Podcast appearances and mentions of paul neurath

In this special episode of Deep Dive, Nightdive's Locke Vincent and Larry Kuperman chat with the illustrious Paul Neurath, co-founder and CEO of OtherSide Entertainment. Topics include Paul's history in the games industry, work on titles like Thief and System Shock 2, and more!   Connect With Us ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/nightdivestudios Twitch ➡️ https://www.twitch.tv/nightdivestudios TikTok ➡️ https://www.tiktok.com/@nightdive.studios Discord ➡️ https://discord.com/invite/nightdivestudios Facebook ➡️ https://www.facebook.com/NightdiveStudios/ Twitter ➡️ https://x.com/NightdiveStudio   Subscribe to the Deep Dive Podcast

Paul Neurath took a look at the dungeon crawling landscape and knew he could do better. He wanted something immersive and fluid that you could lose yourself in. What he and his team ended up creating was the first texturemaped 3D first person game. Not only that it is considered the first immersive sim, with […] The post S2 E10: Ultima Underworld first appeared on Gameography Podcast.

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we begin a new series on The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Bethesda Game Studios RPG classic from 2002. We situate it in time and then dive right in, having been released from imprisonment and sent on a specific mission. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: A few hours of play Issues covered: 2002 in games, Todd Howard's first mainline game as director, a little about Bethesda, Tim's history with the series, early games feeling open world, finding the titles generic, Brett confesses, not playing just the main quest, directing the player via POIs, self-motivated quests, interview homework, the prophecies, something is going on in Vvardenfell, name/job, situating you in the world with character creation, the census bureau, the clever setups, tutorial and usability, the death of Ultima as a franchise, Brett the battlemage, being able to pick up anything, we try to find the names of the elven races, all the skills and accidentally thieving, sleeping in the wrong bed, having laws enforced, not being able to barter because of contraband, thoughtful world-building, imagining a bigger world from small interactions, playing the good assassin, being opposed to the outlanders, coming up with concepts from the real world, coding the Khajiit as shifty Arabs, homebrew and archetypal sources, steering away from making particular races evil, slavery in RPGs, walking to Balmora, doing some quests, different architecture, Tim's sidequest to woo a Dunmer, directions to get to a quest, what is the arc of the game?, feeling like you have chapters even when a game doesn't have progression or leveling up, the small decisions you make all the time in game design, the crosshairs in Halo. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Jonah Lobe, Jean Simonet, Andrew Kirmse, Republic Commando, Oblivion, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Kingdom Hearts, Eternal Darkness, Ratchet & Clank, Xbox, Metroid Prime, Splinter Cell, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Sly Cooper, Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Jedi Starfighter, Battlefield 1942, Age of Mythology, Jedi Knight II, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Neverwinter Nights, Bioware, Jade Empire, Knights of the Old Republic, Todd Howard, Redguard, Tomb Raider, Indiana Jones, NHL series, Terminator, Fallout (series), Starfield, The Witcher III, Reed Knight, Ultima Underworld, Arena, Daggerfall, Patrick Stewart, Firaxis, MechAssault, DoubleNegative (youtuber), Liam Neeson, Fallout: New Vegas, Underworld Ascendant, Paul Neurath, Baldur's Gate, Tyranny, Planescape: Torment, Pillars of Eternity, Dungeons & Dragons, Star Wars, WoW Classic, Infinity Engine, Sea of Thieves, Ifthatisyo U'rerealname, Halo, RE VII, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Next time: More hours? Links: You're Finally Awake Errata: The game we referred to as the spiritual successor to Ultima Underworld was Underworld Ascendant and not Ascension (which was the subtitle to Ultima IX). We regret the error. Twitch: brettdouville or timlongojr, instagram:timlongojr, Twitter: @timlongojr and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

