Sky Pirate Radio

Welcome to the hot-to-trot, ALL VIDEO GAME DEVELOPMENT PODCAjust kidding, we spent bloody ages talking about the new paradigm in Mike Myers-centric comedy television, The Pentaverate! That's right, everybody: it's all Pentaverate talk from this point on, nothing else is gonna be talked about. At all. AT ALL. Like, sure, whatever, we go into the good word about our games like GETAWAY GRAND PRIX and OTHER UNANNOUNCED (!) goodies, we talk KIRBY a little bit, in particular, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, the hot new switch game, and the ways it goes about evoking that classic pink puff platforming we all know and love, and hey, SURE, a little Elden Ring talk. Every podcast has to talk about Elden Ring! Elden Ring, Blippi, question-and-answer from fans young and old on the Oddbodz—these are all the targets you have to hit to make a successful podcast. But we duped you. We're sorry. We're truly sorry about this, but everything we do is now about the Pentaverate and how interesting that all is. But hell! No time to stop and think about it now. We're on the road to our 50th anniversary podcast baby! ROLL with the punches! SWING with the changes! Life is what you make of it. Life is SKY PIRATE RADIO!

Look: here's the deal. I'm sleepy. I was terrorised by a swarm of mosquitos last night that didn't let me sleep. It could have everything or nothing to do with the PS2 Ubisoft game "Rayman M". But none of that matters—not anymore. Not when it's 2022 and your favourite Australian Independent Video Game Development Funny Boys are BACK IN TOWN! We catch pace with our heroes progress, now adding the finer, final-er touches to their HIT AND HIP new game, Getaway Grand Prix, but that doesn't stop Kevyn from prying open his old game-tomb, exploring the hallowed archives of the Kirby series to inspire the design of future projects, and he played Inscryption too but mainly just because it's a bit fun. Jace played a veritable grab-bag of glad-wrapped game goulash of the likes of Breakout Recharged, Knight's Try, Lost in Random and other games the cursory player would look down their noses and hock a loogie at. I guess we talked a lot about the Muppets too (You can see them there, in the thumbnail—those are some of the Muppets, in action!). But don't take MY word for it, no: heed them aurally! HEED SKY PIRATE RADIO: IT MAKES THE MOSQUITOS STOP BITING!

Here is what one might expect in the TRIUMPHANT RETURN of our intrepid duo, Jace and Kevyn: the announcement of the Sky Pirate Studios Patreon and all the goodies therein; their efforts to make a Game Boy horror game in ten days; Getaway Grand Prix, Lamplit, and future projects; Kevyn's Game Boy mania and Psychonauts 2 nit-picks are addressed; Jace is just sort of flying around in Immortals: Fenyx "Breath of the Wild" Rising.

Episode 47 of Sky Pirate Radio: PART ONE OF THE GREAT SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY SAGA. Don't miss it, just permit it.

I'm not gonna mince words, here-we get into some wild, heady territory in Episode 46 of our video game podcast. Talking about where we're at and the hurdles we're overcoming developing GETAWAY GRAND PRIX. Kevyn learns a things or two from Brawlstars and Annalyn and learns NOTHING from Mario Kart Tour, while Jace winds back with Dragon Quest 8 and controller chat. The return of two of gaming's greatest mascots, Super Mario and Crazy Frog, is at the tip of our lips and dances across our tongues. Lastly, we get into Hideo Kojima's sun-based Boktai, with a NEVER BEFORE SEEN, life-quaking event for Game Club. It must be seen to be believed, and must be heard to be witnessed. Sky Pirate Radio!

Another jubilant episode of Sky Pirate Radio! Join Jace and Kevyn by the fireside as we get into the latest in our games Getaway Grand Prix and Stocks & Swords, answering some age-old questions about Help! I'm Haunted, coming to grips with the new age of megacorporation battling between Apple, Google and Fortnite and playing and chatting about HOT GAMES like Panzer Paladin, Wolfenstein, our Game Boy Color Game Club Star Ocean: Blue Sphere, and God, even more than that. You just wouldn't believe it. Isn't that what SKY PIRATE RADIO is all about?

