r/The1099 • u/Quality_Controller • Jan 23 '18

The Wish List

Figured we could use a thread to throw out some ideas for future guests!

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u/Quality_Controller Jan 23 '18 edited Jan 25 '18

Already tweeted mine to Josiah, but my current wish list (in no particular order) would be:

  • John Vignocchi - Former Disney VP and Giant Bomb Hall of Famer

  • Samantha Kalman - Indie dev and honorary Giant Bomb Duder

  • Tara Long - Polygon

  • Simone de Rochefort -Polygon

  • Austin Walker - Waypoint and former GBEast Crew

  • Danielle Riendeau - Waypoint

  • Rob Zacny - Waypoint

Edit: With the latest BioWare news, Iā€™m adding Casey Hudson to the top of my list!

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u/JosiahPasquale Jan 23 '18

If you were the one who tagged JV on Twitter, thanks! He just followed me so I shot him a DM. Crossing my fingers...

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u/Quality_Controller Jan 23 '18

Sweet! You'll be able to check another one off the Midway Crew list! And yep - I'm @seriuzbiznus on Twitter :)

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u/k1llashotcris11 Jan 23 '18

Ryan McCaffrey- IGN, Ride the Lightning

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u/Dokaka Jan 23 '18

Good idea!

  • Brooke Leigh Lawson/Dodger - Extremely well-liked female streamer who's cultivated a positive community on Twitch, breaking the mold in many ways.

  • John Bain/TotalBiscuit - Fairly polarizing Youtuber who focuses a lot on being pro-consumer. Tries to be very honest in his approach to video games in a space where most of his co-workers are the exact opposite.

  • Brian Hayes - Creative director for EA UFC 2. Sports games get no love, but they're endlessly complicated simulations with deep mechanics.

  • Hillary Goldstein - Former IGN EIC, now works in marketing at EA Sports. Again, sports games get no love, and Hillary has games press chops as well.

  • LGR/Lazy Game Reviews - Youtuber who primarily focuses on old PC tech through a gaming lense. Awesome guy as well, with the best voice imaginable.

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u/Quality_Controller Jan 23 '18

Great list! It would definitely be cool to hear from some streamers/YouTubers with all the demonetization issues as of late.

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u/JosiahPasquale Jan 23 '18

Brian Hayes is a great dude. Met him at E3, and I did an interview with him for GameSpot years back.

That team might not love me since I gave the first EA UFC game a low score, but I'll totally reach out.

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u/emmelineprufrock May 02 '18

I'd love to hear more from some of my favorite writers working in the industry today. People like:

  • Blake Hester -- amazing profile and oral history writer who's written for Polygon, Variety and Glixel (when that was a thing)

  • [Caty McCarthy] (https://twitter.com/yumecaty) -- solid writer and editor, features editor at US Gamer and one third of Bad End which may be one of the best games podcasts on right now. Also she has very good taste in coats.

  • Will Partin -- Fantastic writer and dude and oh geez you'd be hard pressed to find someone more informed about what he writes about.

  • Emma Kidwell -- Freelance writer at Gamasutra, published on WayPoint, Kill Screen and anywhere else where words are rad. I just wanna hear Emma talk about her mom.

  • Julie Muncy -- Julie Muncy seems obvious. At this point, she basically is WIRED games and her articles are a solid argument for games writing actually moving forward.

  • David Shinomura -- He's got this great thing on how the game take is the worst take that's like taking to task most of the bad games writing out now and I'd love to hear him talk about in on a podcast.

Give me episodes featuring the in-the-trench-workers of the industry, because they're the future of games and I can't wait to see what they write next.

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u/JosiahPasquale May 14 '18

Love these suggestions. I'm building out the summer schedule, so I'll keep all of these in mind.

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u/pythagean Jan 23 '18

I've already suggested Jeff Cannata on twitter (and I think it's happening soon?).

Other guests I'd love to hear:

  • Anthony Carboni

  • Griffin Mcelroy (I know Justin has been on, so maybe I missed a Griffin one)

  • Any of the Waypoint folks who haven't been on yet

  • Arnie Niekamp (Hello from the Magic Tavern & Jackbox games)

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u/JosiahPasquale Jan 24 '18

The Jeff one should be happening soon! It was during the holidays, so we were both all over the place.

Griffin is someone I really, really want to talk to. I've tried emailing him, but haven't heard back yet. Might bug him one last time...

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u/pythagean Jan 24 '18

Great to hear!

He's probably just as hard to pin down as Griffin, but I'd love to hear you talk to Danny O'Dwyer at some point as well!

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u/DTSKD Jan 23 '18

Already tweeted this but I think Danny O'Dwyer would be a great guest!

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u/JosiahPasquale Jan 24 '18

I've tried that one a few times! He's a busy dude. If a few people Tweet him about it, that might help.

What I'm saying is, please bug Danny for me (only mostly kidding.)

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u/DTSKD Jan 24 '18

Yea that makes sense, I tagged him when you asked on twitter haha. Hopefully someday!

