GWJ Conference Call Episode 404

Master of Magic, Sim City 2000, Tie Fighter, Doom II, Marathon, Our Favorite Games of 1994, An Interview With Rand Miller of Cyan Worlds, Your Emails and More!

Our inter-dimensional flux technology has captured an alternate-dimension episode of the Conference Call! This one is from December 28th, 1994. Listen in on our alternate selves as we talk about our favorite games of 1994. Julian also interviews Rand Miller, Co-founder of Cyan Worlds and Co-creator of MYST!

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Chairman_Mao's Timestamps
00.02.59 Master of Magic
00.11.35 Marathon
00.16.59 Doom II
00.23.00 This week's topic: Our favorite games of 1994!
00.23.19 TIE Fighter
00.30.05 Wing Commander III
00.34.29 Earthworm Jim
00.38.11 NHL 94
00.39.53 Flight Unlimited
00.42.25 Sim City 2000
00.44.35 The Elder Scrolls: Arena
00.48.18 Master of Orion
00.52.16 X-Com
00.55.01 Donkey Kong Country
00.55.54 Sam and Max
00.56.40 Myst
00.58.08 Interview with Rand Miller, creator of Myst
01.13.55 Your emails!

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Show credits

Music credits: 

Intro/Outtro Music - Ian Dorsch, Willowtree Audioworks

Entryway - Doom 2 - http://doom.com/ - 22:29

Myst Theme - Myst - http://cyan.com/games/myst/ - 57:43

Title Theme - Donkey Kong Country - http://donkeykong.nintendo.com/ - 1:13:00

Comments

McChuck -- it's SO HARD not to wink at the future. HARD. I know I really tried.

MrDeVil -- I admit my secret shame. I love crappy Pauly Shore movies.

I hope in 2018 you guys do 2008 without listening to one of that year's podcasts first. Would be fun to compare.

Chairman_Mao wrote:

I hope in 2018 you guys do 2008 without listening to one of that year's podcasts first. Would be fun to compare.

Yes, this.

Your confidence in our longevity is appreciated.

rabbit wrote:

McChuck -- it's SO HARD not to wink at the future. HARD. I know I really tried.

MrDeVil -- I admit my secret shame. I love crappy Pauly Shore movies.

I'll say it: Encino Man merits rewatching.

Gremlin wrote:
Chairman_Mao wrote:

I hope in 2018 you guys do 2008 without listening to one of that year's podcasts first. Would be fun to compare.

Yes, this.

Ditto!

Certis wrote:

Your confidence in our longevity is appreciated. :drink:

Four years honestly isn't that much time if you've already gone nine.

Certis wrote:

Your confidence in our longevity is appreciated. :drink:

You guys are all like 30 years old right?

Chairman_Mao wrote:
Certis wrote:

Your confidence in our longevity is appreciated. :drink:

You guys are all like 30 years old right?

Quiet you! You'll spoil my plan to become a podcast regular by waiting for the older regulars to die off!

wordsmythe wrote:
Chairman_Mao wrote:
Certis wrote:

Your confidence in our longevity is appreciated. :drink:

You guys are all like 30 years old right?

Quiet you! You'll spoil my plan to become a podcast regular by waiting for the older regulars to die off!

Anytime you want to start a podcast where I respond to you with push button responses of me quoting my little red book, I'm all over that.

Chairman_Mao wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:
Chairman_Mao wrote:
Certis wrote:

Your confidence in our longevity is appreciated. :drink:

You guys are all like 30 years old right?

Quiet you! You'll spoil my plan to become a podcast regular by waiting for the older regulars to die off!

Anytime you want to start a podcast where I respond to you with push button responses of me quoting my little red book, I'm all over that.

Soundboard-style, eh? We'd be history's most pretentious morning zoo!

Gotta say I love these "retro" or whatever one might call them podcasts. 1994 was about the time I got into pc gaming. So really enjoyed this one. I hardly ever post on here, but just wanted to throw out a comment and say thanks guys. Really enjoying the show.

Just listened to the podcast. Damn, I'm sorry that I didn't listen to it when it was a fresh conversation topic. This was one of my top 5 favorite podcasts ever, seriously guys.

Whenever I listen to one of these retro-casts, I brace myself to cringe about the ironic statements: "Looking Glass, I can't wait to see what they give us 20 years from now! *wink*" but this one didn't feel ironic at all.

Nicely done, and thanks for the memories.