It might be Christmas Eve, but Player 1 vs The World’s StrangeCast podcast is back in time for the 2025 Christmas season. Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt continue their talk around Life Is Strange, Deck Nine, Square Enix, Don’t Nod, Don’t Nod Montreal and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage! 🥹 You can now support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/Player1vsTheWorld A special shoutout to our wonderful StrangeCast producers and Patreon supporters: Kevin Lackner, Sunday, Clare McLoughlin, Jake, Carly, Goldberry, Kevin Kestis, Clarx, MrAnselmi, Spunger, The Lost Fan, Paul Groschke, Xavier, Ashlyn Nala and Katelyn (NEW)! 🫶🙇♂️ Timestamps: 00:00 -- Introduction 00:17 -- The pre-podcast chat 01:53 -- PSA: the incentive for the upcoming Patreon episode is coming very soon! 02:40 -- The New York Videogame Critics Circle (NYVGCC) has put Don’t Nod Montreal’s Lost Records: Bloom & Rage up for two awards at the 15th New York Game Awards in 2026 19:12 -- Don’t Nod Montreal managing director Frederique Fourny-Jennings, studio creative director Michel Koch and Lost Records: Bloom & Rage co-writer Desiree Cifre reacted to the 2026 New York Game Awards nominations 21:25 -- Adnan and Adam talk about the ‘Best Acting in a Game’ nomination for Amelia Sargisson (voice-over and motion capture for Nora Malakian) at the New York Game Awards 26:47 -- Syd Matters frontman Jonathan Morali talks about his legacy as the composer of Don’t Nod Entertainment’s Life Is Strange 36:35 -- Off topic: Adnan and Adam discuss several different topics, including Angry Joe, James Stephanie Sterling, AI and much more 56:40 -- Life Is Strange: Before the Storm actor and Life Is Strange: True Colors star Katy Bentz celebrates Steph Gingrich’s birthday 01:02:26 -- Comments from the listeners! (Thanks, @chrisho6874 from ‘Side A of Episode 125’ and @megaboost9455 from ‘Side B of Episode 125’! 😉) 01:18:33 -- Spread The Arts 01:25:15 -- A special shoutout to our wonderful StrangeCast producers and Patreon supporters: Kevin Lackner, Sunday, Clare McLoughlin, Jake, Carly, Goldberry, Kevin Kestis, Clarx, MrAnselmi, Spunger, The Lost Fan, Paul Groschke, Xavier, Ashlyn Nala and Katelyn (NEW)! 🫶🙇♂️ 01:25:40 -- Outro StrangeCast is on podcast services. ⬇️ ▶️ Spotify for Podcasters: https://anchor.fm/player-1-vs-the-world 🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4QoZ8jf0z0gUVgzAdv1UY6 🟣 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strangecast/id1600336966 🟡 YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo46wMn665ZRMDMNkdrnOEwU 🔵 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/5d22ad45-cd79-4897-ba7b-04b096366025/strangecast 🔴 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/strangecast-6V4Pg9 🟠 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/v0srxk6b Player 1 vs The World's Life Is Strange playlists. ⬇️ ➡️ StrangeCast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo46wMn665ZRMDMNkdrnOEwU ➡️ Life Is Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo47D9N36SJF2ZT54zvn5sX8 ➡️ Life After Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6oCQWbzttYxO2qCR6tqnz_ The Lost Records Journal podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6r1_Lwi-ybyXI4xj4Q3veA Lost Records playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6LlV6bk0_HcJiVE5Oigq5D Follow Player 1 vs The World on social media! ⬇️ ➡️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Player1vsTheWorld ➡️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/p1vstheworld.bsky.social ➡️ X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/P1vsTheWorld ➡️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/player1vstheworld/ ➡️ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@player1vstheworld Adnan and Adam are on social media, too! 😇⬇️ ➡️ X: https://twitter.com/AdnanRiaz9 ➡️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/adnanriaz9.bsky.social ➡️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adnanriaz9/ ➡️ X: https://twitter.com/AceTheGrocer ➡️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/castorgarden.bsky.social ➡️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/castorgardenmusic/ Business inquiries: player1vstheworld@gmail.com 📧
