Almost thirty years ago Sierra released Phantasmagoria which what would go on to be their most controversial game of all time. At the time Robert Williams was best known for her family friendly King’s Quest games so it was quite a shock to see her make an adult horror game which included a controversial rape scene and plenty of gore. This was Sierra’s most ambitious and most expensive production which caused many challenges for the cast and crew to film and produce and as a result was delayed several times before eventually being released on August 24th 1995.

In this special Halloween episode Seoirse, drawing on information online, from the official Sierra Guidebook for Phantasmagoria and his own conversations with actor David Lee Homb and Roberta Williams herself, gives some background details on the origins, filming, production and release and reception of the game. He also gives some interesting facts about the filming of the game and he gives his own non spoiler and spoiler filled review of the game.

And if you want more about this game then check out our Patreon for exclusive episode where Seoirse runs down the most gruesome murders in the game!

So join us as we take a deep dive into one of the most talked about horror games of all time!

Phantasmagoria music composed by Mark Seibert

Song “Take a Stand” by Mark Seibert

Official Phantasmagoria soundtrack at The Sierra Chest

Phantasmagoria GOG Steam

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Intro (00:00:25)

Origins (00:04:58)

Background & Filming (00:07:50)

Release & Reception (00:19:02)

Interesting Facts (00:25:48)

Non-Spoiler Review (00:31:49)

Spoiler Recap & Recap (00:55:41)

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In this Halloween episode Seoirse sits down with the Arseniy and Laura of part For Introverts to talk all about their Vampire adventure game Cabernet. Will Seoirse survive long enough to find out all he needs to know about the game before he turns into a vampire himself? Find out in this interview!

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In this episode Seoirse is joined by Kieran and Laura in another bumper episode! Laura, making her glorious return to the podcast, reviews the latest game in the popular puzzle focused Rusty Lake series Underground Blossom. She then discusses some weird goings on in the Isle Tides Hotel and tells us whether it’s worth checking into this hotel in the latest Wales Interactive FMV. Seoirse then reviews climate change visual interactive graphic novel thriller End of Lines before then going to Mars as he reviews Fort Solis which features the voices of Roger Clarke and Troy Baker. Finally Kieran reviews old-school point and click adventure game Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard which was released late last year and he and Seoirse then head to the wild west as they discuss their thoughts on online multiplayer narrative driven murder mystery Whispers in the West! Will they survive long enough to solve the crime? Guess we’ll have to find out!

Elsewhere they discuss the latest news including some unfortunate layoffs at Tellatle and what this possibly means for the future of the company. Plus they try and make sense of what is going on at Unity as they ironically united game developers worldwide against them and finally they discuss a new movie based on the hit game Stray. All that and much more!

Timestamps

News (00.02.35)

Beyond the Edge of Owslgard Review (00.21.22)

Underground Blossom Review (00.29.21)

End of Lines (00.39.54)

Whispers in the West (00.47.01)

The Isle Tides Hotel (00.59.03)

Fort Solis (01;13.07)

News

Podcast Awards Offical Site

Telltale Layoffs

Bill Willingham puts Fables on Public Domain

Unity CEO Leaves company

Stray Movie adaptation announced

Games Reviewed

Beyond the Edge of Owlsgard Official Site

Underground Blossom Official Site

End of Lines Official Site

Whispers in the West Official Site

The Isle Tides Hotel Official Site

Fort Solis Official Site

Pontus Wittenmark dropped by for the third time on this podcast to talk all about his game Justin Wack and The Big Time Hack. He talks about the plot, characters, why and how he implemented the optional in game hint system and we also talk about the adventure game community and what his favourite games are. All that and much more!

Interview with Pontus Wittenmark Video

Justin Wack Offical Site

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Composer Robert Holmes joins Seoirse to discuss his new album “Sequel”. He talks about recording the music for his alum, how a friend of his shot the video for his songs and he also discusses what may be in store in the future including a possible new album and some intriguing possibilities for Gray Matter. And yes we also discuss a possible Gabriel Knight 4 and whether Jane Jensen could possibly return...