YEAH, BABY, YEAH! SKY PIRATE RADIO IS BACK! With their premier shock-jock style, Jace and Kevyn touch base on the latest in gaming software and technology through the lens of Australian comic sensation (?) Da 'n' Dill, before quickly getting to the meat of things with an almost half-our discussion of the first feature in the Hanna-Barbera cinematic universe, SCOOB⁠—and its apocalyptic implications. Kevyn becomes a king-of-sting as we lay down the latest news on PS5 titles, including the announcement of a very special The Lord of the Rings game, before we dive headfirst into Kevyn's newest addiction: Pokemon Cards and Atomicrops. Jace finally comes home to roost in the anime worlds of Sakura Wars and Final Fantasy XIV. And, finally, after 43 episodes of Game Clubs, something truly unprecedented happens upon our exploration into Austin Powers Pinball for the PS1. It must be heard to be believed, and to be believed it must be heard; that's just Sky Pirate Radio in a nutshell, baby.

This podcast has a frightening, sparking, manic energy that cannot be contained. This podcast is about videeo games. Join us for the latest on making the new characters and art for Getaway Grand Prix, the Cats film-watching experience and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Headline News pays tribute to new Paper Mario, PS5 tech demos and the untimely demise (?) of the great international spy of all time. On the games front, Kevyn is exploding space ships in Catastronauts, Slayin' (2), and finding himself outnumbered in his newest find in the Pac-Man Clone Safari, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves. Jace, meanwhile, is deliriously tired, somehow managing to talk about the joys of Streets of Rage 4 and the horrors of Resident Evil: Code Veronica in between before they headlong tackle Game Club with the Metal Gear-em up, Never Stop Sneakin'! Sky Pirate Radio: the ONLY video game podcast... you can dance to. 

Rumours aplomb in the 41st enticing edition of Sky Pirate Radio: Jace and Kevyn speak word of their past lives working in escape rooms; talk of our BRAND-NEW city tileset in Getaway Grand Prix (and the power that comes as consequence of it); an EXCLUSIVE update on the status of our project Blazing Barrels; grooving into the Headline News with a cryptic conspiracy surrounding Super Mario Maker 2 Worlds, Animal Crossing breaking the bank and Tom Hank's blood; Kevyn moves on from his past sins in the Magic Kingdom and reigns over his Tetris 99 throne; Jace sweats and heaves in Ring Fit, has an exciting update for all the Snack World fans out there and prays tell of Professor Layton's World of Crime; and, finally, we chat sticky hands and crab battles in our game of the week, Simon Quest's Transylvanian Adventure. Sky Pirate Radio is a AAA podcast, alright—ALL AUDIO ACTION!

Our two most friendly game makers and players celebrate hitting their flirty forties the only way they know how: talkin' about those precious little games they love so much! At the top of the show we rip into the latest in drifting technology in our new game, Getaway Grand Prix before ripping into our new segment, HEADLINE NEWS, in which we explore the peculiar events surrounding Cooking Mama: Cookstar and the rumored possibility for the for the return of the WiiU, and, thereby, Nintendo Land, with second-screen Switch support. We talk a short reprieve from gossip-gathering and rabble rousing as Kevyn rips into NES Online and goes wild for the simplistic and effective design of Excite Bike and Devil World while Jace gets poisoned by Resident Evil: Code Veronica and healed by Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (and Snack World). The boys tango with the deceptively difficult Game Club, ZX House Attack, and wrap things up answering a few questions about our biggest inspirations for our latest projects (Garfield Party not included). Never be afraid to take control and sieze the day with a rambunctious new episode of SKY PIRATE RADIO!

Things get pear-shaped in the sweetest way on this week's Sky Pirate Radio. We get into how project Getaway Grand Prix has been developing, as well as an update on how Lamplit and Sword Club have been proceeding. Meanwhile, we prepare for lockdown by doing what we do best: twiddlin' our thumbs upon some itsy bitsy games such as Animal Crossing: New Horizons, this podcast's Game Club, Heart Star, and the quiet return of Kevyn's Mobile Korner with Disney Magic Kingdom. We then become frightened and frazzled from out wits to our tips by Resident Evil: Revelations, Resident Evil 3 (PS1), and Resident Evil 3 (Demo). Jace also goes sleuthing around the streets of Kamurocho in Judgment, searching for an answer to the horrible question: how high can Kevyn jump? You can only find the answer one way, buster—in a freaking new Sky Pirate Radio, dude!

