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Life after bay

The videogame franchise "Life is strange" has a big and active fanbase. The podcast will tell the stories of these people who bring the fandom to life. It will cover the diverse topics ranging from queerness, mental health, fanart, cosplay to fan fiction and more. At the same time it will uncover and challenge some shortcomings and bias in the game. Die Videospielreihe "Life is strange" des Studios Dontnod hat eine sehr große und aktive Fan Community. Im Podcast geht es um die Geschichten dieser Menschen, die dieses Fandom zum Leben erwecken Gezeigt werden die hohe Diversität der Themengebiete - die dort behandelt werden - wie z.B. Queerness, mental Health, Fanart, Cosplay, Fan Fiction uvm. Gleichzeitig werden aber auch bestimmte dem Franchise innewohnende Defizite kritisch hinterfragt.

Available Episodes 10

I interviewed cosplayer & content creator Max aka Realtra Cosplay.

my Interview Guest Realtra Cosplay

Realtra Cosplay Link Tree

Chloe Cosplay

Max Caulfield Cosplay

Rachel Cosplay

Catra Cosplay from She-Ra

another Catra Cosplay :)


Things we talked about:

Life is strange Remastered Collection Cosplay and Fan Art Contest from Square Enix

At the top the Cosplay of Max (Realtra Cosplay) and Chloe (https://www.instagram.com/omalleysteuerman/) composed by https://erikwphotography.com/

The Collaborative Insta account between Akrcos & Inspector Lemon Cosplay

The Collaborative YT account between Akrcos & Inspector Lemon Cosplay

CacophonyandDiscord YT Channel

CacophonyandDiscord Twitch Channel

Arcadia_Brat Insta (Chloe from the Wondertwins)

The Wondertwins Website

Voice actor Ashly Burch

Fan-made game „Life is Strange Amber Alert“ project

Yiannis (John) Soukoulis fan-made game „Life is strange After the Storm“

Interview with John in Episode 10 of my Podcast :)

Love is strange visual novel on itch.io

Love is strange visual novel on tumblr

Kudos:

Cover art by @NikoDere

Max and Chloe cosplaying as She-Ra and Catra in the famous "I dare you to kiss me" scene ;)

Original post by NikoDere

Post by me on twitter :)

Music (Intro/Outro) "All that matters" from Cristina Hawke <3

Future guests:

tba. Ideas are welcome!

Contact:

Life after bay podcast link collection

ItsMeMaxine on Twitter

ItsMeMaxine on Mastodon

@LifeAfterBayPod twitter account

Feedback is always welcome!

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This time i interviewed Cristina Hawke who is a musician, composer, songwriter and artist and much much more :)

my Interview Guest Cristina Hawke

Cristina Hawke Main Website

Youtube channel @cristinahawke

Bandcamp hawkemusic

Instagram @cristina.hawke

Song "Ghosts" for ‚The Wonder Twins Productions’ interactive movie „Hope Circle“


Things we talked about:

Video "I still do"

"Fragile reality" Life is strange cosplay from Cristina

"Because i tried"

EP "fragile reality" playlist

lesbian breakup poetry playlist

"all that matters" (parts features also in this podcast :))

Koethe is also making Life is strange inspired music

„finding arcadia bay“ video series part 2 Interview with Riley/Cristina

"Overexposed" AMV made by Cristina inspired by VN „All Wounds“

Fanfiction and visual novel „All Wounds“ by Destiny Smasher

EP „Fragile Reality“ on Spotify

"Wastelands" (Before the storm inspired)

"Impossible" – Cristina Hawke (post Riley Hawke)

Retrospective on Riley Hawke by Cristina herself :) from 2019

"She ruined me" (not life is strange related)


News:

Interactive video series "who is your love match" by PlayingWithHeart

‚The Wonder Twins Productions’ interactive movie „Hope Circle“

Life is Strange: Amber Alert Fangame April Fool’s Trailer Announcement

Life is Strange Fanzine Crossroads Volume 2 shipped

Kudos:

@mukh_r3 artist of the general podcast cover
R3 Youtube channel

Music (Intro/Outro) "All that matters" from Cristina <3

Olya-Roo Original Podcast cover


Future guests:

tba

Contact:

Life after bay podcast link collection

ItsMeMaxine on Twitter

@LifeAfterBayPod twitter account (new :))

Feedback is always welcome!

Mastodon

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Here is my interview with Malina aka Haveaseat_Pete!

