Interview with Brian Cronin - Game Engineer

A return to...form(???) Jimmy and Daniel (remember Daniel?) talk about a video game a year after it came out. CLASSIC META'D. Let's chat about the newest game by From Software, Sekiro.   I'll preface with the fact that Jimmy has not played this game at all so we get Daniel's gameplay perspective and Jimmy's surface-level blabber. We talk about the replayability of the game, overcoming difficult bosses, comparing the environments between Dark Souls, Bloodborne, ANIME and more in this episode! Specific anime shows talked about: Dororo, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and (the one Jimmy couldn't remember the name of) Miss Hokusai! Hit us up on twitter if you make stuff (video games or otherwise) and want to be on the show! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: Meta'd on Youtube Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim

Jimmy sits down with Conrad (Conradical Games) who is developing Lootbox Lyfe while also going to university.   We talk about sleeping a lot, getting feedback for games while developing them, Instagram bots, Breath of the Wild's tutorial, and more in this episode!! Artist for Lootbox Lyfe: https://twitter.com/Dulcahn Composer for Lootbox Lyfe: https://twitter.com/AriaDisconnect  Hit us up on twitter if you make stuff and want to be on the show! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: Meta'd on Youtube Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim

Jimmy sits down with Christian Sparks, independent developer of Woodbound, Technical Artist at Heart Machine and just all-around cool dude.   We talk about the constant struggle of personal fulfillment as well as keeping a steady job. Christian and Jimmy talk about games, feelings, meeting your heroes, and more in this episode! Hit us up on twitter if you make stuff and want to be on the show! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: Meta'd on Youtube Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim

Jimmy has a chat with Thomas Loupe, a man who wears many hats some of which are: Sound Designer, Producer, Composer & Game Designer.     2019 already...okay! Jimmy has a chat with Thomas Loupe (aka First Sun) about music and games. They talk about struggling with imposter syndrome, creating music in general, getting busted for hacking school computers, Garth Brooks, and more in this episode! Sorry about some audio glitches in this episode (mostly my audio being doubled in some parts), podcasting is hard! Most of the music in this episode is by Thomas, check out his stuff!! Tried to figure out how this is "meta-analysis" and came up with: What's more meta than talking with people who create the things we want to talk about? Hit us up on twitter if you make stuff and want to be on the show! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: Meta'd on Youtube Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim

Jimmy has a chat with Brian Cronin, a game engineer.     It's just Jimmy and Brian today! Thanks for giving the podcast a listen!! In this episode Jimmy converses with Brian who has helped make quite a few games as a game engineer. They talk about Brian's love of the card game Netrunner, people obsessing over the meta of competitive games, asymmetrical gameplay, starting and finishing creative projects, and more in this episode! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: Meta'd on Youtube Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim

This isn't a traditional episode of Meta'd by any means necessary. Within lies a compilation of various bloopers and outtakes from recording. It's not really in any order nor do we know if it's funny at all (we think we're hilarious btw). These are just some of the many clips of us completely messing up.  This episode will act as a sort of capstone for "Season 1" of Meta'd. Anything after this episode will be different (if there is anything). Thanks for listening. You've been Meta'd. BYEE Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: Meta'd on Youtube

Get Out (2017).     All the gang is back together to talk about a movie that is both mysterious and socially important. Glen gives insight, Paul and Tom are kept guessing till the very end, Jimmy is obsessed, and more in this episode! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: Meta'd on Youtube Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim

Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright (lots of releases over the years). [There are some technical difficulties in this episode. Hopefully we'll have them sorted out by the next episode. Sorry.]   So mysterious! No Tom this week but Glen's back and ready to talk about mysteriousness in the Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright game (from 2012). Paul recounts lawyer stories from college, Jimmy has no idea what he is in for, and more in this episode! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: Meta'd on Youtube Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim

Firewatch (2016) and Gone Home (2013).     Welcome to Mysterious May! Glen takes a week off so the dudes have a chat about some games that have a mystery within them. Paul is concerned he can die, Tom and Jimmy have the exact same Firewatch playthrough, Delilah does Delilah things, and more in this episode! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: Meta'd on Youtube Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim

The Hobbit (1937).     The dudes read a book! We are so done with the Lord of the Rings now. Glen craves some bacon-wrapped dates, Paul reminisces about his dad reading him bedtime stores, Tom solves some riddles, Jimmy loves the narration in the book, and more in this episode! Twitter: https://twitter.com/metadpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metadpodcast/ Youtube: Meta'd on Youtube Intro/Outro Tunes: John Kim