Jonathan Gwyn is a veteran artist in the video game industry having been in the industry for over 25+ years. He has worked on prestigious franchises such as Grand Theft Auto, The Matrix, Resistance etc. #rockstargames #gta #gtav TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:01 - Jon’s Favourite Art To Work On Is Environment Art 03:00 - Stylised Environmental Art 04:20 - Restrictions Working On The Matrix Games 06:40 - Referencing The Matrix Movies While Working On The Games 09:10 - Jon Loves Movies/Seeing Reloade...
Apr 09, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 166
Chandler Murch worked at Valve for over 8 years in IT infrastructure; and oversaw a lot of esports Valve events specifically for Dota 2, he also did some work in the Dental AI space. #valve #steam #dota2 TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro/Being Associated With F.R.I.E.N.D.S 01:30 - How Chandler Ended Up At Valve 04:10 - What His First Job At Valve Was/Customer Service 06:59 - Valve’s IT Infrastructure When Chandler First Started 08:55 - How Chandler Improved Valve’s IT Infrastructure/Network Speeds 14:15 ...
Mar 23, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 165
David Crislip has had quite the life! The man studied Japanese at Ohio University before moving to Japan to become an English Teacher there before ending up at Capcom Japan where he did localization for over 10+ years. #capcom #residentevil #streetfighter SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @DavidCrislip INSTAGRAM - @davidcrislip TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:20 - What Prompted David Wanted To Learn Japanese 02:50 - How Long It Takes To Be Fluent In Japanese/Being An English Teacher In Japan 05:20 - Early Days...
Mar 05, 2024•49 min•Ep. 164
Happy 10th anniversary to DKC: Tropical Freeze!! Let's celebrate former artists on the game Eric Kozlowsky and Ted Anderson to go on a deep dive of working on it. TWITTER LINKS Eric Kozlowsky - @VoNKoZ Ted Anderson - @Pixel_Possum #donkeykong #donkeykongtropicalfreeze #retrostudios TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - DKC: Tropical Freeze Early Days/Wii U Hardware 04:55 - Artists Experimented Very Early On/Mangroves Were The First Levels Worked On 07:15 - Office Structure Of Retro Studios 08:50 - Ar...
Feb 21, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 163
Ryan Kaufman is an award-winning writer that came up working at Lucas Arts on games such as Revenge Of The Sith & Republic Commando before moving onto Telltale where he was one of the main writers. #telltalegames #thewalkingdead #starwars SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @M1sterFox LINKTREE - https://linktr.ee/w.ryan.kaufman TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:47 - Ryan’s Dream Game To Make Would Be About Titanic 03:10 - What Should Come First Narrative Or Design 04:30 - Revisions Of A Script/Writers Room 06:...
Feb 10, 2024•58 min•Ep. 162
Peer Schneider is one of the co-founders of IGN and is currently IGN's EVP and Chief Content Officer. #ign #gaming #games SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @peerign INSTAGRAM - @peerign TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:20 - How Peer Fits In Gaming Time With His Busy Schedule 04:50 - IGN’s Current Work Model/Remote & Office Work 07:40 - Interview Process At IGN/Bad Interviewees 10:05 - How IGN Knows When To Change Strategy With Its Content 13:40 - The Different Youtube Channels/Youtube Algorithm 18:40 - Opti...
Dec 19, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 161
Garrett Young has been in the video game industry for over 25 years and has worked on games such as DOOM 2016, Rage Forza and James Bond: Quantum Of Solace. #doom #doom2016 #forza SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @garretty TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:05 - Working On DOOM 2016 06:43 - Early Builds Of The Game/Garrett’s First Week On DOOM 2016 12:30 - Single Player Mode/Push Forward Combat/ 17:05 - Difficulty Story On Nightmare 21:56 - Tackling The FPS Platforming Problem In DOOM 2016 24:20 - Metroid Prime ...
