Nerd Otaku Gaming Podcast

Our Guest this week is Mike Bithel Studio Head and Award Wining Director of Bithel Games.  We will be discussing what the minutia is in being a head of independent video games studio and how some of those aspects can be implemented by budding developers in regions like ours.

We are joined by special guest Katrina Leonoudakis who is a translation specialist that has worked on the Yakuza franchise, Lost Judgment and Persona 5 Royal  to talk about all things translation and localisation in the Video Games Industry.

Joining us on the podcast is special guest and video game journalist of The Verge and formerly Kotaku, Ash Parrish to talk about the profession and video games in general.

We are joined by multiple award winning composer Austin Wintory, known for games such as Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Abzu, The Pathless and Journey to discuss the process and intricacies of composing music in the video game industry.

Its our 1 year anniversary and what better way to celebrate it than come full circle and talk about Robins brand new Series S console!? We also got to talk about God of War Ragnarok and all the new games announced at the 2021 Sony showcase as well as some GamesCom news

Joining Dennis on the podcast is Sam "Tech Girl" Wright. One of Africa's biggest Esports shout casters and Content Creator to discuss the on screen commentating and hosting profession in the region as well as Esports in general.

Jennifer Hale the Guinness World Record holder for most female voices in a video game joins us to discuss Voice Acting in the Video Game Industry and how aspiring Actors can hone their skills and join the industry. Aspiring voice actors can signup to SkillsHub by following the link: https://acting.skillshub.life/

We are joined by Chinese Game Developer Jingtong to discuss the gaming scene in China, from player trends, market trends and what its like to work in the gaming industry in the region.

We are joined by Sylvia "Queen Arrow" Gathoni, a professional TEKKEN player from Kenya to discuss all things TEKKEN and gaming in general. 

Robin and Dennis are brought to the mic to discuss Valves surprise hardware announcement. They discuss the specs and expectations of the Steam Deck and catch up on some of the games they have been playing as well.

Robin and Dennis pick their top 3 announcements from this years E3 showcase. We also talk about the big announcements from the show like Gamepass everything and the Starfield Release Date. Robin gives a hands on review of Final Fantasy Stranger of Paradise and we close it off by speculating on the future games events remaining in the year. 

Nchima and Robin join Dennis as we talk about E3 2021 Baby!!! What are we expecting to see and what will see at this years E3. 

We are Back and in In this Episode we talk about the state of gamepass on Console and PC, Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Days Gone and Sony being Risk averse, Game Preservation, E3 coming back baby!. Critical Reception to Japanese games, Chinese Video Comes, Square Enix and the much rumored Netherealm Marvel Fighting game.

Heya we are back! Robin gets to break down the effects that Covid have had on gaming recently. We also get to talk about the recent casting news in all the gaming adaptations, that new Pokemon, Video Game Delays, Chipset scarcity and so much more!

This week Dennis and Robin are joined by Nali who brought up the topic about exclusives. Are they still necessary? Do they drive console sells? What if we didn't have exclusives altogether? We also get to talk about the Microsoft 180 on Gold as well as the acquisition of Vicarious Visions by Activision/Blizzard.

In this episode spurred by the news of new Indiana Jones and James Bond AAA video games. Robin and Dennis get to talk about all things licensed video games have to offer. Our dream licensed games, our favourites and even why some major licensed games have failed in the past. Link to the Nerd Otaku Global Game Jam signup: https://bit.ly/2XLbBr9

For the first podcast of 2021. Robin and Dennis try their best to predict what will happen in gaming in 2021. Everything from PS5 vs XBOX Sales Numbers to a potential Elden Ring release date.

In the final episode of the year Robin and Dennis get to list their top 3 games from the year as well as give an overview of what the year had in gaming.

This week Robin and Dennis recap the winners of the 2020 Game Awards, Go Through the big reveals and announcements from the show and discuss the mess that is the CyberPunk 2077 launch

Robin finally got his PS5 and he gives us a breakdown of what its new features are. We also get to discuss Cyberpunk 2077 Press and the recent Departure of Biowares Creative Leads

On this episode Robin breaks down the games and roadmap that were leaked at Capcom with some rather interesting surprises. The hosts then get to discuss the recently announced nominees of the December 10th Game Awards!

Robin and Dennis get to discuss the launch of a new generation of consoles!

This week Robin and Dennis Get to talk about CyberPunk 2077's delay, the Dual Shock 5's new features and also some Final Fantasy XVI News

This week Robin and Dennis get to discuss and list what they consider to be the most essential games to have in your library from the current generation 

This week Robin and Dennis try to predict what games will be this years Game of the Year. We also get to talk about the release of FIFA 21, Mortal Kombat Ultimate with John Rambo and the PlayStation 5 Teardown.