Kiwi Talkz

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Podcast with various Video Game developers as well as other people involved in entertainment such as TV/Film

  1. REVIEW - Super Mario Galaxy Movie With Former Nintendo Devs!!

    9 МАЯ

    REVIEW - Super Mario Galaxy Movie With Former Nintendo Devs!!

    I got together some of the old Retro Studios crew including Kynan Pearson (Metroid Prime 2,3 & DKCR), Jay Epperson (DKCR & Tropical Freeze), Eric Kozlowsky (DKC Tropical Freeze) and Brad Taylor (DKC Tropical Freeze), the latter has never appeared on the show before. Hope you enjoy this, cause we had a blast recording it. #supermariogalaxy #supermario #mariogalaxy TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Overrall Thoughts 08:30 - Fox/Starfox Movie 09:53 - Smash Bros Movie 12:00 - Super Mario World Vinettes 13:12 - Lack Of Story/Nintendo Are Still Learning How To Make Movies 14:53 - Nintendo Fans Are Aging Out 16:00 - The Movie Shouldve Been Super Mario World Instead Of Super Mario Galaxy 18:03 - No Licensed Music 19:46 - Should Mario Have A Deeper Story? 24:04 - Film Critics Don’t Respect Gaming/Video Game Films 25:01 - Peach Is OP/Super Mario Bros 2 27:15 - Where Do They Go From Here 30:21 - Rumored Star Fox Game/Fox Appearance 33:38 - Kiwi’s Opinion On The Film/Hollwood Actors Being Mario Fans 36:25 - Being An Artist And Picking Apart Art In The Movie 39:43 - The Film Should Be Watched At 0.7 Watch Speed 40:30 - Nintendo Are Hands On With Legacy Characters 43:10 - Bowser Jr 44:30 - Koopalings/3rd Mario movie/Cappy 45:30 - Super Mario Odyssey/Original Idea For SMO’s Artstyle 48:00 - The Soundtrack/Starfox 49:23 - Nintendo Cross Promotion 52:40 - DKC Tropical Freeze Original Name 53:53 - Final Thoughts/Plugs For Nothing LOL 54:57 - The Dire State Of The Game Industry

    57 мин.
  2. #207 - Heather Cerlan Interview On Naughty Dog, Bethesda, Last Of Us, Hawthorne, Creation Engine

    25 АПР.

    #207 - Heather Cerlan Interview On Naughty Dog, Bethesda, Last Of Us, Hawthorne, Creation Engine

    Heather Cerlan a former artist at Naughty and Bethesda, in this interview she shares her journey from a passionate artist to a studio founder, discussing her experiences at Naughty Dog and Bethesda, her insights on game development, and her ambitious new project Hawthorne. Discover lessons on persistence, navigating industry challenges, and the future of game art and design. HAWTHORNE INFO https://playhawthorn.com/ #thelastofus #starfield #uncharted TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Being In A Rockband 02:30 - Heather Kept Pestering Naughty Dog Till They Hired Her 06:17 - Having Imposter Syndrome At Naughty Dog/Naughty Dog Didnt Have Producers 08:30 - Bethesda Are About Quantity/Naughty Dog Is About Quality 10:36 - Heather’s Role At Bethesda/Starfield 13:45 - Pros & Cons Of Creation Engine 15:05 - There Was Pressure Internally For Bethesda To Migrate To Unreal Engine 16:59 - Uncharted Lost Legacy Production Issues/Intense Crunch 22:44 - Working On The Shiva Temple 24:28 - Heather’s View On Her Work Getting Remastered/Originals Vs Remasters 29:28 - Working With Neil Druckmann/Lesbian Stories 33:04 - Heather Had Concerns On LGBTQ Themes In Last Of Us Part II 38:00 - Naughty Dog Were Split On Joel’s Death In TLOU Part II 38:48 - The Reason Heather Left Naughty Dog 40:04 - Work On Hawthorne/NEAR Studios 43:41 - Bruce Nesmith 46:00 - Hawthorne Is Skyrim Meets Stardew Valley/Raising Money/Bad Publisher Terms 48:15 - How Naughty Dog & Bethesdas Culture Has Influenced Hawthorne 51:16 - Q + A - Differences Between Naughty Dog & Bethesda 54:54 - Todd Howard Is A Neil Druckmann Fanboy 56:42 - Heather Feels Very Lucky/The Decision To Start Her Own Company 59:18 - Overcoming Fear With Hawthorne 1:05:22 - Where To Follow Heather & Keep Up With Hawthorne

