Final Games

Joining Liam this week is another guest intercepting from the outskirts of the video game industry! Becoming Final Games first ever banished professional athlete is well-known internet nerd and former NFL Punter for the Minnesota Vikings, Chris Kluwe. Putting aside his passion for writing, making board games, playing in a band and being a Dad, Chris gets ready to be deserted by chatting about 8 incredible games from a list that is jam packed with some serious heavy hitters! Please enjoy! :D Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Chris' choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS Chris Kluwe: @ChrisWarcraft Please go check out Craig's excellent music on Soundcloud! Thank you to him for his excellent intro! @windmills-at-dawn @craigedycraig If you'd like to c

Joining Liam this week is a veteran animator of the games industry and “Gaming Twitter’s” go-to guy for all animation questions. Having worked on games such as Mass Effect 1 & 2, Assassin’s Creed III and most recently Uncharted 4, Naughty Dog’s Jonathan Cooper gets ready to tell us his 8 games. As well as prepare for his banishment. Incredible stories including how a wee lad from Scotland ended up in charge of one of the biggest animation teams for a game in history! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Jonathan's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS Jonathan Cooper: @gameanim Please go check out Craig's excellent music on Soundcloud! Thank you to him for his excellent intro! @windmills-at-dawn @craigedycraig If you'd like to contact the show or Liam

Please listen! An update about Final Games' schedule and the future of the show. You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please check out: @LiamBME @FinalGamesShow finalgamespodcast@gmail.com Final Games is hosted on Soundcloud at: @finalgamespodcast But is also available on iTunes, aCast and Stitcher!

Joining Liam this week live from the hallowed halls of the 8-4 Towers in Shibuya for the first ever face to face recording of Final Games is 8-4's co-founder, John Ricciardi. One host of the 8-4 Play podcast and veteran of the localization industry here in Japan. John talks about his start in the industry at EGM, moving to Japan, localization and of course 8 incredible games, including some surprises! Also Earthquakes... Enjoy! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of John's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS John Ricciardi: @Johntv www.8-4.jp Please go check out Craig's excellent music on Soundcloud! Thank you to him for his excellent intro! @windmills-at-dawn @craigedycraig If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback pleas

Joining Liam this week to chat about his 8 games is a very exciting guest! Starting his career back in 1994, QA Lead on System Shock, Lead Designer on Deus Ex and now Co-Creative Director of Arkane Studios, the studio behind Dishonored and Dishonored 2, industry legend, Harvey Smith. Harvey talks about some superb shooters, world building, the importance of music in games and more! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Harvey's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS Harvey Smith: @Harvey1966 Please go check out Craig's excellent music on Soundcloud! Thank you to him for his excellent intro! @windmills-at-dawn @craigedycraig If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please check out: @LiamBME @FinalGamesShow finalgamespodcas

Joining Liam this week to chat about her passion for a very certain genre of PC gaming is the founder and creator of the Indie MEGABOOTH, Kelly Wallick. Kelly schools Liam on all things management sim, building sim and even sims sim through her 8 wonderful games. Whilst also chatting about the Indie MEGABOOTH, indie games and also indie developers! It’s a fascinating episode, please enjoy! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Kelly's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS Kelly Wallick: @KellyWallick http://indiemegabooth.com/ Please go check out Craig's excellent music on Soundcloud! Thank you to him for his excellent intro! @windmills-at-dawn @craigedycraig If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please check out: @Liam

Joining Liam this week for an incredible 3 hour episode is former Midway employee and former vice-president of production at Disney Interactive Studios, the incredible, John Vignocchi. This episode is full of incredible stories about the industry, about Johnny and his former roommate, Adam Boyes and full of love and emotion.. and 8 games of course! If you ever wanted an episode that epitomizes what FG is all about, this is it! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Johnny's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS John Vignocchi: @JohnVignocchi Please go check out Craig's excellent music on Soundcloud! Thank you to him for his excellent intro! @windmills-at-dawn @craigedycraig If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please ch

