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In the mid-80s, Aric Wilmunder worked on a collaborative project between LucasFilm and Quantumlink, later America OnLine, to create Habitat. Aric's job was to create the graphics engine and the system that showed the first-ever online avatars. Just recently, he was asked to figure out how the game's graphics worked. His work led to a tool that turns the old game files into images. Now, people can catch a glimpse of one of the very first online worlds and the cool characters drawn by Gary Winnick and maybe Ken Macklin too. https://www.information-superhighway.net/inhabitor/

The idea to release these as podcasts doesn't have a clear schedule yet and that's why it hasn't been made public yet. If me asking people not to pirate my content after describing how hard I work on it is snippy, then sure, call me snippy. Regarding the thread bumps, I've typically responded to requests for specific interviews with links to my content. However, I'll ensure my replies remain limited to this thread if that's more preferable for you. You seem to be the one adopting a confrontational tone here. You were well aware of how your response might be interpreted, given that you suggested the mods delete it if it was deemed inappropriate. When you were trying to promote your game Lair Of The Clockwork God, I don't think you would have appreciated it if people would have replied with "Hey mods, delete if inappropriate, but you can download the game for free from this link...."

Thank you for the kind words. I plan to start releasing all of my interviews as podcasts on Spotify / Apple Podcasts / etc. at the beginning of 2024 and from that point on, I'll release every interview as a podcast about a month after its YouTube premiere (I don't want to lose any YouTube views as they are important to the growth of our channel) If you use YouTube Premium, then you can listen to YouTube videos in the background. Or, you can wait for me to release them as podcasts at the beginning of 2024. You know, each interview takes up roughly 100 hours of my time, especially the lengthier ones. Typically, I dedicate about 40 hours to research, delving into previous interviews by watching or reading them. The actual recording process takes around 3-4 hours, while the bulk of the work, about 50-60 hours, involves editing, adjusting volume levels, and fixing audio issues. Considering the effort invested, the least I hope to get out of every viewer is one view on YouTube. Sadly, these niche interviews don't attract thousands of views, so every single view matters to me. Using YouTube-dl doesn't even guarantee that one view. But you do you.

My first long interview was with Bill Tiller. I told him in advance that I have a lot of questions and he said that it's not a problem. I ended up skipping tons of questions because his lengthy answers answered a lot of them (without me asking). So that ended up being 4 hours. From that point on, I started informing people that the length of the conversation is up to them. They can give me shorter answers or very lengthy ones, either way I will not interrupt them and I will not edit their answers in any way in the final edit. From that point on, my interviews started being 3-4 hours long each. Usually, when people are interviewed, they want to answer the questions properly without taking over the conversation with 20-30 minute long answers. I make sure that they are aware that I'm perfectly comfortable with longer answers. Most guests are surprised by how long my previous conversations were, only to end up talking just as much or even longer.

3 hours and 45 minutes is not even my longest interview. Aric Wilmunder and Larry Ahern are 4.5 hours each! (Aric Wilmunder was so great and so into the conversation that we kept on talking for 1.5 hours off the record after we finished recording, which means that we both sat for a total of 6 hours and talked!) All of my interviews are recorded in one session. It's problematic to recorded a video interview in several sessions as you can clearly see on both people that it's not the same day (clothes / lighting / etc.). I tell my guests that they can ask for a break whenever they need one and I just edit that out. I usually finish recording these sessions at 3-4am in my timezone so I would have preferred to do it over several sessions, but again, it has to be in one session for authenticity.

You can run, but you can't hide! 🤨

🎉 It's Sam & Max Hit The Road's 30th anniversary this month! 🎙️ So join me TODAY for the YouTube premiere of my 4-hour conversation with Sam & Max creator, Steve Purcell! 📝 In this conversation, we discuss Sam & Max, the classic LucasArts covers and more! ⏰ Today @ Noon (PT)

🎉 It's Sam & Max Hit The Road's 30th anniversary this month! 🎙️ So join me TODAY for the YouTube premiere of my 4-hour conversation with Sam & Max creator, Steve Purcell! 📝 In this conversation, we discuss Sam & Max, the classic LucasArts covers and more! ⏰ Today @ Noon (PT)

Wait till you hear what Steve Purcell had to say about Sam & Max 2!

🎙️ Join me TODAY for the YouTube premiere of my conversation with Escape from Monkey Island project lead, Mike Stemmle! 📝 In this conversation, we discuss Sam & Max Hit The Road, Escape from Monkey Island and more! ⏰ Today @ Noon (PT)

Wait till you hear what Mike Stemmle had to say about Sam & Max: Freelance Police...

🎙️ Join me TODAY for the YouTube premiere of my conversation with former Telltale Games CEO, Dan Connors! 📝 In this conversation, we discuss The Walking Dead, The Dig, Sam & Max: Freelance Police and more! ⏰ Today @ Noon (PT)

Thank you for the kind words!

📅 Happy 30th anniversary to Sam & Max Hit The Road! As requested by the people in this thread, this month I'll premiere my interviews with: • Dan Connors (Playtester & later CEO of Telltale Games) - November 5th • Mike Stemmle (Project Lead) - November 12th • Steve Purcell - November 19th Stay tuned!

💀 Tomorrow marks Grim Fandango's 25th anniversary! 🎙️ Join me TODAY for my 4-hour conversation with Grim Fandango lead developer, Bret Mogilefsky! 📝 In this conversation, we discuss Grim Fandango, Jedi Knight, Escape from Monkey Island and more! ⏰ Premiering in 5 minutes!

🎙️ Join me tomorrow for the YouTube premiere of my conversation with Return to Monkey Island producer, Jenn Sandercock! In this conversation, we discuss Return to Monkey Island, Thimbleweed Park, Edible Games and more! ⏰ Premiering in 20 minutes!

📽️ From LucasArts animator to Hollywood storyboard artist! 🎙️ Join me for my conversation with Anson Jew! 📝 In this conversation, we discuss The Curse of Monkey Island, The Dig, Sam & Max Hit The Road and more!

I'm interviewing Steve Purcell this Thursday. If you (or anyone else here) has any questions for him, please DM me on Discord! https://discordapp.com/users/danielalbu

🎙️ Join me TODAY for the YouTube premiere of my **4.5** hour conversation with LucasArts legend, Larry Ahern! 📝 In this conversation, we discuss The Curse of Monkey Island, The Dig, Day of the Tentacle and more! ⏰ Premiering NOW!

Here's a better view:

Did you know that Tim has a copy of the Hebrew big box of Day of the Tentacle? nullIt's the 4th one from the left. You can see it over here:

Here's Monkey Island 2 and its floppy disks

OK, let me help you out a bit with regards to the Israeli releases. It's true that Loom EGA is the only LucasArts game that has been fully translated. But many of the games in the list got a localized box with the game itself being the original English version. The games are: Escape from Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, Curse of Monkey Island, Sam & Max Hit The Road, Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island 2, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. I'll try to find photos of each one of these boxes and I'll share them below. Sam & Max Hit The Road:

🎙️ Join me for the YouTube premiere of my conversation with Kyle Balda, the director of Minions and former LucasArts intern! 📝 In this conversation, we discuss Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango, The Mask, Jumanji, Mars Attacks, Despicable Me, Minions, and more! ⏰ Premiering NOW!