The Amazing Story of The Dig | Cannot be Tamed

The Dig is a notable game not just for its story of exploration of alien worlds and beautiful visuals, but also because of the story behind how it got made. This is that story, 6 years, 4 leads, Hollywood director and all.

#TheDig #LucasArts #VideoGameHistory

Big thank you to the following sites which are a wealth of information on The Dig, full of interviews, screenshots and behind the scenes knowledge:
The Dig Museum (which sadly is only currently available on the Internet Archive) http://web.archive.org/web/2008091218...
International House of Mojo https://mixnmojo.com/features/sitefea...
LucasArts Museum http://lucasarts.vintagegaming.org/in...

Other references:
The Art of Point & Click Adventure Games interviews
IGN - Revisiting The Dig https://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/07/3...
Adventure Classic Gaming - Moriarty interview http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com...
The LucasArts Adventurer - http://lucasartsadventurer.blogspot.c...
Den of Geek - Stephen Spielberg’s History with Video Games - https://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/s...

Footage and Sounds Used:
Graveyard Keeper - The Village track
Aerial view of Nicasio CA Aerial view of Nicasio CA, 94946 Mari...
George Lucas Skywalker Ranch Tour from Entertainment Tonight Video
Hubble telescope images compilation Video
New photos of Skywalker Ranch from Architectural Digest https://www.architecturaldigest.com/s...
Devastation and Revenge - Kevin Mcleod https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ke...
Footage of the Loma Prieta Earthquake from KPIX at 70 KPIX At 70: Covering The 1989 Loma Pr...
Earthquake sound https://freesound.org/people/dingus23...
Archaeological Dig Giant Ant Hill Excavated
Disneyland Sleeping Beauty Castle History of the Sleeping Beauty Castle...
Black Hole video Star Gives Birth to Possible Black Ho...
Amazing Stories Intro - John Williams
Footage of The Dig from 1993 (from the program Bad Influence) LucasArts - behind the scenes of Sam ...
Mastermind game Mastermind 2018 - How To Play
ET Theme - John Williams
Spielberg gaming footage (Entertainment Tonight) Steven Spielberg Was a Gamer Long Bef...
Non-Dig game footage comes from World of Longplays cubex55 or my own recordings.

and the OST from The Dig

Intro artwork, logo and banner by: @theMagdalenRose

"Cantina Blues" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

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