Many years ago, when I was just a young boy my mother told me a story, she recalled having seen it in a movie, but she couldn’t remember the title and I have never been able to track down exactly what it was or if it even existed. There are four people, travelling together in…
After its first steps in a difficult industry plagued by piracy, as observed in the second part of the retrospective, Trecision managed to release two titles internationally, Nightlong and The Watchmaker, but crisis seemed to strike the studio between 1999 and 2000. With the overall idea of making a fully 3D adventure taking a long time to…
The Genesis Temple Podcast – Season 1 I did not really plan to start doing a podcast, the podcast planned to start doing me, apparently. There have always been so many people in the industry I wanted to have a chat with that, after the first episode was over and done with, I had a…
Sega was having a weird 1993. It was a moment in the Japanese company’s history where the shift towards the West had never been stronger, since the smash-hit sequel to their strongest franchise was developed by designer Yuji Naka, working with a team that mixed American and Japanese devs: the Mark Cerny-led Sega Technical Institute.…
The Genesis Temple Podcast Episode 8 For the eighth episode of the Genesis Temple podcast, together with fellow gaming journalist Jesse Gregoire, I welcome indie developer Julia Minamata to discuss her progress with The Crimson Diamond (download the first chapter here), along with her ideas for the main character’s background. We also touch upon her…
In the first part of the retrospective for Trecision, the software house tested the water of the Italian gaming market of the early 90s by releasing two titles for Amiga, then moving on to PC. Unfortunately, no Italian publisher seemed to allow them enough resources to invest and enlarge the team. In a country where…
The Genesis Temple Podcast Episode 6 In this sixth episode of the never ending saga of “what could go wrong with my audio today”, I sit down with Jay Tholen to converse about various topics, ranging from Hypnospace Outlaw (did you read my article yet?) and how its overall sense of community was in someway…
Liguria, on the western part of Italy and resting close to France, is home to several immensely popular culinary specialties, like pesto, and wordly-celebrated landmarks the likes of Cinque Terre and, naturally, Portofino. Along with being home to Dynabyte software and, years later, Artematica, the coastal region was also the birthplace of another important software…
Reviewing is an easy task, or at least, so it might seem from an external point of view. Just slap together some nice-sounding adjectives, a couple of hyperbole, some light sprinkling of sarcasm and voilà: done. Personally, since I consider that the end product should be useful for the reader, I find it one of…
Interview with Larry Ahern – Part 1 of 2 – From The Dig to The Curse of Monkey Island In December of 2020 I had the opportunity to talk with Larry Ahern via Skype, we made time for a lengthy conversation on his overall career, from his first interview at Skywalker Ranch all the way…