Greg MIller from Kinda Funny had a long interview with Tim Schafer on Friday. There isn’t much news in it (besides that Tim Schafer says the next Double Fine game will be a new IP). He’s very positive about the direction Microsoft is taking.
This week Major Nelson will be in the We Have Cool Friends show for a long interview. And he’ll also co-host the Kinda Funny xCast
Tim Shaefer is one of my favorite people in the videogame industry. Been a fan ever since I played Grim Fandango over 2 decades ago on the PC. If you listen to interviews with his team, it seems like he gives them a lot of creative space…which seems a bit unusual to me from a guy who has such great creative ideas himself and who’s had success in the industry. I really want to see Psychonauts 2 and whatever else Double Fine works on blow up to reignite giving studios like this a little more investment industry wide.
Good interview ! Can’t believe its already 20 years since Double Fine was founded… Tim has always been such a positive guy and it great to see him finally have some financial stability under MS. Also hope its not too long after Psychonauts 2, we get to hear about their next project !
Podcasts are generally not as fun when execs come on as guests. It limits the discussion. I do want Phil to be a guest after Series X price is revealed and Lockhart is official. Phil will probably do a interview with Giant bomb this year.
I like the Giant Bomb interviews with Spencer though. And the podcasts with Aaron Greenberg after the Xbox Games Showcase were also fine. But it doesn’t make sense to have an hour long show talking about rumours, of which Major Nelson won’t say a word. Lol.
I don’t blame Kinda Funny for having him on though. They’re trying to get the word out to the Xbox community about this new Xbox podcast so it makes sense to get a big guest like Major Nelson to promote it. Hopefully the next time they invite a Microsoft employee on it will be when there’s more they can openly discuss.