๐ฝ๏ธ Happy 27th anniversary to James Cameron's Titanic!
๐ Titanic was released in theaters on December 19th, 1997!
๐ Hereโs what the official Titanic website looked like on release date:
Six floppy disks containing development materials for the Amiga version of King's Quest VI have been uploaded to the Internet Archive!
These disks feature audio source code, sound samples and the game's original MIDI files!
๐ 31 years ago today, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers was released!
๐พ Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers was released on December 17th, 1993!
๐๏ธ Don't miss my chat with GK writer Jane Jensen:
๐๏ธ And composer Robert Holmes:
๐ 33 years ago today, the second Commander Keen series, Goodbye Galaxy, was released!
๐พ Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy was released on December 15th, 1991!
๐๏ธ In 2023, I had an amazing 3-hour conversation with game designer Tom Hall!
Check it out:
๐ Happy 34th Anniversary to Commander Keen!
๐ซ Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons, the first game in the Commander Keen series, was released on December 14th, 1990 for MS-DOS.
๐พ This was the first major platformer for the PC!
๐ 31 years ago today, Doom was released!
๐ 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!
๐ Join me today for an incredible deep dive into gaming history with Vince Lee, the visionary developer behind Rebel Assault & Rebel Assault II!
๐ฎ Discover how his groundbreaking INSANE engine revolutionized FMV gaming!
โฐ Premiering in 15 minutes!
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๐ Happy birthday to the incredible Ken Macklin, the legendary illustrator from Lucasfilm Games!
๐จ Ken, among others, created the iconic cover art for Maniac Mansion.
๐๏ธ Earlier this year, I had the honor of sitting down with Ken for an engaging 3-hour chat:
