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Ruby is joined by creative technologist and independent game dev Nicole He to talk about the collaboration between her, UK-based game studio Nerial (Card Shark, Reigns), and indie publisher extraordinaire Devolver Digital, The Crush House. You've heard of first-person shooters, now get read for a world-first thirst-person shooter.The second song featured in the introduction is Funk Jazz by Andrea Boccadoro, composed for The Crush House soundtrack.Wishlist The Crush House now on Steam, out August 10.Find Nicole here:Nicole's cool websiteNicole's TwitterNicole's InstagramFind us online:TwitchVODs/Highlights on YouTubeTikTok/Twitter/Instagram

Ruby is joined by former managing editor of Kotaku Australia and her former work dad David Smith to talk about the thrilling rise and frustrating end to a website that has housed some of the most beautiful minds in Australian games journalism. Consider this an audio eulogy for Kotaku Australia, but one of the eulogies at the funeral that everyone is uncomfortable about.Find David here:https://twitter.com/RhunWordshttps://www.instagram.com/rhunwords/https://www.tiktok.com/@rhunwordsFind us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVidshttps://twitter.com/rubyinnes

Ruby is joined by game developer and co-founder of Sydney games collective Serenade, Duncan Corrigan, to talk about the creation of Serenade, what goes into putting on a local games event, and why they're important for spotlighting games that you maybe wouldn't hear about normally. Because they're arty. Or they're freaky. Or both!Things mentioned:Ian MacLarty's Catacombs of SolarisGarfiesYour Holy & Virtuous Heretic set up in a pianoFind Duncan/Serenade here:https://twitter.com/DuncanCorriganhttps://duncan74.itch.io/https://twitter.com/serenadegameshttps://serenade.games/Find us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVidshttps://twitter.com/rubyinnes

Ruby is joined by Matt T. Wood, a 3D Realms and Valve veteran turned founder of Double Dagger Studio, to talk about his work in the games industry as well as the making of his studio's debut title, Little Kitty Big City. Meow!Introduction includes The Curious Cat by Riley Koenig, from the Little Kitty Big City soundtrack.Get Little Kitty Big City here:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1177980/Little_Kitty_Big_City/https://www.nintendo.com/au/games/nintendo-switch/little-kitty-big-city/https://www.xbox.com/en-AU/games/store/little-kitty-big-city/9NF5S7MLM8XTFind Matt here:https://www.matttwood.com/https://twitter.com/matttwoodhttps://twitter.com/doubledaggerstdFind us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by co-founder of Big Brane Studios and lead developer of Sushi Ben Kane Tyler to talk about his work on the narrative VR adventure that places you in a small Japanese town to save a failing sushi restaurant from the grasp of greedy land sharks.Introduction includes Sushi Rock No. 1 by Ian Navarro Silver, from the Sushi Ben soundtrack.Wishlist the non-VR version of Sushi Ben on Steam:https://store.steampowered.com/app/2419240/Sushi_Ben/Buy Sushi Ben on Meta Quest here:https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/5459391390744272/Find Jack here:https:/twitter.com/DmawDevhttps://www.tiktok.com/@dmawdevhttps://www.sushiben.com/Find us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by President of the Science Journalists Association of Australia, award-winning video games journalist, and her friend Jackson Ryan to talk about their very different experiences working in video games journalism, how it compares now versus "back then", and if people really want to read AI-written choppy sloppy.Find Jack here:https://www.jacksonwryan.com/https://www.twitter.com/dctrjackFind us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by former Bethesda and League of Geeks employee and current New Blood Interactive studio mother Kelsey Gamble to talk all about the highs, lows, and daunting present of the video games industry. It's a classic case of 'If you don't laugh, you'll cry'.Find Kelsey here:https://twitter.com/kindofsquishyhttps://www.instagram.com/kindofsquishyFollow Kelsey's work here:https://newblood.games/https://oddlark.com/Find us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by gaming YouTuber and resident silly billy Snugboy to talk about the seemingly endless business of remakes, remasters, re-imaginings, re-releases, (re)ports, and maybe more! While this IS called The Definitive Edition of this podcast episode, PocketBuds does reserve the right to remake this episode to include a new hat, and re-release it at an exorbitant price.Find SnugBoy here:https://www.youtube.com/c/Snugboyhttps://twitter.com/RealSnugboyFind us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids