The Upper Memory Block Podcast

Howdy Blockers!

This time around, we’re talking about Dynamix’s 1992 puzzle game, The Incredible Machine.

This week in the news:

Death Inc Kickstarter

Mage’s Initiaition Kickstarter

Back in February, the Guys from Andromeda podcast interviewed Jim Walls, creator of Police Quest and he announced his intention to kickstart a new Police Quest style game.

Finally, Lord British has something to say at http://www.lordbritishpresents.com/

A few links from listener emails:

BJ Used to read this interesting eductionial software magazine:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Kidsoft

King’s Quest fan remakes from Father Beast:
1, 2 and 3 from AGD Interactive:
http://www.agdinteractive.com/games/games.html
Episode based remake:
http://www.tsl-game.com/episodes.php
IA King’s Quest 3 remake:
http://www.infamous-adventures.com/kq3/

Finally, on the The Incredible Machine. We discuss all the usual suspects and cover the whole series of games.

Buy The Incredible Machine on GoG:
http://www.gog.com/gamecard/the_incredible_machine_mega_pack

Next time we’re going to cover the awesome LucasArts space sim: X-Wing. I’m super excited for this one!

Enjoy!

Stream the show live:

Direct download:
http://umbcast.com/podcast/024-UMBCast-The-Incredible-Machine.mp3