Few technological leaps have been more impressive in the history of gaming than the move from 2D to 3D and few developers have contributed more to that revolutionary step towards immersion more than our guest Paul Neurath.   Paul tells us of his career, starting out as a solo coder to cofounding and running one of the most legendary studios in PC gaming history, Looking Glass.   Recorded - January 2021   Get us on your mobile device: Android:  https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS:      https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine   And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM   Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com     Links:   Paul Neurath - https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,5226/ Ned Lerner - https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1507/ Apple II - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II Deep Space - https://www.mobygames.com/game/deep-space-operation-copernicus Sir-Tech - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir-Tech Origin Systems - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_Systems Space Rogue - https://www.mobygames.com/game/space-rogue Chuck Yeager's AFT 2 - https://www.mobygames.com/game/chuck-yeagers-advanced-flight-trainer-20 Warren Spector - https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,127/ Blue Sky Productions - https://www.mobygames.com/company/blue-sky-productions Ultima Underworld - https://www.mobygames.com/game/ultima-underworld-the-stygian-abyss Doom - https://www.mobygames.com/game/doom Looking Glass Studios - https://www.mobygames.com/company/looking-glass-studios-inc System Shock - https://www.mobygames.com/game/system-shock Thief - https://www.mobygames.com/game/thief-the-dark-project Flight Unlimited - https://www.mobygames.com/game/flight-unlimited Jerry Wolosenko Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42014024 OtherSide Entertainment - https://otherside-e.com/wp/ Underworld Ascendant - https://www.mobygames.com/game/underworld-ascendant

Pokemon gets banned in Saudia Arabia Electronic Arts shuts down Ultima Online 2 Harry Potter mania comes to video games These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in June of 2001. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Get us on your mobile device: Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com Time Codes: 7 Minutes in Heaven: 4m 28s Corrections: 9m 56s Time Jump: 23m 14s Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Video Version - https://youtu.be/GqhCrT-mjJ8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serious_Sam Corrections: https://www.patreon.com/posts/52306821 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Quest_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dowd_(game_designer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G4_(American_TV_network) https://www.mobygames.com/game/duke-nukem-forever 2001: Saudis ban Pokemon https://archive.org/details/NextGen78Jun2001/page/n7/mode/1up https://www.cbr.com/pokemon-controversial-banned-saudi-arabia-gulf-states/ Nintendo tries to discourage Xbox pre-sales https://archive.org/details/NextGen78Jun2001/page/n7/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20010610083954/http://cube.ign.com/news/32525.html May 2001 Episode - https://www.patreon.com/posts/52306821 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameCube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console) EA shutters Ultima Online 2 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_203/page/n34/mode/1up https://wiki.ultimacodex.com/wiki/Ultima_Online_2 https://retrocdn.net/File:Edge_UK_098.pdf pg. 18 https://archive.org/details/NextGen78Jun2001/page/n8/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/pcgames200106/page/n13/mode/1up https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-closing-janes-combatnet/1100-2706633/ https://crowfall.com/en-US/ GarageGames wants to rev up the engines of creativity https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AEdge_UK_098.pdf&page=113 http://www.garagegames.com/company Paul Neurath forms Floodgate Entertainment https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_103_2001-06_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n86/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/floodgate-entertainment-llc August 2000 Episode - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42013999 Sid Meier teams up with Maxis https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-06/PC-Player-2001-06/page/n11/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/sid-meiers-simgolf Harry Potter mania is on the horizon https://archive.org/details/gamepro-magazine-issue-153-2001-06-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone-game/page/n3/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/harry-potter-licensees May 2000 Jump - https://www.patreon.com/posts/37289753 Vivendi gets Tolkien license https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue77/page/n5/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/inspiration-author-j-r-r-tolkien/offset,25/so,1d/ Don Daglow Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/39095819 Windows XP is coming... https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-06/PC-Player-2001-06/page/n191/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Me Infogrames posts losses https://archive.org/details/GDM_June_2001/page/n2/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_SA Freeloader.com falls prey to the .com bust https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_103_2001-06_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n83/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20011121134052/http://www.freeloader.com/en/ FASA ceases operations https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-06/PC-Player-2001-06/page/n201/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASA   Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.  

