This week Seoirse goes searching for famed British explorer Dr Livingstone, Laura has to repair a world on the brink of collapse in Minute of Islands and Tomas finally develops a backbone in the latest animal detective game, eh, Backbone. Plus they discuss their most anticipated adventure and narrative adventure games from E3 and they discuss the possibility of Disney making adventure games again (and if we actually want that to happen) All that and much more! News Disney Lucasarts revival? Game...
Jun 26, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 118
In the latest episode Seoirse reviews pandemic FMV The World After , Tomas takes flight with heavy-metal-album-turned-game Of Bird and Cage and Laura tries not to go Overboard! with praise for Inkles’ brand new detective game (but fails). Plus Laura takes a look at free Choose Your Own Adventure web browser game The Boy In The Book, and the team discuss the not so breaking news that Ken and Roberta Williams are making a game! The Boy in the Book Official Site The World After Steam Page Of Bird a...
Jun 11, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 117
In this first bonus interview, Laura speaks to Xalavier Nelson Jr all about his charming game An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs. Airport For Aliens currently Run by Dogs Steam Page Twitch Streams 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 Platforms! You can also subscribe to our Youtube channel for extra video content su...
Jun 09, 2021•33 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Dave and Aviv (aka captain D and Cosmic Void) join Seoirse this week to discuss their new game The Corruption Within, out on Steam on June 9th. They talk about how they came together in order to make the game, how they split the work between them and how they were able to work remotely in different countries and different time zones. They also give advice on how to run a successful Kickstarter and how they use skills they learned on their previous games on The Corruption within. All that and muc...
Jun 04, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 116
In this week’s episode Seoirse explores his sassy side in GrandMa Badass, whilst Laura tries to find a friend in Buddy Simulator 1984. It’s defintely not something Seoirse needs, though, because he’s also got Erica to keep him company. Meanwhile Tomas has been lost to the depths of Subnautica. The gang also take on the almighty topic of walkthroughs - whether developers should include in-game hints and whether there’s any shame in using them (one member of the group feels very strongly that ther...
May 28, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 115
Jack and Pavle, co-founders of Flavourworks, joined Seoirse to discuss their new FMV game Erica. They talked about how they built their ground breaking engine, Touch Video, to ensure there was plenty of interactivity and to keep players engaged, how they ensured the choices mattered in the game and how to write different paths and still ensure the story makes sense, and how they managed to cast A-list actors for the game. All this and much more! Erica Steam Page Twitch Streams Adventure Games Po...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 114
This week, Laura goes hitchhiking and tries to find out who she is in Hithchikier _ A Mystery Game, Tomas tries to remember who I am in Don’t Forget Me and Seoirse tries to find his partner stuck in the darkside demension in The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark. Plus they disucss the latest news including the return of Tales of Monkey Island on Itunes (Yay(, the cancellation of Tex Murphy: The Posioned Pawn (Boo) and a surprisingly funny story in an EPIC courtroom drama. All that and muc...
May 14, 2021•47 min•Season 3Ep. 113
In another bumper episode Laura controls a game by blinking in Before Your Eyes and witnesses the Big Bang in Genesis Noir . Seoirse reviews two interrogation games as he tries to find out a young woman’s story in er, Her Story and he investigates if androids dream of electric sheep in a new Blade Runner meets Papers, Please cyberpunk interrogation game, Silicon Dreams . Finally Tomas goes searching for Paradise in alternate world war 2 historical game Paradise Lost . Plus they discuss the lates...
Apr 30, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 112
This week Tom Hardwidge joins Seoirse to talk about how he discovered the indie dev community, how he founded his company Tall Story Games and how he managed to make his game Hair Of The Dog in less than two weeks! He also finds time to talk about his collaboration with the Roman Baths in Bath, UK to make his Roman era set game Where’s my Cloak and his fun game Lockdown: The point & click game . Finally, he tells us what to expect from the Kickstarter for retro Lucasarts inspired game Lucy D...
Apr 23, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 3Ep. 111
In this episode Seoirse reviews the brand new game from the developers of Rainswept, Forgotten Fields. Whilst Tomas heads into Lovecraft country with Chronicles of Innsmouth and its new recent sequel Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness. Meanwhile Laura is looking at some more quirky titles, reviewing Wide Ocean Big Jacket and Internet Court. Plus the gang look at the demo of Plot of the Druid: Nightwatch and there’s news about some brand new Cloudpunk DLC. In a new discussion topic they...
