Dan Allen Gaming Podcast

Roger Craig Smith breaks down iconic roles like Ezio in Assassin's Creed II, Chris Redfield in Resident Evil 5, Kyle Crane in Dying Light, Batman in Batman Arkham Origins and more. Dan and Roger also talk Voice Acting, F1, travel, Australia, conventions, and playing hereos vs villains.

Timestamps:0:00 - Intro0:59 - Welcome Roger Craig Smith1:58 - Roger’s time in Australia and New Zealand2:51 - Astrophotography and Nightscapes4:45 - What does an average day for Roger look like?6:08 - Roger still Auditions for roles7:29 - 2013 was a huge year for Roger9:12 - Playing Ezio in Assassin’s Creed 212:29 - Visiting Italy after Assassin’s Creed 214:47 - Young Ezio Voice16:30 - Ezio Voice and doing all 3 age ranges18:58 - F1 and Lewis Hamilton20:47 - Sonic and Mclaren F1 Partnership23:59 - Roger loves fast things25:07 - Voicing Sonic, Stand Up Comedy and Voice Acting31:23 - Punching Boulders as Chris Redfield32:47 - Chris Redfield in Resident Evil 5 and possible RE5 Remake36:19 - Negativity on Social Media38:13 - Is Chris Redfield on Steroids39:20 - Kyle Crane in Dying Light42:08 - Crane is back in Dying Light: The Beast43:44 - Aiden and Crane coop Dying Light Game?45:19 - Roger wants to play more Villains48:26 - Roger should take the mantle from Kevin Conroy in the next Batman Game51:03 - Playing Batman in Arkham Origins52:57 - Working with Jennifer Aniston and being Starstruck56:18 - Funny Story from a Con57:26 - A Great piece of Advice Roger got58:36 - Roger’s character talk to Dan

Jonathan Blow opens up about the long road behind Order of the Sinking Star, from building his own engine and programming language to self-funding and navigating the modern games industry. We talk game design, trailers, trophies, The Game Awards, plus some honest takes on good vs bad developers.

In this deeply moving interview, woodwinds master Pedro Eustache, aka The Flute Guy, shares the story behind his passion for music. Pedro opens up about his iconic moments at The Game Awards and his work with legendary composers Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe, his Favourite Game Awards Medley and The Science of Music.

Dan sits down with legendary voice and performance capture actor Noshir Dalal (known for Bode Akuna in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Kotallo in Horizon, Jubei in Ghost of Yotei and Charles in Red Dead Redemption 2). They discuss his iconic roles, the craft of performance capture, his candid thoughts on the recent Actors' Strike and so much more!

Dan Allen and Colin Moriarty dive deep into Naughty Dog, GTA 6, The Last of Us Online, the PS6, chaos at PlayStation leadership, and the business of running the biggest PlayStation podcast, plus mandatory PSN trophy talk!