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we in this episode we are lucky enough to enjoy an interview with Greg LoPiccolo, project lead on Thief, and Randy Smith, who was a level designer on the title. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 0:40       Interview 1:00:08  Break 1:00:50  Feedback Issues covered: World Series, how Randy got his start, psychology and programming as substrate for game design, "Suck it down" and toxic masculinity, cold-calling, the attraction of LG games, how Greg got in, the origins of Thief, competition, seeking limited but rich interaction, being weak, controlling the world from observation, AI with sense perceptions, the success of Thief, working counter to the prevailing winds, writing documentation to think about the space, commodities of space: loud/quiet and light/dark, tools support or lack thereof for those spaces, carving shapes, spaces that are hard to read, the level Escape, experimentation to find how to make a level, inventing sound propagation, dynamic lights impacting game play, player reading the lighting of a space, optimization, pulling back on combat in Thief II, "winging it and doing our best to survive," having nothing until you had everything, "like digging the Chunnel," polygon limitations, how do you build a cathedral with that?, the Emil vs Randy systems of building, designers having to be artists at the same time, putting the systems first, systemically reading space rather than tagging it, leading the team without having the tech yet, directing the narrative, writing lots of narrative to provide background and use it sparingly, people making their own stories, high quality voice acting, the bear pits, dialog as part of the game play loop, witty characters poking through, having to learn how to build a GANTT chart, repossessing the plants, the role of a leader, deep backstory, starting from a 1-4 page document, making up cool ideas and running with them, not being aware you couldn't do a thing, the trend of risk aversion in the industry, the indie spirit, an attempt to be more commercial, object hierarchy of inheritance, being in a submarine in the cold war, debugging console, the fundamental trick of game design: player brain and designer brain, starting testing much earlier, empathy as a design skill, overcoming doubt when innovating, saying yes to everything -> saying no to everything -> it's hard but we can do it, what the guests are doing next, having taste in game design and finding that audience, feeling like a musician vs being a musician, a touching father/daughter story. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Looking Glass Studios, Thief (series), ION Storm, Electronic Arts, Steven Spielberg, Edge Magazine, Tiger Style, Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor, Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon, Sega Genesis, Bimini Run, Nuvision Entertainment, System Shock, Flight Unlimited, Harmonix, Frequency, Rock Band VR, Tribe, Waking Mars, Nate Blaisdell, MYST, Tim Schafer, Eric Brosius, Rex Bradford, Activision, Tim Ries, Doug Church, Dan Schmidt, Ned Lerner, Terra Nova, Terri Brosius, 2001: A Space Odyssey (obliquely), DOOM (1993), Paul Neurath, Metal Gear Solid, Ultima Underworld, id Software, Tim Stellmach, DromEd, Unreal, Emil Pagliarulo, Bethesda Game Studios, Marc LeBlanc, Stephen Russell, Ken Levine, Tom Leonard, Red Dead Redemption 2, Game Developer's Conference, Kevin Brown, Halo: Combat Evolved, Far Cry 5, Andrew Kirmse, Star Wars: Starfighter. Next time: Another interview! @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we now begin our series about 1998's Thief; as usual, we start by setting the game in its time before diving into a few of its systems and technology requirements. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Through Cragscleft Prison Podcast breakdown: 0:41 Thief 53:13 Break 53:45 Feedback Issues covered: reflecting on 1998, first-person shooter games of the time, having different first-person goals, differing pacing, original design goals, high enemy lethality and comparative weakness of the protagonist, methodical style of play, punishing the player for an action approach, getting sucked into the demo, niche and sales, sticking to a core fantasy vs going to a more action-oriented design, an aesthetic that spreads to other places, going in a different direction with tone, establishing a different fantasy setting, painterly cutscenes, functional lore, quality of the voice acting, the light meter, audio surface changes, lack of direct information about the AI, technology considerations, dynamic lighting, dynamic and attenuated audio, not cheating for the AI, setting an expectation for future games in the genre (particularly with shooting out lights), doing a job at Lord Bafford's Manor, setting the stage for the game, introducing the mission, having alternate routes, picking pockets, level and experiential density, clear level direction (moving up), dynamic goals, turning off transparency and ledges, following the dotted line or not, movement weight, making trade-offs of immediacy vs groundedness, weapon roles, progression and weapon roles working against one another, extending character through weapon choices, making more interesting choices from your systems (including weapons). Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Starcraft, Ocarina of Time, Metal Gear Solid, Unreal, Rainbox Six, Final Fantasy Tactics, Resident Evil 2, Tomb Raider 3, Rogue Squadron, Grim Fandango, Half-Life, Baldur's Gate, Spyro the Dragon, Battlezone, Descent: Freespace, Star Wars: Starfighter, Kotaku Splitscreen, Half-Life 2, Fallout 2, Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, Quake, Epic Games, id Software, Duke Nukem, Heretic, Eidos Interactive, Die by the Sword, Treyarch, Trespasser, Daron Stinnett, System Shock 2, Looking Glass, Hitman, Splinter Cell, Dishonored, Ultima Underworld, Origin, Flight Unlimited, System Shock, Terra Nova, Strike Force Alpha Centauri, Ken Levine, Doug Church, Harvey Smith, Randy Smith, Mark LeBlanc, Warren Spector, Paul Neurath, Underworld Ascendant, Emil Pagliarulo, Lulu LaMer, Crystal Dynamics, Tim Stellmach, Terry and Eric Brosius, Greg LoPiccolo, Stephen Russell, Arx Fatalis, Arkane Studios, Raf Colantonio, Gothic Chocobo, Mark Brown, Morrowind, Skyrim, The Witcher 3, Batman, Dead Space, Rômulo Santos, Monster Hunter (series), Andrew from Cincinnati, Deus Ex, Doom, Halo, Uncharted, Star Wars: Republic Commando. Next time: Through The Sword Links: Is the reboot of Lara Croft more feminist? 10 things (women were doing in Video games in the) 1990's (2:45-4:28) Why Nathan Drake doesn't need a compass. Following the little dotted line @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

