Panic Podcast

Full Motion Visionaries

The full motion video games of the 90s never truly delivered on the promise of creating exciting interactive films, but games like Blippo+, Her Story, Telling Lies, and Immortality manage a sort of alchemy that combines movie magic with the interactivity of video games. Creators Claire L. Evans and Sam Barlow talk about the past and present of the medium, and what (if anything) makes a good FMV. Show Notes Half Mermaid Blippo+ Telefantasy Studios Wild Gunman, early Nintendo gunslinging game Videodrome Panic Podcast S1E1: Untitled Goose Game FMV World Claire’s Essay on Interactive Cinema Silent Hill Phantasmagoria Myst Night Trap Night Trap: 25 Years Later from MY LIFE IN GAMING Control Vision Sleep No More Sega CD ESRB Mad Dog McCree games Dragon’s Lair Black Narcissus Eyes Wide Shut Klute Sailor’s Dream Year Walk Device 6 Nick at Nite #Wargames Eko The Daniels Everything Everywhere All At Once Markiplier Choose Your Own Adventure Series Quibi Clip from The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut,’ on Kubrick’s non-submersible units Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) Transformation Scene The Addams Family set in color Episode Transcript

PAX At It Again

Why would anyone—and in particular Panic—want to make a trade show booth? A look back at our completely normal trade show history, plus a look ahead to some of our Season 2 episodes! Show Notes Campo Santo Firewatch Panic Podcast S1E4: Audion & On Playdate Podcast S1E22: Forrest Byrnes: Up In Smoke Panic Podcast S1E1: Untitled Goose Game Macworld/iWorld PAX West A machete is a big knife Jardiniere Playdate Nour Arco Time Flies Greem Cafe Despelote Thank Goodness You’re Here! Episode Transcript

The Story of Playdate

Find out how an offhand idea to mark the 15th anniversary of a software company launched a decade-long saga of twists, turns, and mini-boss battles that led to the creation of a handheld gaming console as surprising and unique as its creators. Pre-order day is finally here, but it’s dangerous to go alone. Take this adorable yellow box, and let’s get crankin’… on the story of Playdate. Show Notes Playdate website Teenage Engineering Nintendo Game and Watch Famicom Disk System Metric Designworks

Totally Sidetalkin'

How the Nokia N-Gage failed so spectacularly that it became a meme before social media really existed. And what that has to do with Panic, exactly. Show Notes Sidetalkin.com Sidetalking.com The Nokia N-Gage on Wikipedia The N-Gage website as it appeared in April 2004 Sidetalking on Know Your Meme "No More Sidetalking" Nokia N-Gage QD commercial Chris Kohler Alex Pasco Ola Carlsson Chris Morris Jussi Solja Gedeon Maheux K. Mike Merrill Iconfactory The Sexy Beast KMikeyM

Audion & On

How did a fierce competition with a rival lead Steven Frank and Cabel Sasser to make a life-changing decision in a meeting with one of their biggest idols… and one of their arch nemeses? Show Notes Capture of the Audion Faces page from February 2001 Cabel’s 2004 blog post on the story (and retirement) of Audion Welcome to Macintosh Episode 12: Don’t Panic SoundJam MP Casady & Greene Felt Tip Software Jeremy Bailey on Twitter Jake Rodkin on Twitter Wade Cosgrove on Twitter Dan Messing on Twitter Michael Buckley’s website Try the Audion web player built by Michael Buckley