Podcasts
Here is where it all began, the podcast is the core of what we do here at Pixel Sift, where we break down the news, and speak to creatives all over the world about why they create.
Episode 51: Tom Cox (Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire), DDOS attackers charged & high profile eSports investments
Remnants of a fallen empire, a new adversary in a beautiful painterly world. Tom Cox of Canberra's Whalehammer Games joins us this week to talk all about their recently release game.
Episode 50.5: Q&A Extended Edition
We couldn't answer all your questions and answers at Perth Games Festival, so here are some of our favourites.
Episode 50: LIVE from Perth Games Festival 2016! Games with friends, releasing your indie game & Pixel Sift Q&A
We're live at Perth Games Festival 2016 with special guests Liam Hunt, Anthony Sweet and Mark Mennell.
Episode 49: Mike De Piazzi (Final Days), Oculus Rift Boycott & Predatory in-app purchases
Mike De Piazzi joins us to talk all about his multiplayer top-down shooter Final Days!
Episode 48: Cam Rogers & Sam Izzo (No Mario's Sky), games from outside the west & review lawsuits
What happens when you make a jam game that mashes two existing titles together, Super Mario and No Man's Sky, and the long arm of the law comes down on you?
Episode 47: Caroline Thant (Wanda - A Beautiful Apocalypse), realism and simulation & flipping the F2P switch
Two robots find each other in a ruin world in WANDA a story about friendship by Caroline Thant and Kodots Games, our guest this week.
Episode 46: Jessie Yeoh (Nostalgia Box Video Game Museum), casualisation of games & early access expectations
You might have a big collection of games but nothing like what Jessie Yeoh has acumulated, which prompted her to open the Nostalgia Box Perth's first Video Game Museum.
Episode 45: Henry Sham (OzHadou Fighting Games Community), games in education & League of Legends pay disputes
Button masher or frame perfect warrior, fighting games are a big deal to Henry Sham from OzHadou, the biggest fighting game community in Australia.
Episode 43: Steve Heller (Surprise Attack Games), console hardware updates & Indie vs AAA price expectations
Steve Heller of "Indie games label" Surprise Attack Games joins us to talk about what it takes to get an indie game off the ground.
Episode 42: Bob Hayden (Vectonic), retro console resurrection & eSports olympiad
Jump inside the synthwave with Bob Hayden developer of multiplayer hover game Vectonic.
Episode 41: Jane Cocks (Checkpoint.org.au), politics in games & the money of eSports.
Games can be used to promote a healthy headspace, and to understand the experiences of those with mental illness and Jane Cocks of CheckPoint joins us this week to talk all about it.
Episode 40: Darcy Smith (Armello), the digital divide: classism in games & being “a good sport”
Streaming is a big part of what League of Geeks does and we're joined by Darcy Smith, Community Manager, this week to how it all works.
Episode 39: Ari Gibson, William Pellen & Dave Kazi (Hollow Knight), game cultural appreciation & Pokémon GOes global
Part Dark Souls part Metroidvania, Hollow Knight by Adelaide's Team Cherry is all style.
Episode 38: John Kane (Killing Time at Lightspeed), spaces of play & Counter-Strike conflicts of interest
Time dilation and social media, join us as we speak to developer John Kane about his interactive narrative game about blasting across the galaxy and the world you live behind.
Episode 37: Senator Scott Ludlam (Australian Greens), Non-Violent Solutions & Twitch “Bits”
This week we spoke to Senator Scott Ludlam about the Greens policies in games development funding, non-violent solutions in games, and funding Twitch Streamers.
Episode 36: Ian Lewis & Adam Zulkifly (Party Golf), grey market resellers & avoiding games spoilers
More random modes than you can poke a stick at, Adam and Ian of Giant Margarita join us this week to talk all about making Party Golf!
Episode 35: Jacob Janerka (Paradigm), E3 2016 wrap up & video game film adaptations
Open Inventory. Use Link on Website. "You can found an interview with Jacob Janerka, developer of Paradigm, weird and fantastic point and click adventure game". Play podcast.
