What a great guy with an awesome common sense approach. Thanks for these interviews, Matt!

Another great show Matt!

When I was making Nintendo games for Beam Software in the 90s we felt that once the game was released on a cartridge, we were DONE! We never wanted to see it ever again and were focused on the next one. I think that's why efforts to back up the source code and art were so slack. Now it seems like precious historic material, but at the time we though it was junk. 😆

Oh yeah new Matt Chat! Also sweet Eaten Back to Life shirt!

Once again, superb interview Matt.

Thanks matt interesting interview!

Great seeing Frank on here. I first saw his work when he was working for 1UP. So many amazing people from that site.

I can't wait for your Baldur's gate 3 gameplay/review :)

Great chat and very informative. With regard to using emulation vs original hardware/software. I was very surprised by Franks perspective, especially since earlier in the interview he spoke about experiencing video games in their original context. It doesn't get more contextual Shirley? More importantly, is it not an individuals choice rather than being the domain of a select enlightened, elite few? As he pointed out, the roms and emulators are there online for anyone to access and use instead. There is no gate-keeping other than their availability online. But if people are interested in using original hardware, the only barriers are money, and an individuals persistence in tracking them down in the second hand market. If people can't be arsed to do it then that's absolutely fine and their choice. I felt the opinion jarring from a gaming historian however. Sort of like a cinephile saying protect those nitrate film negatives but you don't need those 1930's movie theatres anymore. However, great interview and guest and hope you're back soon Matt.

Not everyone will or does have faster Internet than a disc for a long time. while I understand that slower internet may be a minority, it seems like "everyone" thinks 100M+ connections or everywhere though. I for one keep buying and playing from the physical media... If I can't then I prefer to buy on GoG for offline archival and then Steam (supporting their support of Proton). Sometimes (and at money allows) I ended up with a copy of the game on both Steam and GoG. I have already decided once consoles go to digital only I'll no longer buy any console games... My backlog is big enough I'm not worried about that future. Great interview!

Precious treasures.

Man I miss the time when the gaming industry was dominated by smaller teams of people with great ideas, instead of this big corp crap dominating the mainstream now.

@longjohnbaldry7360

7 ай бұрын

I remember buying Diablo at futureshop and being blown away, look at where blizzard is now!

@TrueNeutralEvGenius

7 ай бұрын

Many of oldschoolers with solid criterions and relatively good taste do, mate. Symbolically shaking hand.

@JerryBanks572

7 ай бұрын

You don't think accountants are artists? Bankers lives matter man. :)

@longjohnbaldry7360

7 ай бұрын

@@TrueNeutralEvGenius I recently played Might and Magic 6-8, Wizardry 6-8 for the first time (I couldn't get new games as a kid, never had a good enough computer or just plain price of new stuff back then), and I had so much fun. Comparing that with Pathfinder for example, a game theoretically I should love, I always get bored of the bad writing and the lack of whatever those older games had... which I assume to be less hands in the kitchen and more of a focus on enjoyment and escapism. I did very much like Underrail though and am looking forward to trying out Jagged Alliance 3.

@TrueNeutralEvGenius

7 ай бұрын

​@@longjohnbaldry7360 Those are great games, along with Jagged Alliance 1-2, X-Com, Baldur's Gate 1-2, Planescape, Master of Orion I-II, Fallout 1-2, System Shock 1-2, Underrail and some more true classics and great games by solid criterions, while Pathfinder, Divinty and underJA 3 are absolute trash. I can recommend to go deeper, but not to modern trash gaming, where there is nothing new and nothing original. Litetally one year of gamedev from the 80s or 90s has more value than last 20 years.

Absolutely laws, and ethical constraints generally must be broken to obtain history, either because the truth is inconvenient or else in cases like ancient Egypt we couldn't possibly understand even a fraction of what we do had people not regularly made a profession out of robbing the dead of millennia of the single most critical concern they had while alive, of preparing their tombs to remain undisturbed forever to enjoy an eternal after life. Does the fact modern people don't share that cultural perspective entitle us to transgress what for them was the ultimate sanctity?

@TrueNeutralEvGenius

7 ай бұрын

True.

@BriteRory

7 ай бұрын

I have mixed feelings about it but in general I tend accept that preservation of history of any sort is of critical importance to humanity and that respecting the individual or more broadly cultural concerns of people no longer alive is ultimately less important. As with anything there are certainly exceptions, and I have reservations about the manner by which archaeology in particular has been conducted, with ancient Egypt representing an especially egregious example of it given the numerous artifacts thefts (both by grave robbers and by scientists and historians) and total disregard for the religious significance of the dead. More than once have the mummified corpses of pharaohs and members of their families been not only removed entirely from their sarcophagi but also unwrapped to be completely exposed and photographed. I couldn't think of a more profoundly offensive practice in matters of desecration than this, yet performed in the name of science it is permissible. Doing it once, maybe twice if necessary in order to determine how it was done I can somewhat condone, but that is not what has happened. And this and similarly depraved practices have been and in some instances continue to be done all over the earth, to every known ancient civilization. I'm not a professional historian by any means, but history is (next to video games) my most cherished passion and something I've devoted much of my life to learning. I think of it as one of the most important disciplines, almost as important as medicine given the revelatory insight into human and civilizational nature it offers. But as much as my curiosity compels me and my highest regards for history informs my perspective on life, there are a certain (albeit minor) number of things which I believe ought not be disturbed, or behaviors that ought not be engaged in, purely to sate that appetite for knowledge. However when it comes to video games, these concerns dwindle into utter trivialities, and I will "pirate" a game that is otherwise inaccessible for commercial purchase any day of the week, at any time of day, and won't ever lose a microsecond of sleep over it. It is just absurd to conflate the kind of illegal rom downloading Matt has indulged in (and also probably every person watching the video) to be able to write his book on CRPG history with stealing brand new games that are currently for sale at full retail prices, it isn't even remotely comparable.

This man (Frank) constantly contradicts himself to an absurd level. Apparently wanting to watch a movie in the theaters is bad and you should just buy the digital version to watch on your laptop because "that's gatekeeping"

@zenyousapprentice3732

20 күн бұрын

He also tries to guilt trip people for "pretending" which is what video games are, and especially RPGs and ROLE-PLAYING IN GENERAL. PRETENDING IS FUN. The fact that this is the person behind preservation worries me.

@zenyousapprentice3732

20 күн бұрын

I'm sure there is more in the video I can vent my frustration towards but I couldn't even finish it.

"Colony Ship" is not like "Underrail" at all. It's like "Age of Decadence", yes, made by the same people.

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