LGH_ Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Thanks for all these fantastic interviews. As a hardcore LucasArts soundtrack fan, the one with Michael Land was obviously my favourite so far 😉 Maybe you‘ll get also the chance to talk to Clint Bajakian and Peter McConnell too in future 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielalbu Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 11 hours ago, LGH_ said: Thanks for all these fantastic interviews. As a hardcore LucasArts soundtrack fan, the one with Michael Land was obviously my favourite so far 😉 Maybe you‘ll get also the chance to talk to Clint Bajakian and Peter McConnell too in future 😉 I already interviewed Clint Bajakian a few weeks ago, we had a 5-hour conversation (my longest one yet). The conversation will premiere next month. Peter McConnell is on my bucket list for 2024. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGH_ Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Wow, 5 hours? I‘ll be looking forward to that one. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielalbu Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 (edited) Any of you fans of the classic 1997 LucasArts FPS game Outlaws? 🎙️ Join me TODAY for the YouTube premiere of my conversation with LucasArts animator and Outlaws lead animator, Charlie Ramos! 📝 In this conversation we discuss Outlaws, The Dig, Full Throttle and more! ⏰ Today @ Noon (PT) Edited February 4 by danielalbu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGH_ Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Thanks, I‘ve started listening to it. Great conversation, as always! For me, Outlaws is a game with a love-hate relationship. I really was a huge fan of the soundtrack, and I enjoyed the excellent cut scenes and story. But I didn’t really enjoy the actual gameplay. I’m not really a fan of ego shooters anyway, and the ingame graphics looked quite “meh” on my graphics card. The game was something I had to get through, just to reach the next cut scene 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielalbu Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 14 hours ago, LGH_ said: Thanks, I‘ve started listening to it. Great conversation, as always! For me, Outlaws is a game with a love-hate relationship. I really was a huge fan of the soundtrack, and I enjoyed the excellent cut scenes and story. But I didn’t really enjoy the actual gameplay. I’m not really a fan of ego shooters anyway, and the ingame graphics looked quite “meh” on my graphics card. The game was something I had to get through, just to reach the next cut scene 😉 Thanks for watching! I wasn't that interested in playing Outlaws back in the 90's. I played it for a while, but not too much. Recently, when Aaron Giles added support for Outlaws in DREAMM, I started playing it and I got hooked! (Side note: I'm currently editing my third conversation with Aaron Giles, and we're playing Outlaws there as well) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielalbu Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 (edited) 🎙️ Tune in TODAY for the YouTube premiere of my conversation with acclaimed author Annie Fox! 📝 We'll delve into the Putt-Putt series, Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective as well as her new book "The Little Things That Kill" that comes out TODAY! ⏰ Premiering NOW! Edited February 13 by danielalbu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 (edited) 11 minutes ago, danielalbu said: 🎙️ Tune in TODAY for the YouTube premiere of my conversation with acclaimed author Annie Fox! Personal aside: Annie and David were both instrumental in me getting into programming, writing not one, but three of the first books I read on the topic. A few years later I first played Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken, and although I noticed "David Fox" in the credits, I didn't even realize the connection to those early programming books of theirs until a few years ago. 😁 Edited February 13 by Serge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielalbu Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 (edited) Thank you for sharing your story! You’re welcome to write it in the comments section of the video as Annie reads the comments. Plus, the premiere is still on and she’s currently in the live chat! Edited February 13 by danielalbu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielalbu Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 🎙️ Don't miss my longest conversation yet! 🎵 Join me today for my 4.5-hour conversation with acclaimed LucasArts composer Clint Bajakian! 🗒️ We'll talk about Outlaws, Monkey Island 2, The Dig, Full Throttle and many other classic games! ⏰ Today @ Noon (PT) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielalbu Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 (edited) You asked for it... Tech Talk with Daniel Albu is coming to a podcast platform near you! From now on, each new conversation will first premiere on YouTube, followed by a podcast release 3 weeks later. On Spotify, you'll also have the video available: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/danielalbu Edited February 19 by danielalbu 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndywinXp Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 On 2/18/2024 at 8:15 PM, danielalbu said: 🎙️ Don't miss my longest conversation yet! 🎵 Join me today for my 4.5-hour conversation with acclaimed LucasArts composer Clint Bajakian! 🗒️ We'll talk about Outlaws, Monkey Island 2, The Dig, Full Throttle and many other classic games! ⏰ Today @ Noon (PT) Watched the first hour and a half, it's just incredible. Great work once again, I'll keep finishing this interview during the week 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 On 2/19/2024 at 4:15 AM, danielalbu said: 🎙️ Don't miss my longest conversation yet! 🎵 Join me today for my 4.5-hour conversation with acclaimed LucasArts composer Clint Bajakian! 🗒️ We'll talk about Outlaws, Monkey Island 2, The Dig, Full Throttle and many other classic games! ⏰ Today @ Noon (PT) Nice looking forward to listening! Clint is one of the greats. His contributions to the Return score were such a delight, truly iconic stuff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 I did NOT know that Clint paid the live orchestra recordings for his Emperor's Tomb soundtrack out of his own pockets. That's dedication! