In the Deep End - A Gaming Podcast

The one where Damiano enters the "starvation zone."  It's all very personal in this one as your hosts reflect on the past year, talk directly to you, the listener, offer some life advice and motivation for those who might need it, and discuss what they're looking to change next year. 

Why has Halo Infinite rustled Jesse's jimmies? Why does Damiano have a vendetta against Tim Schafer? This one's all about what the Deep End team have been playing and what they recommend, what games the industry got wrong, and why Breath of the Wild should be called Breath of the Mild. Santa's loaded and on his way while Mrs. Claus is ducking for cover in this Christmas special.

Warp Frontier developer Andrew Goulding talks about the game's development, as well as his game development journey working for the likes of Codemasters, Amazon, Apple, and more. There's also more talk about those dastardly adventure games and nostalgia versus modernisation.

Warp Frontier: https://store.steampowered.com/app/226280/Warp_Frontier/

Andrew's Twitter: https://twitter.com/brawsome

Listen to the smooth tones of Belgian adventure game developer Jean-Baptiste de Clerfayt talk about his past in music journalism, why Belgium is possibly the greatest country ever, how he came up with the premise for Lancelot's Hangover, and just what kind of game he's working on next. Damiano can sympathise with the toils of music journalism, while we also find out that Jesse shares a secret with the world's best two Belgians: Jean-Baptiste and Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Ross from the Accursed Farms YouTube channel talks with Jesse and Damiano about his content creation journey, how companies could do better with helping game preservation, and how Damiano was a cursed pirate who preyed on his schoolmates.

RoseTintedSpectrum joins the show to talk about the ethics of emulating retro games, mental health, and investigate whether Damiano is, in fact, a robot.

Far out, exotic music maker Alpha Chrome Yayo joins the show to talk about how video games and music collide to inspire his work. Jesse makes a GOTY declaration, while Damiano talks about a stinker. Taking care of your zombie mother!?

Alpha Chrome Yayo:

Bandcamp | Instagram

Beirut-based game developer Layal Al-Fakih joins the show to discuss how she learned to make video games, what she's up to, and sprinkles some positivity on the boys as she talks about the struggles she faces every day living through a humanitarian crisis. Meanwhile, Damiano turns things X-rated in the pre-show...

This one's all about spooky and scary horror games, just in time for the spooky day itself. Jesse fat-shames Alan Wake's remastered form and Damiano buys the collector's edition of a terrible game... Can you guess who was too scared to play Resident Evil? 

Video game translator Alexander Preymak joins Jesse and Damiano to talk about his work on games like Kentucky Route Zero and Broken Sword 5 and what's involved in the localisation process. Elsewhere, the boys make a powerful enemy...