The Official Harmonix Podcast

This week we welcome Len Peralta to talk about the awesome portrait he made of our very own Alex Rigopulos for his Legends of Video Games in the Geek of the Week portrait series. Len chats with us about how he manages to churn out the awesome portraits each week and gives us the scoop on how he nabs interviews from across the geek spectrum.

Metal themed show alert! We've got a good one for you this week. Special guests Jason Kendall and Sean Baptiste visit us this week for a raucous round table discussion of everyone's top 5 favorite Metal albums.

Do you like a good dose of history in your discussions of your favorite music games? Well that’s great, because today’s episode is laden with tons of historical funfacts, the most exciting of which pertains to the 2 year anniversary of the Rock Band Network! The gang chats about their favorite RBN tracks, and gives love to our incredible community of content creators. We also go down the biggest rabbit hole of Texas history with our resident Texan, Jessa. We love you, Texas!

Our podcast continues its mad evolution into weirder and weirder places this week. The gang sits down to discuss topics ranging from Nick Chester’s irrational disdain for The Lord of the Rings to HMXHenry’s broken foot, with some excellent Rock Band and Dance Central content in between. Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, so if you’re wondering what we’ll be doing this year, you’ll want to listen in here!!

On this week’s episode, the gang gets goofed up on butterbeer and talks about theme parks. Turns out there’s a lot of collective theme park experience on the Harmonix Community team. They also chat about a ton of Rock Band related stuff, including some stats tied to our new Rock Band Dashboard app on Facebook. They also run down their personal top 5 DLC of 2011. You must be THIS TALL to enjoy the LOLs in this podcast. Keep your arms and legs inside the podcast at all times.

This week on the podcast we’ve got a ton of really cool news related to the world of Dance Central, brought to you by DC’s community manager, Annette! But Rock Band isn’t left out, with some lively discussion about the new songs coming up for the game, and some that have been recently released. And, as you would expect from our production, there’s a healthy dose of goofs, as the gang discusses everything from Mr Pope’s sinus surgery to Annette’s bizarre trip to NYC for New Year’s Eve. Most importantly, the second half of this slightly long episode is a super-engaging interview with Harmonix Art Director Ryan Lesser that’s packed with interesting stuff about the Rock Band franchise.

It is almost 2012 and we recap some of the awesome moments this year at Harmonix. The Special Features crew of HMXcj, HMXHenry and yours truly chat it up about the Holiday Live Stream recapping some of the behind the scenes good times and more in our last show before 2012. We also have an extended interview with Greg Lopiccolo, VP of Product Development, reminiscing about the launch of Rock Band back in 2007. Happy New Year!

A smorgasbord of info about Rock Band, Dance Central and VidRhythm in this week's show! Buckle up for some silliness and home made HMXHenry sound effects as he channels Michael Winslow in the completely bonkers and absurd HMX Smokehouse. The discussion is followed by another installment of The Harmonix Interview series with Creative Director Josh Randall aka Robotkid in honor of 4 years of Rock Band.

Special episode this week. We’ve got the podcast this week available in both video and audio formats for your enjoyment! Big names join us too, as our illustrious co-founders, Alex and Eran, sit down to talk about a broad range of topics, in relation to 4 years of the Rock Band franchise. Be sure to stay tuned for some really frank discussion about the nature of the game’s development and the fierce competition that came to define the era.

On November 20th, 2007 Harmonix launched Rock Band, today we stop and reflect on four years of awesome experiences from the game. We've got a great show with special guest HMXHellion and the rest of the gang to share some stories you may have never heard before.