When Fable developer Lionhead Studios closed five years ago this month - the news actually breaking in the middle of recording an episode of Season 4 of My Favourite Game - Bonsai Collective co-founder Hollie Emery was heartbroken. In her own words, they were "crying' when the news broke. As they told Play Diaries, they had aspirations to work at Lionhead one day.
When the Guildford-based developer was announced to be closing that day, a massive part of the UK games industry felt like it died that day.
The studio's legacy dates back to when a core component of the studio including co-founder and creative director Peter Molyneux was part of Bullfrog and its lineup of games including Syndicate, Populous, Theme Hospital and more.
Meanwhile, Lionhead were more known for games like The Movies, Black and White and, the franchise we're talking of here in tonight's episode, Fable.
Here, Emery talks of the first Fable game as their favourite game, the whimsical nature of it, its British humour, Molyneux as a sales artist (for better or worse) and more. We also talk of Kinect, Milo & Kate and Halo too. Because there isn't enough Halo love on the show.
At the end of their episode to promote their wares as is traditional at the end of each episode, Hollie mentions UK-based trans charity Mermaids, who do a lot of good to help trans and non-binary children, young people and more. I encourage everyone to donate what they can to it (I will be making a donation on behalf of Play Diaries).
