Hello, World! and welcome to Development Heaven: a podcast in which co-hosts Vincent Marinelli and Glenn Cagle discuss some of the many hurdles that creators in the media and entertainment industry face during development of movies, TV shows, novels, board games, and video games.
A Halloween special!? What could possibly go wrong? Get ready folks, cause this Psychological Thriller of an episode is Positively Terrifying and Possibly Tipsy. Vincent and Glenn discuss everyone's favorite canceled Playable Teaser and have a Plethora of Terrific Halloween goofs. Disclaimer: We hold no responsibility for any Physical Trauma resulting from this Podcast Travesty. If you haven't guessed what the topic is yet, Please Try...Contact Us - developmentheaven@gmail.comJoin the Official Discord - https://discord.gg/pTWVAehArtists• Matthew Enny - https://matthewenny.myportfolio.com/• Natalie Quick - https://www.instagram.com/n.quick.art/
Start your engines folks because our theme this week isn't just fast, it's also pretty furious. Racing games! Vincent talks about why Nintendo hit the brakes on Mario Motors for the DS, and Glenn discusses why GTA nearly stalled out at the starting line.Contact Us - developmentheaven@gmail.comJoin the Official Discord - https://discord.gg/pTWVAehArtists• Matthew Enny - https://matthewenny.myportfolio.com/• Natalie Quick - https://www.instagram.com/n.quick.art/Bumper Music• Bird by Glenn Cagle - https://soundcloud.com/glenn-cagle-594819918/bird
This week, Vincent and Glenn discuss some truly unique controllers. Glenn unpacks the reasons behind Microsoft spending over $100,000,000 (that's right 100 million) on R&D for the Xbox One controller. Vincent uncovers a lost accessory for the Nintendo Wii that was never brought to life.Contact Us - developmentheaven@gmail.comJoin the Official Discord - https://discord.gg/pTWVAehArtists• Matthew Enny - https://matthewenny.myportfolio.com/• Natalie Quick - https://www.instagram.com/n.quick.art/Bumper Music• Bird by Glenn Cagle - https://soundcloud.com/glenn-cagle-594819918/bird
The theme for this week? I guess it remains a mystery. Just a little joke there for you. Vincent actually just talks about James Gunn's original script of Scooby-Doo (2002) and Glenn reveals the influence of Maniac Mansion (1987).Contact Us - developmentheaven@gmail.comJoin the Official Discord - https://discord.gg/pTWVAehArtists• Matthew Enny - https://matthewenny.myportfolio.com/• Natalie Quick - https://www.instagram.com/n.quick.art/Bumper Music• Bird by Glenn Cagle - https://soundcloud.com/glenn-cagle-594819918/bird
This week, it's about Family. Glenn talks about DreamWorks' Over the Hedge and Vincent sheds some light on Seth MacFarlane's canceled Flintstones reboot.Contact Us - developmentheaven@gmail.comJoin the Official Discord - https://discord.gg/pTWVAehArtists• Matthew Enny - https://matthewenny.myportfolio.com/• Natalie Quick - https://www.instagram.com/n.quick.art/Bumper Music• Bird by Glenn Cagle - https://soundcloud.com/glenn-cagle-594819918/bird
Don't worry folks, we've heard you loud and clear. If it's book adaptations you want, it's book adaptations you shall get. Glenn discusses the various attempts at making a live-action Dune movie while Vincent talks about the complications in adapting Ready Player One to the silver screen.Contact Us - developmentheaven@gmail.comJoin the Official Discord - https://discord.gg/pTWVAehArtists• Matthew Enny - https://matthewenny.myportfolio.com/• Natalie Quick - https://www.instagram.com/n.quick.art/Bumper Music• Bird by Glenn Cagle - https://soundcloud.com/glenn-cagle-594819918/bird
