On a cold but sunny weekend in February, Bobby Blackwolf and Rob Roberts traveled to National Harbor, MD (just south of Washington, DC) to attend MAGFest - the Music and Games Festival - and amidst the Colossus Roars, we were able to talk to some of the indie games that were accepted into the MAGFest Indie Videogame Showcase.
Interviews
Interviews with those who make the content we all love happen, as conducted by our staff. Some interviews are partial transcripts from our podcast programming, so download the show to get the rest of the story!
Cards Against Humanity is considered a "party game for horrible people" - combining the gameplay of Apples to Apples with Mad Libs, where every card is the Adolf Hitler or Hellen Keller card. What began as a Kickstarter project has exploded into four official expansions and countless other card sets - enough that they were able to sell what amounted to literally being just a box with their logo on it so people could store all of their cards. If those cards aren't enough, though, the game is licensed under Creative Commons, and anyone can make expansions for it. That's what Jon Bressler and his team at Conventional Improv did to great success. What began as a panel for conventions turned viral when a Doctor Who themed expansion was noticed by a large site, and now they're back to take on Pokemon. I chatted with Jon Bressler about today's release of Cards Against Kanto, his past successes, and the future of Conventional Improv.
Vince Twelve of xii games joined Bobby Blackwolf to discuss his new PC adventure title Resonance, a game that received a grade of A here at VOG. The following is a partial transcript from Episode 341 of The Bobby Blackwolf Show, originally broadcast on June 24, 2012.