e8 – Escape Velocity
Feb 28, 2015•1 hr 20 min
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Episode description
We go on a galactic adventure with one of our favorite Mac shareware games, Escape Velocity by Ambrosia Software. We encounter delightful pop culture references, everyone's favorite parrot space pirate, and — of course — the most destructive forklift in the universe.
Links for this episode:
- Escape Velocity official site
- Ambrosia Software
- pre-EV releases
- utilities: Snapz Pro, WireTap, SoundBoard
- development of the EV series
- released May 5, 1996 after 13 months of development
- lead developer Matt Burch
- Burch was a freshman in college at release
- sequels EV Override and EV Nova
- EV 4 "unlikely"
- how to play classic EV in OS X
- inside jokes, references, and easter eggs
- EV plugins
- influenced by EV
found a Captain Hector reference in Warpgate. that elevates its Escape Velocity homage status to 'official'. http://twitpic.com/2forzv
— Ed Cormany (@ecormany) August 17, 2010For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android