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🎙️ My longest conversation yet, 4 hours and 49 minutes, with Yves Borckmans premieres TODAY! 🕹️ From reverse-engineering Star Wars: Dark Forces to working on Jedi Knight, Starcraft: Ghost and more, we explore his incredible career in gaming! 📅 Today @ Noon (PT)

🎮 Join me TODAY for a 4-hour conversation with Greg Hammond, the producer of Loom, Monkey Island, Wings of Fury and other classics! 📖 We’ll explore his legendary projects, from adventure games to virtual worlds! ⏰ Today @ Noon (PT)

🚀 Join me today for a deep dive into gaming history with Vince Lee, the visionary developer behind Rebel Assault and Rebel Assault II! 🎮 Learn how his groundbreaking INSANE engine revolutionized FMV gaming and LucasArts adventure games! ⏰ Today @ Noon (PT)

Today! ⚓ Set sail for a conversation with Titanic’s First-Class Woman and the voice of Elaine Marley, Alexandra Boyd! 🎙️ Join us as we dive into Titanic, the Monkey Island series, and her new movie Ship of Dreams: Titanic Movie Diaries! 📅 Today @ Noon (PT) 🛳️

🎙️ Are you ready for 4 hours with gaming legend James "Purple" Hampton? 🎧 Dive deep into his decades of experience in QA and production, discussing his work on classics like Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, The Secret of Monkey Island, Alien vs. Predator, Loom, Night Shift and more! ⏰ Today @ Noon (PT)

🎙️ Join me for a 3.5-hour conversation with legendary sound designer Larry the O, covering Escape from Monkey Island, Star Wars games, his audio innovations and more! ⏰ Today @ Noon (PT)

🎙️ With over 25 years in game audio, Julian Kwasneski has contributed to iconic titles like The Dig, Outlaws and Grim Fandango! 🔊 Join me TODAY for a deep dive with Julian as we explore his influential career in game audio! ⏰ Today @ Noon (PT)

Well, we found a 36-year old bug in the Commodore 64 version of Zak McKracken! David Fox & Matthew Alan Kane play Zak McKracken with Say Mistage & Daniel Albu - PART 3

🤠 Ready for more Indiana Jones? 🕹️ I teamed up with legendary Hollywood writer Hal Barwood once again for another session of Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine!

🎙️ Join me TODAY for the YouTube premiere of my conversation with the legendary composer Peter McConnell! 📝 In this conversation, we discuss Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango and more! ⏰ Today @ Noon (PT)

I'll get to the bottom of "Loom Sucks", I just haven't talked to the right people yet. Regarding Elaine being Avril Harrison, I mentioned it in my conversation with Prince of Persia creator, Jordan Mechner.

In the intro, I'm showing him the book about him in the Phatt Island Library. Hal will be back for another session in the near future!

Yesterday, I got to play Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine with Hal Barwood!

In our previous conversation, Aric talked about his involvement in the Amiga versions. Here are a few snippets: https://youtu.be/60_rrdPobjU?si=aUaEaGNjkXUQ3S1J&t=10208 https://youtu.be/60_rrdPobjU?si=myHKLKfBosaf9S-m&t=8848 But if you want, I'll ask him more specific questions about the Amiga versions in my next conversation with him.

I love Aric's tangents, and in general, I love it when guests go off on tangents. I'm here for everything they have to share with us all. This will not be my last session with Aric, we already have a session planned in which we'll go over all of the design documents.

I played the first 5 episodes with the lead actor from Phantasmagoria 2, but he didn't want to continue playing Grim. That's when I contacted Bret. Here's the full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9qFy7xdUfuS2IhxLjCJUUGEpeWea1LcR Yeah, it's truly a shame

Thank you for the kind words, I'm glad you're enjoying these livestreams! There are many more coming up (on Monday, for example, I plan to play Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine with Hal Barwood).

In addition to my long-form conversations with ex-LucasArts employees, I sometimes invite them back for a Let's Play session of one of their games. Unlike a standard interview, this serves as a "developer's commentary," and some of them even play the game themselves during the session (for the first time in decades). I figured it's worth having a separate thread for these sessions. David Fox plays Zak McKracken (Part 1) Bret Mogilefsky plays Grim Fandango - Part 1 Bret Mogilefsky plays Grim Fandango - Part 2 Bret Mogilefsky plays Grim Fandango - Part 3 Noah Falstein plays Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis - Part 1 Noah Falstein plays Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis - Part 2 Noah Falstein plays Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis - Part 3 Khris Brown plays Full Throttle David Fox and Matthew Alan Kane play Zak McKracken - Part 2 Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine with Hal Barwood Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine with Hal Barwood - Part 2 David Fox & Matthew Alan Kane play Zak McKracken with Say Mistage & Daniel Albu - PART 3

Recently, there was a Kickstarter campaign that promised the "lost script" of Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix as a stretch goal. The problem is, there is no such script. That's why I got project lead Aric Wilmunder to give us all the true story behind the cancelled Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix game! Today @ Noon (PT)

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🤠 Join me TODAY for my conversation with LucasArts veteran, Mike Levine! 📽️ We'll watch clips from the canceled Indiana Jones FMV game! 🖼️ We'll dive into storyboards from The Dig! 🚨 And so much more! ⏰ Premiering in 30 minutes!

🎙️ Join me today for my conversation with former LucasArts voice director, Darragh O'Farrell! 🎧 We'll talk about The Curse of Monkey Island auditions, recording sessions with Robert Patrick for The Dig, and more! ⏰ Today @ Noon (PT)!

🎙️ Tune in TODAY for my conversation with Khris Brown, the industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in voiceover for games, animation, and film! 🗒️ In this conversation, we discuss Full Throttle, The Dig, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Psychonauts and more! ⏰ Today @ Noon (PT)

🤠 Get your whip and fedora ready! 🕹️ Noah Falstein, the legendary LucasArts game designer, is back for another session of Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis with @danielalbu! ⏰ Going live in NOW!

My conversation with Ken Macklin is now available on Spotify (with video) / Apple Podcasts / Castbox / Amazon Music! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/danielalbu As always, you can watch it on YouTube, if you wish: https://youtu.be/EUA_xe1WL0A?si=naWZopi97Vi4PUY-