    1 ч. 7 мин.
  3. #206 - Gabriel Betancourt Interview On Naughty Dog, Last Of Us, Neil Druckmann, Lighting, Nintendo

    18 АПР.

    #206 - Gabriel Betancourt Interview On Naughty Dog, Last Of Us, Neil Druckmann, Lighting, Nintendo

    Gabriel Betancourt is a former lighting artist at Treyarch and of course Naughty Dog. We cover his career at Naughty Dog and various other topics on the game industry. #thelastofus #lastofus #lastofuspart2 WEBSITE - https://gabereel.com/ CALORIE GAME - https://www.caloriequest.app/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro/Gabriel Watches Kiwi Talkz & Lists His Favourite Guests 01:44 - It’s Hard To Find Info On Lighting Artists/Early Days As A Lighting Artist 03:00 - Naughty Dog Has A Designer First, Speciality Second Philosophy 06:25 - Naughty Dog Devs Had Huge Arguments During The Last Of Us 09:17 - Game Development Requires The Risk Of Offending People 13:00 - Delivering Negative News In A Positive Way 14:54 - Game Devs Being Passionate & Emotional 18:45 - Naughty Dog Changed As The Studio Got Bigger/AAA Team Sizes Are Too Big 24:43 - The Brilliance Of Nintendo/Making Your Game Fun 27:35 - 60 People Worked On World Of Warcraft/Small Teams Make The Best Games 29:38 - Graphics & Gameplay Were Even During The Seventh Generation 31:00 - Art Is Used To Cover Up Gameplay Issues 32:34 - Everyone At Naughty Dog During The Last Of Us Was A Monster In Skill 33:00 - How Gabriel Joined Naughty Dog/New IP’s Increasingly Are Risky 36:20 - Bruce Straley & Neil Druckmann Risked Their Careers For The Last Of Us 37:45 - Uncharted 2 Put Naughty Dog On The Map 38:42 - Last Of Us Happened Because Bruce & Neil Were Influenced By Robert McKee Conference 43:44 - Why Gabriel Left Naughty Dog 46:49 - Last Of Us Part 2 Pre-production Ran Like Clockwork 49:58 - Gabriel Was Surprised By The Last Of Us Part 2 Controversy/Gabriel’s Suggestion Was Shot Down By Neil 52:19 - Neil Druckmann’s Specialty/Problems With The Last Of Us Part 2 55:00 - Dubar’s Number/Bureaucracy 01:01:40 - Changes At Naughty Dog That Impacted Last Of Us Part 2 1:06:30 - Specialists Left Naughty Dog Which Created Gaps In Skills Needed In The Teams 1:07:50 - A Game Will Be Good If The Director Has A Vision 1:09:54 - Gabriel Was Initially Skeptical Of The Last Of Us 1:11:39 - On Gabriels First Day Neil & Bruce Had A Special Presentation About The Last Of Us 1:16:35 - Q+A - How Did The Lighting Change Between Uncharted & The Last Of Us 1:30:22 - Q+A - Is Baked Lighting Better Than Path Traced Lighting 1:35:00 - Lighting On GTA 6 Trailers 1:36:03 - Closing Comments/Where To Follow Gabriel

    1 ч. 40 мин.
  4. #205 - Benson Russell Interview On Naughty Dog, The Last Of Us, Uncharted, Neil Druckmann, Scope..

    11 АПР.

    #205 - Benson Russell Interview On Naughty Dog, The Last Of Us, Uncharted, Neil Druckmann, Scope..

