for Monkey Island). I played it time and time again as a child, completing it every way possible.  Never tiring of the gameplay or the dialogue.  Discovering every Easter egg hidden.  If you showed a millennial the game today they would probably laugh at its clunky, pixelated graphics, but for me they only add to the appeal. If I didn’t have a wife and kids…or a job…or housework, I would probably be playing it right now.  Laughing at the same jokes.  Getting stuck in the same places. For those not fortunate enough to have played the game, Indiana Jones is on a quest to find Atlantis before Nazis (“I hate those guys”) discover its secrets and take over the world.  You help him through a number of tricky situations, picking up clues as you go, occasionally fighting the ...