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143: The Rebirth of Point & Click Adventure Games with Paul Conway - The Retro Hour EP143

2018/10/12
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Our guest this week is Paul Conway who has worked on titles like Theme Park and The Sims and recently Darkside Detective, we talk about the rebirth of point & click adventure games in the 21st century and the joys and challenges of making them today.

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