Episode 539 - Interview with Hi-Fi Rush director John Johanas
Waypoint Radio
VICE
4.6 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2023
⏱️ 132 minutes
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Summary
E3 is apparently happening, but some of the biggest companies aren’t attending, an unannounced Titanfall game got canceled, and 343 Industries is apparently starting from scratch. But don’t worry, we cut through the doom and gloom to bring you a special interview with John Johanas, director of the colorful upbeat rhythm action game Hi Fi Rush, about making music games and how Zwan (??) ended up on the soundtrack. After the break, Ren is checking out Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder, Rob’s back on the boats with Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnought, and Patrick and Rob reflect on playing both versions of Dead Space.
Who's Gonna Be at E3 01:48, What's going on with Halo? 14:04, Titanfall Single Player Game Canceled 23:53, HI-Fi Rush Developer Interview 28:35, Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder 56:36, Ultimate Admiral Deradnought 01:01:41, Dead Space Remake 01:01:41, Outro and Announcements 01:44:12
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| 0:00.0 | What's good internet? It's February 3rd, 2023, and you are listening to Waypoint Radio |
| 0:22.4 | episode 539. I'm your host Rob Zachney and I'm joined by Ricardo Contreras. Hello! |
| 0:31.0 | Patrick Klappick. Hello! |
| 0:38.7 | We're not a price. Hello! |
| 0:42.0 | Hello! |
| 0:47.2 | Are we doing a, are we doing the sign felt bit? Hello! Sorry that's very old. Wow! |
| 0:54.3 | But it is a classic. Was aaaaaaaah! |
| 1:00.4 | Ah, no, Ren, you don't get that reference, that one, that one, that one. |
| 1:05.0 | But Ren would have seen the ad where they brought those guys back to remind us of the good |
| 1:10.9 | and that's not going to land. Patrick, Patrick, Patrick, I grew up too online for me not to get |
| 1:19.3 | shit like that. The internet exists. Yeah, the internet exists and I was like |
| 1:26.4 | hanging out with like 25 and 30 year olds when I was 12. So like all that shit did get to me. |
| 1:34.0 | It did, it did eventually pass down through cultural asmosis. |
| 1:37.8 | See that it's beautiful that you received your heritage from the 90s. |
| 1:45.8 | Anyway, video games. They're not just for kids anymore. They're in industry worth billions of |
| 1:53.0 | dollars in annual revenue and if you want to see what the dream levers of the game industry are |
| 1:57.8 | busy spinning, then you have to get to E3 for what some folks have called gamer Christmas. |
| 2:04.4 | Here to tell us how the preparations are going for the biggest showing games is industry reporter |
| 2:09.5 | Patrick Kleppek. Patrick, what can we look forward to from E3 this year? |
| 2:15.5 | Ah, you're gonna like include this audio and like your pitch to the New York Times. |
| 2:19.4 | That's really well delivered. Yeah, you were clearly |
| 2:23.9 | that intro was cribbed from a recent New York Times. |
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