Retronauts Episode 194: Brian Fargo on Wasteland, Fallout, and The Bard's Tale

Retronauts

Technology, Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2019

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Interplay and InXile boss Brian Fargo offers fresh insights into his pioneering work with role-playing games like The Bard's Tale, Wasteland, and Fallout.

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0:00.0	This weekend, RetroNots, Tills from the Wasteland.
0:02.7	Everyone, welcome to another episode of RetroNots.
0:27.7	I am Jeremy Parish and with me this week on Skype, we have another very special guest
0:32.6	a long time game developer who has worked on some classics that you have probably played.
0:38.7	That is Brian Fargo.
0:39.7	Brian, please introduce yourself.
0:41.2	Well, thanks for having me aboard.
0:43.8	Yes, this is Brian Fargo and I am here to talk about history today.
0:49.9	Well that puts you, this is the perfect place for that.
0:52.7	So what is your current title?
0:54.3	You're with in exile, right?
0:56.8	So you're the CEO?
0:57.8	I'm the CEO or I'm also known as the leader in exile.
1:02.2	Okay.
1:04.0	And you've been with quite a few different companies and publishers and developers through
1:07.5	your your story career.
1:10.2	And I hope that we can talk about those.
1:11.9	But I would like for this episode to focus predominantly on some of your work in roleplaying
1:17.6	games such as Wasteland and you know kind of how those came to be because the RetroNots
1:26.4	2018 agenda has been really heavily focused on talking to people who work on classic
1:32.9	work on classic PC RPGs and you've certainly had your hands in some major titles.
1:38.8	So I feel like you have some great insights to share and can give some great perspectives
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