Quarantined but ready to break out, it's the 38th instalment of Sky Pirate Radio! In today's embarkation, Jace and Kevyn unveil the inner workings of our new prototype, the maze-racin' arcade caper, Getaway Grand Prix, as well as formally introducing Kevyn's upcoming merch store, FabLab! It's all uphill from there as the Kevyn contracts symptoms of Pac-Man Fever before coming to blows with Jace over their polarising thoughts on the Final Fantasy VII Remake Demo. Jace encounters the second stage of grief in Snack World and the second stage of fear in Resident Evil 2 before the boys kiss, make up, and go cosmic with this weeks Game Club: Dragon Quest of the Stars, before closing things out with dash of the classical Mickey Mouse Ultraviolence. Sky Pirate Radio: FIRST AND ONLY scratch 'n sniff podcast!

Gettin' crusty in the ears but partying like nothing's wrong, it's episode 37 of Sky Pirate Radio! This week, postulation springs as we detail how work continues on Lamplit, Sword Club, and an ALL-NEW PROTOTYPE we are developing! Kevyn looks back at the Kirby franchise sliding into Squeak Squad, learns about rats on his first journey into Metal Gear Solid, and wins big in Fortune Street (much to Mario's chagrin). Jace enters the world of survival horror in Resident Evil, enters the world of survival horror in Ring Fit Adventure, and enters the world of desire horror in Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl GOLD! We wrap things up in a Neat Nice Bow talking Game Club with the as-described ElecHead, and unveiling our pitch to Ubisoft for the third exciting entry into the Red Steel franchise—Red Steel 3: Disneyland. All bets are off on SKY PIRATE RADIO! 

The streets are alive with scuttlebutt this week as the boys embark upon journeys the likes of which have never been seen: as Kevyn begins his vision quest to make a game in fifty (50!) days, Jace takes to the virtual realm with PSVR games and a cinematic experience he won't soon forget. Words are exchanged about the new Shovel Knight Showdown and King of Cards content, unleashing Steven Universe's light on Apple Arcade, and our trawl through the cyber-dunes of our Game Club, Void Pyramid. No matter what it is, there's always much ado about something when you're tuned in to Sky Pirate Radio!

Bouncing off of their seminal "Flubber" episode, Jace and Kevyn are back again to talk all things Riverdale, Archie, and Archie comics. Recalling our contractual obligation to discuss games in the show, we share our thoughts on Terry Bogart entering the Smash Bros. fray, the stress of delivering Hot Wheels in the grim future of Death Stranding, the President of the United States' wild journey into Ni no Kuni 2, and Jace's very favourite game that he loves the most, Knack. We cap it off talking about our Game Club game of the week, rogue-like shooty-time Monolith, before capping off the day with some QnA which quickly takes a turn into revealing EXCLUSIVE secrets behind such rare Australian treats. Uncover the mystery of Bertie Beetle today with Sky Pirate Radio!

In this disquieting post-Halloween episode, Kevyn has finally exiled himself into Phone Game-Jail for his Time Crimes, but that doesn't stop him from blowin' the bloody doors off with his old pal Jace talking about scare-'em-up Luigi's Mansion 3, and taking a small trip down memory lane with our old friends, Flubber and Ultraman. We cleanse the palette by talking about the Watchmen TV show, and, more importantly, the recent happenings of "Riverdale", before we gather 'round the campfire to talk about our game of the week, Paratopic. From horror, to comedy, to thriller, to drama—Sky Pirate Radio has more where that came from, Buster!

Equipped with two high-tech Formula-1 cars and a little bit of heart, those Sky Pirate boys are at it again⁠—in a race against time! In our latest episode, Kevyn remembers the Alamo, gets caught up in a King’s Tale and is smothered by Other: Her Loving Embrace, while Jace crosses his t’s in Crossniq+ and peels out in Mario Kart Tour.  Then, together, as a family, we explore the hidden horrors of night life in our Game Club pick, theclub.zone⁠—all before rushing to the end of our race to attend our long-awaited interview with Sid Meier! Will we make it on time? There’s only one way to find out, and it starts with SKY PIRATE RADIO!

