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Our new intern Tami has convinced us to let her record our board meetings for your listening pleasure! Come and have an exclusive look behind the scenes of award-winning indie studio Hypnotic Owl!

Hypnotic Owl


    • Oct 21, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
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    • 98 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Inside Hypnotic Owl

    Hypnotic Cookout - Ep83 - It's-a Pizza!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 124:14


    Making pizza! Playing The Wizard (or Kevin's Path to Wizdom as it will soon be known)! EATING pizza! What more could you want?

    Hypnotic Cookout - Ep82 - Ah, There It Is!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 103:53


    We sadly had to scrap the first half hour due to terrible sound issues. Still, delicious burgers and new prototypes are on the menu for this Cookout test run!

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep81 - Where's the Beef?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 124:33


    We participated in the bpb's game jam on food scarcity last week, chatting process and looking at the resulting games -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/hypnoticowlgames

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep80 - Carnival of Broken Dreams

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 118:16


    Heat, Reddit, Wizard play styles, WIPs, Monkey Island, interconnectedness, art, oppression

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep79 - You, Me and No Dupree

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2022 114:40


    Haircuts, Game Maker workshop, music production, depression, Wizard rebranding, indie success, aging, radicalized relatives

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep78 - Was Our Last Title Really "Notice Me Senpai uwu"?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2022 124:04


    Catching up, South Africa, Rothko & Pollock, physical therapy, Making Games Is..., new projects, how to level design

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep76 - This One's Gonna Be About Games, I Promise

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2022 146:17


    Robin Hunicke on Designer Notes, Dark Souls, Redecor, MyHome, Solitaire Cruise, pirate stories, digitizing Mbali, raycasting, #NoticeMe Jam

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep75 - Serenity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 123:00


    Ukraine conflict, Mbali's landscape paper art, Superstore, Wendesil's Wizard stream, The Walking Dead, death, politics

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep74 - Wordle, Huh, What Is It Good For

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 122:03


    Ukraine, The Wizard scores, board game workshop, EvnTide, visas, African politics, Wordle, She-Ra

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep73 - Hacktic Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 121:15


    The Wizard's score system headaches, happy accidents, composing and Hans Zimmer, Nokia Jam WIP, Peacemaker, Hawkeye

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep72 - From Grading to the Grave

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 119:17


    The Wizard scoring system, boosting, weight, men's shorts, One Style Man, Death Trash, funding, unfinished projects, Disney+

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep71 - [Insert Funny Title Here]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022


    Tales from the bathroom, Mbali's artworks, corona and testing, unfinished projects, antiwork and the German government

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep70 - Hoo Hoo, It's 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 122:09


    Catching up, corona, Unavowed, Cruelty Squad, Super Auto Pets, Mike Flanagan, James Bond and other movies, The Witcher

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep69 - Summer Break

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 118:50


    Tinder, long spoilery complaining about Dune, blackish, hiatus

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep68 - How to Play Video Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 138:54


    Shaka Zulu, Only Yesterday, Tarantino, Testing The Wizard, tutorials, writing and procrastination

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep67 - Demonstrably Left

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 110:36


    RABATT, "Wir sind alle LinX" demo, Fridays for Future, performativism, democracy, Werewolves Within

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep66 - Anticrastination

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2021 113:09


    Bachelor party, Quake, Magic: The Gathering, Taskmaster, procrastination, bully brain, therapy, silly jokes

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep65 - Happisode

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 127:39


    Payback, water parks, paper piece, Loki, Bob Ross, iconic/brand looks, inner monologue, The Messenger, Control, The Hobbit (1977)

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep64 - Gunpowder Suckshake

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2021 108:50


    Free on Epic, the Taliban, Psycho Goreman, Gunpowder Milkshake, Working Moms, Youths, Among Us and Fortnite

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep63 - Friday the 13th

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 113:36


    Protests and looting in South Africa, Activision/Blizzard, engaging with problematic artists, Tekken 3, Death of Winter, The Suicide Squad, Black Widow

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep62 - It's All Bullshirt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2021 120:44


    Post-party depression, bully brain and the inner child, social constructs, authenticity and confidence, cellphone cancer studies, Beware, The Wire

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep61 - Looks Like Rain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2021 108:10


    More vaccinations, home improvement, Entourage, Wish Dragon, Paddington, Miss Marple, dumb debates, Mutant Year Zero, work

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep60 - Exabyte

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2021 152:07


    Social security nonsense, Wizard, Mutant Year Zero, Sin City, Doctor Sleep, Team Foxcatcher, Mass Effect 3, skill trees, anime, Alita: Battle Angel

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep59 - The Mental Lists

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 144:25


    Youth Day, Juneteenth, Waldorf education, Kim's Convenience, Little Shop of Horrors, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep58 - Jab-a-Dabba-Done! Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2021 99:29


