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PocketBuds

PocketBuds is a Back Pocket podcast dedicated to good gaming conversations between best buds!Join host Ruby Innes each week as she talks with a wide array of her talented buddies about everything from video game industry horror stories to what goes into raising a child to be an elite basketball player. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and most importantly, you might learn something. And hey, it might just be misinformation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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All Episodes

1:03:08

That's All, Buds! ft. Many, Many Guests

PocketBuds ·

2024/10/18

Ruby is joined by a delightful assortment of PocketBuddies to reflect on the silly little podcast that was PocketBuds. Warning: This episode is DANGEROUSLY earnest.Find us online:Our websiteTwitchMain YouTubeHighlights YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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57:29

Twitching On TV and then Twitch.TV ft. Bajo

PocketBuds ·

2024/10/11

Ruby is joined by former ABC Good Game host and current internet clown Bajo to talk about what it was like doing all that stuff he did.Find us online:Our websiteTwitchMain YouTubeHighlights YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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45:50

Putting On A Games Showcase ft. Jenny Windom

PocketBuds ·

2024/10/03

Ruby is joined by indie game producer, community developer, streamer, and host of Wholesome Games, Jenny Windom. Together, they'll be chatting about Jenny's career shift from middle school teacher to game developer, the humble beginnings of Wholesome Games, and what goes into putting on a games showcase.Support Spirit Swap: LoFi Beats to Match-3 To Backer Beta on Kickstarter Find Jenny and Wholesome Games here:Jenny's websiteThe Wholesome Games websiteFind us online:Our websiteTwitchMain

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53:53

How To Play Games Wrong ft. Rudeism

PocketBuds ·

2024/09/26

Ruby is joined by streamer, content creator, and bad-in-a-good-way controller maker Dylan Beck a.k.a Rudeism to talk all about playing games the wrong way. You may not believe it, but there's wrong ways, wronger ways, and the WRONGEST ways to play video games!Find Rudeism here:https://rudeism.com/https://www.twitch.tv/rudeismhttps://www.youtube.com/@RudeismFind us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://www.youtube.com/@BackPocketVids Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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52:23

Astro Bot Is GOTY and GOATed ft. Leah Williams

PocketBuds ·

2024/09/19

Ruby is joined by writer for GamesHub Leah Williams to talk about a game that's gunning for the Game of the Year spot for 2024, Astro Bot. It's more than just references, it's the essence of pure joy packed into a video game!Find Leah here:https://twitter.com/legenettehttps://www.gameshub.com/author/leah-j-williams/Find us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://www.youtube.com/@BackPocketVids Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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52:11

It (Video Games) Came From Outer Space ft. Josh Swift

PocketBuds ·

2024/09/13

Ruby is joined by technical director at Lowkii, button pusher at Back Pocket, and her work bestie Josh Swift to talk about the out-of-this-world world of space games. It might get a little existential, which is fitting in the realm of the galaxy.Find Josh here:https:/twitter.com/swift_yhttps://www.instagram.com/swift_y/Find us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://www.youtube.com/@BackPocketVids Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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50:34

Writing Books About Games ft. James O'Connor

PocketBuds ·

2024/09/05

Ruby is joined by game dev exec at the South Australian Film Corporation, co-founder of gaming satire website Point and Clickbait, former narrative designer at Mighty Kingdom, and freelance games journo James ‘Jickle’ O’Connor to talk about writing books about video games. He's also got a book about Untitled Goose Game coming out with Boss Fight Books! HONK!Back the Untitled Goose Game book (and secure your copy) here!Find Jickle here:https://jickle.net/https://twitter.com/JickleFind us

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48:57

Making Games Funny (To Me) ft. Alec Robbins

PocketBuds ·

2024/08/29

Ruby is joined by web comic artist, TV writer, narrative director at Squanch Games, and Mr. Boop himself Alec Robbins to talk about the chuckles and challenges that come with writing comedy in video games. Originally, the title of this episode was going to be 'Knock Knock! Who's There? Video Games', but that's just ridiculous. Very silly. This is a serious podcast.Find Alec's stuff online:https://alec.land/https://twitter.com/alecrobbinshttps://alecrobbins.itch.io/Find us

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42:31

Roleplay In Games, NOT Roleplaying Games ft. HexSteph

PocketBuds ·

2024/08/22

Ruby is joined by former Good Game host, current streamer, and her good friend Steph "Hex" Bendixsen to talk about her experiences in WildRP, the most primo role-playing server in Red Dead Online history. Yeehaw!Find Steph online:https://twitter.com/hexsteph/https://instagram.com/hexsteph/https://www.twitch.tv/hexsteph/Find us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://www.youtube.com/@BackPocketVids Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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51:52

What If Video Games Were In Real Life? ft. Nick Belling

PocketBuds ·

2024/08/15

Ruby is joined by software engineer, Back Pocket regular, and YouTuber Nick "Nicrotex" Belling to talk about all things ARG (alternate reality games) and immersive theatre. It's basically like video games but in real life, but also it's not really real life. It's like... fake life.Find Nick here:TwitterInstagramYouTubeFind us online:TwitchVODs/Highlights on YouTubeTikTok/Twitter/Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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50:46