Drew is at PAX East with a mic and over 30 developers to interview. Contained in this interview bonanza is a glimpse not just of the games these developers make, but why they make them and what they hope you, the gamer, gets out of the experience they have labored on. In Part 1 we talk to the following developers about their games: Paul Neurath, Underworld Ascendant Tommy Refenes, Super Meat Boy Forever Carrie Patel, Pillars of Eternity 2 Juan de la Torre, Solo Dan Cox, Below Tomislav Pongrac, SCUM Dr. Raffael Boccamazzo, Take This Jennifer Schneidereit, Astrogaster Richard Rouse III, The Church in the Darkness Matt Jackson, Death Garden Andrew James, City of Brass Ana Ribeiro, Pixel Ripped 1989 Derrick Bradley, Ashen

While at PAX East 2018, Alex got to play a brief demo of Underworld Ascendant! This sequel to the Ultima Underworld games is currently in development by OtherSide Entertainment under producer Paul Neurath who you may know from Ultima Underworld, System Shock 2, or Thief fame among many other games. In this bonus episode, Alex … The post Bonus Episode – Underworld Ascendant Preview appeared first on The Midwest Game Nerds Podcast.

The crew were in San Francisco last week for the Game Developer's Conference, where they spoke to developers and gambled on the results of the annual awards show. Now they’re back to tell you all about their Stateside adventures. Between sessions of Far Cry 5, of course. Adam chatted to Civ IV creator Soren Johnson about his upcoming 4X game. John spoke to Paul Neurath, the creator of Ultima Underworld II. And Brendan was at the awards ceremony at the Independent Games Festival, where he quizzed Tim Schafer. None of these people actually feature in the podcast, but look at all the names we've dropped! Links: All our GDC 2018 coverage so far: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/gdc-2018 Have you played… Ultima Underworld II? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/05/14/have-you-played-ultima-underworld-ii/ The Fe and SteamWorld people are the same now: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/01/25/steamworlders-merge-with-fe-folks-to-create-thunderful/ Emily Short’s interactive fiction columns: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/if-only/ Fork Parker is the fictional chief financial officer of Devolver who once straight-up asked for money: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/11/08/forkstarter-devolver-digital-just-plain-ask-for-your-money/ Devolver’s nightmare press conference at E3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqPT9hyPANs Have you played… Thief: Deadly Shadows? https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/08/have-you-played-thief-deadly-shadows/ Level designer of Thief 3’s Cradle is working on Blackout Club: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/02/28/the-blackout-club-cooperative-horror-game/ 10 Crowns is a 4X game from Civ 4 designer Soren Johnson: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/02/05/10-crowns-is-a-historical-4x-from-civ-4-designers-studio/ Night in the Woods wins grand prize at IGF Awards: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/22/night-in-the-woods-wins-igf-grand-prize/ And here were the other nominees for all the awards: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/01/03/igf-2018-finalists/ Baba Is You is a puzzler that lets you write the rules: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/12/baba-is-you-puzzle-game/ How Butterfly Soup creates believable characters: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/08/butterfly-soup-characters/ SpyParty is coming to Steam early access after one billion years: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/11/22/spyparty-is-coming-to-steam-early-access-after-8-years-of-development/ Alec really likes Far Cry 5’s Montana: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/28/best-far-cry-setting/ Our Far Cry 5 review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/29/far-cry-5-review/ A man in Far Cry 5 who didn’t want to be shot: https://youtu.be/ksILKlN8Dr4