    Benson Russell was a former designer at Naughty Dog on The Uncharted Trilogy and The Last Of Us.He has now started his own consulting firm to help game developers navigate a lot of the pitfalls in game development. #uncharted #thelastofus #naughtydog WEBSITE FOR CONSULTING https://www.unhandledexceptions.io/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - The Most Important Aspect Of Design/Player Fantasy 02:50 - Why Games Take So Long To Make/North Star You Need For Development 05:45 - Why Naughty Dog Games Are So Well Made/Story Is Their North Star 08:18 - Games Shouldn’t Take So Long To Develop/Wandering 13:30 - Scope Neglect/The Doomsday Clock 16:00 - Why Intergalactic Crunch Happened/Naughty Dog Treats Internal Deadlines Like External Deadlines 18:23 - Bureauacracy/How Games Differ From Other Creative Outlets 23:13 - Naughty Dog’s Work Structure 26:20 - Planning/Core Mechanics 27:00 - Flexible Working Hours At Naughty Dog/Crunch At Naughty Dog 29:00 - Why Benson Left Naughty Dog 32:45 - Benson Was P!ssed Off With Naughty Dog Deleting His Work On Last Of Us Part 1 46:01 - Working With Evans Wells & Neil Druckmann 47:00 - Clashing With Neil Druckmann 50:14 - Working With Amy Hennig 51:20 - Uncharted 2’s Introduction/Creating Introductions In Games 56:00 - Focus Testing At Naughty Dog/Companies Interpret Data Wrong 1:02:30 Q+A - How Much Naughty Dog Looks At The Competition When Designing Games 1:06:10 - AAA Studios Pivoting When They Are Too Deep/Games Should Be Cheaper 1:10:00 - Cost Of Game Development On The West Coast/China’s Meteoric Rise 1:16:04 - Uncharted 2 Was Influenced By Resident Evil 5 1:16:48 - Q+A - What Is Naughty Dog’s Hiring & Training Process 1:24:00 - Why Naughty Dog Started Losing Talent 1:26:00 - Is Game Development A Young Person’s Game/Knowledge Isnt Being Passed Down 1:31:00 - Closing Comments

    1 ч. 33 мин.
  5. #204 - Rob Carr Interview On Rockstar Games, GTA 5, GTA 6, Audio Design, AI, Red Dead Redemption....

    28 МАР.

    #204 - Rob Carr Interview On Rockstar Games, GTA 5, GTA 6, Audio Design, AI, Red Dead Redemption....

    Rob Carr is an audio designer who is best known for his tenure at Rockstar Games on L.A. Noire, RDR1, GTA 5 and RDR2. He is currently living in Finland working on his game Nyrkkipöytä #rockstargames #gta #gta5 WEBSITE - https://audioexpat.wordpress.com/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - How Rob Went From Being A Music Teacher To Working At Rockstar Leeds 07:51 - Moving From Handheld Games To Console Games/Rockstar Have Unlimited Resources 08:30 - The Psychology Of Sound/Finding Sounds That Sound Like Other Sounds 11:19 - There Are No Constraints On Audio With Rockstar Open World Games 13:10 - In Audio Everything You Can Use Is Recordable/Rob Has A 3TB Audio Library 15:17 - Tools & Workflow 19:50 - Technology Evolution/AI 23:51 - Rob Has Been Unemployed For Over A Year/Problems With The Game Industry/ 25:50 - Learning A Coding Language 27:40 - Difference Between Numbers People & Creative People 30:30 - Working On Audio Bugs For Red Dead Redemption 1/Why It’s One Of Rob’s Favorite Games 34:30 - Playing A Game And Not Disecting It 37:30 - The Cost Of Buying Games 39:10 - GTA 6 43:21 - Why Rob Left Rockstar 45:24 - Crunch Culture/Europe Has Better Work Life Balance 46:45 - Moving To Finland/Rob’s Brother Has Motor Neuron Disease 51:35 - Rob Can’t Relocate For Work Anymore/Dire State Of The Game Industry 53:10 - Working From Home Has Ceased Because Of Security Reasons 55:20 - Why Rob Worked At The Office During Covid 56:51 - Dealing With Ear Fatigue During Crunch/How Audio People Deal With Crunch 1:05:30 - Q+A - Do You Physically Go On Location To Get Raw Recordings 1:08:00 - Q+A -What’s Rockstar Setup To Test Audio Systems 1:10:48 - Q+A - Is There A Particular Idea That Had To Be Cut 1:13:52 - Robs Game - Nyrkkipöytä 1:21:19 - Where To Follow Rob

    1 ч. 25 мин.
  6. Fallout Season 2 Review With Former Fallout Devs (Jonah Lobe, Bruce Nesmith etc.)

