Tech Talk with Daniel Albu

Dave Grossman is back for another conversation!

This time, we focus on Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix, the cancelled LucasArts adventure!

We discuss his involvement in the project, the game's story and development, why it was ultimately shelved and his strong disdain for the FMV genre!

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Join Daniel Albu for an extensive 4-hour conversation with Greg Hammond, a seasoned game developer and creative force behind some of Lucasfilm Games’ most iconic titles. As a producer, Greg played a pivotal role in Loom, The Secret of Monkey Island, and several other beloved LucasArts classics, leaving a lasting mark on the adventure game genre. Beyond LucasArts, his career highlights include mission design for P-38 Lightning Tour of Duty and P-80 Shooting Star Tour of Duty, art direction at Simutronics, and the creation of virtual worlds for Build-A-Bearville and RIDEMAKERZ. This deep dive explores the stories behind his legendary projects, the evolution of game development, and Greg's reflections on a career that has shaped the industry.

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Join game developer Daniel Albu as he dives into the stories of the actors, writers, directors, developers, and composers from all your favorite retro games from the 90s and beyond!

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Join Daniel Albu for an engaging conversation with Vince Lee, the distinguished game developer renowned for his pivotal role at LucasArts. As the designer, programmer, and project leader of Star Wars: Rebel Assault and its sequel, Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire, Vince was instrumental in pioneering the use of full-motion video in gaming.

His innovative work on the INteractive Streaming ANimation Engine (INSANE) significantly advanced video compression technology, enabling high-quality full-screen videos in games.

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Join game developer Daniel Albu as he dives into the stories of the actors, writers, directors, developers, and composers from all your favorite retro games from the 90s and beyond!

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Join Daniel Albu for an in-depth conversation with Alexandra Boyd, whose career spans acting, voice work, and filmmaking. Best known to gaming fans as the voice of Elaine Marley in the Monkey Island series, Alexandra also appeared in James Cameron’s Titanic. In this interview, she shares her experiences from the Monkey Island games, Titanic and discusses her latest project, Ship of Dreams: Titanic Movie Diaries, a documentary exploring the stories of cast and crew from the iconic film. ____________________________________________________ Follow Alexandra's work in these links: https://instagram.com/fstclsswmn
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Join Daniel Albu as he sits down for a conversation with legendary composer Peter McConnell! Subscribe to "Tech Talk with Daniel Albu": https://www.youtube.com/@danielalbu?sub_confirmation=1

Join Daniel Albu for a 4.5-hour conversation with Aric Wilmunder about Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix!

Join Daniel Albu as he sits down for a conversation with legendary game designer, Jane Jensen! --

Welcome to Tech Talk with Daniel Albu! Join game developer Daniel Albu as he tracks down and talk to, the actors, writers, directors, developers, and composers from all your favorite retro games from the 90's and beyond!

Join Daniel Albu as he sits down for a 3-hour conversation with Gabriel Knight composer, Robert Holmes! Robert Holmes is known for his soundtracks to the Gabriel Knight Series, Gray Matter and Moebius games, and his band The Scarlet Furies.

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At LucasArts, he was on the Technology Council, led the Visual FX group, and developed groundbreaking art production techniques for the classic LucasArts games! Join Daniel Albu as he sits down for a 4-hour conversation with Mike Levine! Don't miss the other "Tech Talk with Daniel Albu" conversations: • Aaron Giles: https://youtu.be/1cF5ZOQQeLE • Brad Taylor: https://youtu.be/VW6AF_rB7fI • David Fox: https://youtu.be/mkwNK3JBy40 • Graham Annable: https://youtu.be/H0JcPs0JgUk • Gary Winnick: https://youtu.be/nuJEllLUSso • Bill Tiller: https://youtu.be/xFKY_nafH1o • Noah Falstein: https://youtu.be/oicLqO-Vdpw • Aaron Giles (DREAMM Demo): https://youtu.be/uxmaXwfXB1k • Aric Wilmunder: https://youtu.be/60_rrdPobjU • Ron Gilbert: https://youtu.be/wIhxZYQRZ8Q • Mark Ferrari: https://youtu.be/1ggkeTVIzwg • Hal Barwood: https://youtu.be/2MKxWiOUj8U • Kyle Balda: https://youtu.be/uAea-PIwpEw • Larry Ahern: https://youtu.be/gTKTtMeCeuc • Anson Jew: https://youtu.be/vdD1ygA4kr4 • Jenn Sandercock: https://youtu.be/DfKm9qwaEBw • Bret Mogilefsky: https://youtu.be/_qwAzIYaGUI • Dan Connors: https://youtu.be/GUHDfLwFmXI • Mike Stemmle: https://youtu.be/HitKotpXn1w • Steve Purcell: https://youtu.be/ov4rMvcXk_w • Tom Hall: https://youtu.be/fx3N_8foNk0 • Malena Annable: https://youtu.be/lpeu70s63X4 • Al Lowe: https://youtu.be/NsfLgm78GuQ • Michael Land: https://youtu.be/uHqAG8CLblA • Ken Macklin: https://youtu.be/EUA_xe1WL0A • William R. Shockley: https://youtu.be/Jd2TeoupJrg • Charlie Ramos: https://youtu.be/bhdQ80Jyl7Y • Annie Fox: https://youtu.be/FSAXVnzwY_w • Clint Bajakian: https://youtu.be/sdDsoK6iifI • Aaron Giles (DREAMM v3.0 Demo): https://youtu.be/dSyHQwKD8qc • Jordan Mechner: https://youtu.be/qlEjFfAv4Bc • Khris Brown: https://youtu.be/vUMHbOCLjxg • Rich Powell: https://youtu.be/M_1esRMrTSM • Darragh O'Farrell: https://youtu.be/vfM-OXb4nNI _____________________________________ Welcome to Tech Talk with Daniel Albu! Join game developer Daniel Albu as he tracks down and talk to, the actors, writers, directors, developers, and composers from all your favorite retro games from the 90's and beyond! __ You can also follow Daniel on: • X: https://twitter.com/danielalbu • BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/danielalbu.bsky.social • Threads: https://www.threads.net/@danielalbu • Mastodon: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@danielalbu • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@danielalbu • Twitch: https://twitch.com/TechTalkwithDanielAlbu • Official website: https://www.danielalbu.com

