Threepcast

Welcome to the first Threepcast minisode!  In this short-format episode, we celebrate the adventure game stylings of homestarrunner.com and sample five of their finest games - the entire Thy Dungeonman trilogy, Peasant's Quest, and Dangeresque Roomisode 1!  Give it a listen, won't you?

Show notes:

Thy Dungeonman:  http://www.homestarrunner.com/dungeonman.html

Thy Dungeonman II:  http://www.videlectrix.com/thydungeonman2.html

Thy Dungeonman III:  http://www.homestarrunner.com/dman3.html

Peasant's Quest:  http://www.homestarrunner.com/disk4of12.html

Dangeresque Roomisode 1:  http://www.homestarrunner.com/dangeresque.html

The Threepcasters return for a super-long Broken Age review extravaganza!  Did the game live up to its kickstarted hype?  Or was it a crowdfunded catastrophe?  Listen to find out the opinions of four random people!  Next month, we make another attempt to get through Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, and also play some of the Flash adventure games available on homestarrunner.com!

Show notes:

Facts About Broken Age and Its Kickstarter (don't believe the media lies):  http://www.ridgwayfilms.com/wordpress/wp-content/podcasts/brokenage.pdf

Start off 2016 right with an intense Threepcast discussion on The Cave, Double Fine's spelunking adventure game.  We also talk about the major news bombs that Double Fine dropped on us this month (Psychonauts 2, Day of the Tentacle Remastered trailer, Full Throttle Remastered), as well as what Telltale has been up to and other various adventure game news.  Next month, we jump into talking about the game that single-handedly kickstarted (haha) the whole crowdfunding adventure game movement - Broken Age.

Show notes:

Cave Diving with Ron Gilbert - Gamespot Interview:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEIFFo4qRi0

The Cave Soundtrack:  https://doublefine.bandcamp.com/album/the-cave-original-soundtrack

Psychonauts 2 Crowdfunding Site:  https://www.fig.co/campaigns/psychonauts-2

Tala the Game:  https://twitter.com/TalaTheGame

In this episode, the Ridgways find themselves trapped aboard a mysterious ocean liner.  Their only hope of escape?  They must review the Nintendo DS visual novel Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.  Assuming they can escape, next month's episode will cover the Double Fine sidescrolling adventure game The Cave.

Show notes:

999 Spoiler-Free Flowchart:  http://i.imgur.com/jfRSsYu.gif

Halloween is nearly upon us!  To celebrate this most spooky time of year, Elliott, Anton, and Alex review Sierra's most infamous horror FMV adventure game - Phantasmagoria.  We also discuss the new Day of the Tentacle Remastered screenshots, recount a pilgrimage to Double Fine headquarters, and enjoy some adjectives with Alex.  Next month's game will be the Nintendo DS title Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.

Elliott and Anton are back to review Simon the Sorcerer, the thoroughly British magic fantasy romp that's not related in any way to Harry Potter.  Other topics discussed on this episode include 3DS faceplates, Japan, and the upcoming adventure game news hype of this month.  Also, is Simon the Sorcerer secretly nothing but a shameless Monkey Island ripoff, or are we donning tinfoil hats?  You certainly won't be able to find out by reading this description!  Next month's episode will be a Threepcast Halloween special in which we suffer through Phantasmagoria.

In this episode, Elliott, Anton, and Alex venture into the rain-soaked, noir-steeped depths of Gemini Rue to discuss gunplay, moral quandaries, and Cowboy Bebop cameos.... and also to talk about how incredibly ORGANIC this game is.

What's this???  Is Threepcast really back?  It is indeed!  In this triumphant return episode of our adventure game-centric podcast, we gush over Day of the Tentacle, our very first experience with adventure games.  We also talk about the King's Quest reboot, whether Minecraft: Story Mode will be any good, and how to get LucasArts adventure game characters into Disney Infinity.  Also, we read through backlogged (and current!) podcast feedback, and maybe have a surprise guest host or two?  It's all you could ever want in a podcast!

Episode 4 of Threepcast begins with our intrepid 'casters discussing such varied topics as community plays, F-bombs, and arthritis mice.  Then, E3 and the Grim Fandango remake are discussed (we're so topical!).  The guys then cover Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, discussing the game's puzzles and story, separating fact from fiction concerning the game's representation of the Atlantis myth, and finally arguing whether Fate of Atlantis would have made a better fourth Indy movie than Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

 

Show notes:

History and Myth in the Fate of Atlantis: http://lucasfic.mixnmojo.com/misc/indy.txt

Buy an arthritis mouse: http://chriscobb.hubpages.com/hub/Computer-Mouse-for-Arthritis

Atlantis latitude/longitude coordinates: 36.801176, -98.654989

In this week's episode, Elliott, Anton, and Phil kick things off by discussing Desert Bus and getting stuck at the airport.  Some podcast feedback is read, and then the boyz cover Monkey Island 2:  LeChuck's Revenge, spending over half of the podcast discussing the game's memorable ending.  SPOILERS WITHIN! (moreso than usual)