Nov 24, 2023•53 min•Ep. 160
Randy Linden is a legendary programmer who is best known for doing what was thought to be impossible porting DOOM from the PC to the SNES, hes also responsible for porting Dragon's Lair to the Amiga and making Bleem an emulator for the Playstation. He is currently working for Limited Run Games. #doom #supernintendo #snes SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @RandalLindenTIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro00:40 - Being In The Industry For Over 40 Years01:57 - Randy’s Thoughts On Zelda: Breath Of The Wild & Super Mario...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 159
Here is the recorded panel I did at PAX 2023 with the one and only Mick Gordon. All video footage is owned by PAX Australia. FUN FACT: After the panel finished, 200+ people converged on Mick to ask him questions and get him to sign things. As a result he remained at the venue for 3 hours and he missed our dinner reservations #mickgordon #doom #killerinstinct PAX AUS TWITCH - https://www.twitch.tv/pax2 PAX AUS YOUTUBE - @PAXAustraliaOfficial BLACK DOG INSTITUTE - https://www.blackdoginstitute.org...
Oct 13, 2023•59 min•Ep. 158
Jeffrey Kung is a game developer with over 27 years experience. He is best known for his tenure at Lucas Arts working on games such as Mysteries Of The Sith, Rogue Squadron and Republic Commando. He studied Psychology before dropping it to pursue game development. #starwars #lucasarts #republiccommando SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - https://www.jeffreykung.com/ INSTAGRAM - @pinecone.jeffTIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro00:33 - Why Jeffrey Stopped Studying Psychology To Make Video Games04:30 - Early Days In Video ...
Sep 15, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 157
Paul Topolos is currently an artist at Pixar and worked on over 18+ Films but before this he worked in the video game industry on various games for Lucas Arts & Factor 5 most notably the Star Wars Rogue Squadron games and Episode 1 Racer #starwars #roguesquadron #lucasfilmTIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro00:50 - Difference Between Lucas Arts & Lucas Film3:00 - Working On Episode 1 & Episode 25:00 - Making Art Looking Like Star Wars/Artwork On The Prequels07:30 - Working On Episode 1 Racer Whil...
Sep 01, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 156
Kevin Schmitt has been working in the video game industry for over 25 years and currently works for Epic Games, he previously worked at 343 on the Halo Series and Lucas Arts where we worked on many Star Wars properties such as Rogue Squadron, Republic Commando, Obi-Wan and Mysteries Of The Sith #starwars #roguesquadron #lucasarts TWITTER- @kevindschmittTIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro00:50 - Kevin’s Time In The Industry Has Flown By03:00 - Biggest Changes In The Industry/Kevin’s Early Years07:25 - AAA Ga...
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 155
Steve Jude is a game developer and currently Senior Producer at Tantalus, he has worked on franchises such as Zelda, Borderlands, Lego, Star Wars and more.... #zelda #lego2kdrive #skywardsword TWITTER - @SteveJudestorm TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro/Disclaimer Regarding The Legend Of Zelda:Skyward Sword HD 01:15 - Why Northlane Is Steve’s Favourite Band 03:05 - Steve Doesn’t Listen To Music While He Is Working 03:45 - What Is Required In Project Management 07:01 - Adjusting Management Styles 08:50 - H...
Jul 15, 2023•42 min•Ep. 154
I review Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom with former Environmental Artist from Retro Studios, Eric Kozlowsky #tearsofthekingdom #zelda #zeldatearsofthekingdom You can stay up to date with on Project Saturn here https://www.fuzzybot.com/ Eric's Twitter - @vonkozTIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro00:33 - Eric’s Zelda Tattoo/Miyamoto Signing Zelda 1 For Eric02:30 - The Pain Of Tattoos04:30 - Creative Thinking Of TOTK/TOTK Being Overwhelming06:45 - Link To The Past Compared To TOTK07:30 - How Eric Got The Master Sw...
Jun 30, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 153
Kursad Karatas is an artist who is best known for his tenure at Factor 5 working on Rogue Leader and Rebel Strike. #starwars #roguesquadron #lucasarts00:00 - Intro00:30 - How Kursad Became An Artist/Ending Up At Factor 5/Star Wars04:30 - Reference Art For Rogue Squadron Games07:30 - Using Stills From The Movies For Direct References(Both, Death Star)09:25 - Building Models From Scratch/What Kursad Worked On10:34 - Kursad Didnt Get To Play Rogue Leader Till Its Release/Most Devs Not Having Dev Ki...
