In this very special interview Seoirse is joined by none other than the legendary Roberta Williams! Roberta was kind enough to spend 90 minutes with Seoirse as she spoke about exactly how the project started, how she got involved, why they chose VR, what challenges they faced with VR and what the future may hold for both Roberta and Ken Williams. She also spoke about some of the reception the game got and what her definition of an adventure game is. So please enjoy this very special interview with one of the industry greats!

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In the first review episode of the year Seoirse is not joined by Tomas or Laura but in their place steps friend of the pod and adventure game enthusiast Kieran who reviewed no less than 5 games! Kieran first reviews two of the most talked about adventure games of the year, Lucy Dreaming and The Excavation of Hobbs Barrow. He then reviews Grandma Badass who gets involved in increasingly absurd situations just to feed her cat. Speaking of cats, Seoirse reviews THE cat game of the year, Stray. Kieran then finishes off by reviewing 2017 time looping murder mystery game The Sexy Brutale and reveals whether Perfect Tides was indeed perfect. All that and much more!

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We may be one whole month into 2023 but it’s never too late to look back at the year that was as Seoirse, Tomas and Laura discuss whether in 2022 adventure games were doing their whole dead thing again (Spoiler: They weren’t) or whether this past year was full of a variety of great quality adventure games (Spoiler: It was). Whether it’s the return of old school adventure game developers, animal detective games, normal detective games, horror, first person, third person, puzzle based or story based adventure games there’s something for everyone in this episode. So please join us as we reveal our favourite adventure games of last year and reveal what adventure games we are looking forward to in the first month or two of 2023 alone!

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Happy New Year! This is the time of year we make resolutions and look ahead to what this coming year offers. But before we look this month we will look back at one of the most innovative games that was released last year. It is of course Sonority, a puzzle game where your character explores a world of music. Now music puzzles might have been quite difficult in the past (Looking at you Myt) but Hanging Interactive spoek to Seoirse about the pains they went to make this game accessible to everyone including people hard of hearing. They also talk about the world they created and the type of music and puzzles you can expect in this game. All that and much more!

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It’s the time for giving and Seoirse met with four people in very giving moods as Tom Hardwidge, Pontus Wittenmark and Daniel and William of Silvernode Studios all joined Seoirse to giveaway copies of their games at this live interview. The giveaways may have ended but there may be two more giveaways at the end of this podcast for two more lucky winners so we’ll see who the most dedicated listeners are! Elsewhere they all speak about launch day nerves, game length versus value and much more in this final interview of the year! Merry Christmas and here’s to more adventuring in the new year!

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t’s not often that a developer tries to encourage people to NOT buy their game but that’s exactly what happens in this episode. Well kinda. This month seoirse is joined by Kinglbalde Games as he talks about Do NOT Buy this game. Is this a game? If so should you really buy this game? Well I guess we’ll have to find out what the developer thinks… (Spoiler: Yes you should)

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Another month another roundup of the latest adventure games released! This month Seoirse gets into the Christmas spirit as he reviews “Watch Over Christmas”. Meanwhile Laura reviews the sequel to the original Animal detective game as she talks about “Frog detective 3. Finally, Thomas takes us to a fantasy world where a global pandemic could never ever happen in “The Plague Doctor of Wippra and the three hosts reveal whether it was a good idea to go on “The Excavation of Hobs Barrow”. Plus they discuss Monkey Island winning the Golden Joystick award 2022, the sad passing of Leisure Suit Larry voice actor Jan Robson and the continuing saga in Disco Elysium devs versus studio. All that and much more!

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It’s Halloween season so you all know what that means.. well candy but also it’s a time for horror so what better time that to speak to Superlumen, developers of Lovecraft inspired game Desolatium. They spoke all about their game, including what makes Lovecraft so great to adapt for games and how they are implementing VR to give a more wholesome horror experience. All that and much more!

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This month Seoirse received a call from an Unknown Number. Thankfully it turned out to be the guys from Godolphin Games who spoke all about their upcoming first of its kind voice controlled thriller, Unknown Number: A First Person talker. They spoke about how they used the technology to create a voice controlled adventure game, how the choices will affect the story and how they managed to work with the great voice cast. All that and much more!

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Former Theme Park developer and current adventure game developer David Younger joined Seoirse to talk all about one of the most anticipated adventure games, Foolish Mortals. David spoke to Seoirse about how he started working on this game during Covid, how his amazing wife learned programming to help him make the game and how she gave him what is probably the most awesome present ever! And he also spoke about the beautiful artwork and the success of his Kickstarter caught him by surprise as well as what other cool rewards and stretch goals people can expect. All that and much more!

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In this epic episode the three very important looking pirates go off on their greatest quest yet: to Return to Monkey Island! And yes there be spoilers! Although the first part of the review is non spoilers and the spoilers are well telegraphed but they finish the episode by discussing everything from ending, revelations and whether we think the game ultimately met our impossibly high expectations.

