Episode 37 – Thief
September 17, 2013Greetings Blockers!
It’s episode 37 where we’re talking the 1998 Looking Glass Studios stealth action game, Thief.
Before that though, the news:
Steam Family Sharing has been announced!
Hardware: Shipbreakers, a game in the spirit of Homeworld, has acquired the Homeworld IP from Gearbox Software.
Lemmings Touch has been announced on the Vita.
The Duke Nukem lawsuit between 3D Realms and Gearbox has been dropped.
Peter Molyneux’s Godus is now available on Steam.
Sci-fi author Timothy Zhan has launched a kickstarter for a 4X strategy game called Parallax, based on his writing.
We then go through some listener emails and then get to the main topic, Thief.
Buy the Thief Collection on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/14734/
Buy Thief on GoG:
http://www.gog.com/game/thief_gold
Buy Thief 2 on GoG:
http://www.gog.com/game/thief_2_the_metal_age
Buy Thief: Deadly Shadows on GoG:
http://www.gog.com/game/thief_3
Thief series enhancement resources:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2715838
Next time, I’ll be covering the Access Software Adventure series, Tex Murphy.
Stream the show live:
Direct download:
http://umbcast.com/podcast/037-UMBCast-Thief.mp3
Another great UMBcast, thanks so much, Joe!! Think I’ll even write a little follow up e-mail, you definitely gave some food for thought!
Great! It’s an interesting series, it just takes some getting used to.