Mike Wikan is a Game Designer who has worked on Duke Nukem, Donkey Kong and DOOM. He is most well known for being Lead Designer on the Metroid Prime Trilogy during his tenure at Retro Studios. He is now Creative Director at Booz Allen Hamilton WEBSITE - https://www.boozallen.com #metroid #metroidprime #gamedesign TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:27 - How Metroid Prime Was Developed/Techniques That Were Used 07:06 - Working With Nintendo/Language Difficulties/Translators 08:11 - How Nintendo Operates ...
Sep 06, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 106
Dr. Ben Peters is a Professional Practicer at the University Of Otago and has a PHD in biochemistry, he is an avid spokesman for Gene Editing and is a political MP for the TOP party in Dunedin. SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK - https://m.facebook.com/BenPetersTOP/ TWITTER - @benapeters #geneediting #plasticeatingenzymes #crispr TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Bringing Back The Wooly Mammoth 04:01 - What Gene Editing Is And Its Utilisations 06:26 - What Is Deemed Natural In The Gene World 09:12 - Applicat...
Aug 21, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 105
Elik Alvarez is a composer who got his start in the industry composing for 4Kids Entertainment on series like TMNT, Yu Gi-Oh, Kirby, F-Zero and more. He has composed for a number of David Attenborough documentaries and has been composing for films as of late. #tmnt #yugioh #davidattenborough SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.elikalvarez.com FACEBOOK - Elik Alvarez INSTAGRAM - @elikalvarezcomposer TWITTER - @elikalvarez TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:51 - Working At 4Kids Entertainment 02:44 - Composing Fo...
Aug 14, 2021•58 min•Ep. 104
Vanessa Goodson is the winner of The Apprentice Aotearoa and runs the party business OMGNess. SOCIAL MEDIA Website - OMGNESS.co.nz Instagram - @_vanessagood, @omgness.co.nz #theapprentice #mikepero #omgness TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - How Vanessa Maintains Her Energy/Not Shutting Off 02:50 - No Phones Were Allowed On The Apprentice 06:33 - The Reason Vanessa Auditioned For The Apprentice/Audition Process 08:08 - Watching Herself Back On The Apprentice 09:36 - 16 Hour Days On The Apprentice/...
Aug 07, 2021•51 min•Ep. 103
Gareth Coker is a video game game composer who came into prominence for composing Ori And The Blind Forest and Ori Will Of The Wisps. He has also scored for ARK, Immortals Fenyx Rising and he is currently scoring Halo Infinite. He is well known for his catchy melodies. SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTUBE - @Gareth Coker TWITTER - @garethcoker #ark #oriandthewillofthewisps #haloinfinite TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Gareth Being A Veteran/What Constitutes Being A Veteran 01:35 - Smoke & Mirrors Of Game D...
Jul 31, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 102
John Callen is a NZ Actor who has been acting for over 40 years. He is most well known for playing Oin in the Hobbit. #thehobbit #oin #peterjackson SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - John Callen TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Feeling Old Well Shooting The Hobbit/Weight Of Dwarf Suits 03:23 - Getting A Hernia While Shooting The Hobbit 06:19 - Scottish Accent For Audition/Auditioning For Smaug 07:26 - John Redoes His Smaug Audition Voice 08:15 - Voice Acting Got John Into The Industry/Time As A Journalist ...
Jul 24, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 101
Tiffany Cook is a boxer, businesswoman, fitness coach and host of the Roll With The Punches Podcast. She was featherweight victorian champion in 2019 and has certificates in Fitness, Conscious Hypnosis and Neuro Linguistic Programming. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - https://www.tiffaneeandco.com.au FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/TiffaneeAndCo/ LINKEDIN - Tiffany Cook TWITTER - @TiffaneeCook INSTAGRAM - @tiffaneeandco YOUTUBE - @Tiffanee Cook #rollwiththepunches #pootransplants #neurolinguistics TIM...
