This week Seoirse speaks with Director, Actor and Game developer Ramon Hamilton, who both develops and stars in new FMV game Case Files: Behind closed doors. In this game we play as a detective and we need to guide detective Martin Ruiz (played beautifully by Ramon himself) as he interrogates four potential suspects. Ramon talks to Seoirse about how he filmed and made the game, how he came up with the game mechanics and he gives us a background on the actors who appear in his game. He also talks a little about his two upcoming projects. All that and much more!

Please note Domestic Violence is discussed in this interview and in the game.

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In this bumper episode Seoirse, Cressup and Johnny team up to review a whopping six adventure games and all traditional point and click games as well! Who said they were dead? From a useless vampire to a creepy doll thing to two detective games and a parallel world there is hopefully something for everyone here. So if you like things pointy and clicky then click the Play button and enjoy!

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In this episode Seoirse chats with Amber Scott of Only By Midnight. Amber spoke to Seoirse about the studio’s upcoming game, ctrl.alt. DEAL. Where you play as a sentient AI who wants to escape paperclips Company where he is trapped. To do this he will need to enlist the help of the humans at the company. So Amber spoke about what we can expect with the story, the choices we make in the game, the deck building aspects and the puzzles we can solve in order to get the humans to trust and helps us escape. This looks to be a fascinating game that defies genre definition which will be released in early 2025 but in the meantime you can find out more about the game in our interview at the link above and you can wishlist on Steam and sign up to their newsletter at the links below.

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In Times & Galaxy you will play as a Robo reporter intern and this looks like it could be one of the top adventure games of the year. This game is set to be released later in 2024 but you can try this game for free before it’s released. We have teamed up with the developers of this game to give 50 priority spots for listeners to the Adventure Games Podcast. So if you would like to be in with a chance of playing this game before it is released then simply follow the link below and when it asks you for the code type in: ADVENTUREGAMES and then first 50 listenrs who type in this code will be part of the closed beta team. Best of luck!

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In this new episode Seoirse, Matt and Kieran talk about the latest news including a possible remaster of Discworld and Sam Barlow teasing not one but two news games! Then Matt gives his thoughts on the demo for Perfect Tides: Station to Station, the highly anticipated sequel to hit game Perfect Tides. Then Seoirse reviews two short games including psychological mystery game Looking Up I see Only a Ceiling and game about the Holocaust The Light in the Darkness. Finally Kieran gives his thoughts on an adventure game board game (Yes you read that right!) and Chants of Sanaar, which one could lazily say is Return of the Obra Dinn meets Heaven’s Vault. Is it as good as those two games? Find out in this episode!

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Back in November 2023 AGP host Seoirse hosted a panel live at AdventureX with four adventure Game legends who were:

- Tony Warriner, Co-founder of Revolution Software and one of the lead developers of Beneath A Steel sky & Broken Sword

- Dave Gilbert, Owner of Wadjet Eye Games and developer of the Blackwell series and Unavowed

- Charlotte Sutherland. Owner of Cave Monsters and developer of Lord Winklebottom Investigates

- Tom Hardwidge, Owner of Tall Story Games and developer of Lucy Dreaming and upcoming Heir of the Dog

Together all four of these developers spoke about their experiences of being a solo developer including how they get their ideas for the games, how they continue to stay motivated and how they continue to stay motivated several years into development and much more! Now available as podcast please enjoy!

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What is an adventure game? Thats what Seoirse tries to find out as he chats to Jack and Joshua from the Adventure Game Hotspot. He also chats to them about how they got started in the adventure game community, how Jack became editor for Adventuregamers for 17 years(!) and how Joshua started his weird Adventure Gaming Youtube channel. Then they reveal the origins of their new adventure game site, the Adventure Game Hotspot and of course they talk more about what we can all expect from the first adventure game conference in the US, The AG Fan Fair which will see a Sierra reunion and plenty more! All that and much more!

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In this episode Seoirse chats with Tom and Adam Vian from SFB Games about their Detective Grimoire series including their upcoming game The Mermaid’s Tongue in which, amongst other things we learn the origins of detective Grimoire himself! We also find time to talk about their other game they’re developing survival horror Crow Country. But if you, like Seoirse, would like to remove the survival horror part then never fear! Because this game will include an exploration mode so you can play this as an adventure game as well! Everybody wins! All that and much more!

