Player 1 vs The World's StrangeCast podcast is now back with the second part, dubbed 'Side B,' of episode 105. Following on from 'Side A' -- available on both Player 1 vs The World's YouTube channel and all RSS feeds -- The Lost Records Journal co-hosts Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt continue to pick apart all of the latest discourse around 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 so much more!

🥹 You can now support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/Player1vsTheWorld

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

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Introduction

00:14 -- The pre-StrangeCast podcast chat between Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt

01:54 -- Rolling Stone magazine named Don’t Nod Montreal’s Lost Records: Bloom & Rage as one of the best titles of 2025 so far; a Life Is Strange 'sequel' point is made

07:50 -- Life Is Strange star Ashly Burch – Chloe Price herself – talked about ‘I’m Happy You’re Here’ and mental health with GLAAD

20:08 -- Casting director Frederique Barkoff shares details on Don’t Nod’s Aphelion, including Metricminds GmbH working with Don’t Nod on the motion capture

23:47 -- Don’t Nod shared a very cool European Space Agency (ESA)-themed tease for Aphelion

29:00 -- Don’t Nod’s 2023 puzzle platformer Jusant has climbed onto the PlayStation Plus monthly line-up for July

31:46 -- Hannah Telle reveals that she was working on her new track, ‘Reflections of a Memory,’ when she was shooting Deck Nine’s Life Is Strange: Double Exposure

33:44 -- A shoutout for a fan-made Lost Records: Bloom & Rage community event, ‘Lost Records: Summerfest’

34:39 -- Comment from the listener! (Thanks, @CheeseRat12! 😉)

37:50 -- Spread The Arts

43:55 -- A special shoutout to our wonderful StrangeCast producers and Patreon supporters: Kevin Lackner, Sundy, Clare McLoughlin, YellowFlash, Jake Churchill, Carly, GordbabyMedia and Kevin Kestis (NEW)! 🫶🙇‍♂️

44:40 -- Outro

StrangeCast is on podcast services. ⬇️

▶️ Spotify for Podcasters: https://anchor.fm/player-1-vs-the-world

🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4QoZ8jf0z0gUVgzAdv1UY6

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🔴 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/strangecast-6V4Pg9

🟠 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/v0srxk6b

Player 1 vs The World's Life Is Strange playlists. ⬇️

➡️ StrangeCast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo46wMn665ZRMDMNkdrnOEwU

➡️ Life Is Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo47D9N36SJF2ZT54zvn5sX8

➡️ Life After Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6oCQWbzttYxO2qCR6tqnz_

The Lost Records Journal podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6r1_Lwi-ybyXI4xj4Q3veA

Lost Records playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6LlV6bk0_HcJiVE5Oigq5D

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Adnan and Adam are on social media, too! 😇⬇️

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➡️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/adnanriaz9.bsky.social

➡️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adnanriaz9/

➡️ X: https://twitter.com/AceTheGrocer

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Business inquiries: player1vstheworld@gmail.com 📧

Player 1 vs The World's Life Is Strange fan podcast, StrangeCast, is now BACK with Side A of episode 105! The Lost Records Journal co-hosts Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt pick apart all of the latest news and discussions around 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 so much more!

🥹 You can now support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/Player1vsTheWorld

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

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Introduction

00:14 -- The pre-StrangeCast podcast chat between Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt

04:21 -- PSA: a slight tweak to the Patreon tier

04:51 -- Don’t Nod has broken its silence on the layoffs at Lost Records: Bloom & Rage studio Don’t Nod Montreal

19:28 -- Andrew Auseon, who was the senior writer on Deck Nine's Life Is Strange: Double Exposure and credited for a written role on The Expanse: A Telltale Series, has been laid off at ZeniMax Online Studios

35:53 -- Arnaud de Pischoff reveals that the Xbox team that worked with Don’t Nod on Tell Me Why was impacted by the recent Microsoft-Xbox layoffs

41:50 -- Life Is Strange star Ashly Burch – Chloe Price herself – on the impact of Don’t Nod’s Life Is Strange

50:26 -- Beethoven & Dinosaur’s Johnny Galvatron remains cryptic about a release date for Mixtape; the names of the main characters from Mixtape are revealed

55:10 -- Don’t Nod’s The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit has turned seven years old

55:45 -- Don’t Nod Montreal’s Lost Records: Bloom & Rage and Studio Tolima’s Koira are in a Don’t Nod bundle sale

56:15 -- Life Is Strange’s X/Twitter account (finally) posted about Pride Month

57:36 -- Outro

58:22 -- A special shoutout to our wonderful StrangeCast producers and Patreon supporters: Kevin Lackner, Sundy, Clare McLoughlin, YellowFlash, Jake Churchill, Carly, GordbabyMedia and Kevin Kestis (NEW)! 🫶🙇‍♂️

