It’s November so that can only mean one thing: that’s right, it’s time for AdventureX! This is one of the highlights of the year and 2023 was no different. After another hectic and intense but always fun year in London at the biggest adventure and narrative games conference in the world Seoirse is joined by Matt, Laura and Kieran who give their thoughts on the event as a whole, their favourite demos and their favourite talks where AGP host Seoirse also speaks about his time hosting a panel as well some of their other favourite talks. Links to the AdventureX website and Youtube channel where all the talks over both days can be seen!

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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 Canada.

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On 18th October 2022 Tom Hardwidge released his much anticipated game, Lucy Dreaming. He also, for some reason, agreed to do a live interview with Seoirse on that same day. In between notificatuions about how the game was doing, they were joined by the star of the game, Emma Hardwidge! They talked all about the development of the game, how they got Dominic Armato to join them (and just how much paperwork was involved!) and what it was like on release day. They also spoke about doing the voice of Lucy Dreaming and what the voice acting future may hold in store for her. All that and much more!

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In this new 8 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 Arctic and Alaska.

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Almost thirty years ago Sierra released Phantasmagoria which what would go on to be their most controversial game of all time. At the time Robert Williams was best known for her family friendly King’s Quest games so it was quite a shock to see her make an adult horror game which included a controversial rape scene and plenty of gore. This was Sierra’s most ambitious and most expensive production which caused many challenges for the cast and crew to film and produce and as a result was delayed several times before eventually being released on August 24th 1995.

In this special Halloween episode Seoirse, drawing on information online, from the official Sierra Guidebook for Phantasmagoria and his own conversations with actor David Lee Homb and Roberta Williams herself, gives some background details on the origins, filming, production and release and reception of the game. He also gives some interesting facts about the filming of the game and he gives his own non spoiler and spoiler filled review of the game.

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In this Halloween episode Seoirse sits down with the Arseniy and Laura of part For Introverts to talk all about their Vampire adventure game Cabernet. Will Seoirse survive long enough to find out all he needs to know about the game before he turns into a vampire himself? Find out in this interview!

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In this episode Seoirse is joined by Kieran and Laura in another bumper episode! Laura, making her glorious return to the podcast, reviews the latest game in the popular puzzle focused Rusty Lake series Underground Blossom. She then discusses some weird goings on in the Isle Tides Hotel and tells us whether it’s worth checking into this hotel in the latest Wales Interactive FMV. Seoirse then reviews climate change visual interactive graphic novel thriller End of Lines before then going to Mars as he reviews Fort Solis which features the voices of Roger Clarke and Troy Baker. Finally Kieran reviews old-school point and click adventure game Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard which was released late last year and he and Seoirse then head to the wild west as they discuss their thoughts on online multiplayer narrative driven murder mystery Whispers of the West! Will they survive long enough to solve the crime? Guess we’ll have to find out!

Elsewhere they discuss the latest news including some unfortunate layoffs at Tellatle and what this possibly means for the future of the company. Plus they try and make sense of what is going on at Unity as they ironically united game developers worldwide against them and finally they discuss a new movie based on the hit game Stray. All that and much more!

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Pontus Wittenmark dropped by for the third time on this podcast to talk all about his game Justin Wack and The Big Time Hack. He talks about the plot, characters, why and how he implemented the optional in game hint system and we also talk about the adventure game community and what his favourite games are. All that and much more!

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Composer Robert Holmes joins Seoirse to discuss his new album “Sequel”. He talks about recording the music for his alum, how a friend of his shot the video for his songs and he also discusses what may be in store in the future including a possible new album and some intriguing possibilities for Gray Matter. And yes we also discuss a possible Gabriel Knight 4 and whether Jane Jensen could possibly return...

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In this truly bumper episode Seoirse and Tomas get together to review the latest adventure and narrative games they’ve been playing and they’ve been busy. First Tomas gives an update on what he thought of the new Sea of Thieves expansion pack in the The Legend of Monkey Island. He also dives into one of the hit games of the year Dave the Diver. Seoirse then reviews Dont Nod’s latest game Harmony: The Fall of Reverie and gives his thoughts on whether it lives up to their previous games. Finally Seoirse and Tomas go to space as Seoirse boldly goes where no one has gone before (well ok maybe SOME people have played it) as he reviews Star Trek: Resurgence and Tomas gives his review on The Expanse: A Telltale Series Episode One and gives his thoughts on whether this game lives up to the tv and book series. They also have time to discuss the latest news including two new Broken Swords!, and some demos of actual point and click adventure games! All that and much more!

