PocketBuds

Ruby is joined by streamer, content creator, and bad-in-a-good-way controller maker Dylan Beck a.k.a Rudeism to talk all about playing games the wrong way. You may not believe it, but there's wrong ways, wronger ways, and the WRONGEST ways to play video games!Find Rudeism here:https://rudeism.com/https://www.twitch.tv/rudeismhttps://www.youtube.com/@RudeismFind us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://www.youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by writer for GamesHub Leah Williams to talk about a game that's gunning for the Game of the Year spot for 2024, Astro Bot. It's more than just references, it's the essence of pure joy packed into a video game!Find Leah here:https://twitter.com/legenettehttps://www.gameshub.com/author/leah-j-williams/Find us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://www.youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by technical director at Lowkii, button pusher at Back Pocket, and her work bestie Josh Swift to talk about the out-of-this-world world of space games. It might get a little existential, which is fitting in the realm of the galaxy.Find Josh here:https:/twitter.com/swift_yhttps://www.instagram.com/swift_y/Find us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://www.youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by game dev exec at the South Australian Film Corporation, co-founder of gaming satire website Point and Clickbait, former narrative designer at Mighty Kingdom, and freelance games journo James ‘Jickle’ O’Connor to talk about writing books about video games. He's also got a book about Untitled Goose Game coming out with Boss Fight Books! HONK!Back the Untitled Goose Game book (and secure your copy) here!Find Jickle here:https://jickle.net/https://twitter.com/JickleFind us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://www.youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by web comic artist, TV writer, narrative director at Squanch Games, and Mr. Boop himself Alec Robbins to talk about the chuckles and challenges that come with writing comedy in video games. Originally, the title of this episode was going to be 'Knock Knock! Who's There? Video Games', but that's just ridiculous. Very silly. This is a serious podcast.Find Alec's stuff online:https://alec.land/https://twitter.com/alecrobbinshttps://alecrobbins.itch.io/Find us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://www.youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by former Good Game host, current streamer, and her good friend Steph "Hex" Bendixsen to talk about her experiences in WildRP, the most primo role-playing server in Red Dead Online history. Yeehaw! Find Steph online:https://twitter.com/hexsteph/https://instagram.com/hexsteph/https://www.twitch.tv/hexsteph/ Find us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://www.youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by software engineer, Back Pocket regular, and YouTuber Nick "Nicrotex" Belling to talk about all things ARG (alternate reality games) and immersive theatre. It's basically like video games but in real life, but also it's not really real life. It's like... fake life.Find Nick here:TwitterInstagramYouTubeFind us online:TwitchVODs/Highlights on YouTubeTikTok/Twitter/Instagram

Ruby is joined by former publicist for gaming companies like PlayStation and Xbox and former PR manager for Aussie games distributor Five Star Games, Jim Barker, to talk about the twists and turns of working in PR for video games. Have a listen, but all good if not! Thanks so much for considering this podcast for the opportunity of being listened to by you.Find Jim here:TwitterInstagramFind us online:TwitchVODs/Highlights on YouTubeTikTok/Twitter/Instagram