May 19, 2023•57 min•Ep. 152
John Lowrie is a voice actor who is best known for voicing Sniper in Team Fortress 2 as well as many other Valve games. #valve #teamfortress2 #dota2 SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER- https://twitter.com/johnpatricklowr YOUTUBE - @johnlowrie3070 TIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro00:35 - Difference Between The Australian And NZ Accent01:14 - Learning Accents/Different British Accents/NZ & Australia Accents04:38 - South African Accents/NZ TV Shows/Studying An Accent05:55 - Studying Accents Well Watching A Series/Germ...
May 09, 2023•57 min•Ep. 151
Denis Dyack was the director on games Eternal Darkness: Sanitys Requiem, Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes and Legacy Of Kain: Blood Omen. He is currently working on the free to play game Deadhaus Sonata #eternaldarkness #metalgearsolid #legacyofkain WEBSITE - https://deadhaussonata.com/ TIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro01:12 - Doing Taekwondo & Wrestling Before Video Games05:00 - How His Martial Arts Background Influenced Game Design09:20 - Having A Bushido Mentality In Game Design/Mark Cerny Advice &...
Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 150
I review Metroid Prime Remastered with the former Lead Technical Engineer on the Original game Jack Mathews. #metroidprimeremastered #metroidprime #gamereview NOTE: Jack had some audio issues for the first minute, which disappeared after that.TIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro01:14 - Metroid Prime Remastered Is How You Remember It03:01 - Updates To The Audio/Gameplay Holding Up04:15 - UI Fixes05:12 - Trilogy Code Being Used For Remaster05:52 - Mirror Reflection Removal/Physically Based Rendering12:45 - Upd...
Mar 31, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 149
Geoffrey Day is a video game composer that has become a youtube sensation for his DOOM/Argent Metal remixes of game music. He recently composed for Atomic Heart and Viscerafest. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER-@geoffplaysguit INSTAGRAM - @geoffreydaymusic YOUTUBE - @GeoffPlaysGuitar Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/geoffplaysguitar #atomicheart #viscerafest #doometernal TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Geoffrey Initially Thought Mundfish Contacting Him Was Spam 02:37 - Geoffrey Gets Spam Collaboration Ema...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 148
Tyvic Stallworth is a game developer who has worked on games such as Last Of Us Part II and Call Of Duty: Warzone, he is currently a developer at Sucker Punch productions. You can check out his gaming channel here https://www.youtube.com/@UCQP8-hs7qhuV9PQpIjTcjng #lastofus #callofduty #naughtydog TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Tyvics Workout Regime/LA Traffic 03:00 - Naughty Dog Staff Traffic Commute 03:40 - Naughty Dog Documentation/Tyvis Early Days At Naughty Dog 04:10 - Moving From QA Into ...
Jan 20, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 146
Jack Burrows a game level designer best known for his tenure at Treyarch as a Level Designer on Call Of Duty: Blacks Ops Cold War and Call Of Duty:Warzone Season 6. Before that he did QA on Black Ops 4 and World War II. #callofduty #callofdutymobile #callofdutyblackops TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00: 40 - Jack’s First Day At Activision Was Brutal 03:10 - Relatability 04:18 - QA Is A Great Way To Gain Experience/QA In The Old Days 05:30 - QA Call Of Duty: World War II/Looking For Bugs 07:27 - Testin...
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 145
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Metroid Prime, Lead Technical Engineer on the Metroid Prime Trilogy, Jack Mathews returns to the show talk all about the behind the scenes development of the game. #metroidprime #metroid #nintendo You can watch our previous podcast here https://youtu.be/_vkczsDyZp4 TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:47 - How Often Super Metroid Was Referred To During Development 02:20 - A.I Systems/Beetle In Chozo Ruins 05:45 - Chozo Ruins Was The First Area Worked On 06:44 - Mirror...
