The Amazing Story of The Dig | Cannot be Tamed

The Amazing Story of The Dig | Cannot be Tamed

Channel:
Canada Cannot be Tamed
Subscribers:
96,800
Published on ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27yzCbv4v74


Game:
The Dig (1995)
Duration: 27:18
72,301 views
3,618

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/20080912182031/http://dig.mixnmojo.com/
International House of Mojo https://mixnmojo.com/features/sitefeatures/LucasArts-Secret-History-The-Dig/1
LucasArts Museum http://lucasarts.vintagegaming.org/index.php?s=02efaff611b10745f4b7336e72b75672&do=game&gameid=12#The%20Dig

Other references:
The Art of Point & Click Adventure Games interviews
IGN - Revisiting The Dig https://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/07/30/revisiting-the-dig
Adventure Classic Gaming - Moriarty interview http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/212/
The LucasArts Adventurer - http://lucasartsadventurer.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Dig
Den of Geek - Stephen Spielberg’s History with Video Games - https://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/steven-spielberg/271497/steven-spielberg-s-history-with-video-games

Footage and Sounds Used:
Graveyard Keeper - The Village track
Aerial view of Nicasio CA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqipl1zMkLQ&t
George Lucas Skywalker Ranch Tour from Entertainment Tonight https://youtu.be/PNep47aEEWM
Hubble telescope images compilation https://youtu.be/GTWeA_1zyLw
New photos of Skywalker Ranch from Architectural Digest https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/george-lucas-skywalker-ranch-tour
Devastation and Revenge - Kevin Mcleod https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Contemporary_Sampler/
Footage of the Loma Prieta Earthquake from KPIX at 70 https://youtu.be/QOg-vkBjc9w
Earthquake sound https://freesound.org/people/dingus23/sounds/275809/
Archaeological Dig https://youtu.be/lFg21x2sj-M
Disneyland Sleeping Beauty Castle https://youtu.be/c7N_y7kvk4g
Black Hole video https://youtu.be/bL1sQjNsuws
Amazing Stories Intro - John Williams
Footage of The Dig from 1993 (from the program Bad Influence) https://youtu.be/1nSfN_Uwruo
Mastermind game https://youtu.be/dMHxyulGrEk
ET Theme - John Williams
Spielberg gaming footage (Entertainment Tonight) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVN8-JYH1IY
Non-Dig game footage comes from World of Longplays https://www.youtube.com/user/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...



Other Videos By Cannot be Tamed


2019-09-06August Updates - Pick-ups, Fire Emblem, Slay the Spire, Telling Lies, Void Bastards
2019-09-01BenQ ScreenBar e-Reading Lamp Review (and tips to reduce eye strain at the computer)
2019-08-25Journey to Silius (NES) - Retro Game Review
2019-08-1210 Great YouTube Gaming Channels Run by Women
2019-08-03July Updates - Podcasts, Pick-ups, Timespinner, Beholder 2, Shardlight, Distress
2019-07-28Aladdin (Sega Genesis) - Retro Game Review
2019-07-21Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night review - Castlevania returns! | Cannot be Tamed
2019-07-14PS2 Game Collection
2019-07-03June updates - Too Many Games, Pick ups, Outer Wilds, A Plague Tale
2019-06-26Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2 - Gameplay and Clans
2019-06-16The Amazing Story of The Dig | Cannot be Tamed
2019-06-03May update - Heaven's Vault, Graveyard Keeper, Hellblade, Ryse, Fallout New Vegas
2019-05-19NES Game Collection
2019-05-05Age Gatekeeping - Too young to talk about retro video games?
2019-05-03April Update - Pickups, Save the Date, Operencia, Smoke & Sacrifice, Doctor Dekker
2019-04-26Bloodstained Curse of the Moon - Short Games for Busy People (Episode 9)
2019-04-19Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu (NES) - Retro Game Reviews
2019-04-05March Update - Shout-outs, Pickups, Crackdown 3, Metro Last Light, PoE 2, Sunless Skies, Fatal Frame
2019-03-30PS1 Game Collection | Cannot be Tamed
2019-03-22Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2 - Reaction and what we know so far
2019-03-17Dune - The Best Game Adaptation? (Sega CD/PC) | Cannot be Tamed


Tags:
history of the dig
lucasarts
lucasfilm games
Cannot be Tamed
Pam
video game history
point and click adventure
Steven Spielberg
point and click adventure game
1995
Skywalker Ranch
Brian Moriarty
Noah Falstein
Sean Clark
The Dig
Boston Low
archaeology


Other Statistics

The Dig Statistics For Cannot be Tamed

Cannot be Tamed presently has 72,301 views for The Dig across 1 video, with his channel publishing less than an hour of The Dig content. This makes up less than 0.36% of the total overall content on Cannot be Tamed's YouTube channel.