The PC Gamer Show: guest Tim Schafer talks Psychonauts 2

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Welcome back to The PC Gamer Show, of our weekly livestreamed podcast. You can catch the show live on Tuesdays at 1 pm PDT on our Twitch channel, or after the fact at any of the links below.

This week we were joined by two very special guests: Tim Schafer and Greg Rice from Double Fine Productions.

We'll be talking with them for the first half of the show about the recently announced Psychonauts 2. After that, we'll be discussing the hotly anticipated sequel, doing a quick recap of what has been a very busy week in PC gaming and, of course, taking your general PC gaming questions from Twitch chat.

This week's topics: 

  1. Tim Schafer and Greg Rice from Double Fine join us to talk about Psychonauts 2, Fig, and more
  2. We discuss the interview and Psychonauts 2.
  3. A lightning round of all the things that happened this week in PC gaming.
  4. Viewer questions from Twitch chat.
  5. Tim Schafer's squeaky phone.

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Special Guest: Tim Schafer - Founder of Double Fine Productions
Special Guest: Greg Rice - Producer at Double Fine Productions

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