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we are discussing 1992's immersive sim classic Ultima Underworld. We discuss the specifics of levels two and three a bit, but also tackle inventory, encumbrance, taking notes on paper, and the delightful map and how those have changed over the years. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Levels 2 and 3 Podcast breakdown: 0:43    UU Discussion 48:46  Break 49:12  Feedback Issues covered: Brett learns some Lizardman, chatting with goblins and the many civilizations, relationships between factions, killing a she-spider, being fully engaged, the mystery of Sir Cabirus, Tim falls down a hole, leveling up quickly, Brett loses some chain mail, taking paper notes as you play, making lists of details like clues and mantras, physical keys vs logical keys and design trade-offs, imagining player stories, keeping track of key rules, attributing influences to this game vs prior games, annotating the map, drawing a dungeon as you went, automapping and writing on the map, writing a legend, player agency on the map, some map games, the shadow of the map pin, handling inventory, bags within bags, putting inventory responsibility on the player, respecting the player's intelligence, anxiety from previous play-throughs of losing objects, having help from viewers, needing encumbrance space and dropping objects to make room, asking a lot from the player, return of older styles of gameplay to support usability, jankiness of erasing, adapting map to a controller, rules that you discover along the way: leeches and spiking doors, using player tools in Bethesda games, game developer view on objects that you have, dwarf section: beginning middle and end, sense of place, the gazer shooting a beam at you, looking for Shak, repair skills, potential for overspecialization, level cap of 16, the eight virtues and corresponding classes, Joy to the Underworld, playing music on stream, being a completionist and hoarding everything in the hoard room, fixing the audio, podcasts/interviews, level design as a discipline, level design for stealth gameplay, onboarding stealth mechanics and their combination, avoiding overwhelming player (and designer), fantasy fulfillment in Thief, a little goes a long way, designing from moments and working backwards, having vignettes to implement towards, client-facing programming, merging geometry and systems and mechanics, tension in Thief II. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Dungeons and Dragons, Eye of the Beholder, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, UbiSoft, The Witcher, Far Cry 2, Miasmata, Joe and Bob Johnson, LOST, Etrian Odyssey, Nintendo, Brian Taylor, Mark Eldridge, Dark Souls, Looking Glass Studios, Fallout 3, Skyrim, Ultima Underworld 2, System Shock 2, Ultima series and classes, Final Fantasy (series), JohnCaboose/Bjorn, Makendi, MaasNeotekProto, Tom Francis, Heat Signature, Floating Point, Gunpoint, PCGamer podcast, Crate and Crowbar, Aaron Evers, Thief, Paul Neurath, Mark Allen Garcia, Metal Gear Solid, Chris Mead, GAMBIT/MIT, Irrational Games, Bioshock, Phillip Staffetius, Final Fantasy IX, Kotaku, MSXII, Gamemaker, Game Developers Conference, Metal Gear Solid 4, John LeCarre, Mark of the Ninja, Star Wars: Republic Commando, Nels Anderson, Thief II, Alien: Isolation. Links: Tom Francis on emergent narrative GOG forum link for audio care of Mark Eldridge Paul Neurath on Thief  c/o Aaron Evers GAMBIT/MIT on Looking Glass c/o Chris Mead Next time: Levels 4, 5, and 6 @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where we are beginning a new series on 1992's immersive sim classic Ultima Underworld. As usual, we situate the game