This week Laura Cress talks to Mike Stemmle as he talks about his experiences developing Sam and Max: Hit The Road, Escape From Monkey Island and he also reveals some intriguing details about the upcoming Sam and Max VR game coming very soon. Twitch Streams Adventure Games Podcast Twitch Laura Cress Twitch Tomas Becks Twitch If you would like to stay up to date make sure you subscribe to the podcast. You can subscribe and listen to this podcast on Itune s and Spotify and all other major Podcast ...
Nov 27, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 91
This week our intrepid trio, Seoirse, Laura and Tomas, go looking for beer in Dude Where’s my Beer and love in all the wrong places in Leisure Suit Larry Wet Dreams Dry Twice and they become chickens, literally in this case, as they review Chicken Police. They also discuss the latest news with Sam and Max Remastered, Stasis: Bone Totem, Suzerain and the annual Wordplay conference which is virtual on November 21 and 22 and much more! News Samand Max: Save the World Remastered Stasis: Bone Totem O...
Nov 20, 2020•Season 2Ep. 90
This week, Seoirse gets counselling from Matthew Seiji Burns, the writer, director and music composer of the AI Counselling game Eliza. In this interview Matthew talks about what it was like working on two of the biggest selling gaming series of all time, why he decided to go indie and he talks all about his latest game Eliza including how close we are to an AI counsellor and why this is one counselling session you don’t want to miss and much more! Matthew Seiji Burns Official Site Twitter Eliza...
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 83
On this week’s episode Seoirse, Laura and Tomas review a collection of short games, they investigate demonic murders and they review a Lucasarts classic: but is it really as good as good as people remember? All that and much more! 10mg Steam Page Itch.io The Last Show of Mr Chardish Steam Page Lucifer Within Us Official Site Full Throttle: Remastered Official Site If you would like to stay up to date make sure you subscribe to the podcast. You can subscribe and listen to this podcast on Itune s ...
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 88
This week Salix Games founder and Bafta Breakthrough winner Jessica Saunders joins the pod to talk about her game “Dance of Death: Du Lac and Fey”, the game where two Arthurian legends team up to stop Jack the Ripper. She discusses myths, legends, why she wanted to tell a version of the Jack the Ripper story through one of the victim’s eyes and how she managed to get a team of AAA developers and actors to join her in the development of this game and much more! Salix Games Official Site Steam If ...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 87
This week Seoirse, Tomas and laura go through their favourite demos from the Steam Summer Festival 2020. Afterwards they also review Welcome to Elk, Lightless and Inkle Studio’s latest release, Pendragon. Welcome to Elk Official Site Lightless Steam Page Pendragon Official Site Adventure Games Podcast Official Site Laura Cress Twitch If you would like to stay up to date make sure you subscribe to the podcast. You can subscribe and listen to this podcast on Itune s and Spotify and all other major...
Oct 25, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 86
This week Andrew Schneider sits down with Seoirse to discuss his text adventure where you get to play as Robin Hood in Nocked. In this interview he talks about the different features in his game, why he wanted to make a game about Robin Hood, how he managed to make a game with more than 1 million words (!) without going crazy, and what differences there are between the mobile and desktop version of his game. All that and much more! Nocked Official Site Steam IOS Soundtrack by Ivan Oberholster. H...
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 85
This week Seoirse, Tomas and Laura journey to Medieval France to search for the holy grail (and put booze in it naturally) in Lancelot’s hangover. Meanwhile Tomas talks about his “big hammer” while playing Kingdom of Amalur and finally, Laura goes both Beneath and Beyond a Steel Sky and gives us her thoughts on those games. Steam Game Festival Autumn Festival Lancelot's Hangover Official Website Steam Kingdom of Amalur Steam Beneath a Steel Sky Official Site Beyond a Steel Sky Official Site Adve...
Oct 09, 2020•Season 2Ep. 84
This week Jean-Baptiste joins Seoirse to talk about the making of his game Lancelot’s Hangover. In this interview Jean Baptiste talks about how he got started making games, some of the difficulties he had getting his game on Steam due to the size of Lancelot’s “package”, what puzzles we can expect and why he loves the humour of Monty Python and how he is trying to incorporate that type of humour in his game and much more! Lancelot's Hangover Official Site Facebook Twitter Steam Youtube If you en...
