Back Pocket

Ruby is joined by former Good Game host, current streamer, and her good friend Steph "Hex" Bendixsen to talk about her experiences in WildRP, the most primo role-playing server in Red Dead Online history. Yeehaw!

Find Steph online:

https://twitter.com/hexsteph/

https://instagram.com/hexsteph/

https://www.twitch.tv/hexsteph/

Find us online:

https://backpocket.gg/

https://twitch.tv/back_pocket

https://www.youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

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Ruby is joined by software engineer, Back Pocket regular, and YouTuber Nick "Nicrotex" Belling to talk about all things ARG (alternate reality games) and immersive theatre. It's basically like video games but in real life, but also it's not really real life. It's like... fake life.

Find Nick here:

Twitter

Instagram

YouTube

Find us online:

Twitch

VODs/Highlights on YouTube

TikTok/Twitter/Instagram

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Ruby is joined by former publicist for gaming companies like PlayStation and Xbox and former PR manager for Aussie games distributor Five Star Games, Jim Barker, to talk about the twists and turns of working in PR for video games. Have a listen, but all good if not! Thanks so much for considering this podcast for the opportunity of being listened to by you.

Find Jim here:

Twitter

Instagram

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Twitch

VODs/Highlights on YouTube

TikTok/Twitter/Instagram

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Ruby is joined by creative technologist and independent game dev Nicole He to talk about the collaboration between her, UK-based game studio Nerial (Card Shark, Reigns), and indie publisher extraordinaire Devolver Digital, The Crush House. You've heard of first-person shooters, now get read for a world-first thirst-person shooter.

The second song featured in the introduction is Funk Jazz by Andrea Boccadoro, composed for The Crush House soundtrack.

Wishlist The Crush House now on Steam, out August 10.

Find Nicole here:

Nicole's cool website

Nicole's Twitter

Nicole's Instagram

Find us online:

Twitch

VODs/Highlights on YouTube

TikTok/Twitter/Instagram

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Ruby is joined by former managing editor of Kotaku Australia and her former work dad David Smith to talk about the thrilling rise and frustrating end to a website that has housed some of the most beautiful minds in Australian games journalism. Consider this an audio eulogy for Kotaku Australia, but one of the eulogies at the funeral that everyone is uncomfortable about.

Find David here:

https://twitter.com/RhunWords

https://www.instagram.com/rhunwords/

https://www.tiktok.com/@rhunwords

Find us online:

https://backpocket.gg/

https://twitch.tv/back_pocket

https://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

https://twitter.com/rubyinnes

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Ruby is joined by game developer and co-founder of Sydney games collective Serenade, Duncan Corrigan, to talk about the creation of Serenade, what goes into putting on a local games event, and why they're important for spotlighting games that you maybe wouldn't hear about normally. Because they're arty. Or they're freaky. Or both!

Things mentioned:

Ian MacLarty's Catacombs of Solaris

Garfies

Your Holy & Virtuous Heretic set up in a piano

Find Duncan/Serenade here:

https://twitter.com/DuncanCorrigan

https://duncan74.itch.io/

https://twitter.com/serenadegames

https://serenade.games/

Find us online:

https://backpocket.gg/

https://twitch.tv/back_pocket

https://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

https://twitter.com/rubyinnes

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Ruby is joined by Australian gaming YouTuber Indeimaus to discuss his approach to making videos, how it's changed over time, and his love for the scarier side of the video game world. Oh, and working at EB Games. Again.

Find Indeimaus here:

https://youtube.com/channel/UCDXOwJQgD65oJOM1IHmtskw/

https://instagram.com/indeimaus/

https://twitter.com/indeimaus/

Find us online:

https://backpocket.gg/

https://twitch.tv/back_pocket

https://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

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Ruby is joined by Matt T. Wood, a 3D Realms and Valve veteran turned founder of Double Dagger Studio, to talk about his work in the games industry as well as the making of his studio's debut title, Little Kitty Big City. Meow!

Introduction includes The Curious Cat by Riley Koenig, from the Little Kitty Big City soundtrack.

Get Little Kitty Big City here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1177980/Little_Kitty_Big_City/

https://www.nintendo.com/au/games/nintendo-switch/little-kitty-big-city/

https://www.xbox.com/en-AU/games/store/little-kitty-big-city/9NF5S7MLM8XT

Find Matt here:

https://www.matttwood.com/

https://twitter.com/matttwood

https://twitter.com/doubledaggerstd

Find us online:

https://backpocket.gg/

https://twitch.tv/back_pocket

https://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

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Ruby is joined by co-founder of Big Brane Studios and lead developer of Sushi Ben Kane Tyler to talk about his work on the narrative VR adventure that places you in a small Japanese town to save a failing sushi restaurant from the grasp of greedy land sharks.

Introduction includes Sushi Rock No. 1 by Ian Navarro Silver, from the Sushi Ben soundtrack.

Wishlist the non-VR version of Sushi Ben on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2419240/Sushi_Ben/

Buy Sushi Ben on Meta Quest here:

https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/5459391390744272/

Find Jack here:

https:/twitter.com/DmawDev

https://www.tiktok.com/@dmawdev

https://www.sushiben.com/

Find us online:

https://backpocket.gg/

https://twitch.tv/back_pocket

https://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

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Ruby is joined by President of the Science Journalists Association of Australia, award-winning video games journalist, and her friend Jackson Ryan to talk about their very different experiences working in video games journalism, how it compares now versus "back then", and if people really want to read AI-written choppy sloppy.

Find Jack here:

https://www.jacksonwryan.com/

https://www.twitter.com/dctrjack

Find us online:

https://backpocket.gg/

https://twitch.tv/back_pocket

https://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

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