Joining Liam this week is a brand new guest to be sent off to the deserted realms of Final Games! Creator of the notoriously difficult indie platformer, I Wanna Be The Guy, Michael “Kayin” O’Reilly comes along to talk about 8 incredibly wonderful and varied games as well as talking about making difficult games, Igrashi-san playing Kayin’s new game and many a tangent! Hope you enjoy this episode! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Michael's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS Michael "Kayin" O'Reilly: @kayinnasaki Please go check out Craig's excellent music on Soundcloud! Thank you to him for his excellent intro! @windmills-at-dawn @craigedycraig If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please check out: @LiamBME @Fina

Joining Liam this week for the 60th episode of the show is the very lovely, excellent and talented voice actor, Robbie Daymond. Voice actor for characters such as Prompto from FFXV, Storey from Tales of Zestiria and Akechi Goro from Persona 5. He joins Liam to talk about 8 superb games that would keep anyone occupied for a long time on a deserted island! Whilst of course talking about voice acting. Enjoy! :) Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Robbie's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS Robbie Daymond: @robbiedaymond Please go check out Craig's excellent music on Soundcloud! Thank you to him for his excellent intro! @windmills-at-dawn @craigedycraig If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please check out: @LiamBME @

Joining Liam this week to be the 59th member to be banished to the realms of Final Games is the head of Blendo Games and creator of weird and wonderful games such as Gravity Bone, Thirty Flights of Loving and Quadrilateral Cowboy. Mr. Brendon Chung. Liam and Brendon run down the 8 eclectic and superb titles he’s chosen to take with him to quite possibly the strangest island choice yet! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Brendon's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS Brendon Chung: @blendogames www.blendogames.com Please go check out Craig's excellent music on Soundcloud! Thank you to him for his excellent intro! @windmills-at-dawn @craigedycraig If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please check out: @LiamBME @Final

Joining Liam this week to be cast off to a brand new deserted island is YouTuber and editor, Jimmy Sunder, A.K.A Sunder. The creator of shows such as “Level Head” and editor for YouTube channels like “The Dex” and “JWittz”, talks to Liam about 8 excellent and varied titles that range from critically panned racers to Minecraft alternatives. As well as chatting about how he got his start in the wild-west that is YouTube. Enjoy! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Jimmy's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS Jimmy Sunder: @sundercr Please go check out Craig's excellent music on Soundcloud! Thank you to him for his excellent intro! @windmills-at-dawn @craigedycraig If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please check out:

Having to suffer through not only banishment to a deserted island this week. But also Liam’s dastardly cold and cough is former Konami producer and now head of Camouflaj, Mr. Ryan Payton. Liam talks with Ryan about his career his chance encounter with Kojima and also about 8 wonderful games. 4 of which are a real roll of the dice! We apologise for Liam’s cough, but still hope you really enjoy this episode! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Ryan's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS Ryan Payton: @ryanpayton https://camouflaj.com/ Please go check out Craig's excellent music on Soundcloud! Thank you to him for his excellent intro! @windmills-at-dawn @craigedycraig If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please check o

Joining Liam this week is a guest, who finally after a year of trying, Liam has managed to catch in the same spot long enough to banish them to a deserted island. Much to his dismay, Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail comes along this week to talk 8 excellent games that matched an intriguing criteria he made. As well as an incredible discussion into game design, creators and of course, Rami’s mother and her Final Fantasy XV progress. Enjoy! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Peter's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS Rami Ismail: @tha_rami www.ramiismail.com www.vlambeer.com Please go check out Craig's excellent music on Soundcloud! Thank you to him for his excellent intro! @windmills-at-dawn @craigedycraig If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if yo

Joining Liam this week to be deserted on a new island in the Final Games realm is indie “darling” and creator of Thomas Was Alone, Mike Bithell. Mike and Liam chat about an incredible amount of stealth games, a unique way of creating things on the island and of course, 8 wonderful games. We hope you enjoy this excellent episode! p.s. don’t call the cops on Mike’s Dad ;) Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Peter's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS Mike Bithell: @mikeBithell www.bithellgames.com Please go check out Craig's excellent music on Soundcloud! Thank you to him for his excellent intro! @windmills-at-dawn @craigedycraig If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please check out: @LiamBME @FinalGamesShow finalg

