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Jim Wornell was a former graphic designer at Nintendo who created the logos for franchises such as Metroid, Animal Crossing and Paper Mario. He also was a localiser, bug tester and manual editor on Ocarina Of Time. #nintendo #ocarinaoftime #metroidprime SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @jimbob_crachit WEBSITE - https://www.jimwornell.net/   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:07 - How Jim Ended Up Working At Ninten...

Erik Wolpaw is a writer at Valve and has worked on franchises such as Half Life and Portal. He recently worked on Half Life:Alyx and Aperture Desk Job   SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @wolpaw   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Being A Database Programmer Before Being A Writer 01:00 - Procrastination/Psychonauts 03:10 - Coming Up With Names Is Easy/Keeping Up Energy Is Hard/Jokes Being Cut 04:50 - Erik Doe...

Andrew Hulshult is a video game composer and sound designer who composed music on the DOOM Eternal DLC The Ancient Gods, he is also well known for DOOM remix project IDKFA as well as his work on franchises such as Quake and Duke Nukem   #doometernal #anicentgods #idkfa   SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTUBE -  @Andrew Hulshult  TWITTER -  @Andrew Hulshult  WEBSITE - https://www.hulshult.com/   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 -...

Stephen Hunter is an actor, radio host, voice over artist, and acting coach. He is most well known for playing Bombur in The Hobbit.   SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTUBE -  @Stephen Hunter  TWITTER - @StephenJHunter1 WEBSITE - https://www.stephen-hunter.com/   #thehobbit #peterjackson #actingcoach   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Stephen’s Bombur Shirt/Stephen’s Office Of Memorabilia  02:50 - Stephen Doesn’t...

David Levy is a film, television and video game composer who is most well known for partly composing the soundtrack to the DOOM Eternal DLC - The Ancient Gods #doometernal #ancientones #immora   SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTUBE -  @David Levy  TWITTER - @davidlevymusic INSTAGRAM - @davidlevymusic   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:57 - How David Ended Up Scoring For Ancient Gods DLC 02:00 - David Was Told Not To C...

Joe Houston is a programmer/engineer who is most well known for his tenure at Bluepoint Games working on games such as Shadow Of The Colossus, Titanfall, Uncharted, Demon Souls etc. #bluepointgames #shadowofthecolossus #uncharted   SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @pandamittens   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:00 - Joe Hasn’t Been To Houston Despite His Surname 01:20 - Bluepoint Games Like Hard Problems 03:13...

Ben Kasparek was the music editor on the English Dub of Dragonball Z for the Android, Cell and Buu Sagas of DBZ and worked closely with the composers of the show Mike Smith, Scott Morgan and Julius Dobos   #dbz #dragonballz #brucefaulconer   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - How Ben Got Into DBZ/Getting Job At Faulconer Productions 04:08 - Ben Originally Wanted A Job At Funimation But Couldn’t Find...

DoctorM64 is the man behind the Metroid 2 fan remake AM2R. He spent over 8 years developing it in his spare time. His efforts werent in vain as now he is a programmer at Moon Studios and recently worked on Ori:Will Of The Wisps. #am2r #metroid #metroid2 SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @DoctorM64, @PROJECTAM2R YOUTUBE -  @Milton Guasti  Join the Kiwi Talkz Discord server to make guest submissions and submit...

Josh Weier was a game developer at Valve for over 14 years and worked on franchises such as Portal and Half Life. He was the project lead designer on Portal 2. Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code KIWITALKZ at MANSCAPED.com! #sponsored #valve #portal2   SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @weier_josh Zero Page: http://zero.page Zero Page Twitter: @zeropage_game   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:5...

Carlos Mendieta is an animator in the video game industry. He is most well known for his tenure at Retro Studios where he worked on Metroid Prime 2 & 3 as well as Donkey Kong Country Returns and Tropical Freeze. He is now creating his own comic book and creating a kickstarter, visit the website to support.   WEBSITE https://www.carlosmendieta.com/?fbclid=IwAR0GNIfo-tVcBGw3y_BchCaR-lTPTdxrVbYuigJIJ...

Legendary Wes was one of the Top Tier smash bros players in the golden era of Smash Bros Melee competitions. He was particularly known for being one of the best Samus players. #sponsored #smashbros #samus SOCIAL MEDIA TWITCH -  @TheLegendarywes  YOUTUBE -  @TheLegendarywes  TWITTER - @thelegendarywes7   Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code KIWITALKZ at MANSCAPED.com!   TIMESTAMPS...

Gavin Price was previously employed at Rare for over 15 years and started off as Quality Assurance Tester before moving into game development. He has now cofounded Playtonic Games and overseen the Yooka Laylee games. #rare #yookalaylee #donkeykong   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Staying At Rare For So Long 01:51 - Doing Quality Assurance And What It Entailed At Rare 04:00 - How Gavin Ended Up...

Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code KIWITALKZ at MANSCAPED.com! Richard Vorodi currently works as a designer at Gunfire Games and was lead designer on Darksiders III , he previously worked at Nintendo for 15 years, specifically at NST on games such as Metroid Prime Hunters, Wave Race and Project Hammer before its cancellation.   #sponsored #metroidprimehunters #metroid   TIMESTA...

Zoid is a retired game developer who worked in the industry for over 32 years on games such as World Of Warcraft, Dota 2, Portal, Quake and Metroid Prime. He was Senior Engineer on Metroid Prime 1 & 2 and worked closely with the late great Mark Haigh-Hutchinson Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code KIWITALKZ at MANSCAPED.com! #sponsored #metroidprime #metroid SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER...

The DBZ Faulconer Remix team are focused on creating a brand new score for the Saiyan/Namek Sagas of Dragonball Z in the style of the iconic Faulconer Productions score. MANSCAPED MUSIC COMPOSED BY JOE HOLASKA AND NICK VERSCHOOR RADITZ THEME COMPOSED BY RAKEEM DELWIN SOCIAL MEDIA FAULCONER RE-MIX YOUTUBE CHANNEL - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3lWNQMkrBjWUJvCx_EBxqw MARCELO'S DBZ MUSIC CHANNEL...

Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code KIWITALKZ at MANSCAPED.com! Emily McGregor is an experienced artist in the video game industry and has worked for a number of Australian video game studios. She has worked on notable franchises such as the Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD and Age Of Empires III   SOCIAL MEDIA INSTAGRAM -@elorhan   Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping wi...

Lawrence Schwedler is a program director for the music and sound design program at Digipen. He previously spent a considerable amount of years working at NST on games such as Metroid Prime Hunters, Pokemon Puzzle League and Mario Vs Donkey Kong.   Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code KIWITALKZ at MANSCAPED.com! #ad   Lawrence Schwedler Lectures https://youtu.be/vnh-yPyhLCU https:...

Curtis Schweitzer is a video game composer that recently scored a majority of the soundtrack for Halo Infinite, he came into prominence for his phenomenal score to Starbound. #haloinfinite #343industries #starbound SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - curtisschweitzer.com YOUTUBE -  @Curtis Schweitzer  TWITTER - @cschweitzer FACEBOOK - @cschweitzermusic   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Curtis’ Reaction When H...

Jack Mathews is a game designer who is most well known for being technical lead engineer on the Metroid Prime Trilogy. We went onto found Armature Studios and work on games like Recore and Batman Arkham Origins: Black Gate. He now works with his wife on her cooking blog Love & Lemons.   SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @jack_mathews FOOD WEBSITE - www.loveandlemons.com   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:25 - How...

Richard Jacques is a video game composer who has composed for games such as Mass Effect, 007 Bloodstone, Sonic and the recent Guardians Of The Galaxy game. #gotg #guardiansofthegalaxy #marvel SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.richardjacques.com TWITTER - @Richard_jacques INSTAGRAM - @richardjacquescomposer FACEBOOK - Richard Jacques   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - How Richard Came Up With GOTG’s Music...

Kynan Pearson is a game developer who has worked on prestigious game franchises such as Metroid, Donkey Kong and Halo. He is currently Creative Director at Discord. Kynan wrote a document on how to create a Metroidvania game that can be found here Part 1- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q0nMArDDA79ASJgiov9IvlTNpyYcCGTingLa02wwuvo/edit Part 2 - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F2NlTIlRDC8WlD...

Steven Davis is a stuntman and stunt choreographer who has been involved in many films such as The Hobbit Trilogy, Ghost In A Shell, Warrior and more..... SOCIAL MEDIA HITZ INTERNATIONAL - https://www.hitzinternational.com STUNT GUILD OF NZ - https://stuntguildnz.com   #thehobbit #stunts #choreography   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Safety Is Very Important As A Stuntman/Alec Baldwin Shooting F...

Clark Wen is a sound designer who owns the sound studios Exile Sound. He has worked on game franchises such as Guitar Hero and Call Of Duty. He is most well known for being Audio Director on Metroid Prime 1 & 2. Thanks to  @SynaMax  for the assistance on the mixing of this episode. #metroidprime #metroid #metroidvania   SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - exilesound.com TWITTER - @exile5ound   TIMESTAMPS   00:...

Robin Beanland has been a mainline composer at Rare since the early 90s and has worked on franchises such as Killer Instinct, Jet Force Gemini and Conker's Bad Fur Day. He won awards for his recent work on Sea Of Thieves. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @TheRealBeano   #seaofthieves #killerinstinct #rare   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - How Much Of Sea Of Thieves Was Recorded During The Pandemic 01:16 -...

Ra Vincent is a New Zealand sculptor/artist/set designer and has worked on films such as Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit, Thor Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit. He is in the process of building Silverlight Studios a gargantuan film facility in Wanaka, NZ for upcoming film workers in the insustry. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @ra_vincent WANAKA SILVERLIGHT STUDIO - https://www.epa.govt.nz/fast-track-consenting/ref...