Break Glass in Case of Bandicoot w/ Kyle Labriola, Murray Cameron-Smith, and NBZ | X-Strike Summer #1

Welcome to the first EVER episode of Into the Aether: X-Strike Summer! We kick of the series with games industry pros (and TWG community members) Kyle Labriola, Murray Cameron-Smith and NBZ! This week's episode is REQUIRED to be listened to at .75 speed to make up for all the times you were listening at 3x, you sickos. --- Kyle's Links Blog: https://blueberrylemonade.pika.page/ Indie Games of Cohost: https://cohost.org/IndieGamesOfCohost Rhythm Doctor: https://store.steampowered.com/app/774181/Rhythm_Doctor/ A Dance of Fire and Ice: https://store.steampowered.com/app/977950/A_Dance_of_Fire_and_Ice/ Murray's Link A Shell In The Pit: https://ashellinthepit.com/ NBZ's Links This Nintendo Life: https://open.spotify.com/show/1P4WI8rVRpAMjDIxJLqJUn Threads: https://www.threads.net/@lordnbz Playstack Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/Playstack Discussed: X-Strike Summer!, podcast listening speeds, Adam Sandler’s opus: Click, the competitive value of Shuckle, the slow boil of becoming an indie game dev, watching a game blow up, separating work brain and regular brain, how to work from home, Dadish 3D, Sokpop Collective, short experiences, Toree 3D, Cavern of Dreams, Pseudoregalia, Persona 3 Portable, Beyond the Beyond, Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals, Rhythm Sprout, this Rhythm Heaven tiktok , maimai, searching for tighter experiences. --- Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.online Buy some merch if you'd like: https://shop.intothecast.online Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast --- Follow on Threads: https://threads.net/@intothecast Follow on Tumblr: https://intothecast.tumblr.com --- Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/ Follow Brendon Bigley: https://threads.net/@brendonbigley Produced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social --- Season 6 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/ Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://instagram.com/ghostdownphoto --- Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (00:14) - Welcome to X-Strike Summer! (02:27) - Histories with ITA and TWG (06:59) - Getting in to the industry (18:34) - What it's like to watch a game blow up (24:12) - Getting brought into the fold (29:07) - Creative Broken Brain(tm) (41:27) - A surprise guest! (It's Crash Bandicoot) (41:54) - Dadish 3D | The latest installment in the Dadish Cinematic Universe (48:25) - Toree 3D | A lil bird that jumps :-) (52:41) - Persona 3 Portable | Another condensed game with a 3 in the title (01:02:09) - Beyond the Beyond | On the Retroid QWERTY123FFXIV Pro (01:05:34) - Lufia 2 | A game that forces you to use your items (01:18:02) - Rhythm Sprout | More little guys! (01:29:08) - Are people looking for more focused experiences? (01:43:30) - Check the links in the show notes! (01:45:25) - Wrapping up --- Thanks to all of our amazing patrons including our Eternal Gratitude members: Grok Corey Z Directional Joy Susan H Olivia K Dan S Isaac S Will C Jim W Evan B David H min2 Aaron G V Erik M Brady H Joshua J Tony L Danny K Seth M Adam B Justin K Andy H Demo Parker E Maxwell L Spiritofthunder Jason W Jason T Corey T Minnow Eats Whale Caleb W fingerbelly Jesse W Mike T Codes Wesley Erik B mebezac Sergio L ninjadeathdog Rory B A42PoundMoose Andrew Justin M Peter Stellar.Bees Brendan K Scott R wreckx Noah O Michael G Arcturus Chris R hepahe Cory F Chase A LoveDies Nick Q Wes K Chris M RB Michaela W Adam F Scott H Alexander SP Therese K jgprinters Jessica B Murray David P Jason K Bede R Kamrin H Kyle S Philip N ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★