143: The Rebirth of Point & Click Adventure Games with Paul Conway - The Retro Hour EP143
The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
The Retro Hour
4.9 • 558 Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2018
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Our guest this week is Paul Conway who has worked on titles like Theme Park and The Sims and recently Darkside Detective, we talk about the rebirth of point & click adventure games in the 21st century and the joys and challenges of making them today.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I can't believe it. |
| 0:03.6 | Max has asked me to move in with him. |
| 0:06.0 | I mean, you practically live with each other already, but that's great. |
| 0:09.9 | Did you hear that, Joe? |
| 0:11.5 | Yes, thanks for letting us know. |
| 0:14.3 | I see you've updated your universal credit claim. |
| 0:17.1 | Now you're going to be living together. |
| 0:21.4 | If you're telling other people about a change in your circumstances, tell us too to avoid a |
| 0:26.7 | penalty. Search tell DWP. |
| 0:30.1 | We're in the middle of Adventure Month here on the Retro Hour podcast where all this month we're |
| 0:34.1 | celebrating the art of point and click adventure games, the new amazing book for my good friends at Bitmap Books, and it's out right now. |
| 0:41.8 | Now, we're going to tell you more about the book in the next 15 minutes, but check out our website, Theretrohour.com. |
| 0:46.9 | Get a good look at it and get your hands on a copy, either by winning it or buying it now. |
| 0:51.3 | Hello, and welcome to The Retro Hour podcast, episode number 143, your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me Dan Wood. Me, Robbie Abbott. And me, Joe Fox. Welcome back, handsome Joe. Woo, woo, woo. I know why Joe's back this week. It's because of Christmas quiz is coming up, isn't it, in a couple of months? He's got to get his practice. I've got to keep fresh, you know, I've got to keep the knowledge going. |
| 1:12.3 | And also, you know, we will probably have like a gaming stream soon as well. So I just need to get back in there with you guys, really, just so I'm involved. It has been so busy recently. I mean, I'm actually glad I said this last week, you know, to be coming in doing the podcast, to have a break from house moving. I know you moved house in the last couple of years. |
| 1:27.7 | I didn't realize how long it takes. |
| 1:29.4 | Yeah, it's a big deal, isn't it? |
| 1:30.9 | You know, you know, to be coming in doing the podcast, have a break from house moving. I know you moved to house in the last couple of years. |
| 1:27.7 | I didn't realize how long it takes. |
| 1:29.3 | Yeah, it's a big deal, isn't it? |
| 1:30.9 | You know, you think, oh, this will take a couple of months or whatever. Like, bam, all of a sudden, after six months, you're just there two, three weeks, just moving crap about. Well, Dan, you kind of introduced yourself to the neighbourhood in a very innovative way. |
| 1:46.0 | Well, yeah, this happened last night. I was going to... Dan, you kind of introduced yourself to the neighbourhood in a very innovative way. |
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