Conversations with Curtis: oral histories of Phantasmagoria 2 and other 90s FMV adventure games

[Neuromancer]

He already mentioned in one of the videos (I think it was one of the P2 playthroughs), that he is in talk with Robert Holmes.
He might be the next interview partner.

 

[Starwars]

These are pretty fun. I remember having somewhat of a crush on Adrienne from the first Phantasmagoria (she's still looking great). I played Phantasmagoria 2 first though, and it actually scared me pretty bad back in the day. Seems a bit silly now but there you go. Me and my brother got it on a whim from a local store and we both felt it was very forbidden and scary when we first played it. :D

 

[Neuromancer]

I remember having somewhat of a crush on Adrienne from the first Phantasmagoria

Haven't we all?

 

[Neuromancer]

He already mentioned in one of the videos (I think it was one of the P2 playthroughs), that he is in talk with Robert Holmes.
He might be the next interview partner.

Here is the part where he talks about Robert Holmes:

 

[Boleskine]

I remember having somewhat of a crush on Adrienne from the first Phantasmagoria

Haven't we all?

I think it had something to do with the intro movie...

 

[Boleskine]

After 26 years, Paul has finally played and completed Phantasmagoria 2.

He confirmed that Robert Holmes is the next CwC guest.

 

[Boleskine]

I changed the thread title to reflect the evolution of this video series. I hope Paul can keep it going.

 

[Boleskine]

 

[Boleskine]

The Phantasmagoria playthrough is still going strong. They're almost done with the game and are getting to the good stuff in Chapter 6.



Paul has also been playing through Gabriel Knight 2.



Last weekend he interviewed David Fox, who was one of the first employees at Lucasfilm Games and is currently working on Return to Monkey Island.



Finally here is a recent update on the channel and what's coming next. Paul may be interviewing Chris Jones (Tex Murphy) in the near future.

 

[Boleskine]

At the beginning of the latest GK2 stream Paul mentioned that he may get to speak with Jane Jensen in mid-June.

 

[OndrejSc]

 

[Boleskine]

Spoony has made contact!

 

[OndrejSc]

 

[Boleskine]

CwC is still around but maybe losing some steam. After covering the Phantasmagoria games Paul is trying to branch out and talk to other developers (Sam Barlow) or play games like The Secret of Monkey Island.

But this could be neat - he and Victoria (Adrienne in P1) will be playing The 7th Guest.



Paul also has an interview coming up with Brad Greenquist (Georg in GK2) who apparently was almost cast as Curtis in Phantasmagoria 2.

 

[Boleskine]

 

[Boleskine]

IT'S HAPPENING.

 

[Verylittlefishes]

Curtis + Cleve when

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

Wow, I'm surprised Spoony is actually doing something again. He does not look like he's in good shape.

 

[Mary Sue Leigh]

I thought he was dead to be honest, so he looks better than expected.
Looks like this series is really scraping the bottom of the barrel now. Who's on next, a soulless metal rod? A code monkey?

 

[Neuromancer]

Looks like this series is really scraping the bottom of the barrel now. Who's on next, a soulless metal rod? A code monkey?

This is a special case.

Because of Spoony's playthrough of Phantasmagoria 2 many years ago, people were asking Paul for a long time to conduct an interview with Spoony.
Paul tried to get in contact with him to do this for well over a year now. All the time he reclined because of his health issues.

So I am surprised, that Spoony finally agreed to do this interview.

 

[Boleskine]

The conversation with Spoony premieres one hour from this post!

edit - fairly uninteresting tbh. The good news is that there will apparently be a follow-up discussion.

 

[Neuromancer]

Wow, the Spoony video already has over 12,000 views after only 4 days - way more than all the other videos on that channel.

After a cursorily glance, only the videos with Victoria Morsell seem to stand out otherwise - ranging from 1,700 to 6,300 views - but still way below Spoony's.


So, if this is "scraping the bottom of the barrel", that was a barrel of gold for this channel.

 

[Pound Meat]

Looks like this series is really scraping the bottom of the barrel now. Who's on next, a soulless metal rod? A code monkey?

This is a special case.

Because of Spoony's playthrough of Phantasmagoria 2 many years ago, people were asking Paul for a long time to conduct an interview with Spoony.
Paul tried to get in contact with him to do this for well over a year now. All the time he reclined because of his health issues.

So I am surprised, that Spoony finally agreed to do this interview.

Being a cunt is not a health issue.

 

[Boleskine]

Spoony returns for Q&A on Monday.