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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...

Bryan Walker is currently the Lead Producer at Deck Nine Games but is most well known for his tenure at Retro Studios where he was was Senior Producer on Metroid Prime 2 & 3 and Senior Director of Development on Donkey Kong Country Returns and Mario Kart 7. #retrostudios #metroidprime #donkeykong SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn - Bryan Walker   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:00 - Joining Retro Studios Right Af...

Peter McConnell is a game composer who is well known for composing games like Psychonauts, Grim Fandango, Sly Cooper and more. He worked for Lucas Arts as well during the 90s.   SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @PeterNMcConnell   #psychonauts #lucasarts #timschafer   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Peter’s Fedora 01:05 - How Peter Came Up With Musical Palette For Psychonauts 1&2 09:10 - Traditional Film Sc...

Associate Professor Jan Elridge is an astrophysicist at the University Of Auckland her main research is on the life and death of stars. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @astro_jje *DISCLAIMER* Apologies for Jan's audio, not much I could do about it as it wasn't the greatest on her end. #astrophysics #blackholes #gammarays   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Studying Astrophysics And Still Barely Knowing Anyt...

Joel Douek is a television and film composer who has a background in Neuroscience working for the UN. He has composed over 9 David Attenborough documentaries. #davidattenborough #manhattennight #film   SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.joeldouek.com WEBSITE VR www.echoer.com   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:50 - How Joel Became A Film Composer/Editing For Pokemon 03:05 - Doing Revisions 05:51 - Removing E...

Mike Wikan is a Game Designer who has worked on Duke Nukem, Donkey Kong and DOOM. He is most well known for being Lead Designer on the Metroid Prime Trilogy during his tenure at Retro Studios. He is now Creative Director at Booz Allen Hamilton WEBSITE - https://www.boozallen.com   #metroid #metroidprime #gamedesign     TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 01:27 - How Metroid Prime Was Developed/Techniques T...

Dr. Ben Peters is a Professional Practicer at the University Of Otago and has a PHD in biochemistry, he is an avid spokesman for Gene Editing and is a political MP for the TOP party in Dunedin. SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK - https://m.facebook.com/BenPetersTOP/ TWITTER - @benapeters   #geneediting #plasticeatingenzymes #crispr   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Bringing Back The Wooly Mammoth 04:01 - W...

Elik Alvarez is a composer who got his start in the industry composing for 4Kids Entertainment on series like TMNT, Yu Gi-Oh, Kirby, F-Zero and more. He has composed for a number of David Attenborough documentaries and has been composing for films as of late. #tmnt #yugioh #davidattenborough SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.elikalvarez.com FACEBOOK - Elik Alvarez INSTAGRAM - @elikalvarezcomposer TWITTER...

Vanessa Goodson is the winner of The Apprentice Aotearoa and runs the party business OMGNess. SOCIAL MEDIA Website - OMGNESS.co.nz Instagram - @_vanessagood, @omgness.co.nz   #theapprentice #mikepero #omgness   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:40 - How Vanessa Maintains Her Energy/Not Shutting Off 02:50 - No Phones Were Allowed On The Apprentice 06:33 - The Reason Vanessa Auditioned For The Apprentic...

Gareth Coker is a video game game composer who came into prominence for composing Ori And The Blind Forest and Ori Will Of The Wisps. He has also scored for ARK, Immortals Fenyx Rising and he is currently scoring Halo Infinite. He is well known for his catchy melodies. SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTUBE -  @Gareth Coker  TWITTER - @garethcoker   #ark #oriandthewillofthewisps #haloinfinite   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - I...

John Callen is a NZ Actor who has been acting for over 40 years. He is most well known for playing Oin in the Hobbit. #thehobbit #oin #peterjackson   SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - John Callen   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Feeling Old Well Shooting The Hobbit/Weight Of Dwarf Suits 03:23 - Getting A Hernia While Shooting The Hobbit 06:19 - Scottish Accent For Audition/Auditioning For Smaug 07:26 -...

Tiffany Cook is a boxer, businesswoman, fitness coach and host of the Roll With The Punches Podcast. She was featherweight victorian champion in 2019 and has certificates in Fitness, Conscious Hypnosis and Neuro Linguistic Programming. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - https://www.tiffaneeandco.com.au FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/TiffaneeAndCo/ LINKEDIN - Tiffany Cook TWITTER - @TiffaneeCook INSTAGRAM...

Jason Graves is a video game composer who is known for composing a number of high profile video games from Dead Space, Until Dawn, Tomb Raider, Far Cry and more....he has also won a number of academy awards for his composing. #tombraider #farcry #untildawn   SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - jasongraves.com TWITTER - jgmusic FACEBOOK - Jason Graves Music INSTAGRAM - jasongravesmusic YOUTUBE - @Jason Graves M...

Louise Wallace is an actress, tv presenter and director. She is most well known for being in The Real Housewives Of Auckland and being the cold emotionless host of The Weakest Link. #realhousewives #weakestlink #treasureisland   SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram - @louisewallacenz Facebook - Louise Wallace Website - tadpoleproductions.co.nz   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Real Housewives Of Auckland Shoot...

Nathan Grigg is a video game composer for Monolith Productions and has worked on franchises like F.E.A.R and Shadow Of Mordor. He has also assisted on various other games under the Warner Bros. umbrella such as the recently released Mortal Kombat 11 #fear #mortalkombat11 #shadowofwar   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Previous Work/How Nathan Ended Up Working On F.E.A.R Series 02:50 - Direction...

Tom Salta is a recording artist, producer and composer for film/television and video games with the latter being his most known arena. He has composed for PUBG, Killer Instinct, Halo, Prince Of Persia and more.... He hosts his own Masterclass series in teaching about composing for video games. SOCIAL MEDIA Website - www.tomsalta.com Twitter - @TomSalta Instagram - @TomSalta   #masterclass #pubg #p...

Prof. Jan Lindsay is a volcanologist and a professor at the University Of Auckland and her expertise is the in research of volcanic hazards VOLCANOLOGY RESEARCH PAPER - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S03770273210011 16 AUCKLAND UNI PROFILE - https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/j-lindsay TWITTER - @GeoJanUoA   Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - What A Volcanologist Does 05:...