IT. IS. TIME. ⁠Player 1 vs The World⁠'s The Lost Records Journal co-hosts Adnan Riaz and Adam Evalt FINALLY meet Lost Records: Bloom & Rage director Michel Koch and executive producer Luc Baghadoust! This is the FIRST of our two-part podcast episode with Don’t Nod Montreal’s studio creative director and studio executive producer, both of whom are two of the key architects behind the Life Is Strange franchise and the Lost Records IP.

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Timestamps:

00:00 -- Introduction: PSA for the podcast episode

01:29 -- Welcome to Side A of The Lost Records Journal episode with Luc Baghadoust and Michel Koch

01:46 -- Luc and Michel on pronouncing their last names

05:23 -- Michel on becoming a solo director for the first time

07:57 -- Michel on managing decisions as a director

09:12 -- Luc’s perspective of Michel’s solo directing vs co-directing with Raoul Barbet

10:54 -- Luc on Michel’s development since Remember Me and vice versa

14:08 -- Michel on Luc since Remember Me

17:11 -- Luc recalls how he became involved in Don’t Nod’s Life Is Strange

20:02 -- Adnan asks Luc about Don’t Nod Montreal’s DNA and if Michel is an auteur

25:42 -- Michel on Don’t Nod Montreal’s DNA and being an auteur

28:24 -- Michel on the change in the market since Life Is Strange’s release up to Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

32:36-- Luc and Michel on streaming services and subscription-supported releases

38:01 -- Lost Records story ideas that didn’t make the final cut (Carly/Patreon)

42:00 -- Luc on Don’t Nod Montreal’s work, development time, criticism and bugs and more

43:16 -- Michel on criticism of Tape 2: Rage and things he would refine in the story

44:54 -- David Lynch and Twin Peaks: is Lost Records closer to Twin Peaks than Life Is Strange?

48:44 -- Luc on the criticism about the supernatural elements and Life Is Strange’s ‘powers’ amid Square Enix talks

50:55 -- Michel’s stance on Lost Records’ supernatural themes in the story

52:00 -- The knock-on effect of Life Is Strange, including Luc on Lowbirth Games’ This Bed We Made

54:01 -- Luc on creating something fresh with Lost Records after Life Is Strange and more (Kevin Kestis/Patreon)

57:34 -- Michel hints at the expanded universe of Lost Records and potential sequel thoughts/ideas (Kevin Kestis/Patreon)

59:59 -- Outro for Side B of The Lost Records Journal

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