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An Evening with Nirvana
by Nirvana
A podcast where I talk to Doom content creators and game developers in order to get some insight into their process and take a look at the evolution of their work.
Episodes
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The End of An Evening with Nirvana and a New Announcement
The 40th episode of An Evening with Nirvana will be the last episode of the show due to an increased workload making it challenge to keep up with. However, I have another announcement that will hopefully interest people who enjoyed the show: a new podcast with SoBad! All Patreon subscribers will...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #40 - Dragonfly
Today I'm talking to Dragonfly. One of the most prolific Doom mappers you're likely to find, you may know him for some of his Cacoward-winning projects like Skulldash and Eviternity, or perhaps some of the many maps he's made for community projects such as Mayhem, Abyssal Speedmapping, and the…
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #39 - Dubzzz
Today on the podcast I'm talking to Dubzzz (or you might know him as Bdubzzz), a Doom speedrunner and mapper who is known for his numerous contributions to community projects like Slaughtermax, Mayhem Orange, the Hellforge Speedmapping sessions, NoYe, and more, as well as for his speedruns. He...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #38 - Rayzik
Today on the show I'm talking to Rayzik. Creator of maps for Slaughterfest 2012 and Slaughterfest 3, as well as the fantastic Neon Crater and the Cacoward runner up Judgment. You might also know them for their speedruns, which include Swim with the Whales, Stardate 20x6, and Swiftdeath among the...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #37 - American McGee
Today on the podcast I am talking to American McGee. Level designer for Ultimate Doom and Doom 2, level and sound designer for Quake and Quake 2, creator of the extremely popular Alice series of games and now the designer of a unique range of plushies that we'll get into later. We discuss...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #36 - Alfonzo
Today on the podcast I am talking to Alfonzo. Mapper for a wide variety of community projects such as Doom the Way Id Did 1 & 2, Abyssal Speedmapping Sessions, and more, provider of midis to Mutiny and the Alfonzone and the host of Doom Radio, the Doom podcast that started it all. We discuss...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #35 - Mtrop
Today I'm talking to Matt Tropiano, also known as Mtrop. A long-time community member, you'll likely know him for wads like Coffee Break and Forsaken Overlook, as well as a major contributor to the Adventures of Square 1 and 2. He's also created a number of useful tools for the community over the...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #34 - Looper
Today on the podcast we're talking speedrunning, and I am speaking with Looper. Known primarily for his world record runs for the Doom 2 d2all category, he is also an accomplished runner for a number of other wads, with a number of Hell Revealed 2 Nomo world records and nearly 300 demos total...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #33 - Ukiro
Today on the podcast I'm talking to Ukiro, perhaps best known for creating the OTEX texture pack as well as map 32 of Eviternity, but he's also a long-time community member with solo mapping projects like Tantrum and Venom and texture packs for GothicDM and The Darkening series. We take a journey...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #32 - Major Arlene
Today on the show I'm talking to Major Arlene. She's a Doom Youtuber, a Cacoward contributing writer, and creator of GzDoom maps like Technicolour Antichrist Box, The Deep, and most recently, Break//Point//. We talk about learning UDMF mapping, Arlene's first ever map, her early influences, and...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #31 - Doomkid
Today on the podcast I'm talking to Doomkid. A font of knowledge for all things Doom, a Youtube content creator , and creator of the Rowdy Rudy and Ray Mowhawk series, you may know him for any one of these things, or all of them. We discuss Doomkid's love of shovelware, creating characters to...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #30 - SoBad
