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Episode 123: ”Next Mission,” Metroid Music, and More with Lacey Johnson!
This week on the show, our resident audio expert Doom is joined by none other than musical extraordinaire and Metroid fan Lacey Johnson! Lacey has just recently released her newest album, “Next Mission,” a 12-track love letter to the Metroid franchise featuring covers from Super Metroid, Metroid Prime, and more,…
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Kiwi Talkz Interviews Paul Tozour (Metroid Prime 2 & 3 A.I. and Boss Designer)
Kiwi Talkz is back with a brand new interview with another ex-Retro Studios developer, Paul Tozour! Paul has over 25 years of experience as an engineer and programmer. While at Retro Studios, he was an AI and Boss Designer that worked on Metroid Prime 2 & 3. Paul left Retro…
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Kiwi Talkz Interview: Jim Wornell Talks Metroid Prime Logo
The logo for the Metroid Prime series is one of the most iconic logos in video game history for good reason. With its bold type choice set against the background of the Screw Attack symbol, and its representation of some of the most well-received games of all time, the logo…
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Kiwi Talkz Interviews Zoid (Metroid Prime 1 & 2, Senior Engineer)
Kiwi has sat down with a retired veteran of the video game industry, and an integral mind and senior engineer behind the Metroid Prime series, Zoid! Zoid has worked in the industry for over 32 years, boasting a resume with work on games such as World of Warcraft, Portal, Metroid…
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Kiwi Talkz Interviews Lawrence Schwedler (Metroid Prime Hunters Sound Designer)
Kiwi sits down with Lawrence Schwedler, one of the sound designers behind Metroid Prime Hunters! Currently, Lawrence is a program director for the music and sound design program over at Digipen. Before that, he worked at NST for several years on games such as Mario vs Donkey Kong and Pokemon…
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Kiwi Talkz Interviews DoctorM64 (Game Designer, AM2R)
You’re in for treat, because Kiwi sat down with the designer of AM2R, Milton Guasti, otherwise known as DoctorM64! DoctorM64 developed AM2R in his free time over 8 years. His work eventually got him hired to work on another fantastic Metroidvania, Ori: Will of the Wisps. The conversation is mostly…
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Kiwi Talkz Interviews Synamax (Composer)
The first interview that opened the door for Kiwi’s Ex-Retro Studio developer interviews, Kiwi Talkz sits down with composer, Synamax! This conversation is all about Metroid, starting with how Synamax found the Metroid Prime music samples, Synamax’s love of sound design, his use of HEX editing to compose music, if…
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Kiwi Talkz Interviews Kynan Pearson
Retro games, such as Metroid Prime 2 and Donkey Kong Country Returns, are well renowned games and rightfully so with their intricate level designs and layouts. Many regard Metroid Prime 2 to be the perfect Metroid Prime game after taking the formula of the first game and improving on all…
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Kiwi Talkz Interviews Sam Dillard (Composer)
Kiwi provides an unique interview with music composer, Sam Dillard! On the Metroid side of things, Sam has composed the Metroid Cinematica, where Sam envisions music from the original Metroid and Super Metroid as well as the Prime Trilogy if it was composed as an epic film score. That’s not…
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Kiwi Talkz Interviews Jack Mathews (Metroid Prime Trilogy Technical Lead Engineer)
Proactive interviewer Kiwi Talkz sat down with the Lead Technical Engineer on the Metroid Prime Trilogy, Jack Mathews! As Jack’s position at Retro would indicate, lots of technical details behind the Metroid Prime Trilogy are discussed, such as how Metroid Prime maintained a consistent 60 fps and how the R.U.D.E.…
