In The Keep

Aubrey Hodges is one of the greatest musical composers in the world of gaming having composed the soundtracks to Doom 64, Quake 64, NFL Blitz, Madden, NASCAR, etc. We’re also joined by guest host - Aubrey’s #1 fan - Immorpher to help us dive deep into the very personal & emotional process of creating such memorable & immersive music. This was recorded for the Doom Rave 2020 event. // Aubre...

In celebration of our colleague Vince Steel reaching a new follower goal, we present our reading of HP Lovecraft’s The Alchemist in collaboration with videographer RedEyesGreenDragon & audiographer Immorpher. // Vince Steel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKAS1e6_hkycg8rvLtvqbTQ // RedEyesGreenDragon: https://www.youtube.com/c/redeyesgreendragon // Immorpher: https://immorpher.bandcamp.com/...

We’re joined by Nico & M3ssia of the US QuakeWorld community to discuss their plans for an upcoming North American QuakeWorld 4v4 league. We’re also catching up on the latest news for QuakeWorld in terms of player-base, servers, source ports, regular weekly events & - most importantly - catching up as friends. // USQW: https://discord.gg/rCaRSmF // Immorpher: https://immorpher.bandcamp.com...

MK Schmidt is a father of 7, professional artist & indie game developer known for Star Explorers & Paradox Vector. We chat about his philosophies on what makes great games, science fiction, mythology, the fine arts & lots more. // MK Schmidt: https://twitter.com/MKSchmidt30 // Paradox Vector: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/SchmidtWorkshops  // The Keep: http://inthekeep....

We’re joined by Roger Caneda & Jacob Shrader of ZenSports. Jacob’s background in gaming journalism brought him to work as GM of eSports while Roger’s experience managing the Dallas Mavericks’ gaming division puts them at the helm of ZenSports’ unique foray into the world of mobile peer-to-peer sports betting, cryptocurrency & recently eSports with a calculated focus on Arena FPS. // ZenSpo...

Robert Raulus & Mikko Tamper are an independent Finnish game development team currently working on their debut title White Hell – a retro FPS with traces of sci-fi, fantasy & Finnish mythology. Those may sound like serious topics, but the game takes it’s comedic influence from titles like Wolfenstein 3D, Duke 3D & Shadow Warrior resulting in an ironically goofy atmosphere. Here we disc...

Mahelyk (Kyle Frost) is an indie game dev currently working on SCP: Blackout. He has also contributed to Dread X Collections 1 & 2 with The Outsiders & Toy Shop. Here we explore his dive into game development, the SCP community & how it has shaped Blackout. // Mahelyk: https://twitter.com/TheClassifiedX // SCP: Blackout: https://store.steampowered.com/app/963400/SCP_Blackout/ // Dread...

scar3crow is the lead designer of 3D Realms’ & Slipgate Ironworks’ latest “unannounced FPS #???" GRAVEN. Announced at Realms Deep 2020, this immersive sim serves as a spiritual successor to the Hexen & Heretic franchise while exploring brave new territory in the realm of gameplay & morality. Scar3crow is also well known for his work in the Quake & Doom modding scenes & has rece...

Cliff Bleszinski (CliffyB) is the game designer behind Unreal, Jazz Jackrabbit, Gears of War & LawBreakers. After his long tenure with Epic Games & subsequent foray with his company Boss Key Productions, Cliff has branched out into many entrepreneurial ventures including 2 restaurants in Raleigh, NC, producing the 8x Tony Award winning musical HADESTOWN & is currently working in his me...

Jon St. John is the voice of Duke Nukem… If that isn’t enough for you, he has also appeared in Postal 4, Amnesia, Sonic the Hedgehog, CS:GO, Dota 2, Half Life & Ion Fury, as well as a slew of other incredible games throughout his career. Aside from that, Jon has been a top 40 radio DJ & now runs King Con Cruise, a luxury Caribbean adventure with fellow celebrity voice actors. Here we take...

Tim Willits was hired at id Software in 1995 after creating & distributing his own custom Doom maps over the internet. All PvP online games today owe their lineage to the works of Tim & his colleagues from id Software where the concept of “deathmatch” was born. Fast forward to 2019 when Tim left the company with the entire Doom & Quake series under his belt, he is now the Chief Creativ...

Father John Romero sits down with Fred Schreiber (3D Realms) & Jehar (Tastyspleen.tv) to take a verbal stroll through his life as an innovator in the gaming industry. From coding in his bedroom as a kid & working with Softdisk to co-founding id Software & creating Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom & Quake, John was a rock star in the world of game development when he co-founded...

