Amnesia. Can anyone remember why it’s so common in interactive entertainment?
The music for this episode is “Forgettin My Identity” by Jane His Wife, and is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 license.
References:
- Planescape: Torment by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay
- Flashback: The Quest for Identity by Delphine Software International and published by U.S. Gold
- Knights of the Old Republic by BioWare and published by LucasArts
- System Shock 2 by Irrational Games and Looking Glass Studios and published by EA
- Final Fantasy 6 by Square
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl by GSC Game World and published by THQ
- Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth by Headfirst Productions and published by Bethesda Softworks and 2K Games
- Arx Fatalis by Arkane Studios and published by DreamCatcher Games and JoWooD
- Second Sight by Free Radical Design and published by Codemasters
- XIII by Ubisoft
- The Elder Scrolls series by Bethesda Softworks
- The Ultima series by Origin Systems
- Grim Fandango by LucasArts
The next episode will be about the progress and state of the art of the video game industry, as compared to another form of entertainment.
sean | 20-Aug-07 at 12:20 pm | Permalink
Hey, I was happy to see a new Ludus Novus podcast show up in my iTunes. Thanks for coming back, and I look forward to listening to more podcasts from you in the future!
ludusnovus | 20-Aug-07 at 5:07 pm | Permalink
Thanks! I’m happy to be back. Knock on wood, but I’m going to try and make the next one arrive a bit sooner than this one did.