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Kiwi Talkz

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

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#156 - Paul Topolos Interview(Star Wars, Lucas Arts,...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2023/09/01

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 While

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68:34

#155 - Kevin Schmitt Interview (Rogue Squadron,...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2023/08/18

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 Games

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42:00

#154 - Steve Jude Interview (Project Management, Lego...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2023/07/15

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 - How

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66:23

Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Review With Ex Retro...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2023/06/30

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

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57:02

#152 - Kursad Karatas Interview (Rogue Squadron, Star...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2023/05/19

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

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56:37

#151 - John Lowrie Interview (Accents, Valve, Search...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2023/05/09

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/German

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#150 - Denis Dyack Interview (Eternal Darkness, Twin...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2023/04/18

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 &

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95:38

Metroid Prime Remastered Review With Ex Retro Studios...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2023/03/31

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 - Updated

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73:27

#148 - Geoffrey Day Interview (Atomic Heart,...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2023/03/13

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 #doometernalTIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro00:45 - Geoffrey Initially Thought Mundfish Contacting Him Was Spam02:37 - Geoffrey Gets Spam Collaboration Emails

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65:45

#146 - Tyvic Stallworth Interview (Last Of Us Part...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2023/01/20

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 #naughtydogTIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro00:39 - Tyvics Workout Regime/LA Traffic03:00 - Naughty Dog Staff Traffic Commute03:40 - Naughty Dog Documentation/Tyvis Early Days At Naughty Dog04:10 - Moving From QA Into Design06:20

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59:32

#145 - Jack Burrows Interview (Call Of Duty, Level...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2022/12/12

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 -

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#144 - Jack Mathews Interview - Metroid Prime 20th...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2022/11/18

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

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49:09

#143 - Sean Chiplock Interview (Voice Acting, Revali,...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2022/11/05

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

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58:46

#142 - Matt T. Wood Interview (Half Life 2, Portal 2,...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2022/10/26

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

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57:25

#141 - Yannis Brown Interview (Legacy Of Goku II,...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2022/10/18

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

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62:29

#140 - Mike Morasky Interview(Valve, Half Life:Alyx,...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2022/09/14

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 -

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62:39

#139 - Ellen McLain Interview (Portal 2, GLaDOS,...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2022/08/24

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

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72:41

#138 - Paul Tozour Interview (Metroid Prime 2 & 3,...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2022/06/25

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 Prime

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57:22

#137 - Eric Kozlowsky Interview (Tropical Freeze,...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2022/05/28

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 -

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66:49

#136 - Ted Anderson Interview (Donkey Kong, Mario...

Kiwi Talkz ·

2022/05/14

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

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