Wow I guess there is a big interest from gamers in game studios work cultures since my two most recent videos were about the studio culture of both Retro and Bethesda and they have done pretty well view wise. The comments are toxic asf though which isn’t a surprise 😒

My Ranking Of The Mainline Metroid Games 1. Super Metroid 2. Metroid Prime 3. Metroid Fusion 4. Metroid Dread 5. Metroid Prime 3 6. Metroid Prime 2 7. Zero Mission 8. Samus Returns ..... 9. Other M (absolute crap, you couldn't pay me to play this again.) I wonder where Metroid Prime 4 will end up

My review of DK Bananza with two devs who worked on DKC Returns and Tropical Freeze will be available to Youtube members in the next few days, everyone else will need to wait a few weeks or so.

I have a sneaking suspicion that Metroid Prime 4 is going to have an outright bonkers ending as Nintendo seems to be knocking their final acts out of the park with their games as of late. Zelda: TOTK, DK Bananza, Metroid Dread are perfect examples.

I look forward to playing DOOM: The Dark Ages portably next year. I would love Samus Aran armour in the Switch 2 version but Nintendo would never allow that lol.

For people that are on edge regarding Metroid Prime 4's sales, don't worry!! Nintendo doesn't just look at sales when it comes to Metroid, part of the IPs purpose is to bring a different demographic into Nintendo's ecosystem. Here is the producer of Metroid Prime 2 & 3 stating exactly that!

It is so trippy seeing my home country as the backdrop for a Zelda movie. Based on the location, its quite possible that this was shot quite close to where I live. Im guessing either in the Waikato or the Wairarapa region

My presentation at the NZGDC on Nintendo's Game Design philosophy has hit over 10K views on Youtube, thank you so much. 🙏 I thought this would fly under the radar and maybe do 2K views max lol I am not sure exactly why it's resonated with people yet, nevertheless I appreciate it.

I like to do game reviews differently to everyone else so I got one of the engineers on Demon Souls (Joe Houston) to help me review Hollow Knight: Silksong He provided some unique insight that most reviewers wouldn't pick up!! WATCH HERE➡️ youtu.be/bE_3CYcHCdo

I've been blown away by the response to my Nintendo Game Design presentation at the NZGDC. Thank you🥲 It was a presentation that wasn't really aimed at the general public and more so a sub-sect of game devs who aren't well acquainted with Nintendo games, so I wasn't sure how people would respond.

I can guarantee that Hollywood needs Nintendo way more than Nintendo need them. In negotiations, Nintendo will hold all the cards as Hollywood is dying, cinema is dying and they know Nintendo IP is a goldmine for bringing people into the cinema as it has a massive built in audience.

In game development, you can't do everything, you only have a certain amount of time, money and resources. As I explained to @andresrestart.bsky.social during his livestream, For Zelda: TOTK, Nintendo CHOSE to invest heavily in the advanced physics but that was at the expense of the world

Here it is!! My presentation on Nintendo's Game Design Philosophy at the NZGDC! youtu.be/ItKnaKofEGs

My presentation on Nintendo's Game Design philosophy from the NZGDC drops this weekend. Keep an eye out!!! This was really hard to prepare because I had to condense hours of my Nintendo interviews as well as other intel I have into a 20 minute presentation!

🎙️ New podcast out now with Filip Coulianos We talk about his work at @keepsakegames.bsky.social Jump Space, It Takes Two, FPS Cameras, Josef Fares, Nintendo and more..... WATCH HERE➡️ youtu.be/H-DjGaKDCv4

Fallout 4 for Switch 2 I sneakily confirmed FIRST ANYWHERE on the Nintenbyte podcast a couple months ago since @ThunderStashYT asked me on air hahaha. (Probably one of the only times media outlets didnt report on something I said, probably cause it wasnt Metroid related lol)

Some may know and some may not but my wife and I look after a lot of Japanese students that do school trips to New Zealand, we always get sad when they leave 🥹

I hit 20K subscribers on YouTube, thanks everybody!!🙏 More interviews to come! To celebrate I will answer any questions you have!!

I've been saying for months that 2026 is the year that third-party games really kick into high gear for Switch 2. AC: Shadows is the worst secret ever, but it's actually just the tip of the iceberg in 2026 there are a number of WTF announcements on the horizon regarding third parties.

Less than 100 subscribers to go before I hit 20K subscribers!! I am almost at 200+ podcasts as well

🎙️ New podcast out now with Joshua Jay. We talk about his work on the Gears Of War Trilogy, Fallout 4, 76 & Starfield, Unreal & Creation Engine differences, building his own Fallout 76 set, Todd Howard and more... WATCH HERE➡️ youtu.be/N7ywc_MwHKk

I'm calling it! Expedition 33 will win GOTY, its the darling of the industry in the same way Baldur's Gate 3 was in 2023, plus it's moved the whole JRPG genre forward. I predicted Astro Bot would win GOTY last year and I was right. Let's see if I am right this year as well.