Oh my mercy, they’re back! Join Kevyn and Jace as they get eggs all over their face talking shop about that new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate all the kiddies are into, sounding off on our thoughts on the tension between fighting game and party game, our experiences walking blindly through the World of Light, the twisted back-story behind random tripping and MORE! Finally, we wrap up the show sharing firelight secrets about the menacing nature of well-known corporate mogul Mickey Mouse in the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 3. If that doesn’t butter your beanball then we don’t know what will.

In this monumental (and bite-sized!) installment in the Sky Pirate Radio lore, our intern Troy/Trent has arrived on the scene, aplomb with Simpsons references! Also – Kevyn purchases a gold-encrusted Angry Birds statue; Jace directs a Hot Wheels Movie; Joey transcends time and space; and the elusive Tom Clancy tinkles a bell from beyond the grave. Also, video games – Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+! Ghost Recon: Wild Lands! Killing Time at Lightspeed! And MUCH (a little bit) MORE!

Only three-and-a-half months late, it’s Sky Pirate Studios 2016 game of the year fiesta! At a feature length that would make Peter Jackson blush, the boys touch upon topics of utmost import, discussing the best water, food and ‘tude in the games of 2016, jumping from sponsor-to-sponsor all the while. In the ultimate race against time, will those crazy Sky Pirate hooligans be able to get to announce their games of the year before all their sponsors drop out? How many times will Max mention Overwatch? Will Jace stop fidgeting with objects that are obviously being picked up on his microphone? Find out in our season finale that listeners have been calling “a podcast”!

SPOILER WARNING: We talk Last Guardian from 44:30 to 48:00. We provide ample warning, but keep your ears peeled! We also talk about spoilers for Castlevania: Lord of Shadow at some point, but I don’t think you care about that really.

[THIS PODCAST HAS BEEN SPONSORED BY THE CORPORTATION FORMERLY KNOWN AS MAX’S ANT FARM(tm) – “THE ANTS WEREN’T BIG ENOUGH”]

In this bumper-length podcast the boys are BACK after an extended hiatus to talk about the forever-upcoming Star Citizen, the poor implementation of sports commentary in video games and the tone and theming (or lack thereof) of Battlefield 1, before talking a lovely stroll down Peter Molyneux’s the Trail. Thereupon they lose their collective minds, with Jace complaining about ordering themed cheese burgers, Kevyn morphing into a window, Max destroying his own home and buying “ironing boards” and Joey staring deeply and lovingly into the ever-present fire (voice talent provided by Michael Caine).

Sky Pirate Radio… it’s ideal! The boys whet your appetite by discussing flavourful topics such as Mafia 3, President Nixon’s role in Transformers: Devastation, The Silver Case, Dana Carvey’s The Master of Disguise and Croc’s influence on Jace’s adult life. The sky pirates then chat about Moon Hunters, in which Kevyn cooks, Joey flirts, Max’s cat has a terrible secret and Jace doesn’t know anything about how the moon works. This episode is capped off with some old-stool game-pitchin’, with Jace slammin’ fields, Max truckin’ monsters and Kevyn unearthing the mystery of Lite-Brite.

Next week’s game of the week is Virginia – available on PC, Mac, Xbox One and PS4! Send us YOUR opinions on Virginia at questions@skypiratestudios.com and we’ll discuss them on the show!

Music used in this episode:
Tomoyoshi Sato, Seiichi Hamada – Shoot! (Windjammers, Arcade)
Kenji Yamamoto – Reasoning 2 (Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo, SNES)
Kyle Richards – Impersonation (Monster Truck Madness 2, PC)

For our very special Rio 2016 Olympics™-themed episode we let Max take the reigns of the ‘cast to veer us into movie discussions that have us questioning why Suicide Squad is so bad, if the Ninja Turtles are really Teenage, and why there isn’t yet a sequel to Citizen Kane. Eventually we talk about ~Hot New Video Games~ such as Headlander, Gal Gun: Double Peace, Furi and Dreamwork’s feature film game adaption of Robots, before Max tricks us into talking about video game-esque board games such as Doom, Dark Souls, Mansions of Madness and Guess Who. We top off our 20th episode by discussing the very bloody Paint the Town Red and pitching games about riddles, ripped assassins, riddles again, and Monkey Ball Gangsters. Happy Max Day, everybody!