Today on the show I'm talking to SoBad. You likely know him as a friendly face on Twitch, for his Doom wad let's plays on Youtube, as well as his analytical content. You might also know him as the creator of map 5 of the Balls of Steel Community Project that came out fairly recently. We talk…
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #29 - Tango
Today I'm talking to Tango, most well known for his popular weapon mod Supercharge and accompanying mapset Paradise. You may know him as a contributor to BTSX 1 and 2, Plutonia 2 or a number of other community projects over the years. We discuss balancing Supercharge, how Doom multiplayer could…
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #28 - Obsidian
Today I'm talking to Obsidian, host of the Abyssal Speedmapping Sessions, the MAYhem community project series, as well as a number of other community projects, creator of Maskimxul, Countdown to Extinction, and Candlemass, to name just a few of their projects over the years. We talk about…
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #27 - Armoured Blood
On today's episode of the podcast I'll be talking to Armoured Blood, one of the OGs of slaughter mapping, creator of New Gothic Movement 1 and 2, Shai'tan's Luck and a contributor to Slaughterfest 2012. We talk about building loose slaughter maps, the beginnings of New Gothic 1 and 2, and the old...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #26 - 4Shockblast
Today I'm talking to 4Shockblast, one of the best known speedrunners in the Doom community, who you may know specifically for his 8 second run of E1M1 or any of his other 3000+ runs on DSDA. He's also mapped for many of the Abyssal Speedmapping Sessions, 50 Shades of Graytall, and several other...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #25 - Esselfortium
On this episode of the podcast I'm talking to Esselfortium, also known as Sarah Mancuso. She's the lead developer of the BTSX series, a contributor to Doom the Way id Did 1 and 2, as well as working on solo projects like Vaporwave for the Eternity engine, and the recently released Knee Deep in...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #24 - Xaser
Today on the podcast I'm talking with Xaser. A member of the Doom community for 20 years, Xaser is one of the most prolific Doom mappers out there, having worked on a huge number of solo projects like Zen Dynamics, Dead.Wire and Dead.Air, been a part of innumerable community projects like…
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #23 - Joshy
Today on the podcast I'm talking to Joshy, co-creator of Speed of Doom with Darkwave, project lead for Plutonia Revisited, and creator of Resurgence. He's also had a hand in a number of big ticket projects like Ancient Aliens and BTSX, as well as contributing a map to one of my personal favourite...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #22 - Dario Casali
Today on the podcast I'm talking to Dario Casali, co-creator of The Plutonia Experiment, contributor to Memento Mori, and one of the early members of Valve, where he has worked on Half Life, Half Life 2, Portal 2, the Left 4 Dead games, Team Fortress 2, Half Life Alyx and many more projects. He...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #21 - NoReason
In this episode I talk to NoReason, who you will probably know for his challenging slaughter maps, starting with his early releases Disparate Realities and Death in Excess as well as his 3 NoSp speedmapping projects and the gargantuan Cosmogenesis. We talk about the benefits and pitfalls of...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #20 - Sandy Petersen
In this episode I talk to Sandy Petersen, a member of the Id team who created most of the levels with episodes two and three of Doom, and creator of 17 levels for Doom 2 and 7 of the maps for Quake. He's also worked on Civilization and as a lead designer for the Age of Empires series. We talk…
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #19 - DraQu
Today on the podcast I talk to DraQu, perhaps best known by the Doom community for his Doom Eternal and Wolfenstein speedruns, as well as his occasional casual playthroughs of custom classic pwads on his Twitch channel. We discuss what drives DraQu to run games, competitiveness in speedrunning…
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #18 - King Dime
In this episode I have a chat with King Dime, a speedrunner known for his multiple AGDQ appearances, his Plutonia and TNT runs, and his Twitch streams where he tackles community made content as well. We talk about his StarCraft days, modern Doom games, and the evolution of AGDQ over the years.
