Matt Chat Thread

[Sceptic]

Matt's an awkward weirdo, but he's on the side of the angels. I wish he would learn how to follow-up on stuff mid-interview, but what are you gonna do?

I think so sometimes too, but there is one advantage to his approach, in that he just stands back and lets the interviewee ramble on, and sometimes the result is brilliant and completely unlike any other gaming interview. Some of my favourite moments in his interviews come from this, such as (off the top of my head) Richard Garriott going on about teletype and the tile system in early Ultimas, Sandy Petersen rambling about the original Quake design with hammer-wielding Thor, or Tom Hall fondly recalling Infocom and Scott Adams games he played. I think on one hand his interviews could benefit from being more structured and him following up more aggressively, but if he did I think they'd lose those wonderful almost off-topic moments, and I genuinely enjoy them when they're from designers I like as they usually end up fascinating.

 

[sstacks]

Matt's an awkward weirdo, but he's on the side of the angels. I wish he would learn how to follow-up on stuff mid-interview, but what are you gonna do?

I think so sometimes too, but there is one advantage to his approach, in that he just stands back and lets the interviewee ramble on, and sometimes the result is brilliant and completely unlike any other gaming interview. Some of my favourite moments in his interviews come from this, such as (off the top of my head) Richard Garriott going on about teletype and the tile system in early Ultimas, Sandy Petersen rambling about the original Quake design with hammer-wielding Thor, or Tom Hall fondly recalling Infocom and Scott Adams games he played. I think on one hand his interviews could benefit from being more structured and him following up more aggressively, but if he did I think they'd lose those wonderful almost off-topic moments, and I genuinely enjoy them when they're from designers I like as they usually end up fascinating.

Matt is very good at getting out of the way, which is a very important interviewing skill. I am the opposite and have to constantly work to let the interviewee breathe.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Infinitron]

Countdown to your own personal Doomsday with Buck Rogers and Doc Barton! This gem doesn't tend to get the attention of the flagship Gold Box series, but don't let that stop you. Bring on the space rats!

 

[Butter]

 

[Boleskine]

 

[Boleskine]

 

[Infinitron]

SKALD Against the Black Priory Prologue:

 

[Butter]

 

[J_C]

The creator of this mod did God's work.

 

[Pound Meat]

Isn't that the NES Punk's cohost?

Edit: guy on the left

 

[Boleskine]

This episode features an interview with Rick Francis, the modder who created the Eye of the Beholder I and II conversions for the Neverwinter Nights Aurora engine. Check it out on Steam or here:

https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwnee/module/eye-beholder

 

[grimace]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGNeI3duC8A






Let's revisit Eye of the Beholder!




Matt Chat 176: Eye of the Beholder
14,528 views
Dec 10, 2012


Fun gameplay is in the eye of the beerholder this week as Matt reviews the 1991 dungeon crawler from Westwood Associates, Eye of the Beholder. Closely modeled after FTL's seminal game Dungeon Master from '87, Eye of the Beholder unites the real-time dungeon crawl with the AD&D ruleset with mixed results.



And another
Eye Of The Beholder - Amiga - Gaming Memories And Review



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_VBbFvfQ1o


https://shot97retro.blogspot.com/2017/11/eye-of-beholder-in-depth-amiga-review.html

 

[rusty_shackleford]

4 and a half hours


Rusty redeemed btw

good bundle
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/18982/Old_School_Fantasy_RPGs_Bundle/

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Countdown to your own personal Doomsday with Buck Rogers and Doc Barton! This gem doesn't tend to get the attention of the flagship Gold Box series, but don't let that stop you. Bring on the space rats!

Do most Goldbox fans really not play the XXVc games?
Strange, they're really good.

 

[Butter]

Here we go with Drakensang, a 2009 game based on The Dark Eye RPG system from Germany. It's awesome, but sadly never got the attention it deserved outside of its native land. Time to rectify that! This is an amazing game that's well worth your time and money whether you played it back in the day or not--at least in this man's opinion. Hey, in addition to great audiovisuals and interesting RPG mechanics, it's got Wolf Rats--need I say more?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Has he ever done a video on Wizards & Warriors? Checked his catalogue and didn't see it, kinda surprised.

 

[Butter]

 

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[grimace]

HK
3 hours ago
I think you messed up the audio around the 1:58:43 mark, Matt.
Matt Barton
Matt Barton
3 hours ago
argh. You're right. shoot
Matt Barton
Matt Barton
3 hours ago
appears to be a vegas glitch.

The fixed version is here:

Matt Chat 475: Richard Moss on the Secret History of Mac Gaming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54i2aelv1Ns

 

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[Boleskine]

 

[Butter]

 

[curds]

Hell yeah