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00:00 - Davor’s First Computer & Early Inspiration 03:15 - Making Games in Croatia (Mid/Late '80s) 07:00 - Football Glory & Their First Break 11:15 - Passion, Doom & Building Their Own Engine 25:00 - The Serious Sam Demo That Changed Everything 27:30 - Surviving With Zero Budget 35:00 - Going Global & Industry Recognition 45:30 - Regrets, Success & Building a Legacy 49:00 - The Balkan Game Dev Scene & SCUM 53:00 - What’s Next for Croteam & Gaming This is the full podcast Davor Hunski who is one of the creators of Serious Sam and founders of Croteam.

Crnibajo aka Andre Harrison is slowly becoming a hit in the balkans. His hilarious videos documenting his experience living in Bosnia have gained tens of millions of views on instagram and tiktok. He is a very mysterious man who doesn’t talk much about his origin story in his video. So today I thought I’d invite him on the podcast to find out how the hell he got to bosnia and why.0:00 Intro0:40 100% facts about CrniBajo4:00 Theories about CrniBajo8:00 When CrniBajo became more known9:00 CrniBajos day2day job10:00 Can CrniBajo speak serbian?12:30 What was life like in America14:00 What CrniBajo enjoys doing16:00 Bosnia’s twisted perception of Amerca19:00 First time coming to bosnia

Cassy Athena is your favorite NBA players favorite photographer. She is an American with Serbian/Greek roots who has worked for Sports Illustrated, Samsung, Billboard, Red Bull, Fox Sports, Dime Magazine, Slam Magazine, NBA, Under Armour, Nike, Jordan Brand, and more. She has worked exclusively with the biggest NBA athletes and has helped with branding/marketing to many athletes and entertainers! In this episode we talked about her Balkan roots, her viral meme, some of her best photos and much much more... Check out her work at: https://www.cassyathena.com/ https://www.instagram.com/cassyathena/ https://www.instagram.com/cassyathenaphoto/ 0:00 Intro 1:30 Cassy's Balkan Background 5:45 Serbian community in LA 7:00 How Cassy got into photography 9:50 Freelancing or working directly with the nba? 11:30 Reels taking over IG & YT content trends 17:00 Behind the scenes content from NBA players 21:30 Nick Young Meme 26:30 Photos of Drake 29:00 What makes a great photo 31:00 Working with Lebron/Curry 36:30 Getting balkan brand sponsors 41:30 How nelly comes up with video ideas 44:30 Atmosphere in balkan sports 49:30 Serbian speakers in the nba 52:30 Learning spanish and serbian 55:30 Cassy’s content moving forward

Jasmin Ligata je jedan od najprepoznatljivijih komentatorskih glasova na Balkanu. Radio je kao komentator and sportski reporter vise od 20 godina ali je nedavno postao hit na drustvenim mrezama zbog svog rada kao futsal komentaor za GFC Sarajevo. Njegove video snimke dele i pregledaju milioni gledalaca sirom sveta. Sto je jos vaznije, Jasmin je ukljucen u mnoge humanitarne akcije i veruje da je njegova najveca svrha i sreca u zivotu da pomaze drugim ljudime. Danas sam bio u prilici da upoznam pravog Jasmina, da cujem o njegovim razmisljanjima i stremljenjima da bude sto bolji covek. Pricali smo o nekim od njegovih najpoznatijih viralnih klipova, njegovom humanitarnom radu i duhovitim angdotama iz njegovog dugogodisnjeg prijateljstava sa Edinom Dzekom. ---------------------------------------- Jasminov Humanitarni rad: https://pomoziba.org/--------- ------------------------------ 0:00 Uvod4:40 početak Jasminove karijere6:30 kako se jasmina priprema da bude komentar futsalac 11:40 Jasminov rekord u historiji13:55 ljubav za futsalu i futbal19:10 karijera u komediji23:20 komentarisanje priča25:30 Fustal u Bosni 29:50 drugi ljudi koji koriste vaše klipove38:00 kako još više proširiti content41:00 Sta sada Jasmin radi 43:00 ljubav prema humanitarnom radu52:00 priče o Džeku

