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episode 144: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis with Hal Barwood - The Retro Hour EP144
A friend of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, we're joined by the legendary Hal Barwood to talk about his time at LucasArts and the classic Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis.
Hal Barwood's homepage: http://www.finitearts.com/
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episode 143: The Rebirth of Point & Click Adventure Games with Paul Conway - The Retro Hour EP143
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.
Darkside Detective: http://darksidedetective.com/
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episode 142: Simon The Sorcerer with Mike Woodroffe - The Retro Hour EP142
It's Adventure Month and we talk to founder of AdventureSoft Mike Woodroffe about classics like Elvira, Waxworks and Simon The Sorcerer.
AventureSoft website: http://www.adventuresoft.com/
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Blade Runner & Command & Conquer with Louis Castle - The Retro Hour EP141
We start Adventure Month by chatting to the co-founder of the legendary Westwood Studios, Louis Castle! We cover classics like Dune, Command & Conquer and Blade Runner.
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Grim Fandango with Bret Mogilefsky - The Retro Hour EP140
Bret Mogilefsky was the lead programmer on the LucasArts classic adventure Grim Fandango, we get the inside story on the game and life at Skywalker Ranch.
Bret on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bmogilefsky
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