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #17 - Cyriak Harris (Mouldy)
In this episode I talk to Cyriak Harris, known in the Doom community as Mouldy. He's the creator of Going Down, The Eye, and the recently released Overboard, as well as being a prominent animator for music videos and his own personal Youtube channel. We discuss Cyriak's penchant for micro...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #16 - Daerik
My guest today is Daerik, who you will likely know as the first person to perform a d2all max of Sunlust, which is all secrets and kills on every map, played unsegmented in one sitting. He also has a number of other impressive runs, like d2all maxes of Valiant, Stardate 20x6, and Ancient Aliens.…
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #15 - Bridgeburner
In this episode I talk to Bridgeburner, a well-known figure in the Doom community for his multiple roles as a Twitch streamer, Doomworld forum moderator, creator of highly elaborate GzDoom behemoths such as Slaughter Spectrum and Bastion of Chaos, and the primary developer of Age of Hell. We...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #14 - Bemused
In this episode I talk to Bemused, one of the best known macro-slaughter mappers in the Doom community, creator of his early solo project Dank Midis and Linedefs, Cryogenics, and the Cacoward winning Abandon. He has also contributed to a few projects I have been a part of with maps in Flotsam and...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #13 - Decino
In this episode I talk to Decino. He's one of the biggest Doom content creators on YouTube, creating UV saveless playthroughs of some of the toughest wads around, as well as producing analytical videos that deep-dive into some of the obscurities of Doom's code. We talk about Decino's process for...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #12 - James "Jimmy" Paddock
In this episode I talk to James "Jimmy" Paddock, creator of Deathless and Jenesis and project lead for the Joy of Mapping. He's also known for his midi compositions for BTSX, Plutonia 2, and the Plutonia and Alien Vendetta midi packs. We talk about Jimmy's penchant for speedmapping, working with...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #11 - Archi
In this episode I talk to Archi, creator of Rush, a wad that has become synonymous with introductory slaughter gameplay. He has also taken part in famous Russian community projects A.L.T and Whitemare, as well as co-creating New Gothic Movement 2 with Armoured Blood. We talk about the differences...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #10 - Ribbiks
In this episode I talk to Ribbiks, the man behind cacoward winning wads like Stardate 20x6, Swim with the Whales, and Sunlust with co-author Dannebubinga. A defining mapper in the slaughter scene, Ribbiks has been a massive inspiration to a huge number of Doom community members and he continues…
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #9 - MtPain27
In this episode I talk to MtPain27 who you will likely know as the man behind Dean of Doom, a Youtube series where he performs thorough reviews of classic and contemporary Doom wads using his own unique scoring system. We discuss how he got his start on Youtube, the editing process for his…
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #8 - Insane Gazebo
Today on the podcast I have an appropriately long conversation with Insane Gazebo, the creator of the gargantuan slaughter spectacle Sunder, as well as a contributor to Haste, Fractured Worlds, and the upcoming Age of Hell. We discuss the early years of Macabre, the inception and process of the...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #7 - Stx-Vile
In this episode I talk to Stx-Vile. A veteran speedrunner in the Doom community, he's known for his runs of Swim with the Whales, Nightmare Iwad runs, as well as UV/Maxes of Fractured worlds. He is currently working on a d2all of Valiant, which he has been slowly earning the individual world...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #6 - Dannebubinga
In this episode I talk to Dannebubinga, best known as the creator of Combat Shock 1 & 2, co-creator of Sunlust, Italo Doom, and a number of Slaughterfest and other community project contributions over the years. We talk about the beginnings of Sunlust, the slaughter community's reaction to…
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #5 - Skillsaw
In this episode I talk to Skillsaw. With maps in BTSX 1 and 2 and a defining style of arcadey, fast-paced gameplay, Skillsaw has become one of the most beloved mappers in the Doom community, with wads like Ancient Aliens, Valiant, and Heartland to name a few. We discuss the influence of Alien...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #4 - Tourniquet
In this episode I talk to Tourniquet. Best known for his green behemoth and Cacoward winner Miasma, he started with a series of community projects in 2014 and 2015, one of which saw him paired up with Ribbiks to create Anaemia. We chat about his early community project output, the inspiration he...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #3 - Megablast
In this predictably lengthy episode, I talk to Megablast. You'll likely know him as a Doom streamer on Twitch (although it's been a while) and as the co-creator of Mayhem Purple's Tesseract with Mr Zzul (Killer5). We chat about streaming, game design, and some projects we've been cooking up in…
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #2 - Scotty
In this episode I talk to Scotty, creator of Cydonia, Criticality, and Behemoth, co-creator of Abandon and someone I have collaborated with on Haste, Flotsam, and Fractured Worlds. We cover his humble beginnings as a mapper for community projects back in 2015, the trials of leading a community...
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An Evening with Nirvana Episode #1 - Benjogami
In this episode I have a chat with Benjogami: creator of Toilet of the Gods, Down the Drain, and co-creator of Abandon (with Bemused and Scotty). We talk about those halcyon Doom days of the 90s, Benjo's challenges with creating the expansive maps of Abandon, and I get weird with my…
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