Episode 552: Phantasmagoria 2 - A Puzzle of Flesh (Patreon)

Guest host Jess continues her extremely specific fascination with point-and-click games from the waning years of Full Motion Video games! (Actually, this came out the same year as the other one she's covered: Toonstruck! Boy, 1996 was a big year for big failures.) And this time, she's bringing along two of the actors from the game: Curtis Craig (Stetler) and one of his many in-game romantic interests, Therese (Sigrunardottir)! They discuss this bizarre game and the strange hybrid of movie and game production it underwent, only to bust out on the scene and be one of the death knells of Sierra! 

Also discussed: how to get into videogames way past the prime age to do so, how not to go crazy during a pandemic, and how awkward it is to shop for bondage gear with your boss! 

And don't forget to check out Paul's Youtube channel, Conversations with Curtis (https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsWithCurtis), if you want even more behind-the-scenes trivia about this gory and gothic and goofy game. 

Edits by Greg Leahy, art by Jess.

• 11:07 - Main Menu/Dimension X Teleporter
• 18:10 - Phantasmagoria (1995): Consumite Furore
• 29:37 - Home (Day 1)
• 42:51 - The Borderline (Day 3)
• 50:45 - Concealing Evidence
• 1:00:09 - Working at Wyntech
• 1:07:14 - The Borderline (Day 4)
• 1:18:10 - Threshold
• 1:26:14 - Escaping from Dimension X
• Closing - Rage/End Credits