Ogi Stojakovic is an assistant coach for the Denver Nuggets. He has been working with the team for over a decade starting out as a video coordinator. On a daily basis, he works closely with the best basketball player on the planet, Nikola Jokic. He is a NBA champion, FIBA World cup finalist and is currently working as an assistant coach for the Serbian Olympic team. 1:30 Ogi’s basketball origin story 3:55 Ogi the point guard 5:50 First coaching job 11:30 How Ogi got a job in the NBA 16:15 The day Ogi got the NBA job 17:30 First impressions of the nba/USA 21:30 Nurkic era nuggets 23:40 Ogi’s job explained 26:30 Drafting Nurkic & Jokic 27:14 First time Ogi saw Jokic play 31:10 Improving Jokic’s game 38:00 Jokic’s weight and cardio in the early days 42:00 Jokic after Nurkic left 43:30 How can Jokic improve? 48:30 Serbian Olympic team 53:15 Jokic’s Sombor shuffle origin story 55:50 Will Jokic have new moves in the future? 58:00 Sombor trip after Jokic’s second MVP 1:00:00 Ogi’s future goals

Ned Boulting is a British sports journalist and former football commentator. He is also the author of 8 books about cycling, darts, football and his life. In this episode we talked about his long football commentating career, cycling, darts and everything in between. For all things Ned: https://www.nedboulting.com/ GooglePod/ApplePods/Spotify: https://anchor.fm/boredwithnelly 0:00 Preview2:00 Ned's voice twin3:30 Can you support 2 clubs?7:00 A club losing it's identity 10:00 Buying trophies in football13:00 Tennis. Easy Commentary job16:30 What Ned wants to do next21:20 Why Ned Quit Football28:00 Love for national football36:45 Deciding what to write about40:00 Personality in Football Punditry 45:00 Local Club Ned Supports49:45 Interview Jose Mourinho 53:15 Beers With Arsen Wenger58:15 Will Cycling Turn Into Football1:02 Triahlons1:30 Ned's Next Projects

Me & Zack (aka Zillie Holiday) used to go to high school together. Now he raps and cooks some absolutely fire beats. This was the first music artist I've had on my podcast so I learned a lot about sampling and how Zillie Holiday is trying to make it in a highly competitive space. Check out his music: https://zillieholiday.bandcamp.com/community Zillie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/zillie_holiday/ GooglePod/ApplePods/Spotify: https://anchor.fm/boredwithnelly 0:00 Intro1:00 Weather & Spain4:00 Zillie's Music7:00 How sampling works9:30 What did you want to be?15:00 Releasing music frequently21:00 Importance of skating25:40 Going from idea to creating a song30:00 Paying attention to algorithms34:00 Streaming on Twitch38:30 Live music - doing shows41:30 How to make a living in this space45:00 Turning down a raise to move to spain52:45 Long term goal in music

Steve Murphy is a retired DEA agent that worked in Colombia during Pablo’s reign of terror. The popular Netflix show is loosely based on his life. He is also the co-author of Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar. If you want to learn more about his time in Colombia, please check out the first podcast First Podcast: https://youtu.be/BiWFxiXNMnI In this episode Steve mostly talked about his new and exciting project surrounding the mysterious disappearance of a PAN-AM Plane in 1938. Uncovering its mystery could have massive implications about Japan’s first act of war against the United States. The disappearance of Amelia Earhart and could make this the first airplane hijacking in history. Steve's Books: https://shorturl.at/esBR1 Steve's Podcast: https://gameofcrimespodcast.com/ GooglePod/ApplePods/Spotify: https://anchor.fm/boredwithnelly 0:00 Coming Up 1:30 The Lost Clipper 5:15 Significance of the Lost Clipper 10:30 $5 Million On The Plane 12:30 What happened to Amelia Earhart ? 15:45 Pitching the show 17:45 Death of Amelia Earhart 20:30 New Amelia Earhart Photo 21:45 How To Become A Mob Boss 23:45 Griselda Blanco 31:45 Boyd Holbrook, Steve Murphy In Narcos 37:30 The appeal of the real story of Narcos 40:45 New Photos of Pablo Escobar 42:40 Pablo Junior 43:30 What the show got right 48:15 The paperwork nightmare 52:15 Strangest Failed Pablo Hit 57:40 Reflecting on interviews and Steve’s work 1:01 What is Colombia like today 1:09 What’s steve working on now