My interview drought ends this weekend!! I will be dropping an interview this weekend with Joshua Jay. We talk about his work on Fallout 4, 76, Starfield & The Gears Of War Trilogy and more, Keep an eye out

Nintendo Presentation all done, overall it went well, I had a real good turnout, I got an applause at the end and quite a few people asking me questions afterwards. Unsure how long it will be before the video is online, NZGDC usually takes 6 months to send files but I’ll try get them early

Presentation starts in 20 minutes

My Nintendo Design presentation isn’t until tomorrow but I was surprised to find out today how much the game industry is growing in NZ, annual revenue is almost double that of Australia despite our tiny population😲 I’ve already had a number of devs asking me for intel on GTA 6 and Half-Life 3😆

There is old news circulating of me saying Metroid Prime 4 is $100 million dollar plus game. This isn’t a big deal and it’s easy to work out you just take the average salary in Austin and the amount of Retro devs and multiply it by the years of development. Its a nothingburger lol

I will be heading off to Wellington tomorrow for the NZGDC, I will be giving a short presentation on Nintendo's Game Design Philosophy at 3:10pm on Saturday 27th September. NZ devs feel free to reach to out while I am there, I have interviewed over 150+ game devs so I have a lot of intel.

I'm hoping to have my next interview up for Youtube Members in the next few days and everyone else will have to wait a week or two. This one is a great one for Fallout fans! It took 8 months to make it happen.

Stoked to see @playlynked.com in the Top 10 here in NZ on the eshop. Always cool seeing my boys @vonkoz.bsky.social and his crew at Fuzzybot doing well. :) Its out on all major platforms so check it out and support the devs! Sorry the population is so small here😅

My next interview im recording late next week and it will be with a former dev at Bethesda that worked on Fallout 4, 76 and Starfield We had to delay it 8 months due to his schedule. I am hoping to record and edit it quickly to make it available to Youtube members before heading off to the NZGDC.

Unfortunately, I can’t comment on Metroid Prime 4 cause anything I say will become a headline. Crappy journalists ruined it 🫤

Ive had an interview drought in September cause they got delayed, October might be stacked as a result I'll be doing a review of Silksong with a dev on the Demon Souls Remake in October (makes sense since Silksong is a souls game.) Don't worry my DK Bananza review with ex DK devs is still coming

I was sick asf in the weekend so couldnt do much and after getting frustrated with Silksong, I decided to speedrun Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion and Metroid Dread and beat all my records.😃 Super - 1hr 20 minutes Fusion - 1hr 50 minutes Dread - 4 hours and 4 minutes. Now back to Silksong

My presentation on Nintendo's Game Design at the NZ GDC on the 27th September has now been finalized Thanks to all the Nintendo and former Retro Studios devs for their tips behind the scenes. I made sure to include Metroid quite a bit in the presentation😅 See you soon Wellington!

Silksong is hard asf, I imagine heaps of casual gamers who got the game will have bought into the hype and FOMO but will end up dropping the game out of frustration, not realizing how crazy difficult it is. There shouldve been difficulty options for this game. Hunter's March is infuriating lol

The GTA of Indie games drops on the 4th and Team Cherry are about to make Scrooge McDuck money with Silksong lol. The team deserve it as well. Their contributions to the game industry at large(especially in Australia) as well as metroidvanias will be felt for generations.

I won't be attending PAX AUS to host any panels this year I think doing the combo of Mick Gordon in 23 and Josh Weier (Portal 2's lead dev) in 24 I think created an expectation that I bring out the big guns with these panels. I did try to get some big guests this year but I couldnt make it work

I have multiple things going on behind the scenes regarding interviews but most of it I never make public. I have been quiet since the GOG one primarily due to delays. Guests schedules change, as do mine plus I have my Nintendo presentation at the NZGDC which I am putting the final touches on.

From next year I will start to interview non-english speaking game devs (once youtube rolls out its custom dub feature) If you can speak Japanese, Mandarin, or Spanish on top of English and want to be a translator for my interviews on air, then let me know.

Given how sublime Hollow Knight's soundtrack is, I am hoping Silksong's ends up in my Top 25 Game Soundtracks. I listen to more video game soundtracks than I do play games lol. I've interviewed a number of the composers on my list, hopefully one day I can interview all of them.

Happy 18th Anniversary to Metroid Prime 3!!! This is my 4th favorite Metroid game behind Prime, Super and Dread. What I love about this game is that it switched it up rather than doing the traditional one planet, multi layered labyrinth.

Yes it is true!! I have never played a Final Fantasy game and I am at the point now where jumping in is way too daunting for me however never say never. I will say, I have listened to most of the soundtracks and FF VII Remake is my favorite game soundtrack ever! #FinalFantasyVII

On top of working 2 jobs and doing interviews my wife and I look after international students (predominantly from Japan) I get quite attached to them so it gets quite hard when they leave. This letter was from one of our girls🥹 I hope to get to Japan someday to visit them.

Its crazy my two most anticipated games for the rest of the year (outside of Metroid Prime 4) are two indie games.

Does anyone have a contact or know of someone that has a contact at Warner Bros/Amazon that can help me get on the press junket for the MK II film and S2 of the Fallout series? I've interviewed 150+ game devs and speaking to the cast/crew for game adaptations seems like the next logical step

Glad this is finally releasing. This is my September game! Team Cherry have been one of my most requested guests to be on my show for the longest time, I have always gotten radio silence when I have reached out so maybe I will have more luck once this has been released.

I will be appearing on @nintendoprime.bsky.social Nintenbyte podcast tomorrow at 8pm CT to talk about all things Nintendo. Im looking forward to chatting with everyone, see you there :-)

I am happy to announce I will be doing a presentation at the NZ GDC in late September on Nintendo's Game Design Philosophy. I am one of the last speakers of the whole conference (No pressure lol) The whole presentation will be filmed, so I will upload a copy to my Youtube channel at some point.

🎙️ New podcast out now with @gog.com , we talk about game preservation, DRM, Offline Installers, Japan's complicated laws and more.... WATCH HERE ➡️ youtu.be/4m8C6qP4tfs