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Ep. #201 - Charles Ceclil about Broken Sword in a Circle Of Blood

In our new episode we are talking with Charles Cecil. He is a British video game designer and founder of Revolution Software, best known for games like Broken Sword or Beneath a Steel Sky. The interview section starts at minute 1:03:08 Enjoy!

Links related to this episode:

• Get your own copy of Broken Sword Reforged: https://revsoft.games/BS1ReforgedviaSteam
• Wishlist Broken Sword 6 - Parzival's Stone: https://revsoft.games/BS6viaSteam

• Revolution Software Homepage: https://revolution.co.uk
• Revolution Software in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_Software
• Revolution Software on X: https://twitter.com/RevSoftGames
• Revolution Software on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brokenswordofficial/ & https://www.facebook.com/revolutionsoftware-
• Revolution Software on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RevolutionSoftwareOfficial
• Revolution Software in MobyGames: https://www.mobygames.com/company/306/revolution-software-ltd/
  
  
• Charles Cecil on X: https://x.com/CharlesCecil

• Mentioned during the interview: 

  - Broken Sword Game Boy Advance Development Story with Tony Warriner: https://www.pixelrefresh.com/game-gadget-podcast-38-original-xbox-ticking-disaster-ps-vita-beauty-more/

  - Broken Sword 2.5 fanmade intermission between Broken Sword 2 & 3: brokensword25.com/
  - Charles Cecil speaking about Broken Sword 2.5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N82GKPy0SWY 

News mentioned in this episode:

• New Game Boy game "Lunar Lancer" released: https://jonas-fischbach.itch.io/lunar-lancer
• "The Crew" gets a fanmade WIP server emulator: https://gbatemp.net/threads/the-crew-gets-a-fanmade-wip-server-emulator.657586/
• New C64 Game released: "Portal Buster": https://drmortalwombat.itch.io/portal-buster
• Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/internet-archive-hacked-data-breach-impacts-31-million-users/
• LittleBigPlanet 3 (PS4) and LittleBigPlanet DLC are removed on the PlayStation Store: https://x.com/mediamolecule/status/1843654104905855406
• Tomb Raider IV-VI Remaster announced by Aspyr: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2525380/Tomb_Raider_IVVI_Remastered/
• Forza Horizon 4 is delisted December: https://forza.net/news/forza-horizon-4-delisting
• Hogwarts Legacy Definitive Edition is in Development: https://insider-gaming.com/exclusive-hogwarts-legacy-definitive-edition/
• Starting on November 15, 2024 Steam will no longer display games to customers in Germany if the game is missing a valid age Rating: https://x.com/SteamDB/status/1841374449318220159

• New Homepage regarding the Paprium Kickstarter: Paprium Case https://papriumcase.com (in French).
• For those that want the GG version go talk to the guy who developed the game. He is over at https://2minds.fr

• Shipping of Xeno Crisis for GBA starts November 8th: https://shop.bitmapbureau.com/collections/game-boy-advance/products/xeno-crisis-gba
• Novobox was at the MIFC, presenting a wide range of products they create: https://www.mifc.fr/en/ & https://novoboxworld.com

• CRUNCHTIME TV Interview with Aaron Getting in Thailand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAc-RwvYJRc

• OverShoot will become free: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1318280/view/4166471769756513614
• A huge mod that aimed to recreate the entirety of the original Fallout in Fallout 4's engine, Vault 13, got suspended: https://screenrant.com/fallout-4-mod-vault-13-canceled/

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Intro rendered by Matthias Kohlen and music by Remute: https://www.remute.org

Promo by Sashaun Bailey (Empress Nile) of The Valkyries of Arcadia + Triforce Johnson

 

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