Jul 17, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 100
Jason Graves is a video game composer who is known for composing a number of high profile video games from Dead Space, Until Dawn, Tomb Raider, Far Cry and more....he has also won a number of academy awards for his composing. #tombraider #farcry #untildawn SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - jasongraves.com TWITTER - jgmusic FACEBOOK - Jason Graves Music INSTAGRAM - jasongravesmusic YOUTUBE - @Jason Graves Music TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:39 - How Jason Formed His Style/Creating Scary Music/How Jason Got In...
Jul 09, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 99
Louise Wallace is an actress, tv presenter and director. She is most well known for being in The Real Housewives Of Auckland and being the cold emotionless host of The Weakest Link. #realhousewives #weakestlink #treasureisland SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram - @louisewallacenz Facebook - Louise Wallace Website - tadpoleproductions.co.nz TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Real Housewives Of Auckland Shooting Duration 01:27 - Setup Of Shooting Real Housewives Of Auckland 02:41 - Real Housewives Is Planned In...
Jul 03, 2021•56 min•Ep. 98
Nathan Grigg is a video game composer for Monolith Productions and has worked on franchises like F.E.A.R and Shadow Of Mordor. He has also assisted on various other games under the Warner Bros. umbrella such as the recently released Mortal Kombat 11 #fear #mortalkombat11 #shadowofwar TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Previous Work/How Nathan Ended Up Working On F.E.A.R Series 02:50 - Direction Taken With F.E.A.R/How Music Was Created 06:39 - Sustaining Tension/Blurring Music & Sound Design 08...
Jun 26, 2021•57 min•Ep. 97
Tom Salta is a recording artist, producer and composer for film/television and video games with the latter being his most known arena. He has composed for PUBG, Killer Instinct, Halo, Prince Of Persia and more.... He hosts his own Masterclass series in teaching about composing for video games. SOCIAL MEDIA Website - www.tomsalta.com Twitter - @TomSalta Instagram - @TomSalta #masterclass #pubg #princeofpersia TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - How Tom Got The Name Atlas Plug 04:21 - Tom’s Original ...
Jun 07, 2021•59 min•Ep. 96
Prof. Jan Lindsay is a volcanologist and a professor at the University Of Auckland and her expertise is the in research of volcanic hazards VOLCANOLOGY RESEARCH PAPER - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S03770273210011 16 AUCKLAND UNI PROFILE - https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/j-lindsay TWITTER - @GeoJanUoA Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - What A Volcanologist Does 05:12 - Working In The Field/Past Activity Of A Volcano 07:24 - Volcano’s Have Small Activity Before A Bi...
May 29, 2021•55 min•Ep. 95
Garry Schyman is a multi award winning video game composer. He is most well known for his scores to Destroy All Humans, The Bioshock Trilogy and Middle Earth games Shadow Of Mordor and Shadow Of War. He is also a lecturer at the University Of Southern California SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.garryschyman.com FACEBOOK - Garry Schyman #bioshock #destroyallhumans #shadowof war TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - How Garry Got Started In The Film/Video Game Industry 05:04 - Garry Was Somewhat Aware Of The...
May 15, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 94
Claire Chitham is a well known NZ Actor who has been in well known NZ Shows such as Shortland Street and Outrageous Fortune and in films like Netflix's 2019 Film Falling Inn Love. She has recently released a book called Good For You which details her battle with Crohn's disease and contains tips on health. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - @Claire Chitham Twitter - @clairechitham Instagram - @clairechitham #shortlandstreet #outrageousfortune #fallinginnlove TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - How Falling Inn...
May 08, 2021•57 min•Ep. 93
Inon Zur is a video game composer who is most known for composing a majority of the Fallout series as well franchises like Dragon Age, Prince Of Persia, Lord Of The Rings and more... SOCIAL MEDIA Website - www.inonzur.com Twitter - @Inon Zur Youtube - @Inon Zur Instagram - @inonzurofficial #fallout #dragonageorigins #princeofpersia TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - What Inon Zur’s Name Means In Hebrew 01:25 - How Inon Kept The Fallout Franchise Music Cohesive 03:40 - The Fallout Theme Songs Are A...
May 02, 2021•50 min•Ep. 92
Sam Dillard is the founder of Samos Studios and is known for turning video game soundtracks into cinematic scores he gained huge attention for his Metroid Cinematica project as well as his Zelda and Chrono Trigger Cinematica projects. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - https://samo-studios.com TWITTER - @SamoStudios YOUTUBE - @SamoStudios FACEBOOK - SamosStudios #samostudios #metroidcinematica #zeldacinematica TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Sam Being Buff 01:06 - Martial Arts 01:49 - How Sam Got Into Mart...
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 91
Shai Navot is the interim leader of NZ political party The Opportunities Party (TOP). SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.top.org.nz FACEBOOK - facebook.com/topnz TWITTER - @top_nz INSTAGRAM - @top.nz YOUTUBE - @The Opportunities Party #nzpolitics #politics #housing TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - Shai’s Views On Governments New Housing Policy/Problems With The Policy 04:13 - Rent Caps/Supply Issues 05:36 - No Silver Bullet To Solve Housing 06:24 - Distortion Of The Tax System/Infrastructure Funding 08:...
Apr 18, 2021•52 min•Ep. 90
Ken Lampl is a long time film composer who was trained under John Williams and recently got international attention for his score for Australian film 2067. He has composed for over 90 films as well as other forms of media such as television and commercials. He is currently a lecturer at the Australia National University School Of Music. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.kenlampl.com Twitter - @KennethLampl Youtube - @KenLampl #schoolofmusic #2067 #filmscores TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:26 - Ken Lampl B...
Apr 11, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 89
Dilz is a well known NZ rapper who has worked with other well known local acts such as Ty, Sid Diamond and J Williams. He got national attention for his court case with Tom Francis. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - Dilzmusic Instagram - @DilzMusic Youtube - @DilzMusic Tiktok - @DilzMusic Snapchat - dilzmusic #dilz #isnap #metamorphosis TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Hamilton Event 01:24 - Dealing With Difficult Promoters 02:59 - How Ricky Became Dilz Hypeman 04:58 - How Covid Affected Dilz & Tours ...
Apr 01, 2021•49 min•Ep. 88
Suzy Cato is New Zealand's most well known Children's Television Presenter who came into prominence with shows like You & Me, Suzy's World and 3pm. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - suzy.co.nz Instagram - @suzy_cato Twitter - @suzy_cato Facebook - Suzy Cato Tiktok - @suzy_cato Youtube - @TreehutTV #youandme #kidstv #suzy'sworld TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Had To Record It’s Our Time Song Every Episode/Recording Episodes 02:00 - Suzy Did Most Episodes In One Take/Structure Of Every Episode Of You A...
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 87
Synamax is a composer who is best known for obtaining the drums and music sample for the Metroid Prime Trilogy and has used his Youtube channel to recreate tracks from the trilogy, other Metroid games as well as breakdown the specific samples. SOCIAL MEDIA Youtube - @SynaMax Facebook - Synamax Twitter - @Synamax Instagram - @Synamax #metroidprime #metroid #samples TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - How Synamax Started The Path Of Finding Metroid Prime Trilogy Music Samples 03:38 - UNCIVILISED GROO...
Mar 19, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 86
Arun Jacob is the CEO and founder of AJV Global a immigration consulting company which helps people migrate to various countries around the world from New Zealand, Canada, UK etc.. SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTUBE - @AJV Global @Arun Jacob FACEBOOK - AJV Global INSTAGRAM - @AJV Global LINKEDIN - @AJV Global TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - How Arun Became An Immigration Adviser 03:00 - Why Arun Moved To NZ 04:04 - Coming From India Where Its Very Cut Throat 04:45 - How Arun Founded AJV/Moving To Hamilton 06...