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 2/20/2024 at 6:57 AM, Laserschwert said: I did NOT know that Clint paid the live orchestra recordings for his Emperor's Tomb soundtrack out of his own pockets. That's dedication! That must have been right when BASD was starting out and wanted an example of what they could do under their belts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGH_ Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Here‘s a statement and a question. First the statement: I cannot understand that some people prefer written interviews. The video interviews give so much room for details, background stories and anecdotes. If you’d try to pack that all in a written interview, you’d need to fill a book 😉 And please, don’t make the interviews shorter either. If I don’t have the time to listen to them in one shot, I can do that in slices! And now for the question: often, at the end of the interview, you say sth like: here’s question from the chat. What chat are you referring to? It can’t be the chat on the YouTube premiere, since the interview has been conducted already before. Where do we learn which conversations you’re having next, and where could we contribute a question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 16 hours ago, LGH_ said: I cannot understand that some people prefer written interviews. I love how long these interviews are for how much information they contain, and for how much the personality of the interview subject is allowed to come through by spending so much time with them, but I still think I’d prefer to read them than watch them (maybe on this very website?? just saying!). I like reading! I like that the types of multitasking I can do when reading makes reading the focus but I can have music on, or quickly drop in and out of it to talk to someone else in the room. Watching a video interview either demands my full attention or at least demands the use of my ears - it’s fully occupied time that I have to play/pause. I know that I’d personally get more enjoyment out of these if i could read them at my own pace, but I also love that they are conducted as realtime video interviews and will forever be preserved with the subjects own voices as a feature. I know this is a goofy argument to make I think it’s pretty subjective, different types of people like to consume media in different ways. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGH_ Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 1 hour ago, Jake said: I think it’s pretty subjective, different types of people like to consume media in different ways. Yes, obviously, it's always a personal preference. Concerning the multitasking argument: I often listen to interviews while driving the car. (And yes, rest assured, if I do, I don't watch the image of the video 😉) Also, I'm grateful for any interview I get (if the person/subject is interesting for me). The written ones too 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) I'm personally a podcast person. Audio-only would be my preferred way. I can listen to them during tube journeys and it will remember my place when I stop. Edited February 27 by ThunderPeel2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dognut Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) count me in for team written. that said, very happy to hear this is becoming a podcast. that will be my preferred way of consuming these interviews. edit: in fact, i just subscribed via Apple Podcasts! Edited February 28 by dognut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remi Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 As we’re ranking: 1. Written. 🧑🍳’s 💋 2. Podcasts. 🥳 3. Videos. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didero Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 The real question of course is: when are these interviews being turned into videogames? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielalbu Posted February 29 Author Share Posted February 29 On 2/27/2024 at 12:41 AM, LGH_ said: Here‘s a statement and a question. First the statement: I cannot understand that some people prefer written interviews. The video interviews give so much room for details, background stories and anecdotes. If you’d try to pack that all in a written interview, you’d need to fill a book 😉 And please, don’t make the interviews shorter either. If I don’t have the time to listen to them in one shot, I can do that in slices! And now for the question: often, at the end of the interview, you say sth like: here’s question from the chat. What chat are you referring to? It can’t be the chat on the YouTube premiere, since the interview has been conducted already before. Where do we learn which conversations you’re having next, and where could we contribute a question? The "Questions from our viewers" section is questions from people on our Discord server. I inform people days (and sometimes weeks) in advance about my upcoming interviews and they send in their questions. So join our Discord and you'll see a lot of this information on the "Tech Talk with Daniel Albu" channel there. https://discord.conversationswithcurtis.com/ Looking forward to your questions! On 2/28/2024 at 1:48 AM, ThunderPeel2001 said: I'm personally a podcast person. Audio-only would be my preferred way. I can listen to them during tube journeys and it will remember my place when I stop. I started uploading all of my previous conversation on Spotify / Apple Podcasts / Amazon Music. On Spotify, you'll also be able to watch the video if you want. Since I have quite a backlog, older conversations will be uploaded little by little, but from the Clint Bajakian conversation on, all conversations will be available around 3 weeks after their YouTube premiere: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/danielalbu 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielalbu Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 Well, it's not a Tech Talk with Daniel Albu, but here's my Techs Play with Noah Falstein! (Techs Play is a series in which I bring back people I interviewed and I play one of their games) So here's Noah Falstein playing Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis for the first time in 30 years! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielalbu Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 🎙️ Join me TODAY for my third conversation with emulation genius, Aaron Giles! 🗒️ In this conversation, we'll play a few LucasArts classics and showcase all of the new features of version 3.0 of his emulator, DREAMM! ⏰ Today @ Noon (PT) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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