Full Motion Visionaries

The full motion video games of the 90s never truly delivered on the promise of creating exciting interactive films, but games like Blippo+, Her Story, Telling Lies, and Immortality manage a sort of alchemy that combines movie magic with the interactivity of video games. Creators Claire L. Evans and Sam Barlow talk about the past and present of the medium, and what (if anything) makes a good FMV. Show Notes Half Mermaid Blippo+ Telefantasy Studios Wild Gunman, early Nintendo gunslinging game Videodrome Panic Podcast S1E1: Untitled Goose Game FMV World Claire’s Essay on Interactive Cinema Silent Hill Phantasmagoria Myst Night Trap Night Trap: 25 Years Later from MY LIFE IN GAMING Control Vision Sleep No More Sega CD ESRB Mad Dog McCree games Dragon’s Lair Black Narcissus Eyes Wide Shut Klute Sailor’s Dream Year Walk Device 6 Nick at Nite #Wargames Eko The Daniels Everything Everywhere All At Once Markiplier Choose Your Own Adventure Series Quibi Clip from The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut,’ on Kubrick’s non-submersible units Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) Transformation Scene The Addams Family set in color Episode Transcript