Former Halo story director, CJ Cowan, made a new horror game with Probably Monsters studio, called IRE A Prologue. In this episode, I asked him why he moved from Halo to a horror game.

He also talks about how this game is basically Silent Hill PT on a boat in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle. He also answers what makes this game different from any other first person walking simulator horror games, and how the focus of this game is on the storytelling and relatability.

A big thanks to Probably Monsters for sponsoring this episode!

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 lead writer, Jennifer Svedberg-Yen, joins Behind The Voice to reveal how she and Guillaume (Director) made the story. It's so interesting to know that a big part of the story came from a dream she had.

She also reveals the difference between the studio's first game, We Lost, and Expedition 33 along with why there were 4 GENERATIONS of Gustave's family written. I also tried to ask her about Clea's real purpose but she didn't say much.

What is your fav moment from Expedition 33?

Carina Conti, who plays Isabella in Mafia The Old Country, joins Behind The Voice Podcast to talk about how this role was the highlight of this year for her. She talks in-depth about specific scenes, whose writing she absolutely loved, and how much she was mesmerized by the kind of the story this game was telling.

She also reacts to specific scenes in the game and breaks down how they did the scene, including a discussion around whether you should drink wine with your eyes closed or not.

Carina loves this beautiful love story and shares how much she would like something similar in her life. Mafia The Old Country in the end is a beautifully structured love story in a Mafia setting.

Cronos The New Dawn lead writer, Grzegorz Like, talks about how horror video game storytelling should be done. He mentions how Cronos The New Dawn's main focus was storytelling and its characters but also how monsters were able to give a far better experience than other horror games.

He also talks about the best way to make a creepy horror games without using too much jumpscares and why characters are more important.

Sophie's voice actor, Billie Fullford-Brown, talks about her role in Expedition 33. He reveals what it was like to record the gommage scene, Gustave and Sophie's relationship and how Sophie wasn't meant to be playable. We also talk about why the gommage scene made so many people emotional.

Markus and Olli from Poets of the Fall join the podcast to talk about their journey as a band from Max Payne 2 to Alan Wake 2. They talk about how the formation of the iconic Late Goodbye song, working with Remedy and making a fictional band Old Gods of Asgard as well as the making of one of the longest video game songs, Herald of Darkness, for Alan Wake 2.What's your favorite song from Old Gods of Asgard and Poets of the Fall?

00:38 Late Goodbye wasn't meant to be

04:42 Success of Late Goodbye

07:07 How Old Gods of Asgard happened

10:13 Old Gods vs Poets of the Fall

11:55 How songs are made for Remedy?

15:55 Reacting to their songs in-game

20:10 Alan Wake 2 musical

25:48 Longest guitar solo

28:39 Shooting live action & music video

32:24 Old Gods of Asgard album wasn't planned

35:55 The Game Awards almost didn't happen

40:07 Herald of Darkness impact on Poets

42:49 Input on Old Gods of Asgard characters

44:19 Fav music video

45:30 Touring as Old Gods of Asgard?

47:10 Fav Remedy game

48:57 Use of unusual intruments

51:59 VR in Olli's latest song

In this episode, Echoes of the End game director, Halldór , talks about how the studio with only 40 employees made an ambitious narrative driven game inspired by games like God of War, Uncharted and The Witcher. In this episode, we will explore how they built a game from ground up, scanned Iceland to give the most realistic visuals, made their motion capture studio to bring life to the characters and more!

Have you played Echoes of the End yet?

Aldís Amah Hamilton, the lead actress of Echoes of The End, shares her experience on working in video games for the first time. She mentions how challenging and frustrating it can be to do motion and performance capture but also mentions how actors from video games should be recognized even more.

She's been working for Echoes of the End for 7 years, bringing the character of Ryn. She also worked on Hellblade 2 alongside Melina Jurgens and also talks about how different that experience was.