The Genesis Temple Podcast

I sit down with Kurt Kalata of Hardcore Gaming 101, for the occasion of his latest book for Limited Run Games, to discuss movie based games from all ages. We discuss being burned, losing faith, finding it again and playing some of the worst and some of the best ones out there including Jurassic Park, The Lawnmower Man, Friday the 13th.

Take a look at Kurt's book on https://limitedrungames.com/products/now-playing-the-guide-to-1980s-and-90s-movie-games-hardcover

Sitting down to experience The Elder Scrolls again with Twobitmatt, one of the writing leads on Skywind, huge fan project about putting Morrowind in the Skyrim engine. How would a balancing act like that work and what is the real objective of such a huge fan project that has been going on for years?

Together with two experts in the field of game localization, we take a look at what is happening in the market, what AI is contributing (or not) and what translators actually want from the companies they work with.

I spoke with Anthony Jauneaud about his career and how he got to help people with their narrative design in games. His best tip on how to write your story? CUT IT AWAY!!

Intro/outro by mobygratis

Together with Fawzi Mesmar we look back at his long career in gaming, how to handle burnout, the importance of going beyond your limits and working in so many different countries. Fawzi is on Twitter @FawziMesmar 

I sit down with the creative director of Polygon Treehouse to discuss his years working in the gaming industry, going from Sony to full indie, how to approach indie publishing and his work on his latest game, Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island.

In the final episode of Season 2, I go back in time with writer/producer Richard Moss as we discuss the 80s/90s in playing on an Apple computer and - naturally - the shareware years: where did shareware come from, how did it fade and the different experience between Europe and the United States. Along the way, we also touch upon demo discs nostalgia.

I discuss with game designer/writer Xalavier Nelson Jr. the beauty of living in the brainspace of a different world while playing a game, the importance of "choices matter" along with consequences and the way the games we play as kid shape our roles and work as adults.

A very pleasant talk with narrative designer Ben Gelinas on the beauty of writing small details for characters in games from AAA like Mass Effect 3 to small indie visual novels like Speed Dating for Ghosts. We also talk about collecting physical games and dwell into a whole forest of obscure titles.

New Zealand and Sweden come together as I welcome Dave Oshry to the podcast. He is one of the hardest working people in the gaming industry today and we talked about his first contact with the FPS genre, his work on the Rise of the Triad reboot, learning to work as a video game producer and what really makes a "boomer shooter" special.