Kevin Riepl is a composer, musician and instrumentalist who has worked on film, TV and video games for the past 20 years. 

He shares with us how he started in the industry, developed his own unique sounds and became involved in some of the biggest games out there including the Unreal Tournament series and Gears of War. 

Kevin also gives us a glimpse into his creative process, the pressures and struggles the industry can bring and shares with us some exclusive news on upcoming projects. 

A brilliantly insightful chat with a great musician made this episode a joy to record. A must listen.

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From Dune 2 to Warcraft, Total Annihilation to Command and Conquer and Starcraft to Age of Empires, there have been some truly ground-breaking real-time strategy games!

But when did the genre reach its golden era? And why did the genre slowly fade away? James is here to discuss the true rollercoaster ride of RTS games, looking at the amazing highs and agonising lows! Is the genre having an unexpected resurgence? All this and more discussed in this fun podcast chat! 

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Brad Taylor was a key cog in the LucasArts machine and worked his magic on the infamous SCUMM engine. This was used in so many classic LucasArts titles, such as The Secret of Monkey Island, Le Chuck's Revenge, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max Hit the Road and lots more!

Brad worked closely with Ron Gilbert to create, update and implement the SCUMM engine to some truly classic titles. Brad reflect on his time at LucasArts, his favourite memories and shares some amazing stories from a truly iconic video game company.

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Or 3v3 fighting games if you want, ha ha! Our Keith is back with another amazing selection of gaming tunes, this time of the fighting genre! No spoilers, just dive in and enjoy.

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American McGee is a hugely respected video game designer who created the infamous Alice titles. He started his career in gaming at id Software, working on numerous DOOM and Quake games. Out of the blue he got sacked, which led him to join EA and fall down the rabbit hole to create the highly acclaimed American McGee's Alice!

American reflects on his amazing career in this honest and fascinating interview. He discusses how his childhood helped shape his career, what he learned from John Carmack at id Software and how his sacking was a blessing in disguise. 

American also reflects on his new life in China, and how it compares to the US. He also discusses the latest developments on his third Alice title: Alice Asylum.

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Dyl's love of Rise of the Robots has now extended to reading out the first few chapters of the official novel released in conjunction with the game in 1994. Will Adrian regret buying him it? Will you regret listening to it and the many, many, mispronounced words? Let's see...

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The Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance games helped bring RPG's to the home consoles, and boy, did they cut the mustard! Learn how Adrian first played this game on the PS2 and how it left a lasting impression! So much so, that he forced his wife to play the first two games with him.

The games combined awesome graphics, gameplay, great characters and a really enthralling story, straight from Dungeons and Dragons. The games development, story, facts and controversies are all discussed, with lots more in-between! 

Plus we have a quick chat on the cancelled third game in the series and the newly released title.

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Jon Beltran De Heredia was the lead programmer on Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines and Commandos 2. Learn how this huge PC hit was created, how it beat the odds and how he helped put the Spanish video game industry on the map!

Jon shares a really fascinating insight on the development of one of the best selling and highest regarded PC game series of all time. Jon also reflects on the difficulties of getting Commandos 2 on the PS2 and why he never started work on Commandos 3.

Jon also reflects on life after Pyro Studios and the difficulties he faced getting his new game off the ground. Jon also discusses the future of Commandos and his life after video games.

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Dyl and the boys discuss the first RoboCop film as well as three licensed games that attempt their best to put gamers in the shoes of Alex Murphy.

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James digs out the strange tale of one of our favourite arcade games - Metal Slug. Metal Slug is a true SNK classic and helped redefine the run and gun genre. What is your favourite Metal Slug game?

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