A Conversation with Matthew Alan Kane, George Sanger, Dave Grossman, Greg Hammond, Vince Lee, Alexandra Boyd, James Hampton, Larry The O, Peter McConnell, Clint Bajakian, Michael Land, Steve Purcell, Mark Ferrari, Ron Gilbert & more (Updated: May 18th)

[danielalbu]

Here you can find my conversations with Matthew Alan Kane, George Sanger, Gary Brubaker, Yves Borckmans, Greg Hammond, Vince Lee, Alexandra Boyd, James "Purple" Hampton, Larry the O, Julian Kwasneski, Peter McConnell, Mike Levine, Darragh O'Farrell, Khris Brown, Clint Bajakian, Annie Fox, Charlie Ramos, Ken Macklin, Michael Land, Malena Annable, Steve Purcell, Mike Stemmle, Dan Connors, Bret Mogilefsky, Jenn Sandercock, Anson Jew, Larry Ahern , Kyle Balda, Hal Barwood, Mark Ferrari, Ron Gilbert, Dave Grossman, Aric Wilmunder, Denny Delk, Noah Falstein, Bill Tiller, Gary Winnick, Graham Annable, David Fox and more!

 

(May 18th, 2025)
A Conversation with Matthew Alan Kane

 

(April 20th, 2025)

A Conversation with George Sanger

 

 

(April 6th, 2025)

A conversation with Gary Brubaker

 

 

(February 23rd, 2025)

Another conversation with Dave Grossman

 

 

(December 29th, 2024)

A Conversation with Yves Borckmans

 

 

(December 22nd, 2024)

A Conversation with Greg Hammond

 

 

 

(December 8th, 2024)

A Conversation with Vince Lee

 

 

(November 24th, 2024)

A Conversation with Alexandra Boyd

 

 

 

(November 17th, 2024)

A Conversation with James "Purple" Hampton?

 

 

 

 

(November 10th, 2024)

A Conversation with Larry the O

 

 

 

(August 25th, 2024)

A Conversation with Julian Kwasneski

 

 

(August 18th, 2024)

A Conversation with Peter McConnell

 

 

 

(July 28th, 2024)

A Conversation about Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix with Aric Wilmunder

 

 

(June 16th, 2024)

A Conversation with Mike Levine:

 

 

(June 9th, 2024)

A Conversation with Darragh O'Farrell:

 

 

(April 28th, 2024)

A Conversation with Khris Brown:

 

 

 

(March 3rd, 2024)

Another conversation with Aaron Giles (DREAMM v3.0):

 

(February 18th, 2024)

A Conversation with Clint Bajakian:

 

(February 13th, 2024)

A Conversation with Annie Fox:

 

 

(February 4th, 2024)

A Conversation with Charlie Ramos:

 

(January 14th, 2024)

A Conversation with Ken Macklin:

 

(January 7th, 2024)

A Conversation with Michael Land:

 

 

(December 24th)

A Conversation with Malena Annable:

 

 

 

(November 19th)

A Conversation with Steve Purcell:

 

(November 12th)

A Conversation with Mike Stemmle:

 

(November 5th)

A Conversation with Dan Connors:

 

(October 29th)

A Conversation with Bret Mogilefsky:

 

 

(October 22nd)

A Conversation with Jenn Sandercock:

 

 

(October 1st)

A Conversation with Anson Jew:

 

 

(September 24th)

A Conversation with Larry Ahern:

 

(September 10th)

A Conversation with Kyle Balda:

 

 

 

(September 3rd)

A Conversation with Hal Barwood:

 

(July 16th)

A Conversation with Mark Ferrari:

 

(June 30th)

A Conversation with Ron Gilbert:

 

(June 25th)

A Conversation with Dave Grossman:

 

 

(May 28th)

A Conversation with Aric Wilmunder:

 

 

(May 14th)

Another conversation with Aaron Giles (DREAMM Version 2.0):

 

 

(May 11th)

A Conversation with Denny Delk:

 

(May 7th)

A Conversation with Noah Falstein:

 

(April 23rd)

A Conversation with Bill Tiller:

 

(April 2nd)

A Conversation with Gary Winnick:

 

(March 16th)

A Conversation with Academy Award nominee Graham Annable:

 

 

A conversation with LucasArts legend David Fox:

 

 

A conversation with SCUMM legend Brad Taylor:

 

 

 

A conversation with LucasArts alumni & emulation wiz Aaron Giles:

 

 

 

Edited 22 minutes ago by danielalbu

[Huz]

I'm only about halfway through but this is great stuff. Good to hear an explanation for the lack of vertical scrolling!

[Udvarnoky]

Wow, sounds like he has ambitions to turn DREAMM into an all-encompassing LucasArts emulator, or at least a certain subset of non-adventure games.