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It’s a new year and with that come new adventure games. Also a person joins the podcast team as Johnny Nyse, from the adventure Games Hotspot makes his podcast debut to discuss two games. First he gives his first impressions on ghost hunting game Conrad Stephenson’s paranormal P.I. and then he and Seoirse discuss new mystery adventure game The Night is Grey. Seoirse also gives his thoughts on the demo of a dungeons and dragons inspired game Tavern Talk and he reviews the walking simulator adventure game The Fidelio Incident. Before all that however they discuss their first impressions on the new gameplay revealed for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

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A new year has begun and with that we look back at the year that was and we reveal our adventure games of the year. For the first time since this podcast started one clear winner emerged out of all the adventure games released. Whihc was the adventure Games Podcast first official adventure game of the year? You’ll need to listen to find out!

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After 5 years and 200 episodes this year has been a year of milestones. It was also the year we did a live interview with Tony Warriner at Reboot Develop Blue in Dubrovnik, where we hosted a panel for the first time at AdventureX and where we had none other than Roberta Williams on the podcast. Oh and we were nominated for the People’s choice Podcast awards! This year the team also expanded to help review even more games for your listening pleasure. So to celebrate these achievements let’s listen back to some of the highlights from this podcast for the past year.

And stay tuned as there will be plenty more to look forward to in 2024! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everybody!

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Christmas is a time for giving and with that in mind Seoirse Claus, Tomas Beck the Halls with Boughs of Holly and Laura Cressmas get together to review a number of new adventure games for your listening pleasure. Seoirse goes to the North Pole to try and steal the Source of Joy in Azazel’s Christmas Fable, Laura returns to Providence Oak to deliver mail just in time for Christmas in Lake: Season’s Greetings, Tomas goes exploring the sea in Verne: The Shape of Water. Seoirse then tries to sing his way to solving the murder of a Greek God in modern day New York in Stray Gods, Laura also tries to solve a murder in a hotel while working as a maid in This Bed We Made and finally Laura tells us about her journey to the Scottish Highlands in Inkle Studios’ latest game A Highland Song.

Also there is discussion on some of the adventure and narrative games announced at The Game Adverts with some awards sprinkled in apparently and a new trailer for DLC for what is sure to be Seoirse’s favourite game ever Suzerain: Kingdom of Rizia.

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In the final part of this series, Seoirse goes on a (virtual) journey to some of the coldest and most remote locations in the world all through adventure and narrative games. In this series we will be talking about some of the most wintry narrative games that you can play from the comfort of your own home. So light the fire, grab a blanket and a hot cocoa (or beverage of your choice) and join us as this week we finish this series with some Christmas themed adventure games.

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Anybody who has listened to this podcast for the last year or so will know how much Seoirse loves political simulator/RPG/Narrative game, Suzerain. Well in this final interview of 2023 Seoirse speaks with the developer of Suzerain, Ata of Torpor Games, and they have a lovely chat about creating a community around this game, what changes people can expect in Suzerain 2.0 and what to expect in the future including in new DLC Kingdom of Rizia and beyond. All that and much more!

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In part 6 of this 7 part series from the Adventure Games Podcast, Seoirse goes on a (virtual) journey to some of the coldest and most remote locations in the world all through adventure and narrative games. In this series we will be talking about some of the most wintry narrative games that you can play from the comfort of your own home. So light the fire, grab a blanket and a hot cocoa (or beverage of your choice) and join us as this week we head to Antarctica.

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In this episode Matt Latham of the Ask Us About Loom podcast very kindly shared part two of his interviews with adventure game developers who were exhibiting their games at AdventureX 2023. Please enjoy!

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In part 3 of this 7 part series from the Adventure Games Podcast, Seoirse goes on a (virtual) journey to some of the coldest and most remote locations in the world all through adventure and narrative games. In this series we will be talking about some of the most wintry narrative games that you can play from the comfort of your own home. So light the fire, grab a blanket and a hot cocoa (or beverage of your choice) and join us as this week we head to the USA.

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In this episode Matt Latham of the Ask Us About Loom podcast very kindly shared part one of his interviews with adventure game developers who were exhibiting their games at AdventureX 2023. Please enjoy!

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In part 4 of this 7 part series from the Adventure Games Podcast, Seoirse goes on a (virtual) journey to some of the coldest and most remote locations in the world all through adventure and narrative games. In this series we will be talking about some of the most wintry narrative games that you can play from the comfort of your own home. So light the fire, grab a blanket and a hot cocoa (or beverage of your choice) and join us as this week we head to Eastern Europe.

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In part 2 of this 7 part series from the Adventure Games Podcast, Seoirse goes on a (virtual) journey to some of the coldest and most remote locations in the world all through adventure and narrative games. In this series we will be talking about some of the most wintry narrative games that you can play from the comfort of your own home. So light the fire, grab a blanket and a hot cocoa (or beverage of your choice) and join us as this week we head to Scandinavia & Nordic Countries.

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