Its in german so please bear with me as it was much more easier in my current emotional stress state to talk in my mother tongue. I will add the transcript in english to youtube later. I marked the chapters accordingly with the used language. So only the interview is in german. The introduction and news section is in english. Tnx for your patience and enjoy the episode!

Transcript:

German / English

my Interview Guest Haveaseat_Pete:

Haveaseat_Pete on AO3

The other weekend: still ongoing, almost >100k words!

Somewhere beneath the lies: 19th century Max & Chloe <3

To one last(ing) friendship: personal experiences

Fellow (Life is Strange) Artists:

Escherlat with Never married on AO3

Rainboq on AO3

Clarx with The Vodoo Man on AO3


Things we talked about:

Hannah Telle voice actor of Max Caulfield on instagram

Koethe makes LiS fan music on youtube

Better then original fanfiction story on AO3 by Israel Blargh

AO3 Archive of our own Fan fiction website

Life is strange fans website and there links to discord, twitter etc


Kudos:

@mukh_r3 artist of the general podcast cover
R3 Youtube channel

Music (Intro/Outro) "All that matters" from Riley Hawke

Olya-Roo Original Podcast cover

Future podcast guests:

Cristina aka Riley Hawke (music) in february!

PossiblyLife is Strange 2 Wolf Bros Journey on instagram

The wonder twins and their wonderful art & videos!

Life is strange Aftermath fangame chapter 2 is out!

Life is strange after the storm fangame new photomode announcement by John Soukoulis

Contact:

Life after bay podcast link collection

ItsMeMaxine on Twitter (thats me! ;))

@LifeAfterBayPod twitter account (new :))

Feedback is always welcome!

Mastodon

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This is the 13th episode of my Life after bay podcast!

I talked to Neeko aka @neekowa, a young artist who is drawing one of my favourite interpretations of Max known as (reverse role) Punk Max :)
 
I haven't laughed so much in a long time ;) Hope you have also fun listening to the podcast <3 Enjoy our rambling about all topics Life is strange and beyond like drawing with ADHD and life changing advices!

Feedback is always welcome!

my wonderful Interview Guest Neeko:

Podcast Cover for this episode is by Tobyja :)

showing Alex and Steph from Life is strange True Colours

Things we talked about:
(reverse role) Punk Max
https://twitter.com/towaneeko/status/1547532953496207361

Punk Max i commissioned from neeko :)
https://twitter.com/hunzer2/status/1571253620242354178

Fellow (Life is Strange) Artists

Aki @akitridy
https://twitter.com/akitridy

KENO @kenoastral
https://twitter.com/KENOASTRAL

my fanfic recommendation:
fluff AmberPriceField AO3 fanfic „Totally Okay“ by Rainboq

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40414131

Kudos:

Future podcast guests:
idk, i have so many who already agreed :) and so many dreams i have, who haven't replied at all :( maybe i do a twitter poll ;)

Contact:

Email feedback goes to lifeafterbay@posteo.de


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This is the 12th episode of my Life after bay podcast!

I will talk to Biscuit from Retrozone Studios again after 5 months about the feedback to the first chapter of their visual novel Life is strange: Aftermath. Its an episodic visual novel in three parts mainly focusing on after the bay ending and Max getting over the trauma and finding new hope and peace. #MarshField will play an important role in the upcoming episode 2 ;) A lot of things have changed on their side and the team got some new members. We also talk about the challenges coming with these changes and all the many tiny bits and pieces that make a visual novel game!

Tnx for waiting so long or welcome new listener!

Next time Neeko aka Neekowa will be my interview guest, so stay tuned for some Punk Max style :D

Feedback is always welcome!

Interview Guest:

Things we talked about:
Last Episode with Biscuit about chapter one of Life is Strange Aftermath (direct download link)
https://splfrr.podcaster.de/download/lab11wav96.mp3

Download the game Life is strange: Aftermath on itch.io
https://retro-zone-studios.itch.io/life-is-strange-aftermath

Concept art and production notes on Tumblr page of Retrozone Studios
https://retrozonestudios.tumblr.com/

Give them some love <3 Ko-Fi Support page from Retrozone Studios

https://ko-fi.com/retrozonestudios

Twitch Stream with cinnamonrollof1 and Biscuit (one of many ;))
https://twitter.com/RZoneStudios/status/1553193451767857152

New team member Rhami (coding) joining the team

https://jaguarshadow.itch.io/

Mikey and Steph playing DnD with Max by @Ruvikdraws

https://twitter.com/RZoneStudios/status/1515780126339969025

Original Background concept art by Ari
https://retrozonestudios.tumblr.com/post/680111326398464000/heres-our-new-background-drafts-were-just

New Original Characters e.g. Rebecca introduced in chapter 2
https://retrozonestudios.tumblr.com/post/679660556413714432/alongside-our-new-sprites-we-would-like-to#notes

Dayeanne Hutton (VO of Kate) about hearing about the game ;)

https://twitter.com/DayeanneHutton/status/1492929025378947072

Katy Bentz (VO of Steph) about seeing part of the game graphics ;)

https://twitter.com/KatyBentz/status/1515428691446140929


Future podcast guests:

Contact:

Email feedback goes to lifeafterbay@posteo.de


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This is the elventh episode of my Life after bay podcast!