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 44 min•Season 2Ep. 83
We’re a little late this week but we still have a lot to discuss including Myst in VR! A new Lesiure Suit Larry game! And first footage from Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition. Plus we review the latest games we have been playing including Epic Games exclusive 3 out of Ten, The Shapeshifting Detective and Tell Me Why. Myst VR Lesiure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry Twice Trailer Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition Intro Beyond a Steel Sky Patch 3 Update Dontnod New Studio Adventure Games Podcast Officia...
Oct 01, 2020•55 min•Season 2Ep. 82
This week Seoirse “interrogates” developers Critique Gaming about their latest game “Interrogation: You will be deceived”. Thankfully no torture or violence was necessary as the developers were willing to spill the beans about their game including their inspirations, what their objectives are and how they managed to achieve their unique visual look for the game. Critique Gaming Official Site Interrogation Official Site If you enjoyed this episode and would like to hear more interviews with more ...
Sep 18, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 81
This week Laura hosts for the first time and just about manages to keep Seoirse and Tomas in order and on track. Seoirse reviews the Netflix Games Documentary High Score which features, albeit briefly, a certain Robert and Ken Williams. Then Tomas and Laura discuss the best demos they played at Gamescom and finally Laura reviews Roki, a game set in Scandinavian folklore which could possibly be one of our favourite games of the year. All that and much more! Nick Bounty and The Dame with the Blue ...
Sep 11, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 80
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Sep 05, 2020•Season 2Ep. 1
This week Jason Godbey joins Seoirse to talk about his two games :”The Search” and “Discolored”. In the interview he discusses how he first got involved in the gaming industry, why he decided to make his games so different to each other and how he wanted to tell a story a different way in Discolored without any dialogue or voice acting. He also discusses how he he got his game to be on Apple Arcade and the advantages that brings and much more! Jason Godbey Official Site If you enjoyed this episo...
Sep 04, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 79
This week Seoirse realises his lifelong dream of being a standup comedian in Clam Man: Open Mic with predictable results. Tomas and Laura also join Seoirse this week to review the latest adventure games they’ve been playing including the second game from the developers of Gone Home. All that and much more! Nairi: Rising Tide Prologue Steam Page Stilstand Steam Page Superliminal Official Site Clam Man 2: Open Mic Steam Page The Suicide of Rachel Foster Official Site Tacoma Official Site Prim Reap...
Aug 28, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 78
The lead developer of Deliver us the Moon joins Seoirse to talk moon landings, how his game evolved from its creation, how they came up with the story, what research they did and much more! Deliver us the Moon Official Site Steam Adventure Games Podcast Official Site If you would like to stay up to date make sure you subscribe to the podcast. You can subscribe and listen to this podcast on Itune s and Spotify and all other major Podcast Platforms! You can also subscribe to our Youtube channel fo...
Aug 21, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 77
The Last of Us Part 2 is one of of the highest selling games of all time and with the story getting so much attention and causing so much controversy we thought we would record a two part spoiler episode. In these two episodes we talk about all the twists, the revelations and the themes of the game and much much more more. *Also since this is a spoiler episode it should go without saying that we would recommend you do not listen to these episodes unless you have finished playing or watching on Y...
Aug 18, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 2
The Last of Us Part 2 is one of of the highest selling games of all time and with the story getting so much attention and causing so much controversy we thought we would record a two part spoiler episode. In these two episodes we talk about all the twists, the revelations and the themes of the game and much much more more. *Also since this is a spoiler episode it should go without saying that we would recommend you do not listen to these episodes unless you have finished playing or watching on Y...
Aug 16, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In this week’s shorter than usual episode Seoirse is joined by...himself as Tomas and Laura leave him to fend for himself to review some free prologues, a free visual novel, a sitcom set in the worst game development studio of all time and a post-apocalyptic sci-fi where the robots have taken over the world but some of the robots are becoming more human like and take it upon themselves to discover what exactly happened to the humans. Linda and Joan Prologue Steam Page Official Site Welcome to El...
Aug 16, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 76
This week Martin from Team Clam joins Seoirse to talk our comedy adventure game of 2019, Clam Man! He talks about the aftermath of Clam Man, what his inspirations for Clam Man 2 were, why he changed the look of Clam Man 2 and what benefits and challenges he is facing now that he is working solo. All that and much more! Clam Man Twitter Clam Man: Prologue Steam Clam Man 2: Headliner Steam Clam Man Steam Abide With Me Itch Page Adventure Games Podcast Official Site If you would like to stay up to ...