Join Daniel Albu as he sits down for a 3-hour conversation with former LucasArts voice director, Darragh O'Farrell.

Don't miss the other "Tech Talk with Daniel Albu" conversations:

• Aaron Giles: https://youtu.be/1cF5ZOQQeLE

• Brad Taylor: https://youtu.be/VW6AF_rB7fI

• David Fox: https://youtu.be/mkwNK3JBy40

• Graham Annable: https://youtu.be/H0JcPs0JgUk

• Gary Winnick: https://youtu.be/nuJEllLUSso

• Bill Tiller: https://youtu.be/xFKY_nafH1o

• Noah Falstein: https://youtu.be/oicLqO-Vdpw

• Aaron Giles (DREAMM Demo): https://youtu.be/uxmaXwfXB1k

• Aric Wilmunder: https://youtu.be/60_rrdPobjU

• Ron Gilbert: https://youtu.be/wIhxZYQRZ8Q

• Mark Ferrari: https://youtu.be/1ggkeTVIzwg

• Hal Barwood: https://youtu.be/2MKxWiOUj8U

• Kyle Balda: https://youtu.be/uAea-PIwpEw

• Larry Ahern: https://youtu.be/gTKTtMeCeuc

• Anson Jew: https://youtu.be/vdD1ygA4kr4

• Jenn Sandercock: https://youtu.be/DfKm9qwaEBw

• Bret Mogilefsky: https://youtu.be/_qwAzIYaGUI

• Dan Connors: https://youtu.be/GUHDfLwFmXI

• Mike Stemmle: https://youtu.be/HitKotpXn1w

• Steve Purcell: https://youtu.be/ov4rMvcXk_w

• Tom Hall: https://youtu.be/fx3N_8foNk0

• Malena Annable: https://youtu.be/lpeu70s63X4

• Al Lowe: https://youtu.be/NsfLgm78GuQ

• Michael Land: https://youtu.be/uHqAG8CLblA

• Ken Macklin: https://youtu.be/EUA_xe1WL0A

• William R. Shockley: https://youtu.be/Jd2TeoupJrg

• Charlie Ramos: https://youtu.be/bhdQ80Jyl7Y

• Annie Fox: https://youtu.be/FSAXVnzwY_w

• Clint Bajakian: https://youtu.be/sdDsoK6iifI

• Aaron Giles (DREAMM v3.0 Demo): https://youtu.be/dSyHQwKD8qc

• Jordan Mechner: https://youtu.be/qlEjFfAv4Bc

• Khris Brown: https://youtu.be/vUMHbOCLjxg

• Rich Powell: https://youtu.be/M_1esRMrTSM

• Darragh O'Farrell: https://youtu.be/vfM-OXb4nNI

• Mike Levine: https://youtu.be/VGgshWvrH2g

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Join Daniel Albu as he sits down for a conversation with former Sierra On-Line artist, Rich Powell. Rich Powell is an artist and illustrator currently living in central North Carolina. He’s well known for his work in Highlights Magazine, MAD Magazine, and many others. His syndicated cartoon panel, “Wide Open!,” won The National Cartoonist’s Society Silver Reuben in both 2021 and 2022. His line of humorous wildlife art, Callahan’s Quest for Adventure, garnered him another Silver Reuben for Product Illustration in 2013, and the Our State television show that featured him illustrating Andy Griffith’s “What It Was, Was Football” won the Emmy for Best Magazine Program at the 31st Midsouth Emmy Awards. He began his career as a conceptual artist and art director at Sierra On-Line, a pioneer in the computer game industry, and his work appeared in such beloved titles as King’s Quest, Space Quest, and many others. Visit his website: https://www.richpowell.com/

Join Daniel Albu for his conversation with the producer of Thimbleweed Park and Return to Monkey Island, Jenn Sandercock! Don't forget to subscribe to Tech Talk with Daniel Albu https://www.youtube.com/@danielalbu

Join Daniel Albu for an exciting conversation with Double Fine Productions' producer extraordinaire, Malena Annable!

Join Daniel Albu as he sits down for a 4-hour conversation with Khris Brown. Khris, a VO veteran with over 30 years of experience, was a pivotal figure in shaping the Games VO industry. As a founding member of the Lucasfilm Games Voice Department, she led casting, directing, and set the gold standard for voice production. Her work spans Academy Award-nominated films, Emmy-winning animation series, and numerous award-winning titles from top game studios like LucasArts, Ubisoft, and Double Fine Productions. She also founded the Narrative Talent Group at Ubisoft Montreal and the Voice Department at Double Fine. Visit her website: https://www.voxpointllc.com/

Join Daniel Albu as he sits down for a 3.5 hour conversation with the Sierra developer, William R. Shockley! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 🚨 Click to SUBSCRIBE ► https://www.youtube.com/@danielalbu?s... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ William has worked on Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier, The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out, Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist and many more!