Apr 17, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 110
This week Tomas tells us about the life and suffering of Sir Bronte, Laura travels to the Dark Side of the Moon and Seoirse investigates a murder with Inspector Waffles. Plus they discuss the latest news including the announcement of a new Life is Strange game and the rather bizarre decision by the Australia Classification board not to allow Disco Elysium to be released as it goes "against the standards of morality, decency and propriety generally accepted by reasonable adults". Good thing they ...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 109
This week Nihal Tharoor joins the pod to talk about his Bafta Nominated Interactive Crime Drama for Andriod and Iphone Dead Man’s Phone. He talks about how he and his teams are looking to create a new platform and how this game puts you into the shoes of a detective. He also talks about how they managed to get a real murder detective to appear in the game and what plans they have for the future. Oh and the first season of the game is free! With no ads! All that and much more! Dead Man's Phone Of...
Mar 31, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 108
This week Yann from Goloso Games joins Seoirse to talk about his new game, Inspector waffles, which has just been released. He talks about its origins, how he got in touch with a publisher and his thoughts on voice acting. He also takes time to take about the reaction to his first game Antenna Dilemma and how likely it is that we can expect a sequel. All that and much more! Goloso Games Official Site Inspector Waffles Official Site Antenna Dilemma Adventure Games Podcast Official Site Twitch Str...
Mar 26, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 3Ep. 108
This week Laura reviews first person recursive puzzle adventure game Maquette and goes to 1900’s Ireland in If Found… Meanwhile Tomas has to resole a mystery in Tiny Room and Seoirse tries to survive for 4 days in Don’t Escape: 4 days to Survive. Finally they also set the record straight on yet another article that says that the adventure genre is being “revived”. Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery Steam Page If Found Steam Page Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive Maquette Steam Page Twitch Streams Adv...
Mar 19, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 107
The podcast doesn’t usually get political but this week that’s all we talk about. The reason being that Ata from Torpor Games drops by to discuss his new political simulation choice based text game Suzerain . Ata talks about what research they did to make the game, how they managed to add so much text into the game and make sure the choices in the game were meaningful and why he went around smiling during Covid times. Finally he also gives some great advice about how to market an indie game in p...
Mar 12, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 106
This week Tomas goes searching for Angels in Angel Wings, Seoirse goes back in time to try and save the mountainside town of Curon from being flooded and Laura goes searching for the past in the future in Mutropolis… It makes sense once you hear her review. Plus Tomas tells us what demos he’s been playing and much more! Games We Reviewed Mutropolis - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1037120/Mutropolis/ A Painter's Tale: Curon, 1950 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1283370/A_Painters_Tale_C...
Mar 05, 2021
This week Chris Ainsley drops by for the second time to give an update Adventuron Classroom the software designed to teach kids how to code and create Text Adventures. He also talks about about the Text Adventure Literacy Jam which “encourages text adventure authors to write a fun game such that can guide children (age 8+) so they can play unassisted, or that younger children can play with a parent or trusted adult.” Chris also reveals how he managed to convince the Godfather of Text adventures,...
Feb 26, 2021•53 min•Season 3Ep. 104
How many games would you like us to review per episode? How many interviews per month? How long should the interviews be? And what you like the format of the show to be? Now you can help answer these questions and more. The survey below includes ten multiple choice questions which should take you between one and two minutes . You can also leave comments in the survey or at at the bottom of this page with further suggestions if you so wish. We will not be be collecting any emails or personal data...
Feb 24, 2021•7 min•Season 3Ep. 1
In this rather chaotic episode, Laura goes nuts for new squirrel surveillance adventure game NUTS and takes a look under the hood of vehicle adventure game Far: Lone Sails. Meanwhile Seorse is learning about Russia in Døm Rusalok and discovering What Remains of Edith Finch. Tomas takes us through plenty of demos that he’s been playing and joins Seoirse in giving his thoughts on retro ‘90s adventure game Flight of the Amazon Queen. All this and a debate on Indiana Jones: Fate Of Atlantis….Seoirse...
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 103
This week Seoirse is joined by Tabletop RPG developer and author Steffie De Vaan. Steffie spoke to Seoirse about her latest game City of Flesh which is out now on Kickstarter and she also spoke about how RPG books are written and about some of her fiction work as well and much more! City of Flesh Kickstarter Steffie Patreon Steffie Links If you enjoyed this episode and would like to hear more interviews with more adventure game developers then please subscribe, rate and review wherever you liste...
