Chet Faliszek who was a former writer at Valve for over 12 years. He is now Co-Founder and CEO of Stray Bombay and are currently working on Anacrusis. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @chetfaliszek ANACRUSIS WEBSITE - https://www.theanacrusis.com/ Discord - https://discord.com/invite/straybombay #valve #left4dead #anacrusis TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro/Anacrusis Correction & What It Means 01:41 - Big Dictionary Of Slang 03:19 - Proper Pronounciation Of Faliszek 04:46 - Being Approached By Gabe To Join Val...
May 07, 2022•58 min•Ep. 135
Jim Wornell was a former graphic designer at Nintendo who created the logos for franchises such as Metroid, Animal Crossing and Paper Mario. He also was a localiser, bug tester and manual editor on Ocarina Of Time. #nintendo #ocarinaoftime #metroidprime SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @jimbob_crachit WEBSITE - https://www.jimwornell.net/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:07 - How Jim Ended Up Working At Nintendo & Became A Graphic Designer 04:00 - The Hardest & Easiest Graphics To Design 05:50 - Iterat...
May 02, 2022•56 min•Ep. 134
Erik Wolpaw is a writer at Valve and has worked on franchises such as Half Life and Portal. He recently worked on Half Life:Alyx and Aperture Desk Job SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @wolpaw TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Being A Database Programmer Before Being A Writer 01:00 - Procrastination/Psychonauts 03:10 - Coming Up With Names Is Easy/Keeping Up Energy Is Hard/Jokes Being Cut 04:50 - Erik Doesn’t Like Writing 05:55 - Erik’s Ideology In Terms Of Writing For A Game 07:50 - Time Between Portal &am...
Apr 16, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 133
Andrew Hulshult is a video game composer and sound designer who composed music on the DOOM Eternal DLC The Ancient Gods, he is also well known for DOOM remix project IDKFA as well as his work on franchises such as Quake and Duke Nukem #doometernal #anicentgods #idkfa SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTUBE - @Andrew Hulshult TWITTER - @Andrew Hulshult WEBSITE - https://www.hulshult.com/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Not Copying Mick Gordon But Respecting DOOM’s Music 03:10 - Chad Mossholders Guidance 08:28 - Pr...
Apr 09, 2022•59 min•Ep. 132
Stephen Hunter is an actor, radio host, voice over artist, and acting coach. He is most well known for playing Bombur in The Hobbit. SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTUBE - @Stephen Hunter TWITTER - @StephenJHunter1 WEBSITE - https://www.stephen-hunter.com/ #thehobbit #peterjackson #actingcoach TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Stephen’s Bombur Shirt/Stephen’s Office Of Memorabilia 02:50 - Stephen Doesn’t Get The Luxury Of Choosing Roles/Sydney Floods 04:29 - How Stephen Got A Role In The Hobbit 10:17 - Colour Au...
Apr 02, 2022•57 min•Ep. 131
David Levy is a film, television and video game composer who is most well known for partly composing the soundtrack to the DOOM Eternal DLC - The Ancient Gods #doometernal #ancientones #immora SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTUBE - @David Levy TWITTER - @davidlevymusic INSTAGRAM - @davidlevymusic TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:57 - How David Ended Up Scoring For Ancient Gods DLC 02:00 - David Was Told Not To Copy Mick 02:58 - Atlantica Was The First Track David Worked On/Intensity Levels 05:25 - Ambience To Combat...
Mar 26, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 130
Joe Houston is a programmer/engineer who is most well known for his tenure at Bluepoint Games working on games such as Shadow Of The Colossus, Titanfall, Uncharted, Demon Souls etc. #bluepointgames #shadowofthecolossus #uncharted SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @pandamittens TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:00 - Joe Hasn’t Been To Houston Despite His Surname 01:20 - Bluepoint Games Like Hard Problems 03:13 - Memory Stomp Bug On Titanfall 04:50 - Code Drops On Titanfall/Co-Development With Respawn Titanfall 06...
