In this week’s taxi specific episode, Tomas and Seoirse review Night Call and the demo of Neo Cab. Are these rides worth taking? Or should players take a different mode of transport instead? Find out in this week’s episode!
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This week Seoirse is joined by Steve Adamson of Gear Worx Productions as he talks about his love of the Police Quest games, provides very surprising statistics about narrative games and talks about his upcoming episodic game, David Slade Mysteries. Oh and the podcast also has a sponsor! Imagine that! You can check out their games below. I believe they’re quite good.
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This week we are joined by two very special guests as the hosts of the Gaming Outsider Podcast, Scott Clark and Chris Behrensmeyer, join me as they review A Plague Tale: Innocence and Sea of Solitude. Plus they speak about a convention they are hosting that you do not want to miss if you are in Illinois. Elsewhere, Seoirse and Tomas discuss whether remaking Monkey Island is a good idea and AdventureX tickets selling out in one day. Plus Seoirse reviews Draugen and Tomas gives his first impressions of Night Call.
Discussion with Scott and Chris starts at minute 40:42
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Dinosaurs! Everybody loves dinosaurs right? At least Kostas and Sarah Duffield-Harding do and they drop by to talk about their upcoming game Theropods. The game is on Kickstarter so if you want an adventure game set in a prehistoric era featuring dinosaurs and with a sci-fi twist then you can back it in the link below.
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In episode 20 Seoirse and Tomas join forces once again to talk about everything adventure game related as we discuss the takeover of Doublefine by Microsoft and the re-release of some Lucasarts games. Plus I give my first impressions of Francisco Gonzalez’s upcoming game Rosewater (which I was lucky enough to play at Narrascope) while Tomas gives an in-depth review of Heaven’s Vault. Finally I go back to school on a protest as I talk about Laney Berry’s game St Christopher School’s Lockdown.
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In this final Bonus Narrascope Episode I speak with Francisco Gonzalez and Jess Haskins as they talk about the general reaction to Lamplight City and they give some juicy exclusive details about their upcoming game Rosewater. Plus a sea shanty to finish Narrascope!
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n this episode I am joined by the wonderfully talented Natalia Martinsson of Kilmonday Games as she talks more about her personal and inspiring talk she gave at Narrascope as keynote speaker and she talks about the effects that her hit game Fran Bow had on her and on other players. She also speaks about her upcoming game Little Misfortune.
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Dave Gilbert drops by in this third Bonus Narrascope episode as he talks about engineering character empathy, how he did this with his characters in the Blackwell series and Unavowed and why he and James Dearsden decided to make Technobabylon 2 in 3D.
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In this episode we spend a night in an unpleasant house, we play a walking simulator featuring a whale(!), we play a dating simulator with a Love Potion and we play as Robin Hood in a game with 1 million (!) words! It can only be day of Narrascope!
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In this very first Bonus Narrascope episode I speak to several Adventure game developers on the first day of the conference. Today we join 2 parents who attempt to colonise planets and raise their children at the same time, we play a mixed reality experience with Fly Jamerson, we discover about the work that Game Workers Unite do and how they help game developers and we investigate the death of a CEO!
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This week I speak to Chris Miller of Silver Spook Games about his games Neofeud and the upcoming Neofued 2. Plus we talk about the extraordinary lengths he is going to in order to be a full time adventure game developer and how his life is pretty much an adventure game.
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Another bumper episode this week as Tomas Becks and I review four adventure games! We discuss three games vying for comedy adventure game of the year and one game that is most certainly not a comedy but still packs a hell of a punch. Plus we discuss 3 new VR adventure games just released and what the future holds for VR.
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Jennifer Schneidereit from NyamNyamgames drops by this week to talk about her first of its kind fold-em-up adventure game Tengami and her new comedy game set in Shakespearean England, Astrologaster. Plus there is a lot (and I mean A LOT) of new games and adventure game news to talk about including a new dieselpunk game, a new FMV adventure and an old school parser game that wasn’t made by Sierra!
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This week I speak with Alasdair Beckett-King, developer of the Nelly Cootalot games and creator of the comedy pirate adventure genre (ahem!). We speak about adventure games, 3d versus 2D, and also a little about his games. He also talks about his involvement as one of the organisers of the yearly AdventureX conference in London and he explains everything you need to know applying to exhibit your game, give a talk and everything in between!
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This week I am joined once again by Tomas Becks in this Chinese inspired episode. First we go to ancient china as I review Detective Di; The Silk Rose Murders and then we head to a cyberpunk future as Tomas reviews Chinese developed game Tales of The Neon sea. Plus we discuss not, not two but three Adventure game conferences happening this year.
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In this episode we go to ancient China with Minh Ta of Nepixo as he discusses his game, “Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders”. Minh Ta talks about the setting, his influences, the research he did for the game, bringing ancient China to life and how close Detective Di is to real life character and the character in the best selling books and everything else you want to know about this game. Plus I discuss the latest adventure game news including a Tesla inspired game and a game announcement from developers of “Unforeseen Incidents” and much more!
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In this episode I speak with Goloso Games about his newly released game, “Antenna Dilemma”, about a cube who really wants to watch his favourite TV programme and nothing will get in his way. I also speak with James Lightfoot about his new game, “The Mystery of Woolley Mountain” where we find out about the origins of the main characters and the development of the game itself. I also speak about new demos and games released and a successful Kickstarter!
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In episode 12 I go from from watching for forest fires in Wyoming to trying to survive in the cold barren wilderness of North Canada in the middle of winter as I review Firewatch and The Long Dark. Meanwhile Tomas journeys to 1960’s Germany and lets us know what he thinks of Truberbrook and whether this is a destination worth taking. We also discuss whether games should have different difficulty setttings and we discuss new games announced and released this week.
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Nathan Hamley drops by this week as we go on “Guard Duty” in the medieval town of Wrinkleworm and Nathan explains why it really isn’t a good idea to allow a “mysterious hooded stranger” past the gates. In this episode we take a (spoiler free) deep dive into his new game Guard Duty.
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In episode 10 Tomas Becks joins me (Seoirse Dunbar) to review Mage’s Initiation: Reign of the Elements. Did Tomas find this game to be a handsome prince or an ugly frog? Find out in this episode! Plus some intriguing new adventure game announcements and awards continue for Lucas Pope!
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