in time a bit and in the Ultima series as a whole, before delving into the first few hours of the game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Level 1 Podcast breakdown: 0:40    Underworld 54:54  Break 55:22  Feedback Issues covered: Brett gets hooked, first person game and a lot of clicking, getting over the initial hump, taking a long time to finish a game, 72-hour game benders, epilepsy and flashing, firsts of their kind year, seeing the walls of the design, branching out with the Ultima series, Ultima Worlds of Adventure, adding simulation to the point of view, not being alone in the first-person space, vector wireframe rendering in the first Ultima dungeons, feeling the presence of the developer, exploration of controls, limited verbs in FPSes, free look, overdesigned mouse interface, not reading the manual, coming full circle to analog controls in the modern day, fine-tuning movement, "this will never catch on," clarity in input, instinct was right but implementation was wrong, poll rates, mechanical mice vs optical mice, Trish the Bard, 80s looking character portrait, innovating on taking a thing from world and dragging into the inventory, the Trello of inventory systems, adding too many things to a bag, UX nightmare, convergence game with systems coming together, top-down design vs bottom-up design, RPG differences between player skill and character skill, gesture-based combat, idea to implementation, fewer barriers to implementation, lack of level designers, taking more risks because of lower costs, dark side of games, using a key in a door, verbs and similarity to adventure games, where the three hours went for Brett, fearing dropping something that you'll need later, traipsing all over, jumping difficulty, factions as an underpinning of the underground society, lack of quest log/journal, does dialogue hint at actions you can take, clarity of the rules, fading fortunes of SSI, playing MGS vs remembering MGS, coloring what follows a good moment, CGI cutscenes painting in the player's impressions of fidelity, the legacy of Lara Croft's portrayal, avoiding blind spots through diverse representation in your development team, preferring Twin Snakes. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: The Chronicles of Narnia, Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, Origin Systems, EA, Ultima (series), Richard Garriott/Lord British, Wizardry, Dungeon Master, Gold Box, Eye of the Beholder, The Bard's Tale, Dark Corners of the Earth, Elder Scrolls (series), Looking Glass Studios, Warren Spector, Doug Church, System Shock, Marc MAHK LeBlanc, Tim Stellmach, Deus Ex, Harvey Smith, Randy Smith, Prey, Dishonoured (series), Paul Neurath, Underworld Ascendant, Dune II, Warcraft, Ultima VII, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Hal Barwood, Ecco the Dolphin, Super Mario Kart, Mortal Kombat, Night Trap, Alone in the Dark, Resident Evil, Flashback, Another World/Out of this World, Martian Dreams, Savage Empire, Quake, Wing Commander, Space Rogue, id Software, Stonekeep, Final Fantasy (series), Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest (series), Ogre, Quake, DOOM 2, Terminator, Planescape: Torment, SoundBlaster, Fallout 2, Elder Scrolls: Arena, SSI, Thief, Kupo1256, Christian Schuster, Metal Gear Solid (series), Fallout 3, Todd Howard, Jonah Lobe, Silent Hill 2, Final Fantasy VII/IX, Travis Grasser, Symphony of the Night, Tomb Raider (2013), Rise of the Tomb Raider, Jason Schreier, Kirk Hamilton, Michael, Final Fantasy XV, Christianne Meister, Skyrim, Jeff Buttaccio, GameCube, MGS: Twin Snakes, Shigeru Miyamoto. Next time: Levels 2 and 3 @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

