Ron Gilbert on developing Maniac Mansion

Maniac Mansion was a groundbreaking Commodore 64 adventure game released in the 1980's. Here's a nice and interesting talk by one of the developers, 25 years later, reminiscing and describing the development process. Having an incredibly soft spot for the magic of old-school computer games as well as listening to people talk about their creative processes, this made my day.



(Part 1 of 3)

Weekend WTF: プリルラ ステージ3

As one YouTube commenter puts it; once again the Japanese have outjapanesed themselves. I'd like to play this game.

GAME & WATCH

The sounds - blip-blop, the beautiful design, the frustration and joy these little gadgets brought to me as a kid! All these memories are brought back on the this wonderful site with a nice collection of handheld electronic games:

http://www.pica-pic.com/

Above is the one I remember most - Donkey Kong. Didn't use the "watch" part of it, but I sure played the game a lot...

Matthew Smith

British computer game programmer Matthew Smith was 17 years old when he programmed the legendary early platform game Manic Miner, back in 1983. I spent a lot of time playing Manic Miner and its sequel, Jet Set Willy, as a kid way back in the 1980's, and it's been a huge and direct influence on my Odboy & Erordog series.


I just recently found this wonderful fairly recent video interview with the guy, who seems like a fantastically likeable guy with a mildly autistic-seeming manner. It just makes me very happy to watch. :) The interview starts at 3 minutes in.

Limbo

Watching this trailer for the Xbox game 'Limbo' makes me enthusiastic about modern computer games for the first time since... I don't know, 1991?