Joining Liam this week is GameSpot’s Senior Reviews Editor, Peter Brown. Having first started reviewing games when he was just 14 years old, during the Dreamcast and PS2 era. Peter talks about 8 wonderful games, some of which, that as a very nostalgic man, hit him hard. As well as some very gutsy choices that he hopes will keep him busy whilst on the deserted island. Hope you enjoy this excellent episode! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Peter's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS Peter Brown: @PCBrown www.gamespot.com Please go check out Craig's excellent music on Soundcloud! Thank you to him for his excellent intro! @windmills-at-dawn @craigedycraig If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please check out: @LiamB

Joining Liam this week is “The Strategy King” himself, Eurogamer’s Chris Bratt. A video producer and writer at the popular UK-based video game website. As his nickname (which he swears he didn’t give to himself ;D) suggests, this week there’s a lot of talk about strategy games of all kinds! Including a few other perfect (for a)deserted island, gaming choices! Please enjoy :) Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Chris' choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS Chris Bratt: @bratterz www.eurogamer.com Please go check out Craig's excellent music on Soundcloud! Thank you to him for his excellent intro! @windmills-at-dawn @craigedycraig If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please check out: @LiamBME @FinalGamesShow finalgamesp

Joining Liam this week is “The Gaming Historian” himself, Norman Caruso. Just as he’s about to his 300,000 subs on his gaming history YT channel, Norman joins Liam to talk about the 8 games he’d take with him to a very tropical deserted island. As well as 8 wonderful games, they chat about some ties between games and actual history! Please enjoy another lovely episode of Final Games! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Norman's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS Norman Caruso: @GamingHistorian youtube.com/gaminghistorian Please go check out Craig's excellent music on Soundcloud! Thank you to him for his excellent intro! @windmills-at-dawn @craigedycraig If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please check out: @LiamB

To celebrate the 50th episode, this week we have a bumper 3-hour show! Joining Liam is 17-Bit’s head honcho the excellent, Jake Kazdal. 17-Bit are responsible for titles such as Skulls of the Shogun and Galak-Z. Jake talks about his early career at SEGA working with Rez creator, Tetsuya Mizuguchi. We also have 8 excellent games, including a brand new Zelda title and a huge in-depth talk about VR! It’s a super way to celebrate 50 episodes of condemning video game industry members to the Final Games island! Thank you to everyone who has listened, downloaded, tweeted, shared and supported the show since over the past 50 episodes. It means the world to me! Thank you. Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Jake's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS Jake Ka

Joining Liam this week is the mind behind one of the most mysterious and viral video games of all-time. Creator of Frog Fractions and Twinbeard lead, Jim Crawford prepares to be sent off to the deserted island with 8 excellent titles, featuring some old Final Games favourites. He also discusses the creation of Frog Fractions and its sequel, both of which are the subject of the most recent, No Clip documentary series. Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of Jim's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS Jim Crawford: @mogwai_poet www.twinbeard.com If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please check out: @LiamBME @FinalGamesShow finalgamespodcast@gmail.com Final Games is hosted on Soundcloud at: @finalgamespodcast But is also av

Joining Liam this week for something a little different, is the King of Video Game and Anime Vines, Mr. SungWon Cho A.K.A. ProZD. With over 500 million vine loops and now amassing over 300,000 subscribers, SungWon joins Liam to talk a little more seriously than usual about 8 excellent games and some wonderful JRPGs. Enjoy! Don't forget to follow on Soundcloud and leave a comment about what you thought of SungWon's choices! We'd love to hear what you the listeners think of the guest's choices and let's have a lovely discussion :) You can also download this show on iTunes as well, just search for "Final Games". Please rate and review the show! apple.co/1QP0ciS SungWon Cho: @ProZD If you'd like to contact the show or Liam, or if you have any feedback please check out: @LiamBME @FinalGamesShow finalgamespodcast@gmail.com Final Games is hosted on Soundcloud at: @finalgamespodcast But is also available on iTunes, aCast and Stitcher!