WIKY S2E21 | Guitar Hero Van Halen, Zynga, Game Design - Nick Rounds Interview

Wait, I Know You

"Wait, I Know You" Podcast Season Two, Episode Twenty One - Mike Relm hosts (Guest of Episode 18) and chats with Nick Rounds, the host of "Wait, I Know You." Mike and Nick chat about he got into Game Design, worked on AAA titles such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero, as well as interacting with Eddie Van Halen. They also chat about photography, existential dread, and mourning the past while still needing to be present in the now.

(00:00) Pre Intro

(01:04) Intro

(04:30) Nick's nerd history

(10:32) Breaking into games as QA

(16:12) Working on Rock Band / Guitar Hero

(20:32) Getting laid off, doing Photography

(38:30) Zynga, becoming a Game Designer

(54:54) Podcasting / Interviewing

(1:05:05) Game Design

(1:16:14) Guitar Hero Van Halen

(1:28:17) Zynga.org

(1:35:50) Big Red

(1:40:05) Able Gamers

(1:46:27) Player Feedback

(1:55:56) Plugs/Outro

Links:

Mike's Website: https://www.mikerelm.com/

The S.T.A.C.K. Machine: https://www.thestackmachine.com/

Mike's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/relmvision

Mike's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikerelm/

Mike's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikerelm

WIKY Links:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsnKlbmlpWh5KX-P5Dl0yJg

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2eN2tLoDhthO3oonA9I9So

Instagram: https://instagram.com/waitiknowyoupodcast/

TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@waitiknowyoupod

Twitter https://twitter.com/WaitIKnow

Website https://waitiknowyoupodcast.com/

Everything else: https://linktr.ee/wikypodcast

Intro/Outro Bump - Alizeh Winter "Sister Cities" https://youtu.be/66sR1vPtL2k

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