For the first time in The Redcast's history, Troy chats to 3 guests at once - 3 of the lead voice talents behind the upcoming PAYDAY 3! Damion Poitier (Chains), Pete Gold (Hoxton) and Nicklas Berglund (Wolf) chat about their history with the franchise, memorable recording moments and what they want for their characters in the franchise's future...
Starbreeze Entertainment's Global Brand Director, Almir Listo, joins me for an in-person chat during my visit to their company offices in June to chat about PAYDAY 3's upcoming release, features and much, MUCH more. Almir was a guest I wanted on this show before it even began, so I'm VERY proud to have made this interview. Thank you, Almir!
Lead producer on PAYDAY 3, Andreas Häll-Penninger, joins Troy for the first-ever in person interview on The Redcast! They chat about Andreas' role in Starbreeze, the creative vision for PAYDAY 3, the potential of future crossover content and much, much more...
It's time for another episode of The Redcast as Troy chats to everyone's favourite video game genius... Dr Eggman, aka Mike Pollock! Join Troy and Mike as they chat all about how Mike landed the role of Eggman, his attitude towards acting as an industry, the changes to the Sonic franchise through Sonic Frontiers... and also the Snapcube Sonic Fandubs. Don't act surprised, you knew it'd come up.
This interview contains very mild and infrequent strong language.
Troy chats to Hannah Telle (the voice behind Max Caulfield in Life is Strange) about how she entered the world of acting and landed the role of Max, how that role changed and evolved over the course of the first season of Life is Strange, returning to voice Max for the Farewell episode and much more. They then shift topics and talk about her music career, too! With her third studio album in production now, Troy delves into how Hannah began her music career and how her sound has evolved over her previous two albums and the influences that have shaped those changes. It's a packed interview that is sure to be a great time for Life is Strange fans - as well as fans of Hannah in general!
Troy chats to (and nerds out heavily with) the voice/motion capture of Alex Chen in Life is Strange: True Colors, Erika Mori! Covering her later entry into the world of acting, her time on set as Alex and the overwhelmingly positive response to her performance - including a nomination for best performance at The Game Awards 2021 - this episode proves to be a very big one, especially since it covers Troy's newly-crowned favourite video game of all time...
Troy interviews actor David Bateson about his entry into the world of performing, his early roles, getting the role of Agent 47 in the "Hitman" video game series and his narration of the infamous LEGO City adverts that became a viral sensation in 2020 - welcome to the very first episode of The Redcast Season 3!
After 8 episodes, Season 2 of The Redcast has come to an end. To mark the occasion, I wanted to reflect on the show so far and also talk about my plans for the future - as The Redcast will be a little different going forward... enjoy and, as always, thank you all SO much for your support!
Troy chats to the creative director at Lion Game Lion and former Overkill Software employee Ilija Petrusic, as he takes us through his perspective of the creation of Payday: The Heist/Payday 2, his reasoning behind leaving his job at Overkill to work at Lion Game Lion, the conceptualisation and release of Raid: World War II and what the company has been up to since Raid stopped receiving updates - answering a lot of questions people have asked about the studio for a few years now.
Troy talks to video game writer Mary Kenney about her time writing for Telltale's The Walking Dead: The Final Season [spoilers beware!], the fallout from Telltale Games shutting down, moving on to Insomniac games and then getting a job writing for the recent (and critically-acclaimed) Spider-Man: Miles Morales, for which she has achieved a BAFTA breakthrough award and even earned a place on Forbes' 30 under 30! As a long-time fan of her work, this was a very exciting episode to record!
Troy chats to the superbly energetic Josh Lenn. As an actor who has portrayed both the voice of Bodhi AND face of Hoxton in Payday 2 (and more), he's one of the most involved actors in the Payday universe. We talk all about how he got into the acting world, getting the different jobs with Overkill for Payday 2 - and even his work as a transformational coach over the past decade and how his job has a evolved as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It's a jam-packed episode full of interesting behind-the-scenes facts and some good laughs along the way...
Contains frequent strong language.
Troy chats to legendary composer Simon Viklund, a man who needs no introduction but will get one anyway. As the lead composer for Bionic Commando: Rearmed, Payday: The Heist and the majority of Payday 2, as well as the more recent GTFO, Simon chats all about getting into music, his time as Bain in the Payday franchise whilst writing the soundtrack, as well as going freelance and joining 10 Chambers. He also has the very first Redcast-exclusive reveal, as he shares something VERY exciting about his upcoming release of some of his Payday 2 tracks later in 2021 - you don't want to miss this...
Contains infrequent use of strong language.
Troy chats to actress Georgia Van Cuylenburg about some of her most iconic roles in video games such as Payday 2, Final Fantasy and Star Wars, as well as a dash of Payday 3 theorising whilst she tells me all about the antics she's been getting up to over the last 12 months. From 2 books and a children's TV show to a podcast and a documentary, she's certainly been keeping VERY busy...
Troy chats to actress and Twitch streamer Katy Bentz about her breakout role as Steph Gingrich in Life is Strange: Before the Storm, returning as a main character in the upcoming Life is Strange: True Colors and how becoming a part of that universe led to her becoming a partnered streamer on Twitch - making her one of the most unique actresses in the business!
Troy chats to Twitch streamer and YouTuber MarioInATopHat about his YouTube/Twitch origins, his time with Payday 2 and the creation of some of his most iconic projects such as the PSA series and Modding Payday 2, and some of his favourite moments from nearly a decade of content creation. And yes, he says the funny line.
Contains some strong language.
The Redcast is back! In the opening episode to Season Two of the show all about exploring the world of entertainment, Troy invites Payday 2 YouTuber TheKknowley onto the show to talk about his YouTube origins, leaving and returning to the platform and the creation of his "Story of Payday" series. Troy and Kknowley also spend a great deal of time discussing the current status of Payday 2 and the future of the franchise in the hotly-anticipated Payday 3...
In this special episode before The Redcast Season 2 launches later this month, Troy interviews Starbreeze Studios CEO Tobias Sjögren about the future of the company and the Payday franchise, for both Payday 2 and Payday 3 for PC and Consoles. He even teases some upcoming guests for the show...
In the final episode of Season One, Troy looks back on the past 9 episodes, shares an insight into the making of the show and bringing on each of the guests and also discusses about some of my favourite moments on the show. Get ready for a dash of nostalgia and a LOT of Troy's voice as we say goodbye to the show... for now, as the show will return for Season Two in 2021!
The legendary actor and face of Payday 2's Dallas himself, Eric Etebari, joins Troy on the show to talk all about becoming Dallas, his favourite Payday 2 live action adventures, working opposite Giancarlo Esposito and Ron Perlman and even discussing the potential of a Payday Movie - and why he thinks Bain's funeral scene is a better ending for Payday 2...
Contains some strong language.
Payday 2's Lead Composer, Gustavo Coutinho, joins Troy to talk about his love of music, how he started composing music and how he became the lead composer for both Payday 2 and Overkill's The Walking Dead. He even listens to Troy singing, so brace yourself...
Contains some strong language.