That week, the Dev Game Club podcast welcomes special guest Ken Levine, founder of Irrational Games and designer/writer of System Shock 2! Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 0:33     Intro 1:50      Early days of SS2 and Irrational 31:33    Break 1 31:57    SS2 World-building, design, future 1:17:16   Break 2 1:17:29  Quick note about next episode Issues covered: "Shock" prototype, Looking Glass relationship and Ken's early career there, Irrational Games beginning, business structure, imagining your audience and what you'd like to make, fingering .plan files, emergence and immersion, simulation, persistent world, personal ownership of experience, engine strengths and weaknesses, making fish stew, the benefits of constraints and happy accidents, polish, sense of place, naturalism in a science fiction setting, making the most of minimalism, turning a weakness into a strength, economical design, race track design/nooks and crannies, lack of time for level review, "spreading the butter thinner over the bread," elevator as storage chest, balancing, player skill vs. character skill, the "genius of the novice," story influences and groundedness, leaning on the audio space, writing towards the voices you have, bringing everything you have to the party, single-player squad shooters, letting people figure things out, crunchier design, the pendulum of accessibility, dealing with player frustration as a resource, what next Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Paul Neurath, Looking Glass, Jon Chey, Rob Fermier, Apocalypse Now, Dark Engine, Thief, EA, Origin, Se7en, Doug Church, The Magnificent Seven, Star Trek: Voyager, Hideo Kojima, Eric Brosius, Dorian Hart, Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog, Star Wars, System Shock 1, John Carmack, Ultima Underworld, Choplifter, Defender, Asteroids, Space Invaders, Might and Magic series, Doom, Warren Spector, Bethesda Game Studios, Quake, Todd Howard, Fallout 3, Skyrim, The Division, Republic Commando, GTA series, Starfighter, Terra Nova, Roberta Williams, Alien/Aliens, Kemal Amarasingham, Stephen Russell, Terry Brosius, Courtnee Draper, Sean Vanaman/Jake Rodkin, Firewatch/Campo Santo, Bioshock, Freedom Force, SWAT 4, Tribes Ascend, The Lost, Firaxis Games, Minecraft, Dark Souls, Don't Starve, Fallout 4, Left 4 Dead, Battlezone, Austin Grossman. Next time: Hitman 2: Beginning through level 4 @IGLevine, @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

This week, the Dev Game Club podcast welcomes special guest Ken Levine, founder of Irrational Games and designer/writer of System Shock 2! Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown:0:33      Intro1:50      Early days of SS2 and Irrational31:33    Break 131:57    SS2 World-building, design, future1:17:16 Break 21:17:29 Quick note about next episode Issues covered: "Shock" prototype, Looking Glass relationship and Ken's early career there, Irrational Games beginning, business structure, imagining your audience and what you'd like to make, fingering .plan files, emergence and immersion, simulation, persistent world, personal ownership of experience, engine strengths and weaknesses, making fish stew, the benefits of constraints and happy accidents, polish, sense of place, naturalism in a science fiction setting, making the most of minimalism, turning a weakness into a strength, economical design, race track design/nooks and crannies, lack of time for level review, "spreading the butter thinner over the bread," elevator as storage chest, balancing, player skill vs. character skill, the "genius of the novice," story influences and groundedness, leaning on the audio space, writing towards the voices you have, bringing everything you have to the party, single-player squad shooters, letting people figure things out, crunchier design, the pendulum of accessibility, dealing with player frustration as a resource, what next Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Paul Neurath, Looking Glass, Jon Chey, Rob Fermier, Apocalypse Now, Dark Engine, Thief, EA, Origin, Se7en, Doug Church, The Magnificent Seven, Star Trek: Voyager, Hideo Kojima, Eric Brosius, Dorian Hart, Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog, Star Wars, System Shock 1, John Carmack, Ultima Underworld, Choplifter, Defender, Asteroids, Space Invaders, Might and Magic series, Doom, Warren Spector, Bethesda Game Studios, Quake, Todd Howard, Fallout 3, Skyrim, The Division, Republic Commando, GTA series, Starfighter, Terra Nova, Roberta Williams, Alien/Aliens, Kemal Amarasingham, Stephen Russell, Terry Brosius, Courtnee Draper, Sean Vanaman/Jake Rodkin, Firewatch/Campo Santo, Bioshock, Freedom Force, SWAT 4, Tribes Ascend, The Lost, Firaxis Games, Minecraft, Dark Souls, Don't Starve, Fallout 4, Left 4 Dead, Battlezone, Austin Grossman. Next time:Hitman 2: Beginning through level 4 @IGLevine, @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclubDevGameClub@gmail.com