    Vaccination, catching up, state trojans, Promising Young Woman, He-Man, X-Files, Overboard!, Strangeland, procedural storytelling, Reconnect

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep57 - Hot Guy Summer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 115:48


    Today in history, Pride Month, Frostpunk, new tools, confidence and self-esteem, work, Cruella, Friends Reunion

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep56 - Coda

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2021


    The end of Roommategate, Army of the Dead, live idea thievery, base building strategy, revisiting games, AssCreed II

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep55 - The Winter of Our Discontent

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2021 106:12


    Roommategate, writing, Palestine, transphobia, gaming news, Journey to Ecrya, pen and paper systems

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep54 - Narcissus Flatmaticus

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021 120:27


    Flatmategate, narcissism, personal growth. This was a really rather focused one, you see.

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep53 - It's Bolognese

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 91:17


    AssCreed II, Tabletop Simulator, Dome Romantik, Pine, corona, fighting games, Wizard improvements, blocking

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep52 - What's Cooking?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 121:51


    Hootout anniversary, chicken soup, introducing the WizHarder Laboratory, anime, reevaluating entertainment

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep51 - Food Coma

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 86:12


    Wizard updates, Ionic & Vue, The Beast Lived Underwater, Speed Racer, characters most in need of hugs

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep50 - Response Ability

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 124:37


    Toxic roommates, fault and responsibility, Ted Lasso, Hearthstone Battlegrounds, AssCreed, Yakuza 0, Valheim

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep49 - LATEnstein Strikes Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 118:37


    Crabman's soapy life, CUII and copyright, AssCreed: Black Flag, Zack Snyder's Justice League, Jordan PeteRed Skull

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep48 - Pleasure

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 149:10


    AssCreed IV: Black Flag, Valheim, social mechanics, relaxation, dream company models, The Conquest of Bread

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep47 - Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 135:42


    Meetings, transphobia, work and productivity, Valheim

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep46 - Capital

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 113:53


    Hamburg Games Conference, Valheim, pitching boldly, dating sims, Raya and the Last Dragon, The Mandalorian, Gilson B. Pontes

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep45 - Déjà Vu

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 93:46


    Telephone scammers, traveling while Black, NFT shenanigans, Queen's Gambit, Enola Holmes, time loops in games and movies

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep44 - The End

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 136:48


    Being over Valheim, lessons in game design, Loop Hero, I Care A Lot, the awfulness of WW84, Monster Hunter, The Wizard's Early Access roadmap

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep43 - Success and How to Avoid It

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 120:34


    More Valheim (of course), showing off Crabman's house, The Wizard and game pricing, work, failure, pants

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep42 - We Have No Answers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 79:31


    Branding, bad connection, Hanau, violent men and mental illness, Valheim, more bad connection, free games on Epic

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep41 - Frozen: Homecoming

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 77:51


    Hangovers, the cold, WandaVision (no spoilers), The Mandalorian (spoilers), soapies, Alto's Adventure, Beyond: Two Souls

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep40 - The One Where We Talk About Games, For Once (Maybe)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 118:15


    Porn magazines, INVITE gaming, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Beyond: Two Souls, queerness in these trying times, Moonlighter

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep39 - Add Some Diction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 98:37


    Hair, exercise, Alexa, stock shenanigans, addictive game mechanics and addiction in general

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep38 - The Bois Who Lived

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 130:23


    Surgery, Harry Potter, good and bad TV, Ash vs Evil Dead, struggling with family and old trauma

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep37 - Picking Potent Projects

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 122:25


    Hack'n'slash games, project selection criteria, how we actually select them, Rat King creative writing questionnaire, Gender Jam result

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep36 - Gender Jam

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021 126:23


    Hackenstein's crowning, Schitt's Creek, Maleficent, nazi terrorism, bpb game jam, gender, utopias, Cloudpunk

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep35 - Hindsight (you know, 2020? haha)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2021 126:20


    New Years, hangovers, Hades, mediocre movies, goals for 2021, bpb jam, load shedding

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep34 - Mary Crimes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2020 138:36


    Surprisingly little Christmas, sweets, corona, presents, art, #blessings, gaming experiences, movies

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep33 - My Wiiiiiiife

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 131:55


    Introducing our new addition, Crabman's meet-cute, religion, struggling with Reddit, Wizard updates, DC movies and The Gentlemen

    Hypnotic Hootout - Ep32 - Story Time: Representation and Getting Stuff Wrong

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 145:03


    Ailments, The Wizard's choice of protagonist, problematic elements and ideas for addressing them (SPOILER talk from about 0h34m to 1h17m), representation in games, programming exercises

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