StrangeCast is on podcast services. ⬇️

▶️ Spotify for Podcasters: https://anchor.fm/player-1-vs-the-world

🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4QoZ8jf0z0gUVgzAdv1UY6

🟣 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strangecast/id1600336966

🟡 YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo46wMn665ZRMDMNkdrnOEwU

🔵 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/5d22ad45-cd79-4897-ba7b-04b096366025/strangecast

🔴 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/strangecast-6V4Pg9

🟠 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/v0srxk6b

Player 1 vs The World's Life Is Strange playlists. ⬇️

➡️ StrangeCast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo46wMn665ZRMDMNkdrnOEwU

➡️ Life Is Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo47D9N36SJF2ZT54zvn5sX8

➡️ Life After Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6oCQWbzttYxO2qCR6tqnz_

The Lost Records Journal podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6r1_Lwi-ybyXI4xj4Q3veA

Lost Records playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6LlV6bk0_HcJiVE5Oigq5D

Follow Player 1 vs The World on social media! ⬇️

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➡️ X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/P1vsTheWorld

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Adnan and Adam are on social media, too! 😇⬇️

➡️ X: https://twitter.com/AdnanRiaz9

➡️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/adnanriaz9.bsky.social

➡️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adnanriaz9/

➡️ X: https://twitter.com/AceTheGrocer

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➡️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/castorgardenmusic/

Business inquiries: player1vstheworld@gmail.com 📧

Player 1 vs The World's StrangeCast podcast is BACK, but it's not the usual episode on all things Don't Nod Entertainment, Don't Nod, Deck Nine, Square Enix's Life Is Strange franchise and Don't Nod Montreal's Lost Records: Bloom & Rage. Instead, it's our first-ever episode built with Patreon in mind. So, The Lost Records Journal co-hosts Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt sit down to answer questions from Player 1 vs The World’s Patreon page!

🥹 You can now support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/Player1vsTheWorld

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

Timestamps:

00:00 -- Introduction

00:14 -- Welcome to the Patreon-built episode of StrangeCast

02:41 -- How Player 1 vs The World’s custom Patreon episode works

03:58 -- Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt talk about the photo mode in Don’t Nod Montreal’s Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Kevin Lackner/Patreon)

10:03 -- [LOST RECORDS SPOILERS]: Adnan and Adam chat about their ideas for the ‘fifth member’ theory for Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Kevin Lackner/Patreon)

14:52 -- What Lost Records: Bloom & Rage character could Life Is Strange star Ashly Burch have played in Don’t Nod Montreal’s title? (Kevin Lackner/Patreon)

19:43 -- Adnan and Adam’s sweetest/favourite detail in Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Kevin Lackner/Patreon)

23:55 -- Talking about reintroducing ourselves and Adam’s time as a youth pastor (Kevin Lackner/Patreon)

29:42 -- Adnan and Adam discuss their favourite summers amid the Lost Records: Bloom & Rage talk (Kevin Lackner/Patreon)

35:43 -- Adnan and Adam asked about reacting to StrangeCast’s 2030 prediction video (Kevin Lackner/Patreon)

37:03 -- What story will the live-action Life Is Strange TV show follow? (Kevin Lackner/Patreon)

44:54 -- Comment from the listener! (Thanks, @looneyluna96 & @nicefieldSFM! 😉)

51:06 -- Spread The Arts

57:47 -- Outro

58:00 -- A special shoutout to our wonderful Lost Records Journal producers and Patreon supporters: Kevin Lackner, Sundy, Clare McLoughlin, YellowFlash, Jake Churchill, Carly and GordbabyMedia! 🫶🙇‍♂️

StrangeCast is on podcast services. ⬇️

▶️ Spotify for Podcasters: https://anchor.fm/player-1-vs-the-world

🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4QoZ8jf0z0gUVgzAdv1UY6

🟣 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strangecast/id1600336966

🟡 YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo46wMn665ZRMDMNkdrnOEwU

🔵 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/5d22ad45-cd79-4897-ba7b-04b096366025/strangecast

🔴 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/strangecast-6V4Pg9

🟠 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/v0srxk6b

Player 1 vs The World's Life Is Strange playlists. ⬇️

➡️ StrangeCast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo46wMn665ZRMDMNkdrnOEwU

➡️ Life Is Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo47D9N36SJF2ZT54zvn5sX8

➡️ Life After Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6oCQWbzttYxO2qCR6tqnz_

The Lost Records Journal podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6r1_Lwi-ybyXI4xj4Q3veA

Lost Records playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6LlV6bk0_HcJiVE5Oigq5D

Follow Player 1 vs The World on social media! ⬇️

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➡️ X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/P1vsTheWorld

➡️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/player1vstheworld/

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Adnan and Adam are on social media, too! 😇⬇️

➡️ X: https://twitter.com/AdnanRiaz9

➡️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/adnanriaz9.bsky.social

➡️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adnanriaz9/

➡️ X: https://twitter.com/AceTheGrocer

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➡️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/castorgardenmusic/

Business inquiries: player1vstheworld@gmail.com 📧