    14 МАР.

    Fallout Season 2 Review With Former Fallout Devs (Jonah Lobe, Bruce Nesmith etc.)

    I got some of the old devs who worked on Fallout to help review Season 2 of the Fallout series. Bruce Nesmith got the time wrong so didnt join until the last 20 minutes. #fallout #falloutnewvegas #bethesda TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Fallout Is The Best Video Game Adaptation Of All Time 02:21 - Fallout S2 Thoughts Overrall 05:40 - Macauley Caulkins Acting 06:48 - Walton Goggins/The Ghoul 07:44 - Ella Purnell’s Accent As Lucy 08:40 - The Deathclaws 17:05 - The Prydwens/Factions 18:06 - Brotherhood Of Steel Tone Was Wrong 18:50 - Trust The Audience More/Have More Talking Instead Of Actions Scenes 20:21 - S2 Is A Setup For S3/The Roaches Were Scarier Than The Deathclaws 21:07 - Release Strategy 21:56 - Super Mutants/Ron Perlman 26:15 - Super Mutants In Fallout 4/Todd Howard’s Direction 26:50 - Deprioritize Brotherhood Of Steel In Fallout 5 28:10 - Bethesda’s Views On Fallout New Vegas 31:45 - Where Will S3 Go?/The Toddification Might Cause A Degrade 33:00 - Thaddeus/Keep The Show Low Key & Not Focused On Spectacle 35:55 - Casuals Buying The Games As A Result Of The Show 36:37 - Fallout 3 Remaster Will Release After S3/Remasters 37:50 - Bethesda Games Won’t Be Remade 38:57 - Deathclaw Differences Between Fallout 3 & 4 40:10 - Favourite Scenes 46:18 - Devs Give The Show A Score Out Of 10 47:00 - Making The Show Go On Indefinitely 48:13 - Bruce Nesmith Joins & Gives His Review 50:25 - Bruce’s Hopes For S3 50:45 - Will The Show Influence Fallout 5 51:56 - Bethesda Will Give Fallout 5 To Someone Else/Todd Howard 55:45 - Todd Howard’s Retirement 59:22 - Story Threads In S3 Will Be Less 1:01:20 - Hank’s Story/Will The Ghoul’s Story End In S3 1:03:30 - Practical Effects 1:04:59 - Actors Everyone Would Like In A Cameo 1:10:09 - Final Thoughts

    1 ч. 15 мин.
  7. #202 - Featurecast Interview On Terminator 2D No Fate, Composing, Brad Fiedel, Sound Design....

    7 МАР.

    #202 - Featurecast Interview On Terminator 2D No Fate, Composing, Brad Fiedel, Sound Design....