Mar 13, 2021•46 min•Ep. 85
ToxicxEternity is one of Youtube's most prolific Video Game Cover Guitarists. He has done metal covers for many games including Mario, Mega Man, Final Fantasy and more. You can support him via his Patreon page where you can pick which cover he does next. Patreon https://www.patreon.com/toxicxeternity SOCIAL MEDIA Youtube - @ToxicxEternity Twitter - @ToxicxEternity Facebook - ToxicxEternity Instagram - @ToxicxEternity #videogamecovers #videogames #metal TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - How Reece ...
Mar 05, 2021•57 min•Ep. 84
Fit With Nit aka Nita is New Zealand's biggest Indian Fitness Influencer. When she first moved to NZ she suffered from depression due to the culture shock but went onto become a fitness instructor and a big social media sensation SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram - @FitWithNit Facebook - Fit With Nit TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Why Nita Migrated To New Zealand 02:17 - Difficulties Of Adjusting To New Zealand Culture/Depression 05:06 - Being Unable To Adjust Back To Indian Culture After Living In NZ 05...
Feb 24, 2021•48 min•Ep. 83
Mick Gordon is a video game composer who is most well known for scoring DOOM and DOOM Eternal. He has also composed numerous other games like Killer Instinct, Prey and Wolfenstein. He is widely praised for his unique composing style as well his tight mixing of video game music. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - mick-gordon.com TWITTER - @Mick_Gordon Facebook - Mick Gordon Instagram - @mick_gordon #Doom #DoomEternal #KillerInstinct TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:14 - How Mick Ended Up Scoring For Killer Instin...
Feb 18, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 82
Jack Wall is a video game/film/television composer he is mostly known for composing for a majority of the games in the Call Of Duty, Mass Effect and Myst franchises. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.jackwall.net TWITTER - @jackwallmusic INSTAGRAM - @jackwallmusic FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/jackwallmusic/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:36- Jack Walls Music Evolution/Process Of Writing 03:42 - How Jack Comes Up With An Idea 05:55 - Jack Walls Process Of Composing Mass Effect 1 & 2 07:19 - Impl...
Feb 10, 2021•55 min•Ep. 81
Dean Hall is a video game designer who came into prominence for his game DayZ. He has founder video game company Rocketwerkz and are releasing Icarus there first AAA game in 2021. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter - @rocket2guns Instagram - @thedeanhall Website - rocketwerkz.com Twitch - @rocket2guns TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:34 - How Serving In The Military Influenced Dean’s Video Game Design/Military Training 01:55 - How Day Z Idea Came About 03:01 - When Dean Realised Day Z Would Become Big 04:47 - Onli...
Jan 28, 2021•55 min•Ep. 80
Tiffany Vollmer was the original voice actress for Bulma in Dragonball Z. She now mentors a lot of young people at MediaTech. In 2020 she went through the ringer as she caught covid and her life fell apart around her. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theogbulma/ Twitter - @TiffanyVolmer Instagram - @theogbulma TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Previous Pandemics/Pandemics Without Internet 02:27 - How Tiffany Got Into Performing Arts 05:05 - Feeling Good When You Prove Someone Wr...
Jan 22, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 79
Rob Vickery is a venture capital investor who has been primarily based out of Silicon Valley for the last 10 years. He moved to NZ in 2020 to help start up businesses in NZ to thrive. He is on a mission as managing partner at Hillfarrance to help create a billion dollar NZ business. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - https://hillfarrance.com Twitter - @VickeryRob LinkedIn - Rob Vickery #Investing #Entrepreneurs #Startups #VentureCapital 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - What Is A Venture Capitalist 02:55 - Having A Goo...
Jan 17, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 78
Martin O'Donnell is a video game composer who has worked on numerous game but is famous for composing the original Halo up until Halo Reach, he also was audio director and oversaw sound effects and dialogue. He is considered one of the greatest video game composers of all time for his work on Halo. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - http://www.martyodonnellmusic.com TWITTER - @MartyTheElder YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7ivNZIEmepeJ3YhrkK7PJQ FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/MartytheElder/ ...
Jan 07, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 77
