Hold off on the download of the MP3.  The FTP server is being a jerk.

Edit: Okay it's fine now.

KICK ASS. Thank you Crimm!

I'd definately recommend Zack n Wikki for your GF/Wife as well!  My wife hated games until Zach n Wikki arrived.  Once she got her hands on it, we played the entire thing together, oftentimes w/ her asking starting it up.  It was a lot of fun, and now she's even growing an addiction to Mario Kart Wii, Professor Layton, and Word Coach!  Thanks Capcom!

Oh yes, everyone just LOVES to hate on that episode I did alone. Laugh it up, jerks. :P

HOLY CRAP it's Karl. What you been up to, Viewtiful?

The effort  was appreciated.

screw you guys renegade is bad ass.

but then again what should i expect from people who play magic and like Pokemon puzzle league... ohhhh shot!

Nothing like stereotypes on what a girlfriend or wife will like in gaming.

Cooking Mama and Imagine Babies, right?

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/zCrimm/gamesforgirls.jpg

Huh.....they forgot "Feel The Magic"

Girls have their magazines that say what guys like in bed.

It's a generalization that makes for good tips to see what their man may like.  So they can avoid more awkward experimenting.

Not too much. Now that school's out for the summer, I've been doing some contract editing for this media company out of LA. I'm not pulling down anything grand, but it puts a little more scratch in my pocket than otherwise. I'm working on something journalism-related as well.

And don't act so surprised. I still pop in here every now and then. Haven't forgotten about you jokers just yet. I was just talking to James the other day about the 100th episode, actually.

Oh, and before I forget, if you're coming to PAX, be sure to drop me a line. I'll be there with Obi, and last I checked Burchfield was gonna show up as well. Should be fun times.

YES, love the shout out to Zack McCracken and the Alien Mind Benders! My first true adventure game back in the DOS days, seriously an awesome game.

I expect to hear Karl and Mike on Episode 100 no questions asked!

Yeah - I loved Zak McKracken!  The thing I remember most about about it was the Hare Krishna dude in the airport handing out pamphlets and doing the crazy spinny dance. 

Another game I forgot to bring up that I really really loved was a sequel to Maniac Mansion - Day of the Tentacle!  It had a time travel component to the game that was really well implemented and fun.  Now THAT would be a great first adventure game for someone new to the genre; I highly recommend it to you noobs out there!  Ah, memories.  I miss my Amiga!

DOTT was godly. That is all.

Indeed, one of Tim Schafer's many classics. Grim Fandango is also amazing, I highly recommend it. Just go on Wikipedia and find anything that guy was a part of and there is a 100% guarantee that it is awesome.

The guy from wiinintendo.net posted a link to the show and stated "Kevin recounts his lengthy history with the genre, and we all discuss the future of Adventure games on Wii."  Is that a typo or is he a part of the show?


http://wiinintendo.net/2008/05/11/radio-free-nintendo-episode-98/

The text in their article is lifted directly from the NWR article about this episode... i.e. exactly what it says at the top of this Talkback thread.  Yes, my friend Kevin is a part of this episode.  By the way, he is DrStiles on the forums (see his post above).

Oh cool. Hey Kevin.

Again thanks Crimm for getting it out on time. I had a 2 1/2 hour drive and this helped.

Yeah, I forgot about Grim Fandango too - very awesome.  This is also one of the most critically acclaimed point-and-click adventure games ever made, for good reason.  I actually did search Tim Schafer on wikipedia - now I'm even more interested in Psychonauts now that I know he was a part in it!  Thanks Nick

*waves to DAaaMan2^6*

Great podcast, it kept me company on the trip to my Parent's home today.

I liked the adventure game retrospective, I cut my teeth on text adventures back in the late eighties. I remember one of the first games I got for my Tandy PC was a sample diskette from the back of Computer Games and Video Entertainment magazine for about $6. It came in a hand written brown envelope from Scott Miller and Included his game Kingdom of Kroz (an anagram of Zork.)
Little did I know that this was birth of episodic gaming content and the introduction of shareware games (we call them demos now.) Of course Scott Miller went on to publish Commander Keen and Wolfenstein 3D which gave iD software there start and is currently co-owner of 3D Realms.

I notice you left out the multiple adventure games available for the DS, I hope this becomes a topic of a future episode.

Oh and Karl, I'm going to PAX again this year, hope to see you there.

Oh Crap... I don't think we even thought about the DS angle.

Oops.

Haha yes! Everybody needs to show Psychonauts some love, an amazing, unforgettable game. I'm super excited for Tim's upcoming title, Brutal Legend, sounds like it is going to fit right in with the rest of his work.

I'd say Psychonauts had some issues as a platformer, jumps that simply required you to repeat them over and over until you finally landed it, but it was still a good game.

Man, I wish I was on this episode.  I reviewed Z&W so I have a lot of things I wish I could have added to that convo.

Also, I'm playing Escape from Monkey Island on PS2 right because I got it cheap, so that would have been fun to talk about.

AND, I love classic SCUMM stuff and wish I could have talked about Loom!

"Grass green, I hate that color."

I don't remember having many issues with that, but then again I have played the game through at least 6 times at this point. For me, the world that was created in the game was so unique and compelling, I constantly wanted to be a part of it. The voice acting was top notch and the story was funny and interesting. It pretty much excelled in every regard I want a game to excel in.

I haven't played this yet, but Double Fine is working on something Psychonauts related. And I basically bought an original xbox for Psychonauts a few months ago.  But I want to find out what Double Fine is working on first, it would be a wiimake.