The Rebirth of Point & Click Adventure Games with Paul Conway - The Retro Hour EP143

Episode 143,   Oct 12, 2018, 12:14 AM

Our guest this week is Paul Conway who has worked on titles like Theme Park and The Sims and recently Darkside Detective, we talk about the rebirth of point & click adventure games in the 21st century and the joys and challenges of making them today.

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Show notes:

Watch Ravi's Simon The Sorcerer Live Stream: https://youtu.be/MnAwv0TzWJQ?t=559

RIP Ben Daglish:

Mark 'TDK' Knight tribute: https://youtu.be/-LWUA5mylvo

C64 Audio tribute download: https://bit.ly/2ytFajQ

The Retro Hour Episode 17 with Ben Daglish: https://audioboom.com/posts/6977717-the-retro-hour-episode-17-c64-music-with-ben-daglish

Blockbuster printing their own carts: https://bit.ly/2NSrcm6

Sega Terradrive: https://bit.ly/2QKNqTX

Internet archive releases full c64 collection: https://bit.ly/2RGv8od

Archiving early popup ads: https://bit.ly/2IPGceS