Justin McElroy and Sam Barlow talk the WEIRDEST game format | Podcast

FMV aficionado Justin McElroy sits down with veteran game designer Sam Barlow, who has made some of the greatest modern full-motion video games. Immortality, Her Story, and Telling Lies all creatively use video footage — and even video editing — as part of the gameplay. In the wake of the release of our feature-length documentary The Great Game: The Making of Spycraft, about one of the wildest FMVs of its era, we wanted to give Justin and Sam Barlow the chance to chat about their love of the format, its flaws, and where it's going. *IMPORTANT LINKS* Polygon Newsletter: https://www.polygon.com/pages/newsletter TikTok: tiktok.com/@polygon Twitter: http://bit.ly/PolygonTwitter Instagram: http://bit.ly/PolygonInsta Facebook: http://bit.ly/PolygonFB And for more gaming and entertainment coverage, visit http://www.polygon.com