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Sequel Official Site

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In this truly bumper episode Seoirse and Tomas get together to review the latest adventure and narrative games they’ve been playing and they’ve been busy. First Tomas gives an update on what he thought of the new Sea of Thieves expansion pack in the The Legend of Monkey Island. He also dives into one of the hit games of the year Dave the Diver. Seoirse then reviews Dont Nod’s latest game Harmony: The Fall of Reverie and gives his thoughts on whether it lives up to their previous games. Finally Seoirse and Tomas go to space as Seoirse boldly goes where no one has gone before (well ok maybe SOME people have played it) as he reviews Star Trek: Resurgence and Tomas gives his review on The Expanse: A Telltale Series Episode One and gives his thoughts on whether this game lives up to the tv and book series. They also have time to discuss the latest news including two new Broken Swords!, and some demos of actual point and click adventure games! All that and much more!

Timestamps

(00:04:01) News

(00:38:10) The Legend of Monkey Island

(00:47:45) Harmony: The Fall of Reverie

(01:02:00) Dave the Diver

(01:19:21) Star Trek: Resurgence

(01:28:39) The Expanse: a Telltale Series

News

Podcast Awards Offical Site

AdventureX Offical Site

Broken Sword: Parzival's Stone Steam Page

Broken: Shadow of the Templars Reforged Steam Page

Golden Idol Mysterie: The Lemurian Vampire Steam Page

Hercule Poirot: The London Case Steam Page

Hercule Poirot: MUrder on the Orient Express Steam Page

Heir of the Dog Steam Page

The Invincible Official Site

The Room Offical Site

Clock Tower Announced

Demos

Sleepytime Village Steam Page

Legends of Castile Steam Page

Cabernet

Monolith

Games Reviewed

The Legend of Monkey Island Official Site

Harmony: The Fall of Reverie Official Site

Dave the Diver Steam Page

Star Trek: Resurgence Official Site

The Expanse: A Telltale Series

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The Adventure Games Podcast has been nominated for an award! Yep you right right. The Adventure Games Podcast has been nominated for Best Podcast under “Games & Hobbies” for The People’s Choice Podcast Awards 2023! Over 8 million worldwide voted for their favourite podcasts of the year and out of all those votes The Adventure Games Podcast made the top ten podcasts under Games & Hobbies. The live ceremony will be on Saturday 30th September at 11PM GMT on the Podcast Awards official site so please j You can hear Seoirse’s quite shocked reaction and more exciting news in this episode!

Podcast Awards Official Site

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Actor and author David Lee Homb joined Seoirse to talk about his experiences filimng for the game Phantasmagoria, what it was like working for Roberta Williams (Spoiler: It was good!) and he also discussed the impact the game has had the years since it was released. He also very kindly read out an excerpt from his book Awake, I dream, a book of poetry from the point of view of his character Don Gordon. It’s now available on amazon and other major booksellers worldwide. Links to Amazon below.

Awake, I Dream Amazon.com Link

Awake I Dream Amazon.co.uk Link

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As regular host Seoirse is on holidays Laura aka Cressup steps in once again to host this bumper episode as she, Tomas and Kieran go deep underwater to review one of the creepiest games of the year, Stasis: Bone Totem. They also review Firmament, the latest game from Myst developers Cyan and Laura reviews Viewfinder, a first person shooter (but not that kind of shooter!) where you change the world around you with your camera. They also have time to review two other games and discuss the latest news including the sad news that Deponia developers Daedalic are no longer developing games and they talk about new Kickstarters and adventure games announced! All that and much more!

News

Scott Whiskers Kickstarter

The Expanse - A Telltale Series Official Site

Chicken Police Official Site

Games Reviewed

Killer Frequency Official Site

Firmament Steam Page

Stasis: Bone Totem Steam Page GOG

Oniria Crimes Official Site

Viewfinder Official Site

Adventure Games Podcast Official Site
Patreon Itunes Spotify

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Not many adventure games are set during World War 2 but Gerda: A Flame in winter and its DLC Liva’s Story bucks the trend. Its developer, Shalev Moran, joins Seoirse to talk about setting the game in this time period, what research went into accurately depicting the town Tinglev in the game and how the team went about ensuring the choices mattered to the story in the game. Plus there is a little tease at the end as to what the developers are planing in store in future.

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