S4 E23 - Flash Is Dead, Long Live Flash

About this episode

The episode explores the nostalgia of Flash games and discusses favorite titles and their impact on gaming culture.

This week the podcast goes into the past with Flash, everyone's favorite old internet game platform. What were our favorite Flash games and the sites where we gathered to play them on? Were any of these actually Javascript or Macromedia? Did we actually go out to purchase any retail versions of these masterpieces? Which games are we hoping to get revisited in the future by us or some other dev that decided to dig into the past themselves? Come along on a journey of very few games, what bathroom behavior has got Matt all excited, what ball sports have captured Lia's interests, and what game just didn't want to work for Roy. HowLongToBeat forums - ⁠https://howlongtobeat.com/forum⁠ Discord – ⁠https://discord.gg/v5F26Dk⁠ Email - ⁠hltbpodcast@gmail.com⁠ Music – Ian Edward (intro/outro), Abatage (incidental), call me lethargy. (incidental) Graphic design – M4thew and Matt 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:39 - Beaten 00:25:40 - Retired 00:26:50 - Playing 00:51:24 - Discussion 01:35:40 - Guess the Game 01:45:03 - Goodbye! Games Mentioned: Lia: Wordle, Murdle, NHL 22 (PS5), Hockey Super Squad (PC), Matchpoint (PC), AO Tennis 2 (PC), RV There Yet? (PC), Elder Scrolls Online (PC), “Mahjong” games…

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt, Lia, Roy

Topics covered

• Flash games
• internet game platform
• gaming nostalgia
• game development

Keywords

• Flash
• gaming
• nostalgia
• internet history

Mentioned in this episode

Products: S4 E23, Flash, Javascript, Macromedia, Wordle, AO Tennis 2, Elder Scrolls Online, Mobile, Soulcalibur VI, League of Legends

Books & works: Flash, Murdle, Mahjong, Hockey All-Stars ‘, Skate Story, Flash Games: Murder Taylor Swift, Chess Force, WallGame, Watching Someone Pee Simulator, Watching Someone Pee Simulator 2

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