Kiwi Talkz

Kiwi Talkz

Podcast with various Video Game developers as well as other people involved in entertainment such as TV/Film

Episodes

April 9, 2024 61 mins

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 W...

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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 Chandl...

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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 ...

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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 W...

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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 Narra...

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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 Di...

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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 F...

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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 ...
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October 13, 2023 58 mins
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 - @PAXAustrali...
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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 St...
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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 Wa...
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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 - ...
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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...

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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 - Li...
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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 ...
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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/Stud...
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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 - ...
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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 ...

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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 Cont...

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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/Ty...

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