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James is joined by freelance composer, musician and audio lover Maize Wallin and Communications Manager at Defiant Development and editor on Hand of Fate 2 Lee May to talk both games and art, and how they inspire their work. We also chat about some of the recent burning topics within the industry, including randomised loot crates and sexual harrassment. Videogames Grim Fandango - LucasArts In My Mind - Charlie Francis Cassidy The Secret of Monkey Island - Lucasarts Neverwinter Nights - Bioware Freedom Force - Irrational Games Pokken Tournament - The Pokemon Company, Bandai Namco Ultra Street Fighter II - Capcom Sunless Sea - Failbetter Games Alpha Protocol - Obsidian Bastion - Supergiant Games Gunpoint - Suspicious Developments Art/Artists Clinamen - Céleste Boursier-Mougenot Sleep No More & Unknown - Baby Castles Game Gallery Christy Dena Liz Ryerson Ella Guro David Kanaga http://www.maizewallin.com/ https://www.defiantdev.com/hof2.html Find us on Twitter! @SystemLinksPC @j_swinbanks @AlaynaMCole @jiggsy @MaizeWallin @new_waster This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Although we are minus a Jiggsy and an Alayna this week, we found two friends to squeeze on to the developer couch in the form of John Kane from Gritfish (Killing Time at Lightspeed, Mallow Drops) and Saf from Dinosaur Polo Club! We chat about the games (and films) that inspired them to get into game development. We've been searching for the new sound, and we think we've found it (except for at the end, when John's mic goes crazy). Videogames Where is my Heart Shadow of the Colossus Kingdom Hearts The Witness Killing Time at Lightspeed Fez The Beginner's Guide Chrono Trigger Nier: Automata Bioware Games Dark Souls Cuphead The Adventures of Lolo The Halo Series Films 500 Days of Summer Ex Machina Find us on Twitter! @SystemLinksPC @j_swinbanks @AlaynaMCole @jiggsy @gritfish @wanderlustin This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Narrative writer Damon Reece--who's work includes Starbound and Hacknet Labyrinths--joins us to chat some of their favourite games, which happens to include a few MMO's. Plus, we all give our tips on what not to miss before we get to the pointy end of 2017! Videogames Destiny 2 (Bungie) PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds (Bluehole) Guild Wars 2 (ArenaNet) 80 Days (Inkle) LOCALHOST (Aether Interactive) Find us on Twitter! @SystemLinksPC @j_swinbanks @AlaynaMCole @jiggsy @demanrisu This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Freelance narrative writer and editor Barbara Kerr joins us to chat a little story design, Jay is Games and a lot of videogames! Videogames Morrowind (Bethesda Game Studio) Dragon Age 2 (Bioware) Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft) Sonic Mania (Sega) Lego Worlds (Travellers Tales) Prey (Bethesda) Find us on Twitter! @SystemLinksPC @j_swinbanks @AlaynaMCole @jiggsy @ms45 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Jiggsy is away, but fear not as the creator of Shower with your Dad Simulator 2015 joins us to chat Nuclear Throne & Devil Daggers, Alayna talks about her time at the Contours 2017 exhibition and James bores the pants of everyone with more racing game talk. Oh la la! Videogames Blossom (Ken Wong, Hamish Lang), Soften, Soothe, Allow (Adrian Tosello, Jair McBain, Jessica Westfold), Telephone (Lee Shang Lun, Thomas Bowker), Lampblack (Maize Wallin, Ben Rolfe), In My Mind (Charlie Francis Cassidy), Another Sunrise (Kalonica Quigley), Enthymema (Alayna Cole), Nuclear Throne (Vlambeer), Devil Daggers (Sorath), Alice: Madness Returns (Spicy Horse), Moirai (Chris Johnson), Love NIkki, Typeshift, Find us on Twitter! @SystemLinksPC, @j_swinbanks, @AlaynaMCole, @jiggsy, This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

It's our proper first episode and we're stoked to have Jennifer Scheurle join us to chat her favourite games! Videogames Love Nikki - Dress UP Queen (ELEX Wireless) The Beginner's Guide (Davey Wreden) PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds (Bluehole Studio) Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory) No Mans Sky (Hello Games) Nidhogg II (Messhof) F1 2017 (Codemasters) Forts (Earthwork Games) Pyre (Supergiant Games) Find us on Twitter! @SystemLinksPC @j_swinbanks @AlaynaMCole @jiggsy This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

It's our first episode! Or is it? Is zero even a number? We introduce ourselves and discuss the games we've been playing for the last little while, as well a little chat about free 2 play mechanics and why we're here. Videogames Tacoma (The Fullbright Company) Pixel Starships (SavySoda) Love Nikki - Dress UP Queen (ELEX Wireless) Pyre (Supergiant Games) The Long Dark (Hinterland Studio) Find us on Twitter! @SystemLinksPC @j_swinbanks @AlaynaMCole @jiggsy This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm