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The worlds of hip-hop and video collide, not in the world of DJ Hero, but in the artistic styling of Roger Pokorny. Through his spunky video essays, Roger takes the energy and vibrancy of hip-hop to talk about pop culture and games. From unique perspectives such as the state of rebooting franchises to the insanity of defending Arkham Origins, Roger’s infectious spirit and style rubs off on all his viewers.

David "GrandPOOBear" Hunt is a prominent Twitch streamer and Super Mario speedrunner. What started as a hobby as a way to kill time while healing from a snowboarding accident, Poo has gone full time as a streamer with an engaged community. From taking world records for notoriously hard Mario ROM hacks to saving the frames, Poo shares an inside look to the world of speedrunning and Twitch.

Co-founder of IGN, Peer Schneider sits down with Max Roberts to offer a look inside the world's largest gaming website—IGN. Peer shares about bringing video games back on TV, reacting and responding to the audience, and how to keep reporting entertainment and gaming news fresh over the course of 20 years. With 156 million monthly users across 12 platforms, IGN is a massive machine. Join us for a peek at the parts the make it all work and the community that fuels it.

Join Max as he turns the microphone around on the founder of Noclip, Danny O'Dwyer. In September 2016, Danny left his job at Gamespot to pursue a passion for sharing stories through documentaries focused on video games. Max explores Danny's history of using video to tell stories and discusses the future of Noclip, while learning a bit about the documentary process itself. So sit down, grab a pint, and listen to our interview of the interviewer.

This time on Behind the Pixel, I talk to Nick "Woz" Wozniak and Ian Flood from Yacht Club Games: The studio behind one of my favorite games of all time--Shovel Knight. Join me as I dig into the early days of their Kickstarter, their on-going stretch goals, and the future of the studio. Listen in to learn all about the crowd funded success and its community centered studio.Follow Yacht Club Games on Twitter @YachtClubGames and their games and news over at their website.Nick Wozniak is a pixel artist at Yacht Club Games. Follow him on Twitter @norkwoz.Ian Flood is a programmer at Yacht Club Games. Follow him on Twitter @Ianmflood.Listen to the show above or on a podcast service of your choice!Dope Facts about Yacht Club GamesThey created the first third-party Amiibo (and should make more).They raised a total of $311,502 on Kickstarter. That's 315% more than their goal of $75,000!Shovel Knight has both a "Butt Mode" and a Jar Jar Binks inspired mode that replaces choice text with the words "butt," "meesa," and "yoosa."Links to articles mentioned in the interview(Listed in order of publication date)Kickstarter pageSales Breakdown: One month later!

In this episode of Behind the Pixel, I figure out who the heck Alex O'Neill really is. Ever since he replaced me on Millennial Gaming Speak the weekend I got engaged, I've heard rumblings of a fly guy that podcasts for hours on end, knows Greg Miller, and has some thought-provoking things to say about video games. Listen in as I chat with Alex and learn about his living portfolio—Irrational Passions—and the future of the industry.

In this inaugural episode of Behind the Pixel, Max sits down with editor-at-large of Kotaku, Kirk Hamilton. They discuss Kirk's background in Jazz music, his journalism career at Kotaku, and how it all jives together. Tune in as Max picks Kirk's brain and learns more about one of the raddest reviewers in the video game industry.