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The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

429: The Sims and Myst: Bringing Emotion To Games - The Retro Hour EP429

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9558 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week on the podcast, we sit down with the pioneering game designer Nicole Lazzaro, renowned for her work on iconic titles like The Sims, Myst, and Diner Dash. From playing Colossal Cave Adventure on shared computers to studying Psychology and Film at Stanford, and how these experiences shaped her understanding of emotions in games. 

Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
34:10 - Nicole Lazzaro Interview

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Show notes

Incredible new N64 recomp tool: https://tinyurl.com/49s9sxsw
Ron Gilbert is creating a new Zelda-type game: https://tinyurl.com/yc5bkevd
Dread Delusion: https://tinyurl.com/ycy33e8h
Tomb Raider TV show: https://tinyurl.com/4bz8274h
Mario 64 on GBA: https://tinyurl.com/dv56mxnv

Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on this week's show, a game changer for N64 fans.

0:05.2

Ron Gilbert is back with another new game.

0:07.6

And the psychology of Mist and the Sims with our guest, Nicole Lazaro.

0:27.5

And the Retro Hour podcast is brought to you each and every week with our lovely friends at Bitmap Books.

0:34.1

Now, have you seen PC Engine, the box art collection, the brand new Collectors Edition?

0:39.7

Now, this is limited to just 2,000 copies and will never, ever be printed again.

0:43.5

So if you want to find out all about that and check up the rest of their retro gaming collection,

0:46.8

it's available right now through their website at bitmapbooks.com.

0:56.2

Hello, and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast, episode number 429, your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me, Dan Wood. Me, Rabbi Abbott, and me Joe Fox. And very nice to be joining us

1:01.8

for the podcast. It comes out every single Friday. That's the thing about this show. We do

1:05.6

often have people saying to us, you know, the weekend begins when the retro hour drops.

1:10.0

The party begins when the retro hour drops. The party begins when the retro hour drops.

1:12.7

Well, basically like a crunchy bar.

1:14.6

Remember, thank Crunchy, it's Friday.

1:16.2

That's a reference that only people who are around in the 90s in Britain.

1:19.4

Probably remember.

1:20.1

TV advert for a chocolate bar.

1:21.4

Not good for the international audience.

1:23.8

Fridays are all about retro gaming in our world.

1:27.0

So great to be joining us for another week.

1:29.9

And not retro gaming related,

1:31.5

but I've got a while since it's been absolutely everywhere this week.

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