Byteside Podcasts
Jerry Holkins & Jeremy Crawford on Acquisitions Inc and the magic of D&D
Our new podcast emerges! Off the back of a visit to D&D Live: The Descent, we've got great conversations to share with some heavy hitters of the D&D
Mogul.gg's Jamie Skella on building partnerships and profits
This week we catch up with Jamie Skella, an Australian with a lot of angles covered on the esports scene, most prominently in the online tournament platform,
Daniel Ringland from Riot Games on the OPL's five year journey
Seamus talks to Daniel about the first five years of Riot in Oceania, the evolution of the OPL, its partnerships with the AFL, schools and universities, and where the next five years takes us.
Michal 'CARMAC' Blicharz: the biggest brain in esports on The Esports Moment
One of the smartest minds in all of esports sits down with The Esports Moment at Intel Extreme Masters Sydney.
Karrigan: being benched at FaZe, leading a young Mousesports, and loving the big stage
Karrigan is one of my favourite players on the world circuit so it was fantastic to get time to sit down with him at IEM Sydney.
HCT Worlds recap w/ Stirling Coates from The Roar
Recapping the key moments and crazy action from the Hearthstone World Championship in Taiwan. With special guest Stirling Coates, esports writer for The Roar
Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill, Australian CS:GO analyst & former professional player
At IEM Sydney 2019, I grabbed some time with Chad ‘SPUNJ’ Burchill, a former pro CS:GO player and now an analyst seen regularly on the global circuit. He’s an
Overwatch League, Contenders, Showdowns and IEM
There's a lot of Overwatch to catch up on. Contenders Season 1 finals at Intel Extreme Masters Sydney. The Pacific Showdown that follows later in May. And all
A Moment with Sam Mathews, Co-founder & Chairman, FNATIC
This week Seamus sits down with Sam Mathews, co-founder and Chairman of FNATIC – one of the world's biggest and longest running esports teams, with top-tier
Morgan Romine (Director, Anykey) on diversity and inclusion in esports
This week I’m sharing a really interesting, and hopefully useful, conversation with Morgan Romine that delves into some of the trickier areas of the state of
Zhiana is back to geek out about World of Warcraft
A fun chat with Zhiana, a great cosplayer and part of the Geek Bomb brigade, about all the latest developments in World of Warcraft. What have we been up to?
Smarter, better, easier passwords?
This week on Jetpacks Are Overrated, a conversation about the state of passwords. From biometrics to two-factor authentication, there’s a lot of new tools in
Jack Harari, VP of International Partnerships, Activision Blizzard Esports Leagues
This week on The Esports Moment we go one-on-one with Jack Harari, Vice President of International Partnerships at Activision Blizzard Esports Leagues. That
Inside the Hearthstone toolbox with game designers Liv Breeden and Stephen Chang
From concept to finished card, we explore some of the latest arrivals in the newest set Rise of Shadows with two of Hearthstone’s game designers, Liv Breeden
AI in gaming chat with Frank Soqui, Intel VP of Gaming
I’ve got a short and sweet chat this week, looking at the state of AI adversaries and challenge systems in video games. Not from the perspective of ‘can this
Interview: Erik Anderson, Head of Esports, FaZe Clan
Another podcast from our journey to Katowice, Poland, for Intel Extreme Masters, as Seamus caught up over a coffee with Erik Anderson, FaZe Clan's Head of
Nicola Piggott, Co-founder of The Story Mob (Esports Communications Consultancy)
This week we're bringing you one of the best voices in the business for selling what esports has to offer to big business. Nicola Piggott is the co-founder of
Year of the Dragon deep dive with Cam Shea from IGN
This week I popped into the IGN studio to get face to face with Cam Shea and geek out about all the latest news around Hearthstone. We dive into the Year of
Starcraft casters PiG and Maynarde behind the scenes at IEM Katowice
Over at IEM I caught up with two of the Aussie casters covering all the action from the Starcraft stage. Usually we only ever get one of these great
Fnatic's Rainbow Six Siege captain and coach
This week I’ve got two of the members of the Fnatic Rainbow Six team - team captain Etienne ‘Magnet’ Rousseau, and coach/manager Jayden ‘Dizzle’ Saunders.