A little over a week ago, I attended PAX East in Boston for the second time and was able to attend a few very interesting panels that were related to retro gaming. My favorite panel of the bunch was entitled “Ten Games You Need to Play: The Digital Game Canon” put on by the IGDA (International Game Developers Association). The title is a bit misleading as the panel didn’t really … [ Read More... ]
Once again, the podcast ventured to PAX East to bring back interesting interviews for our listeners. After some reflection by Dave and Nick about their experience this year, the rest of the podcast features interviews with a couple of the independent developers at this year’s show who were working on retro-inspired games.
Albert Reed, Studio Director @ Demiurge Studios – Shoot Many Robots
Albert Reed’s Demiurge Studios stared as a … [ Read More... ]
Daron Stinnett, Dark Forces Project Leader
Daron Stinnett is a game industry veteran who is probably best known for his work at LucasArts. Stinnett was project leader and programmer for this month’s Together Retro game Dark Forces and also worked on Falcon 3.0, the Western FPS Outlaws, the Star Wars Starfighter games, and a host of other well known titles. In the interview, Daron reflects on his work … [ Read More... ]
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As we all know, arcades are disappearing around the world – even in the largest of cities. I know that here in the Midwest part of the US, there are only a handful of quality arcades and not many “mega arcades” . Since I was making a trip out to California to visit my brother, I wanted … [ Read More... ]