Bilal Zafar is a stand up comedian and twitch streamer. We talked about his upcoming tour and how he sold out to Hello Fresh. Bilal's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zafarcakes_/ Bilal's Standup Tour: https://www.bilalzafarcomedy.com/gigs Bilal Zafar is a stand up comedian and twitch streamer. We talked about his upcoming tour and how he sold out to Hello Fresh.Bilal's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zafarcakes_/Bilal's Standup Tour: https://www.bilalzafarcomedy.com/gigsGooglePod/ApplePods/Spotify: https://anchor.fm/boredwithnelly0:00 Intro 3:00 Cost of living crisis: UK5:00 Extreme sports fan9:00 Moving Out Of The UK 11:00 Comedy or Twitch 17:00 Dividing time between passion and money 20:30 Bilal on BBC Radio 4 22:00 Creating pressure to come up with material27:00 What to do creatively next and getting an audience29:00 Auditioning34:00 How much acting gigs pay40:00 Doing more social media stuff to build an audience46:30 Bilal’s Britain mini series. Selling out Hello Fresh54:00 Premade food57:00 Spain. Traveling1:07:00 Bilal’s Tour. Bilal’s Britain

Stefanovic is a former data analyst that quit his lucrative job to travel the world with his girlfriend and grow his digital business. In this episode we talked about what it's like to travel the world for an entire year, how to get remote work, how to start making content and lots more... Stef's YT: https://www.youtube.com/@Stefanovic92 0:00 Intro2:50 Why Stefan's neck hurts5:10 Working for yourself. Quitting the 9to5 8:00 Success after first viral video9:00 How to learn youtube 12:00 How to get into remote work - content creation19:00 Traveling the world for a year26:00 The early days of remote work/digital nomads 29:00 Craziest stories from travels38:00 Intermittent travelling47:00 Problems in developed countries.54:00 Current plans

Igancio is a video game developer based in Uruguay that loves the style of 90s RTS games. So much so that he’s started making his own. Dying Breed is a single player RTS game inspired by classics like Red alert and will be published by the iconic Microprose. The publisher of games like Sid Meier's Civilization, Worms Armageddon, and Rollercoaster Tycoon, just to name a few. To me, his story of how he started making the game and his struggle to find a publisher is just as interesting as the game he’s trying to create. If I had an infinite budget, I’d hire a crew to follow him around for a year and make a documentary on what it’s like making an indie game in Uruguay in 2024. But I don't, so this podcast will do. We talked about why he loves this genre so much, what does a modern day indie developer look like, is he using AI, how hard was it to find a publisher and lots more! Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2088550/Dying_Breed/ 0:00 Intro 2:20 Love for RTS 5:00 Gaming Culture In Uruguay 8:00 Back To RTS Games 9:00 Video Game Design Degree? 9:20 Creating The First Game 12:00 What It's Like Designing a Video Game 14:46 How is funding this 16:20 Hiring a Coder and Engineer  18:34 Game Engine/Expansion Pack 20:50 Game Balance?  21:35 How Ignacio found a Publisher  27:00 Signing with MicroProse 30:00 Not wanting a publisher 32:00 Hiring Employees 33:00 Pressure to release the game 33:34 Dream RTS Game to build 35:00 Working With a Movie Director and Musicians  40:32 Craziness In Game Production  43:40 Resonating With Newer Audience  50:00 Will Your Game Be Fun?  51:30 Office Space  55:00 Working Hours 59:09 Outro

