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Ep. #214 - Being a Japanese solo dev with Nito Souji

In our new episode we have a talk with Nito Souji. He's a solo indie game dev from Japan and describes himself as a shut-in aka Hikikomori for 10 years working on a shut-in themed beat'em'up Pull Stay. Listen to some interesting insights! Enjoy! The interview starts at minute 1:35:00

Posted by Nafcom on May 05, 2025 // Read more »

Ep. #213 - Rosewater

We welcome back Francisco Gonzáles from Grundislav Games to talk about his recently released point and click adventure Rosewater which is indeed fully rotoscoped! Enjoy! The interview starts at minute 1:21:38

Posted by Nafcom on Apr 28, 2025 // Read more »

Ep. #205 - Tempest Rising with Brandon Casteel

Ho! Ho! Ho! Welcome to our Xmas episode! And this time we welcome Brandon Casteel, the lead game designer of Tempest Rising. It is one of the most hyped games for 2025 and a spiritual successor to Command and Conquer! Enjoy! The interview starts at minute 19:49

Posted by Nafcom on Dec 21, 2024 // Read more »

Ep. #202 - Making the fan-made Broken Sword 2.5 with Marius Gosch

In our new episode we welcome Marius Gosch, one of the founders of the Broken Sword 2.5 project. He'll tell us about some insights and his work as a story- and puzzle writer on this amazing fan-made Broken Sword 2 sequel of the adventure classic. The interview section starts at minute 1:43:08 Tune in and enjoy!

Posted by Nafcom on Nov 19, 2024 // Read more »

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!

Posted by Nafcom on Oct 23, 2024 // Read more »

Ep. #200 - System 3's Last Ninja Collection with Mark Cale

In our new episode we welcome Mark Cale, founder of System 3 and trailblazer of the global video game industry since 1982! He worked on legendary games like International Karate or The Last Ninja. Nothing more to say: it is legend time! Enjoy! Interview starts at minute 16:15 into the podcast. Enjoy!

Posted by Nafcom on Oct 04, 2024 // Read more »

Ep. #199 - The Doom Guy Book with John Romero

This is a huge one! We are very proud and happy to welcome the one and only John Romero - the co-creator of Doom! In this episode of our podcast he is talking about his long-awaited autobiography 'Doom Guy: Life in First Person'. Tune in for gaming's original rock star! The interview section starts at minute 31:17 Enjoy!

Posted by Nafcom on Sep 24, 2024 // Read more »

Ep. #197 - Gamescom 2024

We are back with our Gamescom 2024 special episode in which Joerg talks about what happened at the biggest game fair of the world, which happens to be in Cologne Germany each year and Scene World is a part of as an exhibitor in the Retro Area since 2014.

Posted by Nafcom on Aug 31, 2024 // Read more »

Ep. #196 - Metro Siege

In this episode, we talk to Alex Brown, coder in the team that is creating the brawler "Metro Siege", the first of its kind which works on a vanilla Amiga 500 and includes multiplayer online crossplay (Amiga, web browser, Steam PC). We talk to him about the technical finesse and firsts the game is putting its toes in, while being a wicked game with fantastic humor and gameplay cherries as an icing on the cake! Enjoy! The interview section starts at minute 0:37 into the podcast

Posted by Nafcom on Aug 28, 2024 // Read more »

Ep. #193 - St1ka

We are very happy to have St1ka as a guest in the new episode of our podcast. He is a Youtuber from Portugal dedicated to retrogaming and loves Sega and Dos gaming. His videos like for example "17 Weird, Unique and BIZARRE Games You NEVER Played!" or "17 "TERRIBLE GAMES" THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOOD!" regularly reach over 200k views on Youtube....The interview starts at minute 59:00

Posted by Nafcom on Jun 30, 2024 // Read more »