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Arguably classic adventure game series Monkey Island's most well known bit involved a quip-based spin on combat in which you fought malevolent scallywags with your rapier wit rather than your, well, rapier.Now the infamous insult swordfighting can be relived for free in browser form thanks to dedicated modder Karza. For those not familiar with insult swordfighting, it involves collecting a series of wisecracks and retorts from sharp-tongued pirates before you can best them in a game of [s]wordplay.
It's a rather simple match game at heart, but the banter is genuinely clever and much of the game is just training for the final boss where it's revealed that every response has a double meaning that needs to be paired with an all new set of puns.
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