Trent Kusters chats with multidisciplinary artist Niklas Åkerblad. Together they discuss his career leading up to his newest title, Ultros, including his early love of games and illustration; the revolutionary game development scene in Sweden;

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Alexa Ray Corriea chats with Baldur's Gate 3 Actor Neil Newbon. Together they discuss his journey as an actor and the challenges he encountered that almost caused him to abandon his craft; finding an avenue for creative expression in video gam

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The audio version of this interview is entirely in Japanese. To watch the subtitled version, please visit our YouTube channel. Shuhei Yoshida chats with longtime producer of the TEKKEN series, Katsuhiro Harada. Together they discuss Harada-sa

A Decade as Miles Morales with Marvel's Spider-Man 2's Nadji Jeter

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Alexa Ray Corriea chats with actor Nadji Jeter. Together they discuss his journey throughout games and traditional film and television; what it's like being Miles Morales for the past decade; what it takes to bring the characters inside Marvel'

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Director Gabe Amatangelo

Mar 18th, 2024 1h 14m

Adam Orth chats with the Director of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Gabe Amatangelo. Together they discuss Gabe's journey to game development and how he found himself at CD PROJEKT RED; how the initial release of Cyberpunk 2077 affected the t

Remaking Dead Space with Roman Campos-Oriola, Eric Baptizat, & Philippe Ducharme

Mar 11th, 2024 1h 25m

Adam Orth chats with Roman Campos-Oriola, Eric Baptizat, and Philippe Ducharme from Motive Studio. Together they discuss what led to the decision to remake a beloved classic in Dead Space; which elements from the original release they decided t

Baldur's Gate 3 Actor Samantha Béart

Mar 4th, 2024 1h 29m

Writer and Narrative Designer Alexa Ray Corriea chats with Actor Samantha Béart. Together they discuss the difficulty they faced attempting to enter the games industry; working together with the cast and crew at Larian; the intricacies of roma

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Navigating the Unique Challenges of Games with Composer Oleksa Lozowchuk

Feb 26th, 2024 1h 33m

Austin Wintory chats with award winning composer Oleksa Lozowchuk. Together they discuss Oleksa's career across games, television, and film including writing music for hit games like Capcom's Dead Rising franchise and Sony's Horizon franchise;

Narrative Designer Meghna Jayanth talks Thirsty Suitors

Feb 12th, 2024 1h 35m

Adam Orth chats with narrative designer Meghna Jayanth. Together they discuss Meghna's childhood moving around the world and how those experiences shaped her views; the unique aspects of writing for games; the habits, development woes, and fin

Composer Duo Ninja Tracks talk Forza Motorsport and Music Publishing

Feb 5th, 2024 1h 30m

Austin Wintory chats with the composing team collectively known as Ninja Tracks, Kaveh Cohen and Michael Nielsen. Together they discussed how they first met and what drove them to create a composing partnership; how they've worked together acr

Creating an Aura of Spookiness in Dredge

Jan 29th, 2024 1h 37m

Trent Kusters chats with Alex Ritchie and Joel Mason of Black Salt Games, developers of the indie hit, Dredge. Together they discuss their game development journeys; the original ideas around Dredge and what the early prototypes looked like in

GoldenEye, Banjo-Kazooie and more with Composer Grant Kirkhope

Jan 22nd, 2024 1h 51m

Austin Wintory chats with legendary composer Grant Kirkhope. Together they discuss his long career composing some of the most iconic music in gaming with titles and series such as GoldenEye 007, Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong, World of Warcraft, an

Painting, Fine Art and Games with Composer Cris Velasco

Jan 16th, 2024 1h 32m

Austin Wintory chats with award-winning Composer Cris Velasco. Together they discuss his long and illustrious career working on some of the biggest franchises in gaming including Mass Effect, God of War, Darksiders, and Borderlands; and his lov

Building Final Fantasy XVI and XIV with Producer Naoki Yoshida

Jan 11th, 2024 1h 12m

Shuhei Yoshida chats with FINAL FANTASY XVI Producer Naoki Yoshida. Together they discuss his career and what led to him helping relaunch FINAL FANTASY XIV and eventually producing the newest entry in the series; the key decisions they made

Sea of Stars Director Thierry Boulanger

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Trent Kusters chats with Sabotage Studio President and Creative Director, Thierry Boulanger. Together they discuss his journey into games including the early influences that led him towards development; founding Sabotage Studio and the design p

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Austin Wintory chats with Jakob Schmid, Co-Founder, Audio Director, and Music Director of Geometric Interactive. Together they discuss Geometric's debut title Cocoon including the way the audio works together with the gameplay to help players s

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 with Senior Creative Director Bryan Intihar

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Ted Price chats with his colleague and Senior Creative Director at Insomniac Games, Bryan Intihar. Together they discuss Marvel's Spider-Man 2 including the important pillars that guided development; motivating teams to go beyond what they beli

Blasphemous II with The Game Kitchen's Enrique Cabeza & David Erosa

Nov 27th, 2023 1h 21m

Trent Kusters chats with Enrique Cabeza and David Erosa from The Game Kitchen. Together they discuss their hit series Blasphemous including how they designed the game around the art direction; their studio history and transitioning from work fo

From Darksiders to Remnant II with David Adams & Ben Gabbard

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Trent Kusters chats with Ben Gabbard & David Adams of Remnant series developer Gunfire Games. Together they discuss their careers including their early work at Vigil Games on the Darksiders series; founding Gunfire Games and their early project

Super Evil Megacorp's Kristian Segerstrale

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Adam Orth chats with CEO of Super Evil Megacorp, Kristian Segerstrale. Together they discuss Kristian's career and how he found himself on the cusp of several emerging platforms; his journey to becoming the CEO of Super Evil Megacorp and what t

Double Fine's Kevin Johnson Shares His Game Dev Journey

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Chris Charla chats with Director of Development for Double Fine Productions, Kevin Johnson. Together they discuss his intriguing journey within and outside of the games industry; teaching students the game production process from beginning to e

Creative Director Sam Lake Talks Alan Wake 2 and Live Action Film in Games

Oct 30th, 2023 1h 17m

Ted Price chats with Sam Lake, the Creative Director behind Remedy's recent release, Alan Wake II. Together they discuss crafting the world of the Alan Wake; what they learned from their past releases like Max Payne and Control; the nuances of

Naughty Dog's Arne Meyer Talks Community and Game Dev Culture

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Chris Charla chats with Naughty Dog's Head of Culture and Communications, Arne Meyer. Together they discuss his early life playing games and getting his first break in PR working on the launch of the original Xbox; how his own personal work in

Creating Galactic Ripple Effects in EVE Online with CCP's Hilmar Veigar Pétursson

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Ted Price chats with Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO of CCP Games the makers of Eve Online. Together they reflect on 20 years of Eve Online; they discuss the social and economic forces that have developed inside Eve's virtual universe; the crucia