Episode 78 | “Cosmic Extraordinary”

The Podcast went live once again!

Join Sikamikanico, Shpeshal Nick and special guest Johnny Galvatron for a nice relaxing time chatting the latest in gaming.

The Artful Escape is out and we chat to Johnny about it’s creation and all the awards it’s been getting!

And as always, we’ll end with thanks to our Patrons and their always amusing Community Questions, and visit our Superchats along the way.

Jump in!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 – Going live soon
00:01:19 – Intro
00:01:39 – Hi everyone and Johnny Galvatron! (without sound)
00:03:45 – Bit of Background on Johnny
00:08:50 – AFL Tangent, Collingwood vs Geelong and Melbourne
00:12:40 – Back to Johnny’s and The Artful Escape
00:20:00 – Reviewing ethics and Gameplay vs Narrative
00:26:25 – Experiences with The Artful Escape
00:29:04 – Is there gonna be a sequel?
00:30:30 – Multiplat?
00:31:57 – Annapurna and the incredible voice cast of The Artful Escape
00:34:56 – The Artful Escape won a couple of AGDAs
00:36:35 – Great indies and taking risks in Game Development
00:40:53 – A deep deep discussion about music
00:44:45 – How did the Xbox deal come about?
00:46:00 – How the voice acting came about
00:49:40 – GOTY discussion
00:51:30 – What have we been playing?
00:57:50 – Some news, Xbox partnered with Trolli, Adidas and made an amazing 20th Anniversary controller
01:00:36 – Nick was wrong about Sora. Also, put Francis Vendetti in Fortnite
01:03:13 – Bill & Ted in Artful Escape?
01:05:00 – Patron shoutout
01:05:55 – Community Questions (and a super chat)
01:07:10 – Community Question #1 – Frank Ortiz: What’s the deal with Remedy and Microsoft?
01:10:30 – Community Question #2 – Creaky Legs: Shower stories and The Artful Escape
01:12:15 – Community Question #3 – DeoGame: Hidden gem Genres on Game Pass?
01:15:45 – Community Question #4 – TornRaptor: When will we see Halo Campaign footage?
01:16:50 – Community Question #5 – Cerys: Toy suggestions for the kids?
01:21:07 – Community Question #5.2 – Cerys’ daughter asks why Artful Escape doesn’t have violence 01:23:13 – Community Question #6 – Predrag: Casting for The Artful Escape movie
01:28:44 – Community Question #7 – Somnia: Favourite Horror games?
01:31:52 – Community Question #8 – DirtyFlint: What animal could you beat in a fight?
01:34:30 – Community Question #9 – GoodOldCollingwood: Artful Escape on other platforms? Favourite Kinect games?
01:37:05 – Community Question #10 – Doncasbesa: I loved The Artful Escape
01:38:05 – Community Question #11 – MDHX: Portable Xbox?
01:40:09 – Community Question #12 – n0tjack: What game would you make with $200 million?
01:42:54 – Community Question #13 – Phalaxis: Favourite version of Cricket? Also, what sport would we play?
01:48:25 – Wrapping up
01:53:10 – Ciao for now!

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