    Featurecast is a DJ turned video game composer, he is most associated with @BitmapBureau and his most recent work was his stellar work on Terminator 2D No Fate. #terminator #terminator2 #terminator2dnofate TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:19 - How The Name Featurecast Came About 04:05 - Working With Bitmap Bureau 08:57 - Learning To Make SFX While Doing It 10:50 - Getting Creative Freedom On Terminator 2D No Fate 14:30 - Scrapping Music And Starting From Scratch/Reviews Praising The Soundtrack 15:45 - Trusting Your Gut 16:00 - How Featurecast Composed For Terminator 2D No Fate 18:10 - Researching The T2 Score/Recreating The Score For T2D No Fate 20:58 - Easter Eggs From T1 & T2 Score/T1000 Death 22:31 - Having The T2 Score On Loop To Prepare/Different Genres In The Music 24:15 - Melody/Terminator Film Scores Don’t Have Melody 26:50 - Blurring The Line Between Music & Sound Design 28:00 - Later Terminator Movies Didnt Capture Brad Fiedels Musical Identity 29:30 - Different Time Signatures/Police Station Time Signature/Future Level 3 31:20 - Writing & Mixing At The Same Time 34:56 - Making The Soundtrack Loud For Bitmap Bureau Games 36:00 - Playing The Game For Inspiration On The Music 38:05 - Music In The Escape From Hospital Level/Bitmap’s Custom Engine 40:10 - Recording The T1000 SFX/Creating SFX/Finding Your Own Way Of Doing Things 43:01 - Not Wanting To Be Influenced By Other Music 44:25 - Going Back And Listening To Your Own Music/LEGO Breakfasts 46:28 - It’s Not What You Know But Who You Know 48:12 - No Longer DJing In Clubs/Patreon/Mashups 51:49 - Q+A - What Drives Composition For Licensed Material 53:22 - Dealing With Imposter Syndrome 54:00 - Playing Music For The Devs The First Time 57:14 - Q+A - What Is Your Favourite Moment From Terminator 2 59:08 - Q+A - What Are Your 3 Favourite VST Instruments 1:00:42 - Changing VSTs For Every Project 1:03:26 - Closing Comments

    1 ч. 5 мин.
  8. #201 - Jay Epperson Interview On Retro Studios, Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Mario Kart 7, Concept Art.....

    28 ФЕВР.

    #201 - Jay Epperson Interview On Retro Studios, Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Mario Kart 7, Concept Art.....

    Jay Epperson is a concept artist who is probably most famous for his concept art on Donkey Kong Country Returns and especially on Tropical Freeze. #nintendo #donkeykong #donkeykongcountry Thanks to the Patreon Producers for making this happen Stipe, Borkey, Magic8 TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - How Jay Went From Being An Illustrator To Becoming A Concept Artist At Retro 04:50 - Interview Process At Retro/Getting Artists To Draw In Interviews 07:22 - Coming In As A Concept Artist Towards The End Of DKC Returns 10:20 - Retro’s Environmental Artists Were Smart 11:13 - Jay’s Art Is In The DK Theme Park 13:15 - Working With Designers 16:10 - Doing Concept Art On Tropical Freeze 18:42 - Choosing Vikings Over Aliens For The Concept 19:57 - Tikis Vs Snowmads/Reusing Assets 21:20 - Why The Ice World Is The Last Level 22:00 - Sales On Wii U/Coming Up With The Different World Themes 25:06 - CONCEPT ART REEL - Juicy Jungle World 29:27 - CONCEPT ART REEL - Water World 31:11 - CONCEPT ART REEL - Mangroves World/Cut Concepts 32:38 - CONCEPT ART REEL - Savannah World 33:18 - Showing Portfolios To Potential Employers Without Breaking NDAs 33:50 - There Arent Limitations On The DK IP 34:35 - Referencing Rare’s Work 35:33 - Nintendo Japan Were Hands Off On Concept Art 36:22 - Working On Mario Kart 7/Jay Isn’t Included In The Credits 38:30 - Jay’s Outlook “My Next Piece Will Be My Best Piece” 40:25 - Japan & Retro Testing Mario Kart 7 41:06 - Jay Reviews DK Bananza 25:29 - Jay Thinks DK Bananza Is A One Off 47:00 - Jay Doesnt Like K Rool’s Character Design 50:39 - DK’s New Look 52:22 - Why Jay Left Retro Studios 53:20 - Retro Studios Is One Of The Best Studios To Work For 54:00 - Retro Studios Art Team/Metroid Prime 4 55:35 - Nintendo Are Art Forward Not Technology Forward 56:35 - Will Retro Work On Donkey Kong Again? 57:35 - Will Retro Work On Metroid Prime 5/Would Jay Work On DK Again If Retro Asked 59:40 - Closing Comments

    1 ч. 2 мин.
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Podcast with various Video Game developers as well as other people involved in entertainment such as TV/Film

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