Play next weeks game of the week, The Endless Express! https://vltmn.itch.io/the-endless-express

And don’t forget to e-mail questions, game of the week opinions and conspiracy theories to questions@skypiratestudios.com!

Music used in this episode:
Soshiro Hokkai, Akira Yamaoka, Keiko Fukami – Opening (Nagano Winter Olympics ’98, N64, PSX)
Brian L. Schmidt – Level 1 (Crüe Ball, Genesis)
Hideki Nakamoto – Base (Daikatana, Game Boy Color)
Yasuaki Fujita, Mari Yamaguchi, Minae Fuji, Yoko Shimomura – In A Cave (Breath of Fire, SNES)
Jaleco – America [Stage 1] (City Connection, Arcade)

The Sky Pirates celebrate their sweet sixteenth by talking about Overwatch, the triumphant return of Day Z, and the potential for a Dark Souls-esque Lord of the Rings game, before spiralling way off course into ramblings on Australian potato chips from the early 2000s, Harry Potter Game Boy games and Jace’s illustrious and infamous suburban hometown and local video store. The boys get back on track long enough to talk about Mouse Corp. before pitching games of a more dark, sinister intent, involving cyber-sickness, torture mini-game collections and sexy card games.

Play the game of the week, The Long Dark! http://store.steampowered.com/app/305620/

Music used in this episode:
Konami Kukeiha Club – Later, Kid! (Snatcher, Sega CD)
Barry Leith – Title Screen (American Gladiators, SNES)
Al Lowe – Theme Song (Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail!, PC)

NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM! THIS IS SKY PIRATE RADIO! The Sky Pirates converge once again to talk with utmost secrecy about Everybody Loves Raymond, the Nioh Alpha, the Banner Saga 2, Kevyn’s Avengers Academy addiction, onion knights, and the Kafka-esque elements of mid-90s sitcoms, before they pitch some hot and trendy games about the lives of ghosts, medieval computers and communist mushrooms.

Link to next week’s game of the week, Mouse Corp.! https://thecatamites.itch.io/mouse-corp

Music used in this episode:
Attila Dobos, Andras Magyari, Andy Armer – Title Theme (ECCO: The Tides of Time)
Artdink – Theme 5 (AIII SV: A Ressha de Ikou 3 Super Version)
Jon Holland – Scene 13 (Vectorman 2)
Jon Hare, Richard Joseph – Recruitment (Cannon Fodder, Amiga)

In this exciting episode of Sky Pirate Radio, Joey jams Dark Souls 3, Jace enters the Gungeon, Max fears Devil Daggers and LOVES Overwatch, and Kevyn dreams of pirates. All before the boys prepare a terrible pizza and tell tales of air locks, scary clocks and dodging balls lots.

Music used in this episode:
Shinji Tasaka, Hideto Inoue, Tsuyoshi Sekito – Inside the Caverns (Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster’s Hidden Treasure)
Kazoo Sawa – Track 3 (Super Dodge Ball, Neo Geo ver.)
Fumito Tamayama, Hiroto Kanno – Stage 1-1 (Decap Attack)

Jace, Kevyn and Max try to cope with the lack of Joey this week by pondering over the bankability of Final Fantasy and real time strategy games in 2016, how Battleborn stacks up to Overwatch, and turning cats into humans. They then talk shop about the difficult and ambitious Catacomb Kids, before spinning yarns about badass priests and what “entertainment” giants like.

Music used in this episode:
Yuzo Koshiro – Cycle II (Streets of Rage 3)
Richard Jacques – Rusty Ruins Act 1 (Sonic 3D Blast, Sega Saturn ver.)

On our special belated Easter episode, Joey and Kevyn spend their time Divisioning, Max returns to the Mass Effect universe after a long absence, and Jace becomes Trackmania Champion. We chat a bit about game of the week “Ninja Genki DX”, before pitching our own ideas regarding cyber-mobs, upside-down towns and medieval trucks.

