This week, James Dearden joins Seoirse to celebrate the 5 year anniversary of the release of Technobabylon, one of the most higly acclaimed adventure games of recent times. He also has some interesting anecdotes about his slightly irregular start in games development and he also finds the time to give us an update on progress of Technobabylon 2 and what we can expect from the sequel.
Read MoreThis week Seoirse is joined once again by Tomas Becks from The Gaming Outsider and Laura Cress from Adveturegamers as we go back in time to Post Franco Spain, the dark ages and the renaissance. Then as if real life wasn't post-apocalyptic enough we review what many consider to be one of the best narrative games of all time and Laura then gives us a hands on preview of one of the most eagerly anticipated adventure games this year! Plus the latest news and much more!
Read MoreThis week Gamechuck join Seoirse to discuss their unique first of a kind story-driven roleplaying adventure set in the Animal Kingdom on the verge of both industrial and social revolution. Find out why this is the first game from Croatia co-funded with the support of European Union's Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme. They delve into the gameplay mechanics and what exactly makes this game so unique, we learn about some of the characters and how hiring a composer early on in development has helped create exactly the music they want. Finally they reveal why they are using open source software and how they hope this can help other developers and much more!
Read MoreZombie aliens have taken over the world! And it’s up to an ordinary guy to save the world. Peter from Xorom GMBH joins Seoirse this week to discuss how he came up with this fascinating premise and he also talks about his inspirations for the game as well as how he created his own engine for the game plus much more!
Read MoreThis week Stave Studio join Seoirse to give top secret intel on their spy thriller, Over the Alps. Sam, Josh and Harry talk inspirations, how Jon Ingold got involved and what changed with his involvement, they discuss the story and how they were able to get the game translated into different languages. Finally they talk about what updates they include for the Steam release on March 31.
Read MoreThis week Seoirse, Tomas and Laura discuss an FMV game straight from the headlines about two people in quarantine and on lockdown to try and prevent the outbreak of a virus in London. Then they talk about a protagonist who desperately wants to be taken seriously. Then when they finish talking about Seoirse they review Nick Bounty and the Dame with the Blue Chewed Shoe. Next Laura talks about a platformer/adventure game hybrid and finally Seoirse and Tomas take a virtual vacation to post-apocalyptic South Africa. Plus the latest news and adventure games announced so please enjoy!
Read MoreThis week, former Telltale Lead designer Mark Darin joins Seoirse to discuss his time at Telltale including what it was like to work with Ron Gilbert on Tales of Monkey Island, how Jurassic Park would go on to inspire the development of The Walking Dead and how he came up with the story for the creepiest episode of The Walking Dead. He also talks alittle about how what exactly happened when Telltale went out of business and how Skybound came to rescue the Walking Dead: The Final Season. Finally he also talks about his new comedy detective game Nick Bounty and The Dame with the Blue Chewed Shoe.
Read MoreThis week, our three intrepid heroes bravely come out of self-isolation to discuss what games they would suggest playing when self-isolating. Later Tomas and Laura discuss Disco Elysium again while Seoirse becomes an assassin for a demonic, satanic cult. Laura also finds time to use nonograms to resolve a murder and Tomas and Seoirse talk clocks in a co-op adventure game which they reveal why they believe it is the perfect game to play together when social distancing.
Read More“The Coen brothers of adventure games” Chris and Nicolas Bishoff join Seoirse this week to talk about their latest game Beautiful Desolation. In this interview they talk about inspirations for the story, how they created some of the characters in the game and how they used real world events for their game plus much more! They also discuss South African accents and what they really think of Leo Di Caprio’s attempt at a south African accent and they have a really interesting story about South African comedian Trevor Noah.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, some of the top adventure game developers got together at Pax East in Boston and discussed the future of adventure games. They also spoke about what makes their own games unique, how they make interesting puzzles and what they believe a great adventure game should include. So sit back and enjoy this special bonus episode panel discuss what next for adventure games.
Credit to Dan Policar for the audio and thanks to Roberta Vaughan for sending the audio file.
Read MoreThis week on possibly the bleakest episode yet Seoirse, Laura and Tomas review a demo of upcoming detective game set in a dystopian future Ring of Fire and Lovecraftian horror/suspense game set in Greenland Alpha Polaris. They also discuss the cancellation of E3 due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and if that’s not bleak enough they discuss the bleakest, saddest, most miserable games released. In slightly more positive news they also discuss whether Myst is really a classic or is it actually any good? All that and much more!
Read MoreThis week Russian translator of games such as Thimbleweed Park and Broken Sword 5 Alexander Preymak joins Seoirse and Laura to talk about what it takes to translate games. He talks about he got started translating games, what developers should do to help the translators and what he has learned in his 6 years translating some of the biggest adventure games of the last few years plus much more!
Read MoreThis week Seoirse is joined by Julia Minamata, developer of the upcoming text-parser game The Crimson Diamond. In this interview, Julia explains why it is important to show a demo at events and conferences, she discusses the art style she is using for her game and she tells some incredible stories about how reality met fiction when she was doing research for her game and much more.
Read MoreThis week Seoirse, Laura and Tomas team up to investigate a murder and some very strange goings on in the small town of Thimbleweed Park. Elsewhere Laura reviews the visual novel Eliza and the one of the big releases of the year Luna The Shadow Dust while Tomas discusses The Blind Prophet, the game which he calls “The Witcher meets Supernatural”. Elsewhere they discuss the latest news and retrospective article on a classic adventure game.
Read MoreOn this very special Valentine’s day who better than to speak to the creator of the most lovable, charming and sexy adventure game protagonist of all time, Larry Laffer? I am of course talking about Al Lowe, who regaled me with fascinating anecdotes about how he first started at Sierra, how ET would change Al Lowe’s career at Sierra and plenty of stories about Leisure suit Larry as well as why they didn’t make any more remakes after Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded and many more stories! Enjoy!
Read MoreSeoirse, Laura and Tomas return from an unscheduled break as they recovered from jet lag and illness and this week they break out of an asylum, try to not become the worst detective in the world and go back in time to try to prevent catastrophe in a small town in Oregon. Another typical week for the Adventure Games Podcast then….
Read MoreThis week I’m joined by Sean Parker who is one of the organisers of the Gabriel Knight 4 Petition. In this interview he tells me why they started this petition, why this petition is different to other petitions in the past and he clarifies questions that have been asked online . He also talks about how listeners and fans can help create awareness for this petition.
Read MoreIn the first Interview episode of the year Seoirse is joined by Joel from Clifftop Games, developer of Kathy Rain and Whispers of the Machine. In this interview he talks about the development of both those games including where he got the ideas for the game, how he got together with Dave Gilbert to direct the voice acting and how he and Petter worked together to create what is sure to become a modern classic, Whispers of a Machine.
Read MoreIt may be a little later than usual the hosts may be under the weather this week Seoirse, Tomas and Laura return from their Christmas break to become a mighty matador in Feria D’Arles and a mighty spy in Over the Spy. Tomas also has to try and remember his way home in genre defining Disco Elysium. And finally they reveal their adventure game of the year and decade which may surprise people.
Read MoreIn this bonus New Years Eve episode of the year Seoirse shares two AdventureX interviews he did in November. First up is Tom Simpson, developer of Feria D’arles as he talks in more detail about the game and reveals a rather curious way he came up with the idea. Next is Yakir Israel, developer of Plot of the Druid as reveals what he’s concocting with this game and what his plans are for the game in the coming year.
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported the podcast in the past year and we will be back in a few days with our Game of the Year episode!
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