PocketBuds

Ruby is joined by Pete Foley, the co-founder of award-winning Australian indie games studio Fuzzy Ghost (Queer Man Peering Into A Rock Pool.jpg, Janet DeMornay is a Slumlord and a Witch) to talk about making gay games, making games with gays, and the representation of LGBTQ+ people in the video game world. Slay!Find Fuzzy Ghost games here:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1501150/Pebble_Witch/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1711420/Queer_Man_Peering_Into_A_Rock_Pooljpg/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2168480/Janet_DeMornay_Is_A_Slumlord_and_a_witch/Find Pete here:http://fuzzyg.host/https://twitter.com/_fuzzyghost_https://www.instagram.com/_fuzzyghost_Find us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by deputy chair of media and communication at Swinburne University, the host of Screen Sounds on ABC classic, and award winning video game composer and journalist Dan Golding to talk about a shared love of theirs: video game music. And yes, Dan really was in Dili Allstars.Find Dan here:https://dangolding.com/https://www.abc.net.au/listen/classic/dan-golding/10723858https://www.youtube.com/c/DanGoldingVideoEssaysFind us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by your friendly neighbourhood dramaturg and lead writer for Massive monster JoJo Zhou to talk about their jam-packed and highly educational experience at this year's Game Developer's Conference. Ruby and JoJo also have some million-dollar game ideas.Find JoJo here:https://www.instagram.com/jojothezhou/https://www.twitter.com/jojofinal_FINAL/Find us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by host of Sanspants Radio's Shut Up A Second and Being Hot Is Hard, Cass Paige, to talk all about Nintendo's newest masterpiece, Princess Peach Showtime! Just two princesses being queens.Find Cass here:https://www.sanspantsradio.com/presenters/cass-paige/https://www.instagram.com/casscasspaige/https://twitter.com/casscasspaigeFind us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by D&D YouTuber and DM of I Speak Giant, Zac Naoum to talk about why the world outside of nerds is so in love with Dungeons & Dragons. And also the world inside of nerds. No, not like that.Find Zac here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS8fdPNO8SmYO3GoUmEuOaghttps://www.twitch.tv/ZacSpeaksGianthttps://twitter.com/zacnaoumhttps://www.instagram.com/zacspeaksgiant/Find us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by her Back Pocket co-host and also her boss Peter Burns to talk all about the expansive world that is the Halo universe. Also yes, I know that having two Peter's in a row is crazy. Life is just a little crazy sometimes.Find Peter here:https://twitter.com/pierrethhttps://www.instagram.com/pierrethFind us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by YouTuber and licensed video game appreciator Peter a.k.a Minimme to discuss the humble beginnings, the rises and falls, and the much-needed evolution of licensed video games. You've heard of 'what if movie was video game', and also 'what if video game was movie', but now it's time for 'what if video game was video game of movie'.Find Peter here:http://www.minimme.com/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPIBtu2SBuW_VFHwKwDOtYghttps://twitter.com/minimmeFind us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by the internet's leading expert on all things Gex, game designer Izzy Kestrel, to talk about the world of video game mascots and why so many of them have fallen off. To be specific, why Gex fell off and what she's doing to keep his memory alive.Find Izzy here:https://iznaut.com/https://twitter.com/iznauthttps://iznaut.itch.io/Find us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids

Ruby is joined by the art lead for Wood + Weather, art director of Moving Out 2, and co-host of Dice Paper Role, Jack Kirby Crosby. As Jack is what you'd call an artisté, it only seemed fitting that they discuss an age-old debate: are video games art?Buy Dice Paper Role MICF tickets here:https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2024/shows/dice-paper-role-friendsWishlist Wood + Weather here:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677010/Wood__Weather/Find Jack here:https://www.jackkirbycrosby.com/https://www.artstation.com/jkcrosbyfunhttps://www.instagram.com/jkcrosbyfun/https://twitter.com/jkcrosbyfunFind us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://youtube.com/@BackPocketVids