Mar 19, 2022•58 min•Ep. 129
Ben Kasparek was the music editor on the English Dub of Dragonball Z for the Android, Cell and Buu Sagas of DBZ and worked closely with the composers of the show Mike Smith, Scott Morgan and Julius Dobos #dbz #dragonballz #brucefaulconer TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - How Ben Got Into DBZ/Getting Job At Faulconer Productions 04:08 - Ben Originally Wanted A Job At Funimation But Couldn’t Find The Office 04:49 - Watching Mike Work/What Episode Ben Started First When Editing 06:30 - Editing An Ep...
Mar 12, 2022•59 min•Ep. 128
DoctorM64 is the man behind the Metroid 2 fan remake AM2R. He spent over 8 years developing it in his spare time. His efforts werent in vain as now he is a programmer at Moon Studios and recently worked on Ori:Will Of The Wisps. #am2r #metroid #metroid2 SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @DoctorM64, @PROJECTAM2R YOUTUBE - @Milton Guasti Join the Kiwi Talkz Discord server to make guest submissions and submit questions to guests! https://discord.com/invite/gJ6VgGq2 TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:28 - How The Nam...
Mar 05, 2022•58 min•Ep. 127
Josh Weier was a game developer at Valve for over 14 years and worked on franchises such as Portal and Half Life. He was the project lead designer on Portal 2. Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code KIWITALKZ at MANSCAPED.com! #sponsored #valve #portal2 SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @weier_josh Zero Page: http://zero.page Zero Page Twitter: @zeropage_game TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - Memories Of Valve 02:01 - Orange Box/How Josh Ended Up As Project Lead On Portal 2 05:20 - Portal 2 ...
Feb 26, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 126
Carlos Mendieta is an animator in the video game industry. He is most well known for his tenure at Retro Studios where he worked on Metroid Prime 2 & 3 as well as Donkey Kong Country Returns and Tropical Freeze. He is now creating his own comic book and creating a kickstarter, visit the website to support. WEBSITE https://www.carlosmendieta.com/?fbclid=IwAR0GNIfo-tVcBGw3y_BchCaR-lTPTdxrVbYuigJIJJ4E3UW7nz9QDZbvnvA #metroidprime2 #donkeykong #retrostudios TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:10 - Diffe...
Feb 19, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 125
Legendary Wes was one of the Top Tier smash bros players in the golden era of Smash Bros Melee competitions. He was particularly known for being one of the best Samus players. #sponsored #smashbros #samus SOCIAL MEDIA TWITCH - @TheLegendarywes YOUTUBE - @TheLegendarywes TWITTER - @thelegendarywes7 Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code KIWITALKZ at MANSCAPED.com! TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:27 - Why Wes Wanted To Main Samus/Metroid 02:35 - How Wes Got His Playstyle And Evolving I...
Feb 12, 2022•54 min•Ep. 124
Gavin Price was previously employed at Rare for over 15 years and started off as Quality Assurance Tester before moving into game development. He has now cofounded Playtonic Games and overseen the Yooka Laylee games. #rare #yookalaylee #donkeykong TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Staying At Rare For So Long 01:51 - Doing Quality Assurance And What It Entailed At Rare 04:00 - How Gavin Ended Up Working For Rare 05:45 - Common Bugs Found In Game Testing 07:30 - Mickey’s Racing Was Bug Free 08:13 -...
Feb 05, 2022•58 min•Ep. 123
Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code KIWITALKZ at MANSCAPED.com! Richard Vorodi currently works as a designer at Gunfire Games and was lead designer on Darksiders III , he previously worked at Nintendo for 15 years, specifically at NST on games such as Metroid Prime Hunters, Wave Race and Project Hammer before its cancellation. #sponsored #metroidprimehunters #metroid TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:01 - Crafting His CV To Be A Designer For Nintendo 02:15 - Approach To Creating Met...
Jan 29, 2022•57 min•Ep. 122
Zoid is a retired game developer who worked in the industry for over 32 years on games such as World Of Warcraft, Dota 2, Portal, Quake and Metroid Prime. He was Senior Engineer on Metroid Prime 1 & 2 and worked closely with the late great Mark Haigh-Hutchinson Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code KIWITALKZ at MANSCAPED.com! #sponsored #metroidprime #metroid SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @ZoidCTF TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - Miyamoto Referring To Zoid As Zoid-O-San 01:53 - Gam...
Jan 22, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 121
The DBZ Faulconer Remix team are focused on creating a brand new score for the Saiyan/Namek Sagas of Dragonball Z in the style of the iconic Faulconer Productions score. MANSCAPED MUSIC COMPOSED BY JOE HOLASKA AND NICK VERSCHOOR RADITZ THEME COMPOSED BY RAKEEM DELWIN SOCIAL MEDIA FAULCONER RE-MIX YOUTUBE CHANNEL - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3lWNQMkrBjWUJvCx_EBxqw MARCELO'S DBZ MUSIC CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvS6TLdme39o2snemCYe8wA RAKEEM'S FAULCONER DBZ REMAKES CHANNEL htt...
Jan 15, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 120
Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code KIWITALKZ at MANSCAPED.com! Emily McGregor is an experienced artist in the video game industry and has worked for a number of Australian video game studios. She has worked on notable franchises such as the Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD and Age Of Empires III SOCIAL MEDIA INSTAGRAM -@elorhan Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code KIWITALKZ at MANSCAPED.com! #sponsored #twilightprincess #ageofempiresIII TIMESTAMPS 00:00...
Jan 08, 2022•48 min•Ep. 119
Lawrence Schwedler is a program director for the music and sound design program at Digipen. He previously spent a considerable amount of years working at NST on games such as Metroid Prime Hunters, Pokemon Puzzle League and Mario Vs Donkey Kong. Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code KIWITALKZ at MANSCAPED.com! #ad Lawrence Schwedler Lectures https://youtu.be/vnh-yPyhLCU https://youtu.be/8dxv4nZy0L0 https://youtu.be/J15Rkl0lPjY TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Manscaped Sponsor Segment/Intro 0...
Jan 01, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 118
Curtis Schweitzer is a video game composer that recently scored a majority of the soundtrack for Halo Infinite, he came into prominence for his phenomenal score to Starbound. #haloinfinite #343industries #starbound SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - curtisschweitzer.com YOUTUBE - @Curtis Schweitzer TWITTER - @cschweitzer FACEBOOK - @cschweitzermusic TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Curtis’ Reaction When He Was Picked To Compose For Halo Infinite 02:02 - Preparation For Scoring Halo Infinite 03:25 - 2019 Tra...
Dec 11, 2021•56 min•Ep. 118
Jack Mathews is a game designer who is most well known for being technical lead engineer on the Metroid Prime Trilogy. We went onto found Armature Studios and work on games like Recore and Batman Arkham Origins: Black Gate. He now works with his wife on her cooking blog Love & Lemons. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @jack_mathews FOOD WEBSITE - www.loveandlemons.com TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:25 - How Metroid Prime Trilogy Consistently Kept 60FPS 05:05 - Jack Tried To Kill Skytown/How Skytown Was Cr...
Nov 26, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 117
Richard Jacques is a video game composer who has composed for games such as Mass Effect, 007 Bloodstone, Sonic and the recent Guardians Of The Galaxy game. #gotg #guardiansofthegalaxy #marvel SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.richardjacques.com TWITTER - @Richard_jacques INSTAGRAM - @richardjacquescomposer FACEBOOK - Richard Jacques TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - How Richard Came Up With GOTG’s Musical Sound 01:40 - Direction From Audio Director On GOTG/Main GOTG Theme 03:18 - Process Of Writing Main...
Nov 19, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 116
Kynan Pearson is a game developer who has worked on prestigious game franchises such as Metroid, Donkey Kong and Halo. He is currently Creative Director at Discord. Kynan wrote a document on how to create a Metroidvania game that can be found here Part 1- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q0nMArDDA79ASJgiov9IvlTNpyYcCGTingLa02wwuvo/edit Part 2 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F2NlTIlRDC8WlDp_FV9F-T6B0tkWCOCEq4gTQCcaxLg/edit SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @KynanPearson #metroidprime #donkeykong #r...
