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I’d like to pay Richard Hofmeier to talk to me about videogames. During last week’s Sup Holmes (now on iTunes), he told me about so many great things, like the free online “game” Geoguessr, surrealist interactive text auteur Porpentine‘s plans to “destroy everything” at the next GDC, design deconstruction delight Candy Box, and loads of other neat junk. In my mind, he is a Ph.D in Interesting Videogame Things, sort of in the same way Bill Cosby is a Ph.D in… something maybe. He’s make a great sweater Dad.

Though Richard seemed more interested in talking about other things than himself, I did manage to wrangle some self disclosure out of the man. We talked about his humble beginnings as a fan of Little Computer People, his days designing phone book ads, the surprise the success of Cart Life, his guilt over bugs that may actually be features, including his brother in the game, the budding social class distinctions in gaming culture, and tons more.

He also showed off some of his his next release, an adventure into fine dining called Blood of the Ortolan. It sounds like an exploration of the concepts of economy, social class, value, sensuality, and self-disgust are all on the menu, though that’s just my interpretation. It could be that the game is just about eating and talking to people. You’ll have to play it yourself to find out.

Thanks again to Richard for joining us on the show, and tune in this Sunday at 1pm PST/4pm EST when we welcome Lone Survivor‘s Jasper Byrne back to the program. It’s going to be terrifying. 


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Destructoid Contributor - Jonathan Holmes has been a media star since the Road Rules days, and spends his time covering oddities and indies for Destructoid, with over a decade of industry experience "Where do dreams end and reality begin? Videogames, I suppose."- Gainax, FLCL Vol. 1 "The beach, the trees, even the clouds in the sky... everything is build from little tiny pieces of stuff. Just like in a Gameboy game... a nice tight little world... and all its inhabitants... made out of little building blocks... Why can't these little pixels be the building blocks for love..? For loss... for understanding"- James Kochalka, Reinventing Everything part 1 "I wonder if James Kolchalka has played Mother 3 yet?" Jonathan Holmes