Sky Pirate Radio
by Sky Pirate Studios
Following a freak crash-landing in the course of their routine sky-plundering, the Sky Pirates were forsaken on a mysterious tropical island. Luckily through the crafty utilisation of tree bark, coconuts and burnt hair, the crew-mates were able to manufacture a computer to make only the best games and podcasts for you to enjoy. Join Kevyn, Joey, Max and Jace as they discuss the latest in video games and jungle hunting for your aural perusal. They’re really hungry.
Episodes
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Episode 49 - The Pentaverate Has You, Like The Matrix!
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...
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Episode 48 - Muppets-Centric Social Commerce
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...
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Episode 47 - Toon Town is Empty
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...
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Episode 46 - #YearOfCrazyFrog
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...
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Episode 45 - Fortnite Radicals
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,...
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Episode 44 - Welcome to Our Underground Lair
Come witness our emporium of delights in the latest hip-centric episode of Sky Pirate Radio! Getaway Grand Prix AND Stocks & Swords gamedev updates, Jace reaches peak human performance in Ring Fit Adventure, Kevyn takes a squizz at Min Min in the new Smash Fighter Class and the World Ends With…
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Episode 43 - Shaggy's in Hell
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…
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Episode 42 - Rest in Power
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…
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Ep41 - Cyber Games Inc.
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…
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Ep40 Garfield Party
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…
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Ep39 2 Metre Vertical Leap
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…
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Ep38 Professor Layton and the Perplexing Election
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...
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Ep37 Dragon Ball Steve Martin
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,...
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Ep36 Self-Imposed Truman Show
No topic is left ventured in our first gathering of the minds for 2020: we spill the beans on our Mobile Quest prototype and several other sneaky projects the we're cooking up at the moment. In the meantime, Kevyn has been researching the hottest mobile games, exploring the visceral horrors of...
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Ep35 Enter the Gadgetscape
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…
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Ep34 Archie is going to be on TV
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...
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Ep33 Rise of Flubborga
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...
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Ep32 The Big Race
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...
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Ep31 Vorpal Chaos Wallet
You better believe Jace and Kevyn are tuckin’ in for a ruddy good podcast today! We go over the name change of our latest Sky Pirates joint, Blazing Barrels, as well as what’s the newest and latest on the project. We also discuss Kevyn’s exciting new patch-making venture, touch on Apple Arcade…
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Ep30 The Sid Meier Special
On this most esteemed episode of Sky Pirate Radio, we brush noses with Industry Legend Sid Meier* before getting busy whipping up a storm in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and Whipseey and the Lost Atlas, thieve the lands of WoW Classic and SteamWorld Heist, and get our hands around Remedy's...
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Ep29 Kevyn’s Big Trip
Join Jace and Kevyn on a phonic journey of globe-trotting proportions as we start things off with an update on our next hot new video game project, before moving on to relay Kevyn's discoveries on his great tour of America! From the hallowed halls of GDC to the spiralling towers of Disneyland,...
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Ep28 Reach Out and Touch Goofy’s Face
Sky Pirate Radio would like to personally congratulate you on surviving our harsh universe long enough to listen to our KINGDOM HEARTS 3 SPECTACULAR! Listen in abject fear as Kevyn, a hardened veteran of the Kingdom Hearts franchise, and Jace, a bumbling embodiment of Barney Rubble, rip right…
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Ep27.5 Super Smashtacular
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…
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Ep27 Total Gamer Reunion Tour 2017 Feat Dan Staines and Patrick Alexander
Sky Pirate Radio is back, and this time we brought some very special guests with us - games critic and scholar Dan Staines and cartoonist Patrick Alexander! We discuss what they have been up to recently, including Patrick's upcoming Tobias & Jube comic and Dan's work at Concordia University in...
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Ep26 Father, Son and Holy Mel
Having a bad week? Those crazy Sky Pirate boys are back once again for your aural pleasure! In this heart-racing instalment, Jace gets down and dirty with the rabbids and recalls the first 5 minutes of Get Even, Joey spreads the virtues of Dead Cells and Kevin Smith's Yoga Hosers, Kevyn tells a...
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Ep25½ Hot Wheels The Movie
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...
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Ep25 Gronk Monster
Without a Joey around to ground the proceedings, Jace, Kevyn and Max go hog wild broaching all types of TOO HOT FOR TV TOPICS, including Jace's mysterious rivalry with John Carmack, Max's consumption of malicious liquids and Kevyn's endless pursuit for a copy of Tai 3. Will these three narrative...
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Ep24 Sky Pirate Studios' 2016 Game of the Year Phantasmagoria Special EX
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...
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Ep23 Hell Pub on Mars
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…
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Ep22 Yahtzee By Candlelight
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...
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Ep21 Nullify Putin
The Sky Pirates are finally coming of age in their 21st episode celebration. Joey plays Golf With Your Friends, and he plays a golf video game as well. Kevyn reminisces about the rise and fall of Rise of Tyrants, but moves on from his mourning to talk about Plants vs. Zombies: Heroes. Max plays…
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Ep20 The Max Episode
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…
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Ep19 Game of Thrones GO!
The boys are back once again to share their HOT TAKES on niche indie games like Pokémon Go and Necropolis – except Kevyn, who just talks about Kingdom Hearts phone games and his continuing adventures in Avengers Academy. The boys then cuddle around the campfire to talk about the heart-racing…
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Ep18 Anime Stockholm Syndrome
All bases are covered in this week’s edition of Sky Pirate Radio, with Kevyn playing mobile games to prevent alzheimers in Sea Hero Quest, Joey reppin’ his Squad goals due to his disappointment with Battlefield 1, and Jace continuing to pursue a wealth of Japanimation delights such as VA-11…
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Ep17 Don't Not Eat Chalk
Our panel of gaming boys are feeling particularly positive today, with Jace praising Doom, Joey praising Overwatch, Kevyn praising bad mobile games, and everyone praising The Long Dark. However, the boys mourn this week’s absence of Max “Max” Damage, and respectfully pay tribute by making up…
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Ep16 Youse Are Ugly
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...
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Ep15 Everybody Loves Raypod
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…
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Ep14 I Use My Legs
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…
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Ep13 Giants and Happiness
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...
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Ep12 Jughead V Superman
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,...
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Ep11 #LetItSlide
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…
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Ep10 Chaos Cast
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...
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Ep9 Regular Time
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…
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Ep8 Freakin' and Vibin'
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....
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Ep7 Max's Ant War
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…
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Ep6 2015 GOTY Fiesta!
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…
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Ep5 Park Ranger for a Day
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…
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Ep4 Jeff Goldblum Cereal
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…
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Following a freak crash-landing in the course of their routine sky-plundering, the Sky Pirates were forsaken on a mysterious tropical island. Luckily through the crafty utilisation of tree bark, coconuts and burnt hair, the crew-mates were able to manufacture a computer to make only the best games and podcasts for you to enjoy. Join Kevyn, Joey, Max and Jace as they discuss the latest in video games and jungle hunting for your aural perusal. They’re really hungry.
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