[danielalbu]

21 hours ago, Udvarnoky said:

Wow, sounds like he has ambitions to turn DREAMM into an all-encompassing LucasArts emulator, or at least a certain subset of non-adventure games.

The latest beta version already supports Escape from Monkey Island, Grim Fandango and Dark Forces!

https://aarongiles.com/dreamm/beta/

[Udvarnoky]

You sure? The page doesn't mention the support of those games, and that build of DREAMM isn't recognizing my GOG install of EMI. Perhaps if I pulled out my actual discs I'd get a different result.

[TimeGentleman]

They're not listed here either: https://aarongiles.com/dreamm/#about-supported

[Benny]

They worked for me when I dragged on cd images of those games.

[TimeGentleman]

In that case, sounds like It does indeed need the original CD files (or images) rather than the gog version's files. The list I linked to must not cover the beta.

Edited January 7, 2023 by TimeGentleman

[Benny]

The beta also supports Afterlife, Tie Fighter Cd, Rebel Assault 2, amazing stuff.

[Udvarnoky]

Yup, ISOs are working for me. Weird! Unlike Grim, which is only sold in remastered form, the digital storefront version of EMI includes the native executable. Maybe Lucasfilm mucked with the fileset in some other way that's tripping DREAMM up.

[Aaron Giles]

Sorry for the confusion! I haven't been widely advertising the beta because it still has a bunch of rough edges, but feel free to check it out.

 

I've only worked with disc images so far, and haven't yet taught DREAMM about the GOG/Steam releases of newly-supported games.

 

In the case of EFMI, I suspect the digital version has the updated EXE, which was not on the disc images. Should be an easy enough thing to support in the future.

 

Aaron

 

P.S. If you *DO* try out the beta, feel free to let me know of major issues (or minor ones), especially if you're on a Mac, as this is my first attempt to package up a MacOS X application.

Edited January 9, 2023 by Aaron Giles

[ThunderPeel2001]

19 hours ago, Aaron Giles said:

P.S. If you *DO* try out the beta, feel free to let me know of major issues (or minor ones), especially if you're on a Mac, as this is my first attempt to package up a MacOS X application.

 

MacOS support?!? If the emojis weren't broken my head would be exploding. Thank you for adding that!

[danielalbu]

🎙️ Check out my conversation with Lucasfilm Games alumnus and SCUMM legend Brad Taylor!

 

 

📃 Also, check out the live chat element on the YouTube page, Brad answered questions there as well!

Edited January 19, 2023 by danielalbu

[danielalbu]

🎙️ Join us in 2 hours for my conversation with ScummVM project leader Eugene Sandulenko!

 

We'll be discussing reverse engineering, Blade Runner, ScummVM 2.7.0, Macromedia Director, DREAMM and more!

 

Eugene will join us in the livechat during the premiere!

⏰ Premiering in 2 hours! ⏰

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[danielalbu]

🎙️ Join us TODAY for my conversation with LucasFilm Games legend David Fox!

 

In this conversation, we discuss Zak McKracken, Limited Run Games, Thimbleweed Park & Return to Monkey Island!

 

⏰ Today @ Noon (Pacific Time) ⏰

⏰ Starting in 4 hours... ⏰

[TimeGentleman]

Very exciting! But shouldn't these go in the mega-thread to avoid clogging up the forum?

[danielalbu]

56 minutes ago, TimeGentleman said:

Very exciting! But shouldn't these go in the mega-thread to avoid clogging up the forum?

 

It might eventually go to the mega thread.

But if I add it now, no one will see this post 😟

[TimeGentleman]

Surely the mega-thread will get bumped when you post it in there, and doing it this way just means the mods have to clear up after you every time? But I'll leave it up to you and them!
(PS : mods - feel free to delete my posts if merging/cleaning up!)

Edited February 26, 2023 by TimeGentleman

[Gins]

I'd be in favor of allowing new interviews to be new threads for visibility and then merge them into the mega thread after some time. Thanks for these cool interviews, @danielalbu!

[Remi]

The mega thread will be pushed to the top when there are new posts, so please use that one in the future. (Looking forward to checking out this interview. 👍🏻)

[Jake]

It’s also worth editing the first post to include all of them as they’re uploaded. 
 

great series! This is awesome 

[Thrik]

Love it.

[Sopabuena]

Love this series!

[danielalbu]

🎙️ Join me TODAY for my conversation with Academy Award nominated director, animator and illustrator Graham Annable!

 

🕹️ In this conversation, we discuss The Curse of Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Puzzle Agent, Boxtrolls, LucasArts, Telltale Games, LAIKA Studios & more!

 

⏰ Premiering in 2 hours! ⏰

 

Edited March 19, 2023 by danielalbu

[ThunderPeel2001]

I know it's a different series, but this is a great conversation to add to the collection...