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Jimmy Maher, author of The Digital Antiquarian, returns once more to share his recent article Toonstruck (or, A Case Study in the Death of Adventure Games). We examine this 1996 point-and-click adventure as an illustration of the mainstream decline of its entire genre. In this episode: “Siliwood” interactive movies are the next big thing, the curse of a blank check strikes again, no one ever got off Myst’s first island, do peanut butter and salmon really go together?, how simple economics shaped game design, Frank drops a major bomb making us question if we even know him anymore, and Barney is a real dinosaur who wrote his own song lyrics.
See more from Jimmy Maher:
The Digital Antiquarian: filfre.net
Patreon: /DigitalAntiquarian
Twitter: @DigiAntiquarian
The Analog Antiquarian: https://analog-antiquarian.net/
Video Game History Foundation:
Podcast Twitter: @gamehistoryhour
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @GameHistoryOrg
Website: gamehistory.org
Support us on Patreon: /gamehistoryorg
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Jimmy Maher, author of The Digital Antiquarian, returns once more to share his recent article Toonstruck (or, A Case Study in the Death of Adventure Games). We examine this 1996 point-and-click adventure as an illustration of the mainstream decline of its entire genre. In this episode: “Siliwood” interactive movies are the next big thing, the curse of a blank check strikes again, no one ever got off Myst’s first island, do peanut butter and salmon really go together?, how simple economics shaped game design, Frank drops a major bomb making us question if we even know him anymore, and Barney is a real dinosaur who wrote his own song lyrics.
See more from Jimmy Maher:
The Digital Antiquarian: filfre.net
Patreon: /DigitalAntiquarian
Twitter: @DigiAntiquarian
The Analog Antiquarian: https://analog-antiquarian.net/
Video Game History Foundation:
Podcast Twitter: @gamehistoryhour
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @GameHistoryOrg
Website: gamehistory.org
Support us on Patreon: /gamehistoryorg

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