Cheat Code: The Gaming and Tech Podcast

BBC Radio Ulster

Award-winning composer Chipzel unlocks the past, present and future of UK gaming and technology.

Episodes

  1. 02/06/2023

    Welcome to Cheat Code

    Chipzel unlocks the past, present and future of UK gaming and technology.

    1 min

  2. 03/06/2023

    Episode 1: Surviving Shackleton, saving shots in VR and having a pint with AI

    Chipzel talks to Belfast based Bellular Studios about their Shackleton based survival game, The Pale Beyond, begins a role playing game with Chat GPT over a pint in the sun and plays INCISIV's virtual reality goalkeeping game CleanSheet. Throughout this series, award-winning composer Chipzel speaks to developers, programmers, film-makers, music-makers and streamers, dusting off forgotten consoles and getting hands on with immersive technology, unlocking the past, present and future of UK Gaming and Technology.

    30 min

  3. 08/06/2023

    Episode 2: Games that make us cry, Folk AI & soundtracking World of Warcraft

    Chipzel meets game soundtrack composer Eímear Noone to talk about working on Metal Gear Solid, World of Warcraft and Overwatch. AI continues to lead us on a role-playing journey across Belfast with ChatGPT introducing street busker Declan in The Cathedral Quarter and serenading us with a folk song.

    30 min

  4. 19/06/2023

    Episode 3: Artistic AI, GoldenEye & Wholesome Gaming

    Chipzel is joined by Belfast's Ambertail Games Caolan McKendry & Marc Gregg, NI Twitch streamer Psyche and eSports gold medallist Emma Rose play GoldenEye for the first time on Nintendo 64 and in the next part of our AI role playing game, Chat GPT and generative AI create a secret Belfast gallery and the artwork within from scratch.

    30 min

  5. 23/06/2023

    Episode 4: Minecraft Minigames, Pokémon GO Opera & It's Mario's Round

    Chipzel meets Noxy, the CEO of Derry's Hypixel, the biggest games studios in NI recently taken over by Riot Games, Ulster Touring Opera who are bringing Opera home inspired by the technology of Pokémon GO and our role-playing game with AI takes a dark turn in Belfast's St. George's Market.

    30 min

  6. 11/07/2023

    Episode 5: Gaming Flops, Super Mario Kart & Robo Docs

    Chipzel asks NI's biggest streamers Blue & Queenie to dust off their SNES and play Super Mario Kart, finds out about a digital health scheme in Co Mayo using drones and robotics & drag artist, baker and streamer Dona Tarte counts down the 5 biggest flops in gaming history.

    30 min

  7. 11/07/2023

    Episode 6: Good or Evil AI, Minecraft Karaoke & Dreamcast Revival

    Chipzel meets HyperDuck Soundworks who chart the NI game scene's development and showcase a recent project setting a standard in the industry. Our ChatGPT role play game ends in a University campus with two leading academics debating whether AI is a force for good or evil & William Barr of BillyGoat Entertainment shows off their Dreamcast era inspired game Parcel Corps.

    30 min
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Award-winning composer Chipzel unlocks the past, present and future of UK gaming and technology.

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