Kiwi Talkz

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...

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 T...

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/...

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 -...

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 25:0...

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 I...

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...

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 TOT...

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...

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 - Sout...

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 Backg...

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 - Trilog...

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 - Geof...

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 Co...

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...

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 0...

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 A...

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...

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 Mo...

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:...

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 Stu...

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...

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 #retrostud...

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...

Chet Faliszek who was a former writer at Valve for over 12 years. He is now Co-Founder and CEO of Stray Bombay and are currently working on Anacrusis.   SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @chetfaliszek ANACRUSIS WEBSITE - https://www.theanacrusis.com/ Discord - https://discord.com/invite/straybombay   #valve #left4dead #anacrusis   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro/Anacrusis Correction & What It Means 01:41 - Big Dict...