Kynan Pearson's guest appearances

Kynan Pearson

The Game Design Round Table

Kiwi Talkz

Shinesparkers Metroid Podcast

Julian Gollop

Harrison Pink

Jeremiah McCall

Tim Fowers

Chelsea Howe

Kellee Santiago

Isaac Childres

Michael Woods

Soren Johnson

Isaac Shalev

Ross Cowman

Tom Lehmann

Jamey Stegmaier

Anthony Giovannetti

Dan Fabulich

OwlTail

Our twenty-second episode welcomes Kynan Pearson, a former Retro Studios developer who was a Level Designer for Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. He then went on to become Lead Designer for Donkey Kong Country Returns. Kynan discusses how the Metroid series could be adapted for other genres, and goes on to […]

Episode 22 – Kynan Pearson (Ex Retro Studios)

Dirk, David, and designer/artist Kynan Pearson discuss what goes into designing games for Nintendo’s popular themes. Kynan talks about his role on both the Metroid Prime series as well as Donkey Kong Country Returns, and he also touches on his work with the non-Nintendo property Halo and its differences from fellow sci-fi shooter Metroid Prime.

<p>Dirk, David, and designer/artist Kynan Pearson discuss what goes into designing games for Nintendo’s popular themes. Kynan talks about his role on both the Metroid Prime series as well as Donkey Kong Country Returns, and he also touches on his work with the non-Nintendo property Halo and its differences from fellow sci-fi shooter Metroid Prime.</p>

#223 Kynan Pearson Talks Nintendo Themes