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The Adventure Games Podcast has been nominated for an award! Yep you right right. The Adventure Games Podcast has been nominated for Best Podcast under “Games & Hobbies” for The People’s Choice Podcast Awards 2023! Over 8 million worldwide voted for their favourite podcasts of the year and out of all those votes The Adventure Games Podcast made the top ten podcasts under Games & Hobbies. The live ceremony will be on Saturday 30th September at 11PM GMT on the Podcast Awards official site so please j You can hear Seoirse’s quite shocked reaction and more exciting news in this episode!

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Actor and author David Lee Homb joined Seoirse to talk about his experiences filming for the game Phantasmagoria, what it was like working for Roberta Williams (Spoiler: It was good!) and he also discussed the impact the game has had the years since it was released. He also very kindly read out an excerpt from his book Awake, I dream, a book of poetry from the point of view of his character Don Gordon. It’s now available on amazon and other major booksellers worldwide. Links to Amazon below.

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As regular host Seoirse is on holidays Laura aka Cressup steps in once again to host this bumper episode as she, Tomas and Kieran go deep underwater to review one of the creepiest games of the year, Stasis: Bone Totem. They also review Firmament, the latest game from Myst developers Cyan and Laura reviews Viewfinder, a first person shooter (but not that kind of shooter!) where you change the world around you with your camera. They also have time to review two other games and discuss the latest news including the sad news that Deponia developers Daedalic are no longer developing games and they talk about new Kickstarters and adventure games announced! All that and much more!

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Not many adventure games are set during World War 2 but Gerda: A Flame in winter and its DLC Liva’s Story bucks the trend. Its developer, Shalev Moran, joins Seoirse to talk about setting the game in this time period, what research went into accurately depicting the town Tinglev in the game and how the team went about ensuring the choices mattered to the story in the game. Plus there is a little tease at the end as to what the developers are planing in store in future.

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When is an adventure game not an adventure game? This week apparently as Seoirse and Kieran discuss Monkey Island joining the Sea of Thieves universe, Syberia becoming an animated series and a new Deponia game becoming a tactical survival RTS in the fifth and possibly final game in the series, Surviving Deponia. Then Kieran gives BIRTH to the Reviews section in his review of, well, Birth, Seoirse reviews Paws of Coal where you play as a hedgehog who has to find out what caused a pandemic (even the animal kingdom has pandemics it seems) and finally Kieran reviews new Visual Novel/Detective game set in the Tron universe, Tron: Identity.

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Seoirse was joined at WASD 2023 by Narrative Designer Madi. She talks about her experience working for Spooky Doorway (Spoiler: they’re great!) and what she learned about narrative design in games from working with them. She also discusses her two thesis (thesi?) she is writing about Irish mythology in video games and using games in education.

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In this (thankfully) quiet café Seoirse spoke to musical artist and adventure game developer known for his detective games, Tim Sheinman. Tim spoke about his previous game, Riley and Rochelle and he shows Seoirse a preview build about his upcoming secret game. He also has some interesting thoughts about indie gaming and provides some very useful tips on how survive in this industry!

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Before finishing up at WASD Seoirse was joined by the second pair of brothers he met, this time the Lightfoot Bros! The makers of The Mystery of Woolley Mountain spoke about their upcoming game, Sleepytime Village which is coming to Kickstarter very soon. They spoke about the difference in puzzles and story between the two games, the joy of creatively swearing in a game and why they enjoy working with a comic book artist. They then have a right old discussion about Stray and they explain how they have the time to make this game, have jobs, look after family and have a band as well!

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Every guest on this podcast is passionate about their work and this truly shows in this episode as Seoirse is joined by Mark Yohalem and James Spanos of Wormwood Studios, developers of two of the most popular adventure games of the last decade, Primordia and Strangeland. Things got slightly emotional as the guests spoke about some of the themes in the games such as dealing with grief and depression but they also had a lot of fun (eg. They have a fun anecdote about how they came up with the name Wormwood Studios). If you are a fan of either of these games this is a must listen and if you haven’t yet played these games then we believe you will want to after listening to this interview.

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Alan from Draknek joined Seoirse at WASD 2023 to talk about why he enjoys making puzzle games and the joy of seeing players complete a puzzle in one of his games. He also talks about Sokobond Express, his puzzle game about chemistry (no chemistry knowledge required) and why he believes puzzles can be played well co-operatively.

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