Discussion: [Indie Game] (spoilers!) podcast

We explore the last of the Apple II Wizardry games with Heart of the Maelstrom:

www.justgamesretro.com/apple/wizard...

Work on Series 2 continues... and there's an appearance from our regular special guest.

She's normally silent (and sleeping), but when the sun's out, she likes to get in on the action...

These games really are something. We could talk about them for hours... and did!

The entire Blackwell series is 70% off during the Steam Summer sale!

Eight years in the making, the Blackwell series tell the story of medium Rosa Blackwell and her spirit guide Joey Mallone as they help lost and lonely ghosts pass on.

Find them here: t.co/uoi1Mtx3aN

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We discuss indie adventure games (with spoilers!), but obviously with occasional reference to the classics.

In this clip from Series 2 (coming soon!) Rik admits he mainly remembers the (very easy and short) demo of Full Throttle rather than the game itself.

Spoiler for Jurassic Park: it all goes wrong.

We'll be discussing more modern stories, with more specific plot spoilers, in Series 2 of Discussion: [Indie Game] (spoilers!) - coming soon!

Work on series 2 of Discussion: [Indie Game] (spoilers!) is underway… And we have proof!

Here’s some BTS footage of our wacky japes while recording an episode of the pod, and not doing the gardening (like other people our age).

NILES IS MISSING! OH NO! NILES HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED BY WINE THIEVES! CAN FRASIER SAVE HIM IN TIME O BATTLE THROUGH EIGHT DIFFERENT LEVELS, COLLECT WINE BOTTLES & COME UP WITH THE RANSOM MONEY TO SAVE NILES! FIND NILES! FIGHT THIEVES! FRASIER NILES IN PERIL TENSER FRASIER NILES IN PERIY nake GAME BOY.. ONLY ON GAME BOYI T LORD

Combing through the emails on Rabbi Stone’s computer explains why his synagogue may be largely empty at the start of The Shivah...

The full discussion (with spoilers) is available on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts: open.spotify.com/show/0ZkE3OW...

When Detective Sam Durkin's taciturn conversational style meets the straight-up gravelly grumpiness of Rabbi Russell Stone... there can only be one winner.

The full episode is available to listen to now on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0ZkE3OW...
Or from wherever you get your podcasts.

It's a bit of an uneven series, but I liked 5 the most.

It was the kind of mid 00s adventure that later made me run towards your games with arms outstretched, eyes wild with joy and disbelief.

When I lived in London, I never had the option to be invoiced for pizza.

No, but @wadjeteyegames.bsky.social said it was great, so it's on our list!

A truly bizarre game. Although not at bizarre as The Mystery of The Druids.

Today we are looking at: The Lost Vikings!
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Investigate a murder case with some polygons that sometimes look like Lenny Briscoe, then prosecute it in court. The case, not Lenny’s character model.

Accidentally overwrote my Strife save with a new game

Oh no! We've been spoiled by autosaves...

We have a real soft spot for this one too... the game that got Rik back into adventure gaming!

Thank you! It's a pretty short game, so shouldn't take too long to catch up with, if you decide to play it. (At one point we wondered whether our discussion was actually longer than the game itself...)

Hi Teresa! Thanks for listening. Will bear your comments in mind about the music volume. A second series is in the works!

I will not trim this beard until I have finished Disco Elysium.

Day 16 tomorrow.

👻The Blackwell games are in the Steam Spring Sale!👻

Join Rosa Blackwell and her spirit guide Joey Mallone as they help guide lost souls into the afterlife.

Making these games spanned eight years and they still take up a very special place in my heart.

Nab 'em here: buff.ly/3BRiSNw

Save 70% on The Blackwell Bundle on Steam

Like the rest of the @wadjeteyegames.bsky.social games, The Blackwell Bundle is in the Steam sale: store.steampowered.com/bundle/6377/...

And if you'd like a deep dive (with spoilers) into each game after you've played it, you know where to come!

In our final clip from our chat with Dave Gilbert, we talk about endings: specifically, wrapping up the Blackwell series in The Blackwell Epiphany.

No spoilers here, or in the full interview, really, but it'll all make a lot more sense if you've played the game!

It's easier to support and signal boost when a) your previous games have left such a mark and b) you take time to note and reciprocate this interest (e.g. by appearing on a tiny British podcast...) All the buzz is hard earned!

None of the other ones, including Telltale's efforts, ever quite managed to measure up, sadly.

The best CSI game is CSI: Deadly Intent – The Hidden Cases on the DS. Fact!