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August 18, 2013
Matt Chat 205: Bill Volk on Avalon Hill
In the second installment of my interview with Bill Volk, we chat about his days at Avalon Hill and the dawn of the computer games industry. Bill was a programming machine, writing games and ports for TRS-80, Commodore Pet, Atari 400s, and CoCo! We also talk about his games Controller and Voyager.
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August 9, 2013
Matt Chat 204: Bill Volk Part One
This is the first installment of my interview with Playscreen co-founder and Avalon/Activision veteran Bill Volk. An industry veteran with 30+ years experience, Bill is the man to talk to about the current state of affairs and where the future lies for Ouya, Facebook and mobile gaming, and Google Glasses. In this part of the interview we focus on his current projects.
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Matt chat 204: Bill Volk Part One
This is the first installment of my interview with Playscreen co-founder and Avalon/Activision veteran Bill Volk. An industry veteran with 30+ years experience, Bill is the man to talk to about the current state of affairs and where the future lies for Ouya, Facebook and mobile gaming, and Google Glasses. In this part of the interview we focus on his current projects.
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http://www.armchairarcade.com/neo/node/3793
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August 4, 2013
Matt Chat 203: Frayed Knights
This episode is a review of Jay Barnson's Frayed Knights game, an indie RPG with lots of humor and turn-based combat.
You can download the video here. Apologies for posting this so late!
July 24, 2013
Matt Chat 202: Jeff Tunnell on Tribes, Torque, and More
Jeff is back this week for one last installment. Topics covered include Tribes, the Torque Game Engine, Indie games, why Microsoft shot itself in the foot with Xbone, and some "tough love" advice for aspiring game developers.
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July 17, 2013
Matt Chat 201: Jeff Tunnell Part Three
Dynamix founder Jeff Tunnell is back this week to give his views on educational software, patents, Sierra, and behind-the-scenes looks at Betrayal at Krondor, Incredible Machines, and Sid & Al.
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July 13, 2013
Matt's spacey tune
What do you guys think of my latest stab at a Tangerine Dream-like piece?
July 7, 2013
Matt Chat 200: Jeff Tunnell on Red Baron, Willy Beamish, and Rise of the Red Dragon
In my 200th episode of Matt Chat, Jeff Tunnell, founder of Dynamix, returns to talk about his company's greatest hits, which probably aren't the games you're thinking of. Then he talks about his fall out with Electronic Arts. Needless to say, if you're a fan of classic adventure games or flight sims, you won't be able to turn away from this episode.
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July 6, 2013
Matt Chat 199: Interview with Jeff Tunnell Pt. 1
In the first slice of my interview with Dynamix founder Jeff Tunnell, we chat about his latest projects, including Contraption Maker and why Jeff doesn't like Apple or Google's app stores. Then we talk about his background and how he met Damon Slye and Ken Williams. Then we talk about Stellar 7 and Arctic Fox, one of my favorite Amiga games.
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