Nov 12, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 115
Steven Davis is a stuntman and stunt choreographer who has been involved in many films such as The Hobbit Trilogy, Ghost In A Shell, Warrior and more..... SOCIAL MEDIA HITZ INTERNATIONAL - https://www.hitzinternational.com STUNT GUILD OF NZ - https://stuntguildnz.com #thehobbit #stunts #choreography TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Safety Is Very Important As A Stuntman/Alec Baldwin Shooting Failure 02:32 - Learning How To Fall/Skills Involved To Be A Stuntman 04:03 - How To Fall/Padding A Set 0...
Nov 05, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 114
Clark Wen is a sound designer who owns the sound studios Exile Sound. He has worked on game franchises such as Guitar Hero and Call Of Duty. He is most well known for being Audio Director on Metroid Prime 1 & 2. Thanks to @SynaMax for the assistance on the mixing of this episode. #metroidprime #metroid #metroidvania SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - exilesound.com TWITTER - @exile5ound TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:23 - Influences On Metroid Prime’s Sound Design 05:22 - Most Of Metroid Prime’s Sound Desi...
Oct 23, 2021•57 min•Ep. 113
Robin Beanland has been a mainline composer at Rare since the early 90s and has worked on franchises such as Killer Instinct, Jet Force Gemini and Conker's Bad Fur Day. He won awards for his recent work on Sea Of Thieves. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @TheRealBeano #seaofthieves #killerinstinct #rare TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - How Much Of Sea Of Thieves Was Recorded During The Pandemic 01:16 - Transition Period Of Working From Home On Sea Of Thieves Vs Kinect Sports 03:30 - Finding Unorthodox Ins...
Oct 16, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 112
Ra Vincent is a New Zealand sculptor/artist/set designer and has worked on films such as Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit, Thor Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit. He is in the process of building Silverlight Studios a gargantuan film facility in Wanaka, NZ for upcoming film workers in the insustry. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @ra_vincent WANAKA SILVERLIGHT STUDIO - https://www.epa.govt.nz/fast-track-consenting/referred-projects/silverlight-studios-wanaka/ #hobbit #jojorabbit #thorragnarok TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intr...
Oct 09, 2021•58 min•Ep. 111
Bryan Walker is currently the Lead Producer at Deck Nine Games but is most well known for his tenure at Retro Studios where he was was Senior Producer on Metroid Prime 2 & 3 and Senior Director of Development on Donkey Kong Country Returns and Mario Kart 7. #retrostudios #metroidprime #donkeykong SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn - Bryan Walker TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:00 - Joining Retro Studios Right After Success Of Metroid Prime 1 03:02 - Correcting Retro Studios’ Toxic Environment 05:38 - Keys To...
Oct 02, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 110
Peter McConnell is a game composer who is well known for composing games like Psychonauts, Grim Fandango, Sly Cooper and more. He worked for Lucas Arts as well during the 90s. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @PeterNMcConnell #psychonauts #lucasarts #timschafer TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Peter’s Fedora 01:05 - How Peter Came Up With Musical Palette For Psychonauts 1&2 09:10 - Traditional Film Scores 10:37 - Humming Themes Into Cassette Players/MP3s 20:40 - Relationship With Tim Schafer 12:25 - W...
Sep 25, 2021•48 min•Ep. 109
Associate Professor Jan Elridge is an astrophysicist at the University Of Auckland her main research is on the life and death of stars. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @astro_jje *DISCLAIMER* Apologies for Jan's audio, not much I could do about it as it wasn't the greatest on her end. #astrophysics #blackholes #gammarays TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Studying Astrophysics And Still Barely Knowing Anything About It 01:11 - Studying The Stars/Gravitational Waves 03:27 - One Thing Causing An Entire Progr...
Sep 19, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 108
Joel Douek is a television and film composer who has a background in Neuroscience working for the UN. He has composed over 9 David Attenborough documentaries. #davidattenborough #manhattennight #film SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.joeldouek.com WEBSITE VR www.echoer.com TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - How Joel Became A Film Composer/Editing For Pokemon 03:05 - Doing Revisions 05:51 - Removing Ego/Egos In Film 07:51 - Finding Efficiency Under Tight Deadlines/Music Templates On A TV Series 12:00 - Re...
Sep 12, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 107