Nov 18, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 144
Sean Chiplock is a well known voice actor who has voiced many characters for film, anime and video games. #zelda #mortalkombat #voiceover SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTUBE - @sonicmega TWITTER - @sonicmega TWITCH - @sonicmega TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:34 - Sean’s Schedule/Having No Free Time 01:42 - Bayonetta 3 Voice Actor Controversy/Difficulty Of Being A Voice Actor 03:40 - Handling Rejection As A Voice Actor 06:50 - Odd Taxi Story/Trusting Yourself And Abilities 07:50 - Forgetting About Roles He Auditio...
Nov 05, 2022•49 min•Ep. 143
Matt T. Wood is a video game developer who is best known for his tenure working at Valve on some of its most prestigious franchises, he is currently working on his own indie open-world title Little Kitty Big City. #csgo #halflife #portal2 SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @matttwood Timestamps 00:00 - Intro/Matt Being A Common Name 02:10 - Matt Doesnt Like Cellphones 04:40 - Choreography/Scripted Scenes In Half Life 2 07:30 - Crafting Out The Scripted Sequences 08:50 - Episode 2 Scenes/Most Challenging Sce...
Oct 26, 2022•59 min•Ep. 142
Yannis Brown is a composer, sound designer and programmer. He is best known for composing DBZ: Legacy Of Goku II and Buu's Fury. WEBSITE - http://www.yannisbrown.com/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro/SAE 01:30 - How Yannis Got Into Music/Sound Design 04:10 - Learning How To Compose For Handheld Chip Set 05:20 - How Yannis Got The Job To Compose For Legacy Of Goku II 07:17 - Bruce Faulconer/OST Took A Month To Make/Ear Translations 09:00 - Devs Picked The Music To Use For LOGII 09:34 - Yannis Loved Worki...
Oct 18, 2022•57 min•Ep. 141
Mike Morasky is a composer at Valve who worked on franchises such as Left 4 Dead, Portal, Half Life, Team Fortress and more. Before his time at Valve he was VFX supervisor on the LOTR film trilogy and has also composed music for short films. #valve #lotr #halflife SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER- @MikeMorasky TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Transferring VFX & Programming Skills To Composing Music 04:05 - How Mike Structures Music/LOTR VFX Structures 07:45 - Physical & Mental Interaction 08:45 - Ch...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 140
Ellen McLain is an accomplished singer and voice actress who is best known for voicing GLaDOS in Portal 1 and Portal 2. #portal2 #valve #glados SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @ellenmclain TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro/Kiwi Talkz Name 01:23 - Original Intention Of Robotic GLaDOS Voice 03:35 - How To Sound Like A Robot/Initial Recordings 06:07 - Candide Operetta/Broadway 08:05 - Throwing Out Ideas In The Studio 09:02 - Dynamic In The Studio With Valve Devs 10:32 - Advocating For More Valve Games/Erik Wolpaw 11...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 139
Paul Tozour is a former engineer and video game developer with over 25 years of experience. He is most well known for his work on Metroid Prime 2 & 3. He is currently in the process of finishing his book The Four Swords: A Parable of Leadership, Video Games, and Dead Dragons which is due for release at the end of 2022. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @fourswordsbook TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - What His Role Was At Retro Studios 02:30 - Challenges Between Retro & Nintendo/Dark Samus Fight In ...
Jun 25, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 138
Eric Kozlowsky is an artist who has worked at multiple game studios and is most well known for his short but important tenure at Retro Studios on Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze. He is currently Art Director at Fuzzybot. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER -@vonkoz INSTAGRAM - @von_koz ARTSTATION - https://www.artstation.com/vonkoz WEBSITE - https://www.landofkoz.com/ #tropicalfreeze #nintendo #retrostudios TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Deadlines/Crunch 03:30 - Early Days At Retro Studios 06:00 - Workin...
May 28, 2022•57 min•Ep. 137
Ted Anderson is an artist who is most well known for his tenure at Retro Studios working on both Donkey Kong Country games and Mario Kart 7. He currently works for Pixel Pushers Union 512 and recently released the game Tonight We Riot. SOCIAL MEDIA Pixel Pushers - @ppu512 Twitter - @pixel_possum Tonight We Riot - https://tonightweriot.com/ #donkeykong #mariokart #retrostudios TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - How Ted Ended Up At Retro Studios 02:45 - Nintendo’s Philosophy On Art/Retro Helped Form...
May 14, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 136
