We are *finally* uploading our exclusive full-length Lost Records Journal interview with Don’t Nod Montreal studio creative director Michel Koch and studio executive producer Luc Baghadoust!

00:00 -- Introduction

00:17 -- Luc and Michel on pronouncing their last names

03:54 -- Michel on becoming a solo director for the first time

06:26 -- Michel on managing decisions as a director

07:42 -- Luc’s perspective of Michel’s solo directing vs co-directing with Raoul Barbet

09:24 -- Luc on Michel’s development since Remember Me and vice versa

13:21 -- Michel on Luc since Remember Me

15:57 -- Luc recalls how he became involved in Life Is Strange

18:32 -- Adnan asks Luc about Don’t Nod Montreal’s DNA and if Michel is an auteur

24:12 -- Michel on Don’t Nod Montreal’s DNA and being an auteur

26:53 -- Michel on the change in the market since Life Is Strange’s release up to Lost Records: Bloom & Rage’s arrival

31:05 -- Luc and Michel on streaming services and subscription-supported releases

36:45 -- Lost Records story ideas that didn’t make the final cut (Carly/Patreon)

40:29 -- Luc on Don’t Nod Montreal’s work, development time, criticism and bugs and more

41:47 -- Michel on the criticism of Tape 2: Rage

43:23 -- David Lynch and Twin Peaks. Is Lost Records closer to Twin Peaks than Life Is Strange?

47:13 -- Luc on the criticism about the supernatural elements and Life Is Strange’s ‘powers’ amid Square Enix talks

49:25 -- Michel’s stance on Lost Records’ supernatural themes in the story

50:27 -- The knock-on effect of Life Is Strange, including Luc on Lowbirth Games’ This Bed We Made

52:29 -- Luc on creating something fresh with Lost Records after Life Is Strange (Kevin Kestis/Patreon)

56:02 -- Michel hints at the expanded universe of Lost Records and potential sequel teases/ideas

58:27 -- Why does Michel ‘hate’ Adam? Plus, Velvet Cove and Michigan talk!

01:01:28 -- Why Luc visited Philadelphia

01:02:19 -- Adnan asks Michel about the neurodivergence that players see in his characters, ranging from Swann to Nora to Max

01:09:15 -- Luc on the quartet dynamic of Lost Records and shifting from the protagonist-deuteragonist approach from LIS1 and LIS2

01:13:47 -- Michel on Victoria Diamond and Jordan Dawson as Dylan Mikaelsen and Corey Litchfield respectively

01:14:11 -- Michel on the lack of one-to-one interactions between Autumn Lockhart and Kat Mikaelsen in the quartet dynamic

01:17:28 -- Luc on his favourite memories at Don’t Nod Montreal (Clare McLoughlin/Patreon)

01:19:58 -- Michel on his favourite memories at Don’t Nod Montreal and the creation of Lost Records (Clare McLoughlin/Patreon)

01:22:31 -- Luc on his favourite memories from the creation of Lost Records (Clare McLoughlin/Patreon)

01:24:17 -- Michel and Luc on Ruth Radelet bringing Adam Miller and Nat Walker on board for Lost Records

01:26:37 -- Luc recalls a story from Captain Spirit involving Bruce Springsteen’s music

01:28:03 -- Michel on Corey’s role as the antagonist, the inspirations, why he didn’t have a redemption arc and more

01:32:04 -- Michel on the characters, the central theme of the story, the locations and more (Kevin Lackner/Patreon)

01:34:48 -- Luc on the setting of Velvet Cove and location of Michigan (Jake Churchill/Patreon)

01:36:47 -- Michel on exploring Canada as a potential setting for Velvet Cove (Jake Churchill/Patreon)

01:37:52 -- Michel on something that he has never shared before from LIS, LIS2, Captain Spirit or Lost Records (Clarx/Patreon)

01:39:10 -- Luc on something that he has never shared before from LIS, LIS2, Captain Spirit or Lost Records (Clarx/Patreon)

01:40:12 -- Luc and Michel break off into stories about VO director Philip Bache

01:42:53 -- What’s one thing Luc deeply admires about Michel, but he’s never actually told him?

01:45:36 -- What’s one thing Michel deeply admires about Luc, but he’s never actually told him?

01:46:59 -- Pippin makes a cameo!

01:47:31 -- Our final farewells (for now)… Get the tissues out! 🤧😭

01:52:36 -- Outro