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6th November 2008 - Link Blog

Just One More Grim Thing (via) Tim Schafer releases 72 pages of design documentation for Grim Fandango, my all-time favourite computer game.

Update 18th Feb 2025: That blog entry is no longer available, but Gameshelf preserved a copy of the PDF.

Posted 6th November 2008 at 7:51 pm

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