Episode 34: Leigh & Elissa Harris (Objects in Space), dropping the banhammer & predatory publishers
Siblings Leigh & Elissa Harris join us this week to talk all about their space submarine simulator Objects In Space, which can be extended by a physical cockpit.
Episode 33: Lisa Evans (Teaching Science through games), Beta Burnout, cuts to Arts funding
Can be games be used to help people learn about scientific concepts? Lisa Evans is a PhD candidate at Murdoch University and is researching just that in "World of Choices"
Episode 32: Mike Cann (Mr Nibbles Forever), Kerbal Space developer pay claims & games you can’t “win”
Roll on with Perth based Mike Cann, developer of cute runner Mr Nibbes Forever.
Episode 31: Jeremy Eade & Kim-Saskia Risser-Eade (Thwart GEO), the business & consequences of social media, the Australian Senate gaming inquiry
Making games from the red heart of Western Australia, Jez and Kim from Outback Pixels left their day jobs to make games full time.
Episode 30: Wade K. Savage (Skourge Legacy), rumours + fact checking, and CSGO community challenges
Toys, nostalgia and retro games, that's the goal with Skourge Legacy by director Wade K. Savage. Wade rose to fame with fan film Fallout: Lanius
Episode 29: Colton Onderwater (Super Salmon Migration), Dev work vs life & publisher vertical integration
Colton Onderwater joins us this week to share his brand new game Super Salmon Migration an endless swimmer for iOS and Android
Episode 28: Jason Imms (TasGDS), nostalgia in demand & the future of games journalism
Jason Imms, journalist and founder of the Tasmanian Game Development Society joins us to talk all about the tassie game dev scene.
Episode 27: Megan Summers (Damsel), mods: copyright + creativity & “no-grind” games
Jump into a saturday morning cartoon with Damsel by Queensland's Screwtape Studios and Megan Summers joins us this week to talk all about it.
Episode 26: Live at Oz-Comic Con 2016: Linear vs Non-linear story telling, Fan feedback + controversy, communicating in games
Listen to our first live episode live at Perth's OzComicCon 2016!
Episode 25: Dan Clayton (Blockpocalypse), game emulation and piracy + DRM.
Jump ever higher in this platformer at the end of the world in Blockpocalypse by Dime Studios! Dan Clayton joins us this week to talk all about his local multiplayer party game.
Episode 24: Matt Comi (Space Age), Cross-platform multiplayer & ownership of digital goods
Matt Comi works with a team spread throughout the world at Big Bucket software and joins us this week to talk about his newest game Space Age, a retro inspired point and click
Episode 23: Oscar Brittain (World’s Fastest Pizza), the UWP backlash & Launch hiccups
Oscar Brittain Fremantle native, joins us to talk about his brand new game World's Fast Pizza chockablock with western australia references.
Episode 22: Robert Bruce & Chris Parkin (The future of VR), spiritual successors, and cash for reviews 💵➡️🎮👍
What does the future hold for virtual reality? Two developers making projects for VR join us this week, Robert Bruce of Immersia VR and Chris Parkin of Offpeak Games look into their virtual crystal balls.
Episode 21: Louis Roots, Sof Mather & Kate Raynes-Goldie (LEVEL ONE Co-Working space), re-release double standards & learning to play games
Game development in Western Australia has a brand new home with the opening of LEVEL ONE a collaboration with SK Games and FTI.
Episode 20: Fabian Malabello (The Otherworld Agency) & “good” bad games
Music can make or break a game and Fabian Malabello joins us this week to talk all about his work with The Otherworld Agency.
Episode 19: Nick McDonnell (Screencheat), Obsessive game collectors & game “award baiting”
Nick McDonnell of Melbourne's Samurai Punk joins us this week to talk all about his game Screencheat, where split-screen cheating is the name of the game.