In this inaugural beta edition of Dev Game Club, we talk about the relevance of System Shock 2, its precedents and antecedents, and cover the first couple of hours of the game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Show notes: DGC Ep 1 Sections played: Opening area, tutorial, character customization area, von Braun Med/Sci and Crew Quarters. Podcast breakdown:0:00:33 - Reason behind 'cast0:02:27 - History of hosts0:05:00 - Expected 'cast layout0:07:55 - History of System Shock 20:29:05 - Break 10:29:25 - Talk about beginning parts of SS2 in depth1:24:14 - Break 21:24:34 - What we're playing, plans for next episode Brett & Tim Common History: Star Wars Starfighter, Star Wars Jedi Starfighter, Star Wars Republic Commando. Brett History: Fallout 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4 Tim History: X-Wing v TIE Fighter, Mysteries of the Sith, Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine, Tomb Raider 2013, Halo 5. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: System Shock 1, Ultima Underworld, Ultima series, Doug Church, Warren Spector, Ken Levine, Thief, Starfighter games, Republic Commando, Tomb Raider 2013, BGS games, Naaughty Dog, Insomniac Games, Jonathan Chey, Freedom Force 1&2, Paul Neurath, Other Side Games, Junction Point Studios, Epic Mickey 2, Marc LeBlanc, Randy Smith, Harvey Smith, Dishonoured, Arkane Studios, Quake, Doom, Bioshock, Half-Life, Enemy Territory, Team Fortress Classic, Fallout, Baldur's Gate, Halo 5, Alien, Star Wars, Star Trek, Blade Runner, Mad Max, Mass Effect series, Oxenfree. One interview in which Doug Church talks about eliminating conversations: http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/676/doug-church/ What we're playing: Brett discusses the similarities and differences in the beginning Firewatch, Tim talks about Metal Gear Solid V, Witcher 3, and his ten year journey on Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth To play next: R&D through the end of Hydroponics B/C. @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclubDevGameClub@gmail.com

Why is Ultima Underworld, a game from 1992, still relevant? Join me for a conversation with Underworld Ascendant developers Paul Neurath and Joe Fielder. The post Qt3 Games Podcast: Underworld Ascendant appeared first on Quarter to Three.

Why is Ultima Underworld, a game from 1992, still relevant? Join me for a conversation with Underworld Ascendant developers Paul Neurath and Joe Fielder. The post Qt3 Games Podcast: Underworld Ascendant appeared first on Quarter to Three.

Paul Neurath has been making games for over 30 years and he has co-founded OtherSide Entertainment and by doing so brought about the creation of Underworld Ascendant, the 3rd game in the Ultima Underworld series, which does not have the word Ultima before it. This is because EA still own the rights to the Ultima series and so the 3rd game in the series cannot take on that moniker. Be that as it may, OtherSide Entertainment has forged ahead and crowd funded a new game based within the celebrated Underworld series from the late 1990s. Show host Chris O'Regan talks to Paul about his long history in the industry including his time at Looking Glass Studios. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/sausage/TSF_Episode83.mp3   The Sausage Factory 83 was edited by Chris O'Regan