Matt Chat Thread

[Orma]

this boomer really needs to do something about the audio quality

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Ninjerk]

Any questions or suggestions?

 

[Boleskine]

And there it is:

 

[Infinitron]

In this installment, Colin chats about Planescape, Birthright, Ravenloft, Dragon Mountain, and more. We also talk about life at TSR and the nature of evil.

 

[Infinitron]

More episodes left to go, but Matt has already recorded his interview with Annie and today he's interviewing Kevin Saunders. Truly the Matt Chat Renaissance.

 

[Infinitron]

Huh, out on a Saturday:



This is the final episode of the Colin McComb interview.

 

[Terra]

 

[grimace]

This is the start of a great new series with the one-and-only Annie VanderMeer of the Tiamat Collective. In this segment, we chat about adventure games, visual novels, narratives, characters, help lines, and much more.

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Great interview!

 

[Infinitron]

Extremely non-Codex relevant episode.

Matt wants to release the second episode next week but sounds like he might not make it.

 

[samuraigaiden]

I'm re-watching Matt's interview with Neal Halford. Good stuff

 

[Infinitron]

Huh on a Monday:

Annie delves into how she transitioned from English major to video game designer, and talks about how Twine, Ren'Py, and RPG Maker are good preparation for a career in games. We also talk about Taxi Driver and her early days at Obsidian.

 

[Infinitron]

Visual novel stuff ends at 13:45. Obsidian stuff starts at 21:10.

Third part next week, maybe.

 

[Ninjerk]

@37:15 or so Matt talks about a free game on GOG, FYI.

 

[Infinitron]

Great stuff here from Annie on BTS at Obsidian during two of their biggest projects. We also chat about voice acting and how much Annie loved working with legends like Jim Cummings.

 

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NWN2 stuff starts at 6:10. Alpha Protocol stuff starts at 18:00.

Roguey might find some parts of this interesting. I'm starting to like these Annie interviews. She provides a more low-level perspective that the more senior designers that Matt usually interviews don't have. Stephen Colbert and Penny Arcade memes in Mask of the Betrayer, oh my! Also lots of voice actor fangirling.

Still one or maybe two Annie episodes to go. Next one is about Storm of Zehir.

 

[Roguey]

They recorded 75% of the script for Brian and Annie's Alpha Protocol.

Annie's into scatological humor.

 

[grimace]

Matt is really cute with these "cliffhanger endings" in recent videos.

Matt Chat 442: Annie VanderMeer on Storm of Zehir, Guild Wars 2, Destiny
Mar 1, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RllHQkEwIYM

 

[Infinitron]

Lots of great content here from Annie VanderMeer! We chat about NWN 2: Storm of Zehir, Obsidian's cancelled Alien RPG, the importance of prototyping, Guild Wars 2, mmo narratives, Destiny and much more!

 

[Grauken]

They recorded 75% of the script for Brian and Annie's Alpha Protocol.

Annie's into scatological humor.

I find it more funny that the more I look at her face, it starts to resemble the "hopw roewur ne" face

 

[Infinitron]

First 16 minutes of the episode are about Storm of Zehir and Aliens: Crucible, the rest is about the MMOs. I think the MMO part is actually more interesting. She doesn't have much to say about SoZ that we don't already know.

Final episode next week will be about Dead State.

 

[Infinitron]

Annie returns for one final segment to chat about Dead State, women in the gaming industry, Kickstarters, and more. I also give a sneak peak of the next interview series with Kevin Saunders.

Kevin Saunders part: https://youtu.be/6-YC963jVVc?t=1403

 

[catfood]

Five videos for this ugly ho. What the fuck J_C ?

 

[Infinitron]

A live chat about adventure games and more with Julia Minimata, Francisco González, and Mat Bradley--Tschirgi.

 

[Terra]

Obsidian and inXile veteran Kevin Saunders chats about his recent activities including a very serious medical condition. We also chat about his work on Adhara, an Oregon Trail-inspired game before getting into Torment: Tides of Numenera and the problems with fulfilling its stretch goals.