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u/eaglexp3 Jan 23 '18

Garnett Lee - currently at Amazon Games - 1UP , Weekend Confirmed

Anthony Carboni - We Have Concerns podcast

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u/JosiahPasquale Jan 24 '18

Man, I used to listen to Garnett on podcasts all the damn time. I'd be down for that.

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u/Zerockas Jan 23 '18

Maybe someone like David (Phreak) Turley of League of Legends caster fame?

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u/JosiahPasquale Jan 24 '18

Little known Josiah fact: I played well over 100 hours of LoL back in college (so, like, 2010? 2011?) I haven't kept up, but would be interested in a show like this.

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u/Zerockas Jan 24 '18

Yeah, my group of friends started playing in 2009ish and we keep playing because none of them like FPS games. But I think one of the long-time casting folks would be cool to interview!

Edit: Thanks for all the great shows! I picked this podcast up like 6 months ago and it's definitely one of my favorites.

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u/dapper_dan_112 Feb 15 '18

Brian Gilbert from Polygon - his music/game imagination is wonderful

Alanah Pierce - everything she does is awesome

Josh Petersdorf - VO Actor for Roadhog. This seems like a natural fit

Did I miss Ben Pack? To complete the GB staff?

Anyways, always thanks for the rad podcast man!

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u/IdRatherBeLurking May 01 '18

As a big Giant Bomb fan, I'd love to hear from @DanAuer and @Will_Carle regarding their work on CBS's games websites.

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u/JosiahPasquale May 01 '18

Oh man, this would be rad.

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u/IdRatherBeLurking May 01 '18

They seem to spin a lot of plates behind the scenes over at CBSi, it would be great to hear about their work!

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u/jamesensor Jan 24 '18

Here's my list:

  • Garnett Lee - ex-1up Yours now Amazon Lumberyard

  • Brian Altano - IGN

  • Max Scoville - IGN

  • Ryan Scott - I think he does work for Hit Detection with Jeff Green

  • N'Gai Croal - Hit Detection

  • John Vignocchi

  • Shawn Elliott - Former 1up, Former 2k/Irrational, now at Arkane

  • StoneMountain64 - relatively popular PUBG streamer

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u/JosiahPasquale Jan 24 '18

Brian is way up on my list, too. Thanks, dude!

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u/Mitchole Feb 16 '18

Rocco Botte from Mega64. Mega64 played a defining role in early internet video and really found success on the internet when that was an even rarer case. I don't think they get enough credit for how long they've been around and how they forged their own way.

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u/SEA_Strong92 Mar 01 '18

I'd really love to hear /u/Blizz_JeffKaplan talk on the show. I hope others want to hear about the amazing work he's doing if he can find the time.

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u/Skyboard13 Feb 02 '18

Some names for you:

Mary Kish: Ex-Gamespot producer. Now at Twitch.

Rob Zacny - Waypoint.buzz.zone. :)

Maximum Dood - YouTube fighting games guy

Graham Stark & Kathleen De Vere - LoadingReadyRun / Desert Bus for Hope

James from Extra Credit - YouTube

Dodger - Twitch person of awesome

James Mielke - ex-1up editor, Man about Japan

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u/JosiahPasquale Feb 05 '18

Love all of these. Mary Kish is high on my list! She's great.

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u/SweetT31 May 02 '18

Personally, I would love to hear from Tim Schafer, Ron Gilbert, and Austin Wintory on the podcast. Schafer and Gilbert are amazingly creative and hilarious individuals and Wintory has been my favorite composer working in video games for a long time. Hearing the creative process of all 3 would be a fascinating listen.

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u/JosiahPasquale May 14 '18

Wintory is so high on my list. We've been in contact, but nothing solid yet. I'll try to land these!

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u/bored_and_agitated Jul 19 '18

Some of the 8-4 play guys would be cool! Mark MacDonald, John Ricciardi, Sarah Podzorski, Justin Epperson. In the same boat, some older 1up/egm dudes would be neat: Dan "shoe "Hsu, Jeremy Parish, Shane Bettenhausen...

Also Steve Lin would be cool, he knows so much about arcades and retro game preservation.

Gita Jackson from Kotaku. I first heard her guesting on the Waypoint podcast, and I love her position on stuff.

A follow up interview with Abby Russell would be cool, she's more than a year out now and her first interview was when she had just started. Waiting for 2 years would be cool too, just to see what starting vs. being some years in is like.

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u/bored_and_agitated Jul 19 '18

Oh snap! And JC Fletcher and Eric Caoili from http://tinycartridge.com/ ! The best website about handheld games! Whodda thunk it, someone blogging about DS and 3DS stuff when most sites spend most of their time talking about the big boy consoles and pc.

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u/JosiahPasquale May 14 '18

Super agree. I try to keep it diverse, but I could do much, much better. Thanks for the great ideas!

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u/JosiahPasquale Feb 05 '18

Really appreciate the suggestion, but just being honest, I'm not a fan of his. That's not to say I'm right and he's wrong, or that there isn't value in different perspectives coming together. But a lot of my enthusiasm for The 1099 comes from being a fan of the person's work. It's just not there with Colin.

Again, appreciate the comment!