Episode 18: Global Game Jam Perth & game implosions and failures 🎮 ➕ 🐜
Can you make a game in 48 hours? We went down and spoke to the challengers at the Perth Global Game Jam 2016
Episode 17: Joshua Meadows (GX Australia), RTXAU recap and the cost of gaming
Joshua Meadows is bringing popular LGBTIQ convention GX to Australia and joins us to tell us all about their crowdfunding campaign.
Episode 16: Lisa Rye & Brendan Ragan (Freedom Fall), Gambling in eSports, Musicians making games
You've been locked in a tower by a princess and you've got to use your skills to drop through layers of traps in Stirfire's Freedom Fall.
Episode 15: Aranda Morrison & Mark Mennell (Square Heroes), Game Clones & Games and the Law
Float through arenas as cartoon cubes with guns in Square Heroes by Gnomic Studios. Aranda and Mark join us this week to talk all about making their game.
Episode 14: Chris Parkin (Valiant), Activision buys MLG, and our 2015 year in review
Jump into the saddle in VR in medieval dueling game Valiant by Offpeak Games!
Episode 13: Drew Morrow (Defect SDK), Companion apps & toys & movie tie-in games
Drew Morrow of Melbourne's Three Phase Interactive joins us this week to talk about his spaceship building game Defect SDK.
Episode 12: Drugs in Gaming, PSX recap, and reimaging game modes
What happens when people push it too far when gaming and use substances to keep going.
Episode 11: Trent Kusters (Armello): Kickstarting & building a digital boardgame & managing hype
How do you make a digital board game that wokrs on Console? Trent Kusters of League of Geeks joins us to talk all about Kickstarting the game and building to player expectations.
Episode 10: Kai Ashford-Hatherly (Bellus Mortem), Toxic Online players &Perth Games Festival
Kai Ashford-Hatherly joins us this week to talk about his new game Bellus Mortem as well, and we speak to Jon Hayward and Jess Watson of the Perth Games Festival in this double interview episode!
Episode 9: Ads in Games, Alternate Reality Games & Backwards compatibility
Ads exist in the real world, but why haven't they made much of an impression in games? We also talk about ARGs and backwards compatibility trends.
Episode 8: Dione & Keegan (1UP Gaming Marathon) "Crowd" Multiplayer & Gaming Urban Legends
Spending hours playing games with friends to raise money for charity, that's what Dione and Keegan of 1Up Gaming Marathon have been doing now for years, and they join us this week.
Episode 7: Paul Turbett (Starhammer: The Vanguard Prophecy) King purchased, 2015 PAXAUS GCAP recap
Paul Turbett of Perth's Black Lab Games joins us this week to talk all about his tactical space game Starhammer: The Vanguard Prophecy!
Episode 6: Seasonal Events, Self identity in games, and fan backlash
Is gaming the reason for the season for you? We talk all about seasonal events in Destiny and other games and when developers introduce microtransactions after promising not to.
Episode 5: Liam Hunt & Sam Zeid (Bramblelash), Episodic content & glitching out
Sam Zeid and Liam Hunt of Perth's ByteSprite Games are our first guests on the podcast and they've been working on spritely multplayer game Bramblelash!
Episode 4: Split-screen multiplayer, Remakes & Remasters, and storytelling in games
The days of the splitscreen multiplayer game might be numbered with Halo 5, a series that traditionally championed split-screen, dropping it from the game.
Episode 3: SAG-AFTRA Strike and eSport Unions, DLC subscriptions, & Twisted Pixel leaving Microsoft
We've got an update on the SAG-AFTRA voice actor strike and esports players creating unions, we talk about how DLC has changed over the years and Twisted Pixel leaving Microsoft.
Episode 2: Alpha & Beta Expectations, Should you pre-order, and #Performancematters
This week join us as we talk all about #performancematters the video game voice actors strike and how it'll impact upcoming games. We're also talking about player expectations when it comes to playable alphas and betas as well as whether or not you should pre-order.
Episode 1: Old School replays, Destiny Year Two, eSports, and Video game adaptations
It's the very first episode of Pixel Sift (cough High Score) and we try this whole video game podcast thing on for size!