Side B of episode 102 of Player 1 vs The World's StrangeCast podcast is HERE! Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt continue their discussions on all things related to Don't Nod Entertainment, Don't Nod, Deck Nine, Square Enix's Life Is Strange series, Don't Nod Montreal's Lost Records: Bloom & Rage and more.

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A special shoutout to our wonderful StrangeCast producers and Patreon supporters: Kevin Lackner, Sundy, Clare McLoughlin (NEW), YellowFlash (NEW), Jake Churchill (NEW) and Carly (NEW)! 🫶🙇‍♂️

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Introduction

00:14 -- The pre-podcast chat

01:39 -- A final PSA for our Patreon

02:14 -- Don’t Nod revealed Aphelion at the 2025 Xbox Games Showcase

07:33 -- Aphelion director Florent Guillaume sent a message after the title’s reveal; Don’t Nod's Talal Selhami worked on the reveal trailer

08:30 -- The different Don’t Nod developers working on Aphelion and the logo design change

09:47 -- Adnan and Adam discuss Aphelion, including new details from Don’t Nod

19:34 -- Beethoven & Dinosaur’s Mixtape was shown at the 2025 Summer Game Fest! Mixtape creative lead Johnny Galvatron featured in a behind-the-scenes video

21:17 -- What Johnny Galvatron told GamesRadar about Mixtape

25:32 -- Adnan and Adam talk about Mixtape

32:55 -- Maximum Entertainment and Don’t Nod reveal more details on the PS5 physical edition for Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

36:52 -- Kid Katana Records dropped a new look at the vinyl for Lost Records

40:00 -- Don’t Nod celebrates the June launch anniversary of multiple titles, including Harmony, Remember Me and Vampyr

41:54 -- Hannah Telle — Max Caulfield herself — shared more details on her new music

44:01 -- Comment from the listener! (Thanks, @ LittleOrphanEmma! 😉)

49:37 -- Spread The Arts (Adnan now has his copy of Mark Z Danielewski’s House of Leaves! Big up Mark’s publicist, Demetri Papadimitropoulos!)

54:08 -- Shoutout to Patreon members: Kevin Lackner, Sundy, Clare McLoughlin (NEW), YellowFlash (NEW), Jake Churchill (NEW) and Carly (NEW)!

55:10 -- Outro

56:10 -- PSA: Olivia Lepore is back on the next episode of The Lost Records Journal podcast

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