The Artery Podcast

It's the second NeoGAF special with Tavis McCallum, Daniel Lam, and the returning guest, Richard Knight. We do a double take from Tavis's programming experience and Daniel's art expertise with a lot of reminiscing about their days of working at Backbone Vancouver to revealing their current work. The news of layoffs is disheartening for Vancouver, so we talk about how to prepare for them and getting back into the industry.

Dan Sochan spends time away from his busy schedule as producer at United Front Games to be a guest of The Artery Podcast. From being a tester, to a designer, and to a producer, Dan has an experience you don't want to miss. Also, we take a look into the start of United Front Games and what they do at work.

This show, Yoni Rabinowitz joins us to talk about learning game design, developing game design, and teaching game design. Take a listen if you are looking for game design advice.

It's a special episode featuring an all out NeoGAF cast. Joining the show is Tim Lewinson, Richard Knight, and Rushan Shekar who are all avid GAFfers. We do a double guest of the show, a Q session with our student of the show and with the GAF community, and we talk a bit about our favourite games.

Back at the Genius Factor studios, Simon Anderson-Carr guest stars to tell about working hard and being inspired in the world of art. We also recap Casual Connect with Ryan and Ted, and Simon also tells us about his trip to Comic-con.

It's a two man show with special guest, Tom Johnson. Tom is a 15 year Digital and Concept artist that's worked on movies like Batman Forever, Fifth Element, Final Fantasy, and then got into the game industry working on SSX, Need for Speed, Fifa, and Skate. So tune in and listen to a life story of an artist and pick up some tricks of the trade from an experienced veteran.

The show heads back to Genius Factor Games with Jerry, Ryan, Ted, and our Guest of the Show, Dan Wesley. Dan tells us the way of the self-taught, advice on how to start on programming, and the many hobbies that programmers usually have. We also discuss social games, MMO games, and all sorts of good stuff. The show ends off with a look into Casual Connect that is happening for the coming week.

Jerry and Ryan invites James to talk about his experiences, first hand knowledge of episodic game development, and life lessons of a game designer. From a couple of student work experiences to being Ubisoft's Editorial, he has a lot to share. For the gamers wanting to know why there hasn't been a Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 3, we cover that subject in detail analyzing episodic content as a whole.

Jerry asks Ryan if he could talk with his boss, President and Founder of Genius Factor Games, Ted Nugent. Ted tells us how he made his long term plan of getting into the industry work for him, and insight in starting a new studio. We also do a bit of discussion about making iPhone games, iPhone 4, and GFG's upcoming game, Riese The Series.

The Artery Podcast launches with Jerry Wong, Ryan Arndt, and the Guest of the Show, Victor Cameron. We talk about what the Vancouver-centric podcast is about and how it will help industry newcomers, and then Victor will talk about his time at school and in and out the industry. Afterwards, we have a review about our experience at GDC Canada and our suggestions of how it can be improved upon.