American McGee isn’t just the car mechanic that met John Carmack at 21 & went to work at id Software to made some of the greatest games of all time. He’s a father, a sailor & an intrinsic thinker with a unique background & perspective of the world we live in. Fred Schreiber (3D Realms) & TheMotherload (The Keep) catch up with American to figure out what makes him tic, the future of...

Chuck Jones (Senior Character Artist at 3D Realms) is the unsung hero of Homeric proportion behind some of the most prolific & enduring characters in video game history. His career began with Rise of the Triad & Duke Nukem 3D before moving on to Valve where he created Gordon Freeman & the G-Man while working on Half-Life which flourished into modeling on Team Fortress & Counter-Str...

Scumhead has published 5 games since he started developing at 15, is already working on his 6th & he is only 19 years old! Starting out in RPG maker making games like Mothlight & Orogenesis as Samu, he moved on to working in GZDoom creating Shrine, a short Lovecraft-inspired game full of grotesque body horror & ethereal metaphor. Recently he’s released Shrine 2 (with programmer Mengo)...

Immorpher is a dark ambient composer creating soundtracks for Quake & indie titles. When he’s not designing desolate soundscapes, he works as a biophysicist studying COVID19 & nuclear magnetic resonance at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This episode is a celebration of the FPS titles of the Nintendo 64 – especially DOOM 64 – while going on tangents on everything from the professional w...

Denzoa is one of the world's premier competitive Doom 2 players with over 15 years of experience. We’re diving deep into what it was like growing up in Belgium as a hyper-competitive gamer, the philosophy of competing in eSports, the importance of maintaining both your physical & mental health, Quake, Diabotical & his landslide victory in the Multiplayer Doom Federation’s Take The Crown Du...

We’re joined by MikeJ (Chief Bidet Officer at Running with Scissors) to talk about his unique journey into the video game business, Postal 4: No Regerts’ development, managing the RWS Team, how marketing has evolved in recent years, I Regret Nothing Podcast, working with Jon St. John & plenty more in this fudge-packed conversation. // Artwork by Haducant/Spaced // Music by Zallum: https://zall...

Awesreek has been working on his game Viscerafest for EIGHT F@#$%ING YEARS & he’s here to tell us about his amazing journey including the do's & don’ts of indie game development, what it’s like seeing his demo take off, working with the infamous & notorious Markie Music & how HP Lovecraft’s mythos ties into a the heartwarming tale of a bloodthirsty female mercenary who just wants t...

The Flying Dutchman himself - The Illustrious Flambeau - is BACK joined by videographer extraordinaire RedEyesGreenDragon & The Dark Messenger of Zdaemon IRC AF-Domains! We’re going through RedEye’s growing YouTube career, recent events in ZDaemon & the U.S. Quake Community, our pitch for the Cacowards & Doom: Annihilation & Flambeau’s "legendary" streaming series Fork-lift Mechani...

This week we’re joined by Vince Steel, a talented YouTuber specializing in reviews for indie & retro PC games that just so happen to align with the Will of Cthalha. His videos are expressive & informative with an overarching theme of positivity, while exploring a serialized dialogue between him and his therapist who believes that his “game addiction” may be leading to something… dark. // A...

Théo “Totos” Touaty is a game developer currently working on the first-person 3D platformer Cyber Hook. The game has a gorgeous retrowave visual & musical aesthetic, fast paced parkour akin to Quake defrag with the added benefit of a grappling hook, double jumping & a time-slowing ability. Totos is also a professor of game development at Isart Digital in Paris, France. // Artwork by Haduca...

Hakita is back to talk about ULTRAKILL’s newfound status with New Blood, his plot to subliminally plant good music into the ears of gamers & how awesome Gloomwood is gonna be. The new ULTRAKILL demo is available on Steam right now. // Artwork by Haducant/Spaced // Hakita: https://twitter.com/HakitaDev // Ultrakill: DevilMayQuake.com // New Blood: https://newblood.games/ // The Keep: http://int...

James Haley (Quasar) cut his teeth in the Doom modding scene before becoming one of the main developers at Nightdive Studios. Here is a short conversational tour through his career from Strife to Turok to Doom 64, working with the Kex Engine and the future of retro games. // Artwork by Haducant/Spaced // SiN OST by Zak Belica: https://twitter.com/zakbelica?lang=en // Quasar: https://doomwiki.org/w...

This is a friendly debate between game designer Bruno Beaudoin (Nightmare Reaper) & podcast host Conner Howard (Lore Party) on the pros & cons of iD Software’s Doom Eternal. Tune in for this 100% DEFINITIVE point by point settling of all topics related to Doom Eternal’s quality… // Artwork by Haducant/Spaced // Conner: https://loreparty.com/ // Bruno: https://www.blazingbitgames.com/ // Th...