Rami randomly Calls

Call Me Ismail is an irregular call-in radio show with Rami Ismail, one half of indie studio Vlambeer. The talking subjects are chosen by the callers.

In the fifth episode of Rami randomly Calls, Vlambeer co-founder Rami Ismail calls games writer and critic Cara Ellison. Cara is notable for her columns S.EXE and her rock-style column Embed With, and for her expert understanding and analysis of narrative in videogames. They talk about the elections in the United Kingdom just after voting closed, and about their travels, weird games they love and responsibility.

In the fourth episode of Rami randomly Calls, Vlambeer co-founder Rami Ismail calls voice actress Sarah Elmaleh. Sarah is best known for her work on the critical and commercial success Gone Home and on 17-Bit title Skulls of the Shogun. They talk about the world of voice acting, video games and dealing with personal issues.

In the third episode of Rami randomly calls, Vlambeer co-founder Rami Ismail calls game developer Manveer Heir of Mass Effect 3, Singularity and "that one bad Wolfenstein game" to talk about changes in game development, diversity and how certain non-Western culture look at technology.Audio on this episode was poor due to some microphone issues. Apologies for that!

In the second recording of Rami Ismail randomly calls, Vlambeer co-founder Rami Ismail decides to call fellow developer Danny Baranowsky. We talked about music rights, Ferguson, laserbeams and other things.

In the first recording of Rami Ismail randomly calls, Vlambeer co-founder Rami Ismail decides to call fellow developer Mike Bithell. They chat about games, education, comics, architecture, theatre and the breakout hit Thomas Was Alone.