Feb 08, 20210
This week Seoirse, Tomas and Laura review some brand new adventure games like Encodya, Conspiracy! , Sarawak, and Bugsnax. Plus there’s some thoughts on older games like Cloudpunk, Beyond A Steel Sky and Disco Elysium!! Seoirse may have finally finished it! That and plenty of demos too, like the surreal point-and-click adventure game Grunnd!
Feb 05, 2021•Ep. 101
In our 100th episode, Former CEO of Sierra Online Ken Williams joins Seoirse and Tomas to talk about the founding of Sierra Online. He also spoke about the creation of King’s Quest, how Sierra survived the crash of the video game industry in the early 80’s, how he and Roberta decided how to hire their employees and a (possible) exclusive scoop! Ken Williams' Book Official Site Twitch Streams Adventure Games Podcast Twitch Laura Cress Twitch Tomas Becks Twitch If you would like to stay up to date...
Jan 29, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 100
This week one of the developers of “The Funny Boneyard” joins Seoirse to discuss their game including how they came together to create this game, how they created this particular art style, and what we can expect from the story and some of the characters. We also find out just what is The Funny Boneyard and the origins of this rather unique name. The Funny Boneyard Official Site Twitch Instagram Facebook If you enjoyed this episode and would like to hear more interviews with more adventure game ...
Jan 22, 2021•Season 2Ep. 71
2020 may have been a year to forget but one thing that remains consistent is that there were many great adventure games released. Seoirse, Tomas and Laura return from their Christmas break to discuss their favourite adventure games (and one or two non-adventure games they enjoyed) with one or two surprises. Plus they discuss their favourite demos and which adventure games they are looking forward to most in the coming year. Finally Seoirse also reveals his first guest on his new podcast which yo...
Jan 15, 2021•1 hr 43 min•Season 3Ep. 98
This week Sean Connelly speaks with Seoirse about his software where just about anybody can make their own adventure game regardless of programming skills and experience. In this interview Sean takes us through the interface of his software, what his objectives are, how exactly it will be used and what his future plans for the project are. Spookshow Studio Official Site Twitter Sean Connelly Official Site If you enjoyed this episode and would like to hear more interviews with more adventure game...
Jan 08, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 89
In this New Years Eve special David Fox goes behind the scenes on Thimble weed Park as he talks about how he and Ron Gilbert started working on the game as well as how the story and puzzles came about and much more. He also talks about how he started working with Lucasarts, the origins of Maniac Mansion, comparisons between the games and movies of Labyrinth and Last Crusade, how Last Crusade inspired Fate of Atlantis and how the famous leather jackets line first came about and who came up with t...
Dec 31, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 96
On this Christmas special Seoirse joins Dionous games with some mulled wine and minced pies as they discuss their upcoming game Watch Over Christmas . They tell Seoirse what we can expect from their game, why they decided to make a Christmas game and what challenges and benefits they found to making a themed game. They also have a long discussion on what they believe makes good puzzles and somehow they find the time to discuss the other game they’re publishing Not Another Weekend . All this and ...
Dec 24, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Season 2Ep. 95
This week Seoirse, Tomas and Laura review 8 (!) adventure games in this bumper final review episode of 2020. Plus they discuss Oscar Issacs being cast as Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid movie and they discuss what a Metal Gear Solid would actually look like. They also talk about the merits and otherwise of the Game Awards and talk about the release of a little game called Cyberpunk 2077. All that and much more! Adventure Games Podcast Games Reviewed Black Book Prologue Steam Page Over The Al...
Dec 18, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Season 2Ep. 94
Champion boxer turned Cognitive-Therapist Hazel Gale talks to Seoirse about suffering burnout during her boxing career and why she went from boxing to cognitive therapy. She also explains what cognitive therapy is and how that can help people and how her text game Betwixt compliments her book and how she hopes the game can help people raise awareness about their mental health. Finally she gives great advice about looking after our mental health during lockdown and other such stressful situations...
Dec 11, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 93
This week, Tomas enjoys short point and click adventure game Enypnion and what he’s calling one of his games of the year so far, The Last Show of Mr Chardish. Meanwhile Seoirse insists he isn’t cheating or assassinating people in interactive point and click adventure Bleeding Moons, but he does go on Five Dates along with Laura - or at least they play the new FMV interactive rom-com out under that name! They both also enjoy a 90s nostalgia trip with traditional point-and-click game (with dinosau...
Dec 04, 2020