But first there are other adventure games too! Tomas does his best David Attenborough impersonation as he reviews swimming simulator/oceon documentary Beyond Blue, Seoirse answers a wrong number in the talking adventure game Unknow Number, Seoirse and Tomas then review possibly the weirdest adventure game of the year in Norco and Seoirse then reviews Syberia: The World Before. Plus they discuss the latest including the apparent firing of the lead developers of Disco Elysium and much more!

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Revolution Software co-founder and One of the lead designers of Lure of the Temptress, Beneath a Steel Sky and of course Broken Sword, Tony Warriner joins Seoirse to discuss his new book Revolution: The Quest for Game Development Greatness charting the history and the sometimes tumultous relationship the company with some publishers who nearly drove the company out of business. He also talks about the Kickstarter for Broken sword 5, the Director’s Cut of the first two Broken Sword games and their reaction and he also takes time to answer questions from some fans who stopped by. So please listen or watch on our Youtube channel and make sureto check out the Kickstarter link for more updates!

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Just a short episode to announce that on Monday 26 September at 7PM GMT+1 Seoirse will be speaking live with revolution co-founder Tony Warriner. Tony has written a book called Revolution: The Quest for Game development Greatness and it is now on Kickstarter to help cover costs. If you have any interest in game development, Beneath a Steel Sky or Broken Sword we would recommend you check out the Kickstarter at the link below. And if you have any questions for Tony then please join us and post them in the description on the Youtube link below!

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In this murder mystery episode Seoirse reviews not one but two animal detective games as first he reviews the sherlock holmes and Agatha Christie inspired Lord Winklebottom Investigates followed by the Point and Lick Cat detective game Nine Noir Lives. Tomas also shares his thoughts on Tangle Tower and visual novel type game Dot Home. Finally Laura who joins us again talks about the latest Sam Barlow game, Immortality. Plus we round up the latest adventure game news in including a release date announcement for Return to Monkey Island and Laura talks about the games she has been playing at this year’s Gamescom.

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On September 8 2022 Francisco Gonzalez exclusively revealed the voicecast of his upcoming game Rosewater. And what a voicecast it is. Six of the actors had roles in well known adventure games from the 90’s, 3 had large roles in a Telltale game and others had prominent roles in some of the biggest games in the last few years including another Western! Francisco also spoke in more detail about how he was able to attract this big name talent and how he intends to work them. And if you prefer to see the video you can find the link below!

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In this episode Seoirse speaks with now one but TWO adventure game developers! In this very first roundtable discussion Seoirse speaks with Pontus Wittenmark aka Warm Kitten and Sivernode Studios about their games, Justin Wack and the Big Time Hack and Nine Noir Lives. They also talk about adventure games in general including their views on how to make games more accessible, their opinions on puzzles and how to write a good story for a game and much more!

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On this episode Seoirse is joined by the creators of Fogtown an upcoming series and adventure game featuring puppets! The creators talk to Seoirse about how they came up with the idea, how they are able to work remotely on the series and game and they reveal how they convinced Dean Erikson to come out of retirement to join their game. Plus they demonstrate the technology they are using to make the series and game and they talk about it’s similar to what Disney use on The Mandalorian! All that and much more!

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Just a short announcement that Francisco Gonzalez will be exclusively revealing the voice cast for Rosewater on the Adventure Games Podcast! Tune in on September 8 at 8PM GMT+1 as Seoirse will be joined by Francisco and we will all find out who will appear on Rosewater. Simply click the link below, click Notify me and Subscribe so you won’t miss out!

Rosewater Voice Cast Exclusive Reveal with Francisco Gonzalez

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On this month’s episode James Simpson from Goldfire Studios comes out of the Arctic to talk to us about his upcoming story driven exploration game Arctic Awakening. He tells Seoirse that this is a Story First game so no need to worry about survival! He also talks about how he went method and flew a plane and survived the wilderness just like the main character! He also talks about his indie studio maanged to make an open world adventure game work on a budget. All that and much more!

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On this episode Seoirse and Tomas join up without Laura unfortunately who, now that she’s a major Youtube start will never return to this small podcast. That and she had some connection issues so we may, hopefully see her again next month. She did however record reviews for two games she’s played including creepy horror Nightmare Frames and definitely not a horror, Stray, where you play as a cute little kitty causing havoc in a cyberpunk world. Elsewhere Tomas reviews Tacoma and tells us whether he’s “shore” about Lovecraft horror The Shore. Finally Seoirse tries to catch the Intruder in Antiquonia and he tries to see if he’s up to the task of being president in Suzerain (spoiler: he isn’t). Plus they delve into the latest news including a new trailer for Return of Monkey Island with some choice worlds for some of the trolls, and a breaking news about a new Wadjet Eye game and much more!

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