Kiwi Talkz

26/08/2024

If you are a Valve fan make sure you come along. This is a chance to meet the legend behind Portal 2

Josh Weier, Project Lead on Half-Life 2 and Portal 2 is coming to !

To celebrate, join Josh Weier for a fireside chat with Kiwi Talkz in the Quokka Theatre on the Saturday of PAX at 5pm.

Saturday badges are 90% sold out, so don’t miss out!
https://aus.paxsite.com/en-us/registration/attendee-registration.html

23/08/2024

Looking forward to returning to PAX Aus!!

18/08/2024

🚨Podcast out now🚨
With Bruce Nesmith who was a designer on Skyrim, Fallout 3, 4, 76 and Starfield! We cover his extensive career, cut content, Todd Howard and more....

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14/08/2024

I am happy to announce that I am returning to PaxAustralia to host a special panel with Josh Weier. Josh was a developer for a number of years at Valve and worked on Half-Life 2, Portal, Left 4 Dead and was the project lead on Portal 2.

If you are a Valve fan, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet one of the former legends at Valve and hear some behind the scenes stories.

See you at PAX AUS in October!!!!

04/08/2024

🎮 NEW PODCAST OUT NOW🎮

With Former ID Software Programmer Shawn Green, we talk about his time at ID Software, working with John Romero and John Carmack, his work on Halo, the art of programming, the difference between japanese & western development and more...

⬇ Links are in the comments below ⬇

23/07/2024

🎮 NEW PODCAST OUT NOW 🎮

With Jonah Lobe we talk about his time at Bethesda Game Studios,his work on Alduin The World Eater, The Deathclaw, the Fallout TV show, what makes art iconic, his fantasy novel Quiet: Level One

⬇ Links in the comments ⬇

17/06/2024

HOORAY! Hit 10K subscribers on Youtube, thanks so much everyone!! It's been a wild ride and thanks for being a part of it and as always thanks to all my interview guests for sparing me their time.

08/06/2024

🚨 NEW PODCAST OUT NOW🚨
I had a great chat with Stephen Hughes, we talk about his work on Metroid Dread voicing Quiet Robe, directing Nikki Garcia as Samus and MercurySteam. We also talk about life in Spain, AI, Dubbing and more....

Links are in the comments.

02/06/2024

This is crazy!! May 2024 is my most successful month EVER on YouTube, beating the previous record with 15x more views and I didn’t even post a single interview throughout all of May.

10/05/2024

The milestones keep coming. I have now hit 8K subscribers on YouTube, now onto 9K😀

09/05/2024

April 2024 is the best performing month in the history of my YouTube channel. Thanks everyone!!

30/04/2024

🚨 NEWEST PODCAST OUT NOW 🚨

With Omar Fernandes we talk about how his architecture degree helped with his art, we talk about his work on GTA V and we go extensively through his art reel on GTA V, Star Wars Rogue One, Avengers Infinity War, LOTR: Rings Of Power and more.....

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19/04/2024

SPECIAL VIDEO - It took me a while but Im finally releasing my PAX AUS 2023 breakdown video this weekend. This will cover how I ended up hosting the panel(and the death threats leading up to it.) PAX itself, the panel, dinner with Mick, Micks weird fan interaction with a guy wanting to tattoo Micks name on his arm(we both found that weird & creepy.) and my thoughts on Melbourne.

09/04/2024

🚨 NEW PODCAST OUT NOW🚨

In my newest interview, I speak with Jonathan Gwyn about his time working on GTA V and the Matrix games, Art Directing, his brutal commute in L.A. and San Diego, plus we go through a reel of his artwork for both GTA V & The Matrix games. Check it out!


Links are in the comments

08/04/2024

My YouTube Stats for 2024 so far, thanks 🇺🇸 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇪🇦🇺🇷🇺🇵🇱 for the 400K+ views

23/03/2024

🎮NEW VALVE INTERVIEW INCOMING🎮
Podcast out now with Chandler Murch we talk about his work on Valve's IT Infrastructure, Organising E-Sports events for DOTA2 his work on Portal 2, Dentistry AI and more....

Links in comments!

19/03/2024

DOOM has come up multiple times in my interviews over the years, so I made a compilation clip of game devs speaking about the impact the game had on them and their work.

Thanks for the stories .jeff.carnivores Chet Faliszek and Garrett Young

16/03/2024

Ever wanted to get a job at Nintendo, Capcom or Square Enix? David Crislip worked at Capcom Japan for 10+ years and gives advice on how to get a job there.

13/03/2024

I have now hit 7K subscribers on Youtube, thanks everyone

12/03/2024

Former Localizer at Capcom Japan David Crislip explains why layoffs aren't really a thing in Japan compared to the West.

08/03/2024

R.I.P Akira Toriyama - So young☹️

Dragonball Z got me through some tough times at high school when I was getting bullied all the time! Thanks for bringing me such joy through a hard youth.

08/03/2024

March Stats!! 16 subscribers away from 7K subscribers!!

05/03/2024

🎮Newest podcast out now with David Crislip 🎮

We talk about his journey in learning Japanese, his days at Capcom, how to get into the industry in Japan, how localization works and more!!

Links in the comments

21/02/2024

🎮Happy 10th Anniversary to DKC: Tropical Freeze🎮

To celebrate, I did a special interview with 2 artists who worked on the game about their work and memories of its development. We also go through their artwork extensively. Check it out!

Links in the comments

10/02/2024

🎮 First podcast of 2024 out now with Ryan Kaufman🎮

We talk about his tenure at Telltale & Lucas Arts, Writing, Chat GPT, his Pakistani James Bond idea, his dream Titanic game, localisation and more...

Links are in the comments

29/12/2023

A lot of people don’t know that I studied Animation in 2006. I was going through my old filing cabinet and found my old portfolio.

What could’ve been, if I didn’t go down the audio route

27/12/2023

IGNs' Peer Schneider and I discuss the Legend Of Zelda film, whether IGNs fan film influenced it, video game adaptations and Lord Of The Rings and New Zealands possible influence on it.

19/12/2023

🎮Podcast Out Now🎮 with Peer Schneider, Co- Founder of the worlds biggest game publication, IGN Entertainment
We talk at length about game journalism, AI, the Zelda film, Metroid Prime 4, paid reviews, mistakes interviewees make in interviews and more....

Links in the comments

24/11/2023

🎮NEWEST PODCAST OUT NOW🎮

This latest episode is with Garrett Young, we had an amazing chat about his work on DOOM 2016 and Forza Motorsport, and he also gave some great insights on management, mitigating crunch and more....

Garrett Young has been in the video game industry for over 25 years and has worked on games such as DOOM 2016, Rage Forza and James Bond: Quantum Of Solace. #...

22/08/2023

🎮I am happy to announce I will be hosting a panel with
Mick Gordon at PAX Australia to talk about video game music, its history, our favourite composers, where the industry is going, and more...

There will be a live stream for anyone who cannot attend the event.