To celebrate our first seven episodes, we sorta broke the rules this week. Twice the topics, half the discipline. A real grab bag of talking points. Glenn gabs about Naughty Dog's naughty deeds during the development of The Last of Us Part II while Vincent has some fun facts about the behind-the-scenes filming of World War Z. Glenn continues with some trivia about the special effects from Jaws and Vincent concludes with the history of the famous Nintendo tech demo: Super Mario 128.Contact Us - developmentheaven@gmail.comJoin the Official Discord - https://discord.gg/pTWVAehArtists• Matthew Enny - https://matthewenny.myportfolio.com/• Natalie Quick - https://www.instagram.com/n.quick.art/Bumper Music• Bird by Glenn Cagle - https://soundcloud.com/glenn-cagle-594819918/bird
Yarr! This week, Vincent and Glenn sail the uncharted waters of fantasy Pirates! Glenn digs up the buried gold that is Disney's Treasure Planet, and Vincent dives deep into the murky depths of Project Dream, which eventually became Banjo Kazooie.Contact Us - developmentheaven@gmail.comJoin the Official Discord - https://discord.gg/pTWVAehArtists• Matthew Enny - https://matthewenny.myportfolio.com/• Natalie Quick - https://www.instagram.com/n.quick.art/Bumper Music• Bird by Glenn Cagle - https://soundcloud.com/glenn-cagle-594819918/bird
Vincent and Glenn get really into Science Fiction this week. Vincent talks about the canceled Star Wars: Underworld and its tie-in video game: Star Wars 1313. Glenn shares some of the problems behind the scenes of Firefly and its follow-up film: Serenity.Contact Us - developmentheaven@gmail.comJoin the Official Discord - https://discord.gg/pTWVAehArtists• Matthew Enny - https://matthewenny.myportfolio.com/• Natalie Quick - https://www.instagram.com/n.quick.art/Bumper Music• Bird by Glenn Cagle - https://soundcloud.com/glenn-cagle-594819918/bird
Vincent and Glenn take some time this week to watch a few movies. Vincent talks about the origins of Frozen and Glenn reveals the behind the scenes of Back to the Future. Contact Us - developmentheaven@gmail.comJoin the Official Discord - https://discord.gg/pTWVAehArtists• Matthew Enny - https://matthewenny.myportfolio.com/• Natalie Quick - https://www.instagram.com/n.quick.art/Bumper Music• Bird by Glenn Cagle - https://soundcloud.com/glenn-cagle-594819918/bird
Vincent and Glenn share some interesting insights into their shared background: music. Glenn talks about how the crunch culture of the videogame industry can affect other art forms such as music and Vincent sheds some light on the theories surrounding Michael Jackson's involvement in the Sonic 3 & Knuckles soundtrack.Contact Us - developmentheaven@gmail.comJoin the Official Discord - https://discord.gg/pTWVAehArtists• Matthew Enny - https://matthewenny.myportfolio.com/• Natalie Quick - https://www.instagram.com/n.quick.art/Bumper Music• Bird by Glenn Cagle - https://soundcloud.com/glenn-cagle-594819918/bird
Vincent and Glenn return for the highly anticipated sequel of their first episode. Vincent discusses Super Mario Bros 2 and Glenn talks about Risk of Rain 2.Contact Us - developmentheaven@gmail.comJoin the Official Discord - https://discord.gg/pTWVAehArtists• Matthew Enny - https://matthewenny.myportfolio.com/• Natalie Quick - https://www.instagram.com/n.quick.art/Bumper Music• Bird by Glenn Cagle - https://soundcloud.com/glenn-cagle-594819918/bird
Vincent and Glenn kick off the series discussing some videogame firsts. Vincent talks about the first Super Mario and Glenn discusses the first computer game: Spacewar!Contact Us - developmentheaven@gmail.comJoin the Official Discord - https://discord.gg/pTWVAehArtists• Matthew Enny - https://matthewenny.myportfolio.com/• Natalie Quick - https://www.instagram.com/n.quick.art/Bumper Music• Bird by Glenn Cagle - https://soundcloud.com/glenn-cagle-594819918/bird