EPISODE · Jul 8, 2015 · 1H 44M
51: Her Story (with developer Sam Barlow)
from The Short Game · host The Short Game
Her Story by Sam Barlow (and starring Viva Seifert) is a game about a woman talking to the police. You are tasked with re-investigating a murder that took place in 1994 by watching a series of police interview videos, trying to discover the facts of a case that seems long-since closed. Your only tools is a very retro and partially broken police database of footage and your own sense of deduction. This is one of the most unique games we’ve played and you should not miss it. We begin this episode with an interview with the developer himself, Sam Barlow (@mrsambarlow), and then share our impressions. After the spoiler-break, we discuss our theories about the crime. Her Story is available for PC, Mac, iPhone, and iPad for $5 or $6 depending on platform. Expect it to take 2 to 5 hours to completely explore. Links for this episode: Mentioned in the interview: Aisle – Wikipedia Aisle on the Interactive Fiction Database (including link to download or play online) Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Viva Seifert Starship Titanic Synapse Software Synapse IF games available as abandonware Simogo We have previously discussed Simogo’s Year Walk and Device 6 Blackbar Attack of the Friday Monsters Cinema Paradiso (film) From our discussion: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson “My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all, I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had. I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise. I like my sister Constance, and Richard Plantagenet, and Amanita phalloides, the death-cup mushroom. Everyone else in our family is dead.” Tap Code Contrast – Our next episode We Happy Few – Kickstarter You Must Build a Boat Magic Mike XXL Persona 4 GOLDEN After show: The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino Police Interview with Tupac Shakur You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame See our list of upcoming games, and make suggestions.. Like the show? Support us by writing a review on iTunes! Your hosts this week were: Raygan Kelly – @raygank Nate Heininger – @natestl Laura Nash – @laurajnash
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Her Story by Sam Barlow (and starring Viva Seifert) is a game about a woman talking to the police. You are tasked with re-investigating a murder that took place in 1994 by watching a series of police interview videos, trying to discover the facts of a case that seems long-since closed. Your only tools is a very retro and partially broken police database of footage and your own sense of deduction. This is one of the most unique games we’ve played and you should not miss it. We begin this episode with an interview with the developer himself, Sam Barlow (@mrsambarlow), and then share our impressions. After the spoiler-break, we discuss our theories about the crime. Her Story is available for PC, Mac, iPhone, and iPad for $5 or $6 depending on platform. Expect it to take 2 to 5 hours to completely explore. Links for this episode: Mentioned in the interview: Aisle – Wikipedia Aisle on the Interactive Fiction Database (including link to download or play online) Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Viva Seifert Starship Titanic Synapse Software Synapse IF games available as abandonware Simogo We have previously discussed Simogo’s Year Walk and Device 6 Blackbar Attack of the Friday Monsters Cinema Paradiso (film) From our discussion: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson “My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all, I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had. I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise. I like my sister Constance, and Richard Plantagenet, and Amanita phalloides, the death-cup mushroom. Everyone else in our family is dead.” Tap Code Contrast – Our next episode We Happy Few – Kickstarter You Must Build a Boat Magic Mike XXL Persona 4 GOLDEN After show: The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino Police Interview with Tupac Shakur You can follow our show on Twitter at @_shortgame See our list of upcoming games, and make suggestions.. Like the show? Support us by writing a review on iTunes! Your hosts this week were: Raygan Kelly – @raygank Nate Heininger – @natestl Laura Nash – @laurajnash
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