Music used in this episode:
Jesper Kyd – Crystal Space II (Sub-Terrania)
Akira Yamaoka, Michiru Yamane – Kingdom of Zebulos (Rocket Knight Adventures)
Artdink – Theme 5 (AIII SV: A Ressha de Ikou 3 Super Version)

The Sky Pirates gather around the campfire to share stories of terrible mobile games and inadequate mechs, before discussing the B-movie love-letter delight that is Deadly Tower of Monsters. Then, our scurvy boys share utterances of a video game conspiracy so mysterious, so maddening, that you may burst into flames upon hearing of it. This is not for the faint of heart. This is Sky Pirate Radio. #LetItSlide

Music used in this episode:
Motohiro Kawashima – Fuze (Streets of Rage 3)
Toshio Kai – Game Over (Altered Beast)
Masahiro Ikariko – Turtle Swing (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist)

Jace Van Kaathoven has disappeared. In his absence a mist of uncertainty hangs over the studio. A struggle for power breaks out, old friends unite, old rivalries reignite, and we discuss Firewatch! The Witness! Defiance, for some reason! We talk about it! The boys also chat a bit about the price expectations of indie and mobile games in the current market and discuss Max’s game of the week “Hand of Fate”, before Kevyn blows the world away with his prediction on the werewolf VR future that is to come.

Music used in this episode:
Fletcher Beasley – Shi’ar Empire (X-Men)
Masanori Hikichi, Noriyuki Iwadare, Yoshiaki Kubotera – Level 1 (Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer)

The boys convene once again to share their takes on only the most topical cultural phenomena, including the best of bad video game movies and literally stealing from babies. They then move on to discuss the game of the week, 80 Days, and finish off with a particularly haphazard round of Pitch That Game.

Music used in this episode:
Tomo Yamashita and Akihiko Mori – Countryside (Acrobat Mission)
Haruhiko Kuroiwa – G-Bowman Circuit (Accele Brid)
Artdink – Happy New Year! (AIII SV: A Ressha de Ikou 3 Super Version)
Artdink – Horse Racing ~ Place Your Bets! (AIII SV: A Ressha de Ikou 3 Super Version)

With a hot new podcast name in tow, the boys share some special moments as they discuss Joey’s days as a newspaper journalist, work out the logistics of becoming a sweatpants ghost, and try to overcome their biggest challenge yet: an argument about Picross that ignites an entire family dispute.
Music used in this episode:
Tommy Tallarico – Rave Dance Tune (Cool Spot)
Norio Hanzawa – Runner-AD2025 (Alien Soldier)
Tommy Tallarico – Scary (The Jungle Book)
John Baker – Rocket Rap (ToeJam & Earl: Panic On Funkotron)

On this fine addition of the ‘cast, our beloved pirates convene to cast away their new year blues by theorising the return of WW2-themed games, singing the praises of North vs. South for the NES, getting eaten by uncles, and the nature of cat-petting before psychoanalysing Max and his unnerving ant obsession. Ants.

CHILLA DILLA! In this very special feature-length episode of Podcastaways, the Sky Pirates gather en masse to present to you their games of the year! Join Joe’l, Jace,Kevyn and Max as they count down the HOTTEST games and the NOTTEST trends of 2015 before they look forward with predictions for the year to come.

This week, our menagerie of boys talk the newest Harrison Ford hit, the virtues of the Star Wars Holiday Special, getting a trophy based on your sexual performance, and accidentally becoming a baby sitter for unknown nightmare children. They then discuss their game of the week “Valiant Hearts: The Great War”, before competing  in a raucous round of Pitch That Game in order to design the ultimate human mutating/hunting game to ever grace the strategy tycoon genre.

This installment of Podcastaways is all about going places: Joey goes to space, Kevyn goes to the beach, Max goes to the wrist-doctor and Jace goes giant. Our devoted pirates also discuss the game of the week “Dr. Langeskov” and the implication of the first-person form in narrative games, and play a round of Pitch That Game which quickly devolves into discussions about R .L. Stine and Jeff Goldblum.