I will interview Biscuit from Retrozone Studios about their visual novel Life is strange: Aftermath. Its an episodic visual novel in three parts mainly focusing on after the bay ending and Max getting over the trauma and finding new hope and peace. #MarshField will play an important role in episode 2 and following ;)

Due to their demo and hopefully episode 1 of their novel coming out on March 3rd i published the podcast early in the week.

This is the longest interview i have ever made, hope you like it ;)

You can contact them if you wanna help them out for voice acting and translation via twitter

Tnx for keeping up or welcome new listener!

Big tnx to R3Tios who made the new podcast cover with Max & Chloe on the traintracks <3

Feedback is always welcome!

#StandWithUkraine

Interview Guest:


Team of Retrozone studios
Biscuit
Komo

Partners of Retrozone studios (commissions)
menu and UI design: @cinnamonrollof1
Logo design by Sashaines127
Background designer: Ari

Mentioned artists:

Mentioned podcast episodes:

Future podcast guests:
Mai-Queti

Johnson Terminal


Email feedback goes to lifeafterbay@posteo.de


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This is the tenth episode of my Life after bay podcast!

I will interview John Soukoulis about his fan game Life is strange after the storm.

Enjoy the interview with him.

Due to private matters the episode came out 3 months later as planned. Tnx for keeping up and welcome new listener!

Big tnx to R3Tios who made the new podcast cover with Max & Chloe on the traintracks <3

Feedback is always welcome!

Interview Guest:
John Soukoulis Links


Fan-made games by John:

Team & Friends:

Mentioned podcast episodes:





Future podcast guests:
Mai-Queti

Johnson Terminal


Email feedback goes to lifeafterbay@posteo.de


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This is the ninth episode of my Life after bay podcast!

I will interview Katie aka Katiesgaming who voiced Tobyja in my last episode.
We will talk about her voice over projects and streaming channel of course all in the context of Life is strange ;) Sure we will discuss spoilerfree (!) some topics and opinions about the new Life is Strange True Color. Enjoy the interview with her!

The next time maybe Cristina aka Riley Hawke will be my guest. But we will have to see and wait. For November and December Mai-Queti and Johnson Terminal  will be my interview partners respectively.

Feedback is always welcome!


Kudos:


Interview with Katie:




Inspirations:

Life is Strange Cosplay:

Friends & Streamers:

Email feedback goes to lifeafterbay@posteo.de

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This is the eighth episode of the Life after bay podcast!

I am so glad to have found Tobyja who makes amazing drawings and comics of Life is strange 2! We talk of course about fanart and all stuff related to drawing in context of the Life is strange universe especially season 2. She will be voiced by Katiesgaming who is also my next interview guest!

Enjoy the interview and if you have questions for katiesgaming please send them to me.

Feedback is always welcome!


Kudos:


Voice over by Katie:


Interview with tobyja:

Tobyja on Twitter


Inspiring artists:

Art by Tobyja:


Email feedback goes to lifeafterbay@posteo.de

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This is the seventh episode of the Life after bay podcast!

Finally i had the courage to contact escherlat and did the longest interview i made so far ;) She is the reason why i got into the fandom, onto the life is strange fans discord server and found fanfics. We talk of course about Fanfics and all stuff related to writing in context of the Life is strange universe. I am glad she joined me for the interview!
Next time the young artist tobyja will join me and we will talk about her being an upcoming artist drawing wonderful pics and comics of Life Is Strange 2 characters and settings.
Enjoy the interview and if you have questions for tobyja please send them to me.

Feedback is always welcome <3 to lifeafterbay@posteo.de

Kudos:



Story ‚Redemption‘ from escherlat on AO3


Next time:
Interview with Tobyja on her great art of Life is strange 2

Tobyja on Twitter
Tweet from @nicefieldSFM about episode 5 with tobyja’s art


Contact:



Email feedback goes to lifeafterbay@posteo.de

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