To briefly recap: Gilbert was creator, co-designer and co-writer on the first two Monkey Island games.
It’s to that post specifically that Gilbert refers ina new blog post.
“My point is these were not commandments handed down and etched in stone on a giant tablet.

Here’s the deal.
The totality of that idea was ‘Guybrush chases the demon pirate LeChuck to hell and Stan is there.’
That’s all it was.

And that is exactly whatReturn to Monkey Islandis.”
He didn’t want a new Monkey Island game to be a “throwback”.