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From EDU to Studio – Behind The Games chat with Will Winn Games

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We talk to Brian Winn and Will Jeffery, co-founders, on the journey from MSU to founding a studio. Plunder Panic, their early access game on Steam started as an Michigan State University Games for Entertainment and Learning Lab showcase project and spun out into a new studio designed to connect the MSU programs and students to commercial projects. Thanks Brian and Will!

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 430: Seeking Binocs

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-Artwork We have a player made guild event coming next week that uses the macrobinoculars and seeker droids. You may have forgotten about them or never had the chance to start those missions. Either way, we talk about that and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-430. If you’d like to come join us in AIE, our multi-game guild is always looking for new members. Catch us for an invite on our guild Discord which you can find along with other good guild information at https://aie-guild.org/swtor/

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The People Are The Studio – Behind The Games chat with Hector Padilla of IO Interactive

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Many game studios are having a moment right now where they need scale, and to learn to be better, more professional companies. IO Interactive has this figured out with leaders like Hector Padilla, a people manager at IO Interactive. IOI is the game studio that makes the Hitman series and soon a new 007 game. Hector focuses on making teams work together while developing all these great games. We talk here about and inside view of IO Interactive and Hitman, how to run a studio like a mature company, how to connect teams and people, and a little about the future of gaming. Thanks Hector and IOI!

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 429: R-4 on the PTS

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-Artwork [Opal Vulptilla and V Rising game code giveaway on 6/27 in our Discord. Don’t miss it!] We’ve been in the R-4 operation and some top teams are leading the way in help us all figure out these fights. We take a look and talk about that and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-429. If you’d like to come join us in AIE, our multi-game guild is always looking for new members. Catch us for an invite on our guild Discord which you can find along with other good guild information at https://aie-guild.org/swtor/

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Making V Rising – Behind The Games chat with Jeremy Fielding of Stunlock Studios

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I’ve been playing the hell out of V Rising, the new early access vampire survival game from Stunlock Studios. Sema and I needed to hear the story behind this game so I reached out to Jeremy Fielding, the excellent community manager for Stunlock. We chat about the game, the origin story of Stunlock and history with their other hits like Battlerite, how Jeremy got involved, and a bit of what’s next. Thanks Jeremy and Stunlock!

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Every Game Needs PR – Behind The Games chat with O’Dell Harmon Jr.

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We’ve been talking to a lot of game devs and studios lately and I’ve been surprised at how many of even the smallest or solo developers are partnered up with a PR company. Sema and I don’t know all that much about what goes on there so I called up O’Dell, who I met at PAX. O’Dell Harmon Jr. is from Stride PR, a PR company that focuses on video game developers. We talk about all of what goes on with PR and how it ends up being really useful for studios of any size, and we get to hear about O’Dell himself and how he ended up doing what he does. Thanks O’Dell and Stride PR!

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 428: 7.1 on the PTS

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-Artwork As predicted, mere moments after our last episode, 7.1 went live on the PTS. We talk about that and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-428. If you’d like to come join us in AIE, our multi-game guild is always looking for new members. Catch us for an invite on our guild Discord which you can find along with other good guild information at https://aie-guild.org/swtor/

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Total Mayhem – Behind The Games chat with Lucia de Visser

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Lucia and her team at Total Mayhem Games are bold enough to make the game they want to make and it’s awesome. Their game, We Were Here Forever, bucks the trends in game design and is a success for it. We chat Lucia de Visser, the Co-founder and Managing Director, about the studio origin story, making the right game design choices, and running a studio the right way. Thanks Lucia and Total Mayhem Games!

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast 427: Star Wars Celebration News

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SWTOR Escape Pod Cast-Artwork Star Wars Celebration news and announcements plus some SWTOR class balance news for 7.1. That and more on this episode of The Escape Pod Cast for Star Wars The Old Republic with @AIESema, @MaxTheGrey and Astromech EPC-427. If you’d like to come join us in AIE, our multi-game guild is always looking for new members. Catch us for an invite on our guild Discord which you can find along with other good guild information at https://aie-guild.org/swtor/

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Sound Design For Far Cry – Interview with Eduardo Vaisman of Ubisoft Toronto

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How far would you go to make the game you are working on sound good? We interview Eduard Vaisman, the Bafta Nominated Audio Director for Far Cry at Ubisoft to find out. We talked to him about his wilderness trip seeking sounds, how the sound design was done for Far Cry 6, the difference between sound design for movies and games, and what Eduardo personally was able to bring to the story and themes of the game. This was a really fun interview to do and we hope you like it!

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