# Interviews & videos with the devs :delores:

**URL:** <https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [March 8, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423 "2018-03-08T18:42:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Gffp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/gffp/32/12183_2.png) [@Gffp](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Gffp)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/1 "2018-03-08T18:42:33Z")

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Interview with Ron Gilbert from Talks at Google:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KgzWorfLjeE/maxresdefault.jpg "From Maniac Mansion to Thimbleweed Park | Ron Gilbert | Talks at Google") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgzWorfLjeE)

check out also this [dedicated thread](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/ron-gilbert-talks-at-google-march-2017/1467)

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Talk with Ron Gilbert during Game Forum Germany 2011:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wNpjGvJwyL8/hqdefault.jpg "Ron Gilbert - Maniac Mansion postmortem") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNpjGvJwyL8)

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An Interview with Ron Gilbert by Checkpoint TV in Argentina (2016)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/U-9kbWw1j5I/maxresdefault.jpg "Entrevista a Ron Gilbert. Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion - subs en español") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-9kbWw1j5I)

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Ron Gilbert and other adventure game developers share their thoughts about what the future will reserve to the genre (with references to TWP):

> **[The future of adventure games](https://www.pcgamer.com/the-future-of-adventure-games/)**
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> Adventure game developers discuss the strengths, weaknesses, and future of their favourite genre.

Check out also this dedicated thread: [New PC Gamer article: "The future of adventure games"](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/new-pc-gamer-article-the-future-of-adventure-games/2090)

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David Wolinsky (Don’t Die) interviews Ron Gilbert in 2018:

> **[Ron Gilbert - Don't Die](https://nodontdie.com/ron-gilbert)**
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> Sure. My name is Ron Gilbert and I have been working in this business probably around 30 years. I live in Seattle but I don't give my age. Well, I've been working in the game business for 30 years. They can probably extrapolate my rough age.

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David Barr Kirtley (Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy) interviews Ron Gilbert in 2010:

> **[GGG#27: Ron Gilbert](https://geeksguideshow.com/2010/12/17/ggg27-ron-gilbert/)**
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> Episode 27 \<\< Click to Listen \[Download\] Ron Gilbert, creator of The Secret of Monkey Island video game, joins us this week on io9’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast to talk abo…

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Interview with David (4 parts):  
https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLzsTvqyBRGv2L2BahEtOBwY6n7YchUaH1&wmode=transparent&rel=0&autohide=1&showinfo=1&enablejsapi=1

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David at Classic Gaming Expo 2012

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YGialS6x1Mw/maxresdefault.jpg "CGE2K12 - David Fox") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGialS6x1Mw)

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David Fox - LucasArts: The Early Years (Complete):

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xqKf0Lu_EDU/hqdefault.jpg "LucasArts - The Early Years (Complete)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqKf0Lu_EDU)

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David Fox’s collection of presentations from ex-Lucasfilm Games/LucasArts members:  
https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLVcHPm_YWdj5C3-8fVt86OH0kRI5tzxJf&wmode=transparent&rel=0&autohide=1&showinfo=1&enablejsapi=1

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GDC 2016 talk by Mark Ferrari about “8 Bit & ‘8 Bitish’ Graphics”

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aMcJ1Jvtef0/maxresdefault.jpg "8 Bit & '8 Bitish' Graphics-Outside the Box") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcJ1Jvtef0)

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David Barr Kirtley (Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy) discusses with Mark Ferrari about the appeal of pixel art and whether it’s a dying form:

> **[GGG#162: Pixel Art](https://geeksguideshow.com/2015/08/05/ggg162-pixel-art/)**
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> Episode 162 \<\< Click to Listen Guests Mark Ferrari, Michael B. Myers Jr, and Blake Reynolds join us to discuss the appeal of pixel art and whether it’s a dying form. Please support us o…

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Steve Kirk talks about TWP soundtrack:

> **[Sound of Play: 123 - The videogame music podcast](https://caneandrinse.com/sound-of-play-123/)**
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> Joining host Leon Cox for this Sound of Play 123 is the composer, Steve Kirk.

Check out also this thread: [Steve Kirk talks about TWP soundtrack](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/steve-kirk-talks-about-twp-soundtrack/1575)

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Another interview with David Fox (mainly about Zak McKracken, but also about other games and getting back together for TWP)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rByr186UUwU/maxresdefault.jpg "Interview with David Fox") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rByr186UUwU)

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8NrmFblaoJg/maxresdefault.jpg "Memories of Lucas Arts with David Fox - Retro Tea Break") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NrmFblaoJg)

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Enjoy!

PS This first post is a wiki one, it means that users can modify the post and add things to it. Feel free to do that, as long as videos and interviews involve the devs of Thimbleweed Park, and (maybe) have a connection with their experience on that game or on the previous ones in the long story of computer games within LucasFilmGames/Arts (and successive companies like Terrible Toybox). Luckily their contribute is large, and this way we can keep having a common theme for this thread 😉

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**Author:** ![Gffp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/gffp/32/12183_2.png) [@Gffp](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Gffp)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/3 "2018-03-08T20:23:17Z")

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> [@Ignacio](#):
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> One of the best recent interviews with Ron

Yes, I think so too.

> [@Ignacio](#):
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> this one has been posted on the forum. Somewhere.

That’s exactly the feeling that made me decide to open a new thread with this argument 😀

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**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/4 "2018-03-08T20:49:14Z")

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Q: "Are you in contact with George Lucas?"  
R: “Oh, everyday. He calls me every morning.” 😁😁😁

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**Author:** ![ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/zakphoenixmckracken/32/41_2.png) [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/5 "2018-03-08T20:53:11Z")

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> [@Gffp](#):
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> 27 questions to Ron Gilbert

It’s a nice, polite and funny interview, I’m laughing at Ron’s answers 😁😁😂

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**Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/6 "2018-03-08T21:25:28Z")

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> [@Gffp](#):
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> That’s exactly the feeling that made me decide to open a new thread with this argument 😀

Can you make your first post a Wiki post so that you (and maybe we others) are able to add more videos? This way we would have them all in the first post.

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**Author:** ![Gffp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/gffp/32/12183_2.png) [@Gffp](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Gffp)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/7 "2018-03-08T21:28:59Z")

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Done 🙂

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**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/8 "2018-03-08T21:29:38Z")

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Ron always seems super nice in interviews. I guess he reserves all his grumpiness for the internet (less so now that he quit twitter).

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**Author:** ![Ignacio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ignacio](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ignacio)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/9 "2018-03-12T12:27:11Z")

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> [@Gffp](#):
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> Done 🙂

I took the liberty of joining both videos in the first post.

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**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/10 "2018-03-14T08:28:21Z")

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After watching some of the old videos in the retro thread I came across [Ron’s postmortem of Maniac Mansion at GFG (Game Forum Germany)](https://youtu.be/wNpjGvJwyL8).  
I’ve not watched many interviews with Ron and You’ve probably all seen it before, but thought I’d post it anyway.

I thought it was so interesting - Ron did a really great talk and I loved hearing about the ins and outs of how they planned (or didn’t) the game - especially having just played it recently.

I think this was just before, or during, making The Cave.

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**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/11 "2018-03-14T10:59:49Z")

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I watched that one many times, because it has so much info on the cinematic and real life influences on the game. When I saw it first I was amazed that the makers of a game I loved as a kid watched the same kind of movies that I went on doing without realising it.

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**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/12 "2018-03-14T11:53:14Z")

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> [@PiecesOfKate](#):
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> After watching some of the old videos in the retro thread I came across Ron’s postmortem of Maniac Mansion at GFG (Game Forum Germany).

@Gffp: I’ve added the video in the first post.

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**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/13 "2018-03-14T11:59:25Z")

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Interviews with David Fox (4 parts):

https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLzsTvqyBRGv2L2BahEtOBwY6n7YchUaH1&wmode=transparent&rel=0&autohide=1&showinfo=1&enablejsapi=1

and David at Classic Gaming Expo 2012

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**Author:** ![Gffp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/gffp/32/12183_2.png) [@Gffp](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Gffp)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/14 "2018-03-14T12:05:51Z")

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Could you believe me? I was browsing the exactly same video (the second one) you posted! And I was searching for this one [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqKf0Lu\_EDU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqKf0Lu_EDU) which is one of the most complete videos about the LucasFilm Games experience in computer gaming, by @David Fox. (Check also his and Annie’s channel “Electric eggplant videos” on youtube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNea0UWheoAz7HU\_5hsBOUw](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNea0UWheoAz7HU_5hsBOUw))

You can put them in the first post at any time, if you want. Feel free everyone to do that, as long as they come from the devs of Thimbleweed Park, and have connection with their experience on that game or on the previous ones in the long story of LucasFilmGames/Arts 🙂

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**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/15 "2018-03-14T12:10:01Z")

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> [@Gffp](#):
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> You can put the videos you posted in the first post at any time, if you want.

Did that with the three David videos. 🙂

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**Author:** ![David](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/david/32/11_2.png) [@David](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/David)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/16 "2018-03-14T20:34:34Z")

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Check this out too: [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVcHPm\_YWdj5C3-8fVt86OH0kRI5tzxJf](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVcHPm_YWdj5C3-8fVt86OH0kRI5tzxJf)

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**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/17 "2018-03-14T20:45:16Z")

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Oh great, many I have never seen before. Always great since video interviews with you are rather few and far between. Especially love the video games the movie clip!

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**Author:** ![David](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/david/32/11_2.png) [@David](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/David)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/18 "2018-03-14T20:57:33Z")

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I’m not in a lot of these, but I’ve added them to the list because they’re related in some way to Lucasfilm Games/LucasArts, or the people that worked there.

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**Author:** ![milanfahrnholz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/19 "2018-03-14T21:04:39Z")

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That´s great. Those from the pre www days are worth a lot since stuff like that was rare anyway. But in germany we got none of this. LucasFilm Games only existed in specialised magazines.

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**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/20 "2018-03-14T21:22:19Z")

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I’ve added the list to the first post. Thanks for sharing!

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**Author:** ![Gffp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/gffp/32/12183_2.png) [@Gffp](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Gffp)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/interviews-videos-with-the-devs/2423/21 "2018-03-14T21:42:29Z")

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Thank you very much! More chances for relaxing time on the spring evenings to come 😉

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