Why should you be excited about Deathspank? Because it is designed by Ron Gilbert, the creator of Monkey Island that's why. According to Ron, Deathspank is part Monkey Island and part Diablo. Gamespot has 7 minutes of gameplay on their site from a PAX demo of Deathspank
Deathspank on gamespot. From the gameplay, it seems there's more emphasis on the Diablo aspect, but it could be that he's just concentrating on that for the game show, because it is easier to demo for a crowd. What do you guys think about Deathspank so far?