Dusan Jocic is a videographer for the best 3v3 basketball player of all time Dusan Bulut. He’s probably one of the first social media managers in Serbia. A job that probably didn’t exist there until recently. Bulut and Dusan have been making and investing in content long before it was lucrative to do so. His story of how he got into this space is just as interesting as the person he makes content about! We talked about his love for telling stories, traveling with Bulut, 3v3 basketball and growing up in Serbia. Time stamps down below. Dusanov IG: https://www.instagram.com/dusan.jocic/ GooglePod/ApplePods/Spotify: https://anchor.fm/boredwithnelly 0:00 Intro 1:30 Personal Introduction   3:30 Serbian Football 4:50 Intro to Photography  6:30 Starting as Club Photographer at Vojvodina  9:24 Applying to Film Academy  14:23 Getting Experience  16:45 Stolen Content- Serbian news paper stealing photos  18:40 Winning the Cup  19:45 Annual StreetBall Tournament  23:15 Meeting Dusan / 600k YouTube Channel   26:31 Getting Into Sports Videography  29:20 Current Sports Video Quality  32:08 Officially Working With Dusan  40:58 First Social Media Manager In Serbia  46:00 Content In The Serbian Community  47:29 Getting In Trouble With FIBA  50:18 3v3 Trick Street  57:10 Building The Portfolio 1:01:33 Plans For The Future  1:05:50 Continuing With 3v3 Basketball 1:08:56  Unite Program For Underprivileged Kids  1:10:18 Free Time 1:12:40 Hard Times Don’t Last Hard People Do 1:17:13 Outro

Leigh Ellis, international man of mystery, is a former host of NBA TV's The Starters which lasted 6 seasons. He was also the co-host of "No Dunks" podcast on The Athletic. He has quit his job to travel the world and play pick up basketball in 20 different cities & countries around the world. Follow his journey around the globe: https://www.instagram.com/leighellis/?hl=en https://leighspickuptour.com/ GooglePod/ApplePods/Spotify: https://anchor.fm/boredwithnelly 0:00 Intro 0:30 Leigh's love for basketball 10:00 Leigh's big break 16:30 Why starters ended 20:00 Burnout/Traveling 26:15 How The Starters was made 35:00 Live after The Starters 37:00 Leigh's idea to tour the world playing pickup 45:00 Following your passion 50:00 Leigh's Tour Around The World 55:00 Eurobasketball/Partizan 59:00 Outro

Marko is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose content has been featured on national geographic, forbes, cnn, Ladbible and countless other publications. We talked about how he got into film making, working at unilad, making documentaries in thailand, working for a mob boss and lots more... Marko's IG: https://www.instagram.com/markorandelovic/ GooglePod/ApplePods/Spotify: https://anchor.fm/boredwithnelly 0:00 Introduction1:30 Shit posting on Instagram8:00 How Marko Got into film making11:00 First videos for unilad17:30 Vice and sportbible content20:30 Marko's film making style26:30 AI in content & Nelly's content34:00 Working for a mob boss45:00 Living in canada/england/thialand/spain49:00 China52:00 Canada's nazzi scandal56:00 Marko's current projects

Moataz Ahmed is a freelance graphic designer that specalizes in brand lettering. In this episode we break down how to get into graphic design, how to find clients and much more. Mo's IG: https://www.instagram.com/motizzyletters/?hl=en Mo's Website: http://motizzy.com/ 0:00 Intro 1:30 Mo's first graphic design 6:30 Mo's first freelance projects. Criag's List 9:30 Finding clients 12:30 Value based pricing explained 21:30 If you were to start today from zero 31:30 Creative ways of making money 34:00 Mo's Uber Story 37:30 Importance of languages and understanding cultures 41:30 Average day for Mo 45:30 Mo's travels around the world 48:00 Stability in freelancing 51:30 Teaching 57:30 What does freelance lifestyle allow you to do