Aug 07, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 75
This week Seoirse, Tomas and Laura talk travel to the Croatian mountains, go on a treasure hunt, entor a dream to try and save a person who is suffering from severe depression, go back to the wild west and travel in a bleak, desolate, post-apocalytic setting. But enough about 2020! They also review The last of Us Part 2 and discuss if this game really is the best game of the year. Sanit Kotar Official Site Into a Dream Steam Page The Hand of Glory Official Site The Outcast Lovers Steam Page Desp...
Jul 31, 2020•Season 2Ep. 74
On this week’s episode Filipe F. Thomas developer of Into a Dream joins Seoirse to discuss his new game. They also talk about the topics of the game, what can be done to discuss mental health more in the gaming community, what Filipe hopes to achieve with this game, how he managed to convince professional voice actors to volunteer to play characters in his game and much more! Into A Dream Indigogo Steam Page Twitter Discord Checkpoint Homepage Coping Companion Adventure Games Podcast Official Si...
Jul 24, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 73
On this final interview celebrating 30 years of Revolution, Rolf Saxon joins Seoirse to talk about his role as George Stobbart. In this interview, Rolf talks about how he got the role to begin with, what it's liek working with the team at Revolution, what appealed to him about the script, why he thinks Broken Sword has become so successful plus much more! If you enjoyed this episode and would like to hear more interviews with more adventure game developers then please subscribe, rate and review ...
Jul 21, 2020•1 hr 4 min
First they spoke to The Guardian and now Arseniy and Laura from Party for Introverts speak to Seoirse from the Adventure Games Podcast. They’re definitely going up in the world! On this episode they take a time out to discuss their games and their approach to making games in general. They also talk about the benefits and challenges to making short games and making games in their spare time. They talk about the games they want to make and they give advice on how to work together as a couple and t...
Jul 17, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 72
To continue our celebration of 30 years of Revolution, Broken Sword series producer and writer Steve Ince jojns Seoirse to discuss his experience at revolution. He talks about how he first joined the studio, his role working on Beneath a Steel Sky. He then goes into some detail into the development of Broken Sword and he also discusses his book “Writing for Video Games” . Finally he also discusses his design philosophy when writing for narrative design and creating puzzles and he also has time t...
Jul 14, 2020•1 hr 49 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Back in 1994 Beneath a Steel Sky was released. This game would go on to become a beloved classic. Now 26 years later, the sequel Beyond a Steel Sky is finally upon us. It’s safe to say that this is the most eagerly anticipated adventure game of the year but does it live up to expectations? In this episode Seoirse gives a non spoiler review and reveals whether he thinks this is a welcome return to Union City or if we would have been better off in the gap. Revolution Official Site Discord Youtube ...
Jul 11, 2020•19 min•Season 2Ep. 1
This week Charles Cecil, the mastermind behind classics Beneath a Steel Sky and the Broken Sword series, joins Seoirse, and after some slight fanboyism from seoirse, he then talks about how their partnership with Apple came about, his design philosophy regarding puzzles and story in video games and why it took him 26 years to make Beyond a Steel Sky. All that and much more! Revolution Official Site Discord Youtube Twitter Facebook Beyond a Steel Sky Steam Apple Arcade www.adventuregamespodcast.c...
Jul 10, 2020•Season 2Ep. 71
In this first episode celebrating 30 years of Revolution, co-founder Tony Warriner and Seoirse go back in time to talk about the objectives of Revolution when it was founded, and they go behind the scenes on all their games as Tony gives some fascinating anecdotes about the making of Lure of the Temptress, Beneath a Steel Sky and of course, the Broken Sword series. Plus he talks about how Revolution survived during the dark ages of the adventure genre, why they made Broken Sword 3 in 3d, what th...
Jul 07, 2020•1 hr 52 min•Season 2Ep. 4
The Adventure Games Podcast is up for the Podcast Awards! We are up against some very stiff competition and much like adventure games we are punching above our weight. However, if you would like to help us, and in turn help adventure game developers who come on the show and help prove to the world that the adventure game genre is still very much alive then you can vote for the Adventure Games Podcast! Do this: Go to the Podcast Awards sign up page here . Add the information required. It takes 30...
Jul 05, 2020•7 min•Season 2Ep. 1
This week, Seoirse, Laura and Tomas discuss Will Ferrell’s new Eurovision movie and what a Eurovision adventure game would look like. We also have time to discuss the latest adventure games including the Life is Strange prequel, a fun puzzle game, one of the weirdest games ever made and a new conspiracy thriller set in Miami. Also if you get a chance please consider voting for the Adventure Games Podcast in the Podcast awards. The better we do the better the visibility which would help us and in...
Jul 03, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 70
