📅 31 years ago today, Doom was released! 🕛 At midnight on December 10th, 1993, after working for 30 straight hours, the development team at id uploaded the first episode of the game to the Internet, letting interested players distribute it for them!

One fun side effect of the release of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is that people have started streaming themselves playing the classic Indiana Jones games, which had been overlooked for so many years!

🚀 Join me today for an incredible deep dive into gaming history with Vince Lee, the visionary developer behind Rebel Assault & Rebel Assault II! 🎮 Discover how his groundbreaking INSANE engine revolutionized FMV gaming! ⏰ Premiering in 15 minutes! 🔗

🎉 Happy birthday to the incredible Ken Macklin, the legendary illustrator from Lucasfilm Games! 🎨 Ken, among others, created the iconic cover art for Maniac Mansion. 🎙️ Earlier this year, I had the honor of sitting down with Ken for an engaging 3-hour chat:

The Indiana Jones and the Great Circle PC specs are really something!

🎧 Listen to Larry the O on-the-go! 🎙️ My 3.5-hour conversation with legendary sound designer Larry the O is now available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

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A Conversation with Larry The O (Escape from Monkey Island / Galactic Battlegrounds / Jedi Knight) by Tech Talk with Daniel Albu

Tech Talk with Daniel Albu

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🐒🏝️ Happy 33rd anniversary to Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge! Monkey Island 2 was the sixth LucasArts game to use the SCUMM engine and the first to feature the iMUSE sound system! 💾 Monkey Island 2 was released in December 1991!

✨☀️ Happy 32nd anniversary to Dune II! ☀️✨ Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (titled Dune II: Battle for Arrakis in Europe) is the real-time strategy game that set the standard for the modern RTS genre! 💾 Dune II was released for MS-DOS in December 1992! 💾

📆 Happy 29th anniversary to LucasArts' The Dig! 💿 The Dig is one of my favorite LucasArts adventure games! 💾 The story, atmosphere, voice acting and soundtrack were incredibly impressive and continue to stand the test of time! ⏰ The Dig was released on November 30th, 1995!

📅 28 years ago today, Duke Nukem: Atomic Edition was released! 💾 Duke Nukem: Atomic Edition was released on November 27th, 1996!