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Deadline<p>‘The Dig’ Producer Ellie Wood To Develop Barbara Pym’s ‘Excellent Women’ Through Development Deal With Banijay UK<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Banijay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Banijay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BanijayEntertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanijayEntertainment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClearwoodFilms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClearwoodFilms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EllieWood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EllieWood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stonehouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stonehouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheDig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDig</span></a></p><p><a href="https://deadline.com/2025/03/clearwood-films-ellie-wood-banijay-deal-barbara-pym-project-1236329367/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">deadline.com/2025/03/clearwood</span><span class="invisible">-films-ellie-wood-banijay-deal-barbara-pym-project-1236329367/</span></a></p>
ATMcashpoint<p>Here's the first-edition cover of a book on graphics programming by Michael Abrash from 1995. Adventure game fans might find it looks rather... familiar. ;)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lucasarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lucasarts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thedig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thedig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventuregames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventuregames</span></a></p>
Mac<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheDig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDig</span></a>: Galaktischer <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LucasArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucasArts</span></a>-Klassiker neu entdeckt </p><p><a href="https://www.golem.de/news/the-dig-galaktischer-lucas-arts-klassiker-neu-entdeckt-2502-192904.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">golem.de/news/the-dig-galaktis</span><span class="invisible">cher-lucas-arts-klassiker-neu-entdeckt-2502-192904.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adventure</span></a></p>
ATMcashpoint<p>Something found by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://merveilles.town/@rezmason" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rezmason</span></a></span> in one of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://xoxo.zone/@robotspacer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>robotspacer</span></a></span> 's streams:</p><p>Sierra News Magazine vol. 3 #1 (Spring 1990) has a cover painting of Christy Marx for an article about Conquests of Camelot - painted by Bill Eaken in his brief time at Sierra before he moved to LucasArts!</p><p>Eaken went on to be lead artist on Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, and did much of the background art used in The Dig.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sierra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sierra</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lucasarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lucasarts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conquestsofcamelot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conquestsofcamelot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventuregames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventuregames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indianajones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indianajones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fateofatlantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fateofatlantis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thedig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thedig</span></a></p>
ATMcashpoint<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://socel.net/@TheSpaceshipper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheSpaceshipper</span></a></span> The rays around the eclipsed sun remind me of Chorney's work on the magazine ads for The Dig (seen here in a poster made IIRC by Laserschwert).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lucasarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lucasarts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thedig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thedig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventuregames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventuregames</span></a></p>
TurianShepard<p>I feel like The Dig is often overlooked by LucasArts fans because of its serious nature, but I really love it!</p><p>It’s got some pretty awesome visuals and an interesting story!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheDig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PointAndClick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PointAndClick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdventureGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdventureGame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LucasArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucasArts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a></p>
ATMcashpoint<p>Finally found a clean logo-less version of this screenshot of a very early build of Sean Clark's The Dig from summer 1994, from Interactive Entertainment magazine CD #17.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thedig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thedig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lucasarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lucasarts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventuregames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventuregames</span></a></p>
ATMcashpoint<p>MST3k Forever-A-Thon on YouTube is currently streaming First Spaceship on Venus, one of the inspiration for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LucasArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucasArts</span></a>' <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheDIG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDIG</span></a>:<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventuregames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventuregames</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxaQGXPFLXA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=TxaQGXPFLX</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a></p>
R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/@amin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>amin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/@fbievan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fbievan</span></a></span></p><p>Actually, you should check out a 1990s <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LucasArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucasArts</span></a> game called "The Dig."</p><p>I'm not a gamer, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.</p><p>I'm guessing it's on archive.org. Probably playable right there on the browser, although <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DosBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DosBox</span></a> might be a better experience.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Dig" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Dig</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/TheDig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDig</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/90sGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>90sGames</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/90sGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>90sGaming</span></a></p>
ATMcashpoint<p>I've always thought this guy from the Ireland section of Broken Sword 1 looked like a palette-swapped version of Ludger Brink with added glasses.</p><p>Turns out in some The Dig storyboards, Brink did have glasses!</p><p>(Be sure to watch <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@danielalbu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>danielalbu</span></a></span>'s interview with Mike Levine if you want to see more amazing stuff like this!)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brokensword" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brokensword</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thedig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thedig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lucasarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lucasarts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/revolutionsoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revolutionsoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventuregames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventuregames</span></a></p>
ATMcashpoint<p>The DIG's GUI translucency could be set uniquely on each screen.</p><p>It's very visible in the opening asteroid scenes. Sometimes the GUI grid lightens the black of space to be visible, sometimes it just disappears into the void. On one screen the translucent borders are inverted!</p><p>That last screen is one you only get control on if you go back up outside the asteroid after you enter it automatically, so you have to be going off the default path to see it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thedig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thedig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lucasarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lucasarts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventuregames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventuregames</span></a></p>
ATMcashpoint<p>Having some fun imagining what The Dig might have looked like as a SCUMM game of 1992 vintage. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thedig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thedig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lucasarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lucasarts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventuregames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventuregames</span></a></p>
ATMcashpoint<p>MST3K Forever-A-Thon on YouTube is currently streaming First Spaceship on Venus, a movie that was an influence on LucasArts' <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheDIG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDIG</span></a>: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lucasarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lucasarts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventuregames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventuregames</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Gx_F_iWcM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=j4Gx_F_iWc</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p>
Jörgi<p>Removed the link, it seems to be a scam,see the links in the comment. Thx for letting me know 😭</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/pointandclickadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pointandclickadventure</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/monkeyisland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monkeyisland</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ZakMcKracken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZakMcKracken</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/loom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loom</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/thedig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thedig</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/indianajones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indianajones</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/lucasfilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lucasfilm</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/maniacmansion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maniacmansion</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/kickstarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kickstarter</span></a></p>
ATMcashpoint<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@konstantinosd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>konstantinosd</span></a></span> Here's another ad that hints at more continuity with the Moriarty/Eaken version (where the Cocytans actually created humans in the distant past): <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thedig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thedig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lucasarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lucasarts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventuregames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventuregames</span></a></p>
in ♥️ with PDA (and 🐧)<p>4 hours later … finished <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/thedig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thedig</span></a>, I know it by heard</p>
in ♥️ with PDA (and 🐧)<p>Well the astronauts in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/thedig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thedig</span></a> used a pda</p>
TurianShepard<p>Is there a more visually striking LucasArts/ Lucasfilm adventure game than The Dig? </p><p>This scene in particular absolutely blew me away when I played it!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheDig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PointAndClick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PointAndClick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdventureGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdventureGame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdventureGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdventureGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LucasArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucasArts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a></p>
Captain | 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦<p>📷 A few of my Steam peeps didn't have "The Dig" yet so I mildly repeated Merry Digmas (years ago I bought everyone on my Friends' List Steam would allow me to a copy of it or "LOOM"). <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheDig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDig</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LucasArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucasArts</span></a> <a href="https://instagr.am/p/C1cJoTsu8DK/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">instagr.am/p/C1cJoTsu8DK/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Captain | 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦<p>📷 One of my favourite adventure games "The Dig" is on sale for under $3.00 again! Merry Digmas once again 🙆‍♀️ <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheDig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDig</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LucasArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucasArts</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_dig" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gog.com/en/game/the_dig</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I really recommend it and it's an under 8 hour game to finish the main story of. It also has an audiobook adaption on YouTube <a href="https://instagr.am/p/C1OFBiDNNNy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">instagr.am/p/C1OFBiDNNNy/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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