Waking Up From A Games PR Nightmare ft. Jim Barker

PocketBuds ·

2024/08/08

Ruby is joined by former publicist for gaming companies like PlayStation and Xbox and former PR manager for Aussie games distributor Five Star Games, Jim Barker, to talk about the twists and turns of working in PR for video games. Have a listen, but all good if not! Thanks so much for considering this podcast for the opportunity of being listened to by you.Find Jim here:TwitterInstagramFind us online:TwitchVODs/Highlights on YouTubeTikTok/Twitter/Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for

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48:52

Finding Love At The Crush House ft. Nicole He

PocketBuds ·

2024/08/01

Ruby is joined by creative technologist and independent game dev Nicole He to talk about the collaboration between her, UK-based game studio Nerial (Card Shark, Reigns), and indie publisher extraordinaire Devolver Digital, The Crush House. You've heard of first-person shooters, now get read for a world-first thirst-person shooter.The second song featured in the introduction is Funk Jazz by Andrea Boccadoro, composed for The Crush House soundtrack.Wishlist The Crush House now on Steam, out August

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1:00:33

Goodbye, Kotaku Australia ft. David Smith

PocketBuds ·

2024/07/25

Ruby is joined by former managing editor of Kotaku Australia and her former work dad David Smith to talk about the thrilling rise and frustrating end to a website that has housed some of the most beautiful minds in Australian games journalism. Consider this an audio eulogy for Kotaku Australia, but one of the eulogies at the funeral that everyone is uncomfortable about.Find David here:https://twitter.com/RhunWordshttps://www.instagram.com/rhunwords/https://www.tiktok.com/@rhunwordsFind us

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53:01

Dark Souls Watchmojo And Spooktober ft. Indeimaus

PocketBuds ·

2024/07/12

Ruby is joined by Australian gaming YouTuber Indeimaus to discuss his approach to making videos, how it's changed over time, and his love for the scarier side of the video game world. Oh, and working at EB Games. Again.Find Indeimaus here:https://youtube.com/channel/UCDXOwJQgD65oJOM1IHmtskw/https://instagram.com/indeimaus/https://twitter.com/indeimaus/Find us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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57:32

Putting A Little Kitty In A Big City ft. Matt T. Wood

PocketBuds ·

2024/07/04

Ruby is joined by Matt T. Wood, a 3D Realms and Valve veteran turned founder of Double Dagger Studio, to talk about his work in the games industry as well as the making of his studio's debut title, Little Kitty Big City. Meow!Introduction includes The Curious Cat by Riley Koenig, from the Little Kitty Big City soundtrack.Get Little Kitty Big City

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47:07

The Making of Sushi Ben ft. Kane Tyler

PocketBuds ·

2024/06/28

Ruby is joined by co-founder of Big Brane Studios and lead developer of Sushi Ben Kane Tyler to talk about his work on the narrative VR adventure that places you in a small Japanese town to save a failing sushi restaurant from the grasp of greedy land sharks.Introduction includes Sushi Rock No. 1 by Ian Navarro Silver, from the Sushi Ben soundtrack.Wishlist the non-VR version of Sushi Ben on Steam:https://store.steampowered.com/app/2419240/Sushi_Ben/Buy Sushi Ben on Meta Quest

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55:34

Writing About Video Games Is... Good? ft. Jackson Ryan

PocketBuds ·

2024/06/24

Ruby is joined by President of the Science Journalists Association of Australia, award-winning video games journalist, and her friend Jackson Ryan to talk about their very different experiences working in video games journalism, how it compares now versus "back then", and if people really want to read AI-written choppy sloppy.Find Jack here:https://www.jacksonwryan.com/https://www.twitter.com/dctrjackFind us

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57:03

The Games Industry Is Doing Fine! ft. Kelsey Gamble

PocketBuds ·

2024/06/14

Ruby is joined by former Bethesda and League of Geeks employee and current New Blood Interactive studio mother Kelsey Gamble to talk all about the highs, lows, and daunting present of the video games industry. It's a classic case of 'If you don't laugh, you'll cry'.Find Kelsey here:https://twitter.com/kindofsquishyhttps://www.instagram.com/kindofsquishyFollow Kelsey's work here:https://newblood.games/https://oddlark.com/Find us

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57:49

Remakes 'n' Remasters: The Definitive Edition ft....

PocketBuds ·

2024/06/06

Ruby is joined by gaming YouTuber and resident silly billy Snugboy to talk about the seemingly endless business of remakes, remasters, re-imaginings, re-releases, (re)ports, and maybe more! While this IS called The Definitive Edition of this podcast episode, PocketBuds does reserve the right to remake this episode to include a new hat, and re-release it at an exorbitant price.Find SnugBoy here:https://www.youtube.com/c/Snugboyhttps://twitter.com/RealSnugboyFind us

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56:16

Sculpting A Sexier You (In A Video Game) ft. Gus Ronald

PocketBuds ·

2024/05/30

Ruby is joined by her boss and bestie Gus Ronald to talk about the creative world of character customisation in video games. From making a character so gorgeous that even the gods above struggle to avert their gaze, all the way to constructing a horrible monstrosity that could get you sent straight to gamer jail, we've got you covered.Find us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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