May I present the interview I conducted for ACG with Larry Ahern (Full Throttle, Curse of Monkey Island, Insecticide) concerning a bunch of adventure games that sadly none of us – the players – ever got our mandibles on – like Vanishing Act, Full Throttle 2 and Insecticide Part 2.
The highlights include not only some really cool behind-the-scenes stories from up to 20 years ago, but also a gallery of concept art from the aforementioned games, as well as the never before seen cutscenes from Insecticide: Part 2 which wrap up most of the storyline!
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8oWnnsJ_GWBQwZyzmFgVPA/videos?view=1
Lastly, I’ve been recommending the relatively unloved Insecticide: Part 1 for ages and still do. You can get it cheap on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/16710/
Tags: Adventure Classic Gaming, bugs, Curse of Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Full Throttle 2, Insecticide, insects, Larry Ahern, Monkey Island 2, old LucasArts, The Vanishing Act
2008 was an interesting year for adventure games, but none of the new releases I played was truly groundbreaking. The adventure game scene seems to be still heavily marred by the desperate struggles to get funding and publishing deals and then to make the freshly assembled teams and engines work. Even such “sure bets” of current adventure gaming as A Vampyre Story and Gray Matter suffered from flimsy marketing (GM), shameful bugs (AVS) and huge delays in production (both).
Germany is the biggest source for new titles in the genre now. However, (more…)
Tags: A Second Face, A Vampyre Story, Adventure Classic Gaming, Adventure Game Studio, Adventure Games, AGS, Bill Tiller, Crackpot Entertainment, Edna & Harvey, Edna brichts aus, Gray Matter, Indie Games, Insecticide, Insecticide review, LucasArts, Mata Hari, Mental Repairs Inc., Mike Levine, Overclocked, Tale of A Hero
