KakeBytes
KakeBytes is an adventure through gaming history. Join your host, Katy, on a journey to uncover gaming’s long history and talk to industry professionals on their role in the past, present, and future of an industry that is continuously evolving.
Episodes
I wanted to bring Connor Rush onto KakeBytes to talk about teaching himself how to program in Java as an 11 year old and how he jumpstarted the development of his very own video game studio Fyre Games.
(more…)BrolyLegs is a grand master Street Fighter pro player that is known for playing differently than most. He was born with arthrogryposis, a condition that inhibits muscle growth and joint movement, and has adapted to learn how to play games without the use of his hands.
BrolyLegs joins me to chat about the last 15 years of competing in fighting game tournaments, including the first two seasons of Street Fighter League, and about how ...
Blizzard turned the page back in history this summer with the release of Classic World of Warcraft in lieu of a traditional expansion and John Staats, the first 3D level designer at Blizzard, recently published The World of Warcraft Diary.
E3 was jam packed this year and I was starstruck the whole week I attended. In my journeys, I had the pleasure of meeting Carlos Rocha, the founder of Dreams Uncoporated and SYCK games.
(more…)Ed Annunziata joined me on the latest episode of the show to discuss the Sega Genesis classic Ecco the Dolphin as well as discuss Space War Area, which launched earlier this year on the Nintendo Switch.
We delve into his love of programming that kickstarted his career, starting with Pyramid Run in 1984. He has stuck with the same team since Ecco, modernizing the development approach that has stuck with them for the last three deca...Gracie Arenas Strittmatter, who currently serves as the technical art director over BioWare’s latest IP, Anthem, joins me on the show to discuss it!
(more…)Rachel Quirico, also known online as Seltzer, is an esports host and interviewer for games like Pokémon GO, Overwatch, Hearthstone, CSGO, Starcraft, Street Fighter, and others.
(more…)Tim Fogarty has been competing in various first person shooters for more than a decade. Most recently, he has been competing with Team Liquid on their Quake Champions Team Death Match squad and previously played on their Overwatch Contenders team as well as previous Quake titles.
(more…)The next guest on the show is Chris Hopper, the head of Esports for North America at Riot Games.
(more…)Joining me on today’s episode is video game designer David Doak, most famously attributed to his work developing AI for GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo 64 (and inserting himself into the game!).
(more…)In the newest episode of the show I chat with Tarn Adams, the programmer behind the cult-classic PC colony simulator Dwarf Fortress.
(more…)In today’s episode, Tim McVey shares how a single quarter changed his life. We discuss how he became the first to achieve one billion points and on the little-known title Nibbler.
(more…)Billy Joe Cain is back at it again. And this time, it is the finale.
(more…)This week’s guest is Simon Ko, an artist who has done concept art for the Guitar Hero and Call of Duty franchises. We discuss his leap from art school into working in the game industry as well as his plunge into virtual reality with Vrainiac Studio.
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