This is the story of Stanley Bain and his crew of four men - who disappeared sometime after August 5th in 1995 from South Andros Island. The crew set off together on a fishing trip for Lobster, to feed guests of the Cargill Creek fly fishing lodge for the upcoming season. The outing was supposed to last two weeks - according to most accounts,the mission was to harvest 1000 lobsters. The men... the boats... were never seen again.
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The Game Development Philippines podcast publishes current and in-depth conversations with game dev industry leaders from the Philippines. The podcast covers topics such as setting up a game development studio, building successful mobile games, as well as supporting live ops and gamer care with external service providers and mobile game monetization. The podcast is funded under the Arise+ Philippines project, implemented by the UN International Trade Centre (ITC) in close collaboration with ...
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How to Ensure Successful Game Projects from Start to finish with King Montecillo of FizzBuzz Inc.
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In this session, King Montecillo, Managing Director of FizzBuzz Inc., brings their A-game and gives us some hard advice on creating project scopes and employing good project management skills to ensure project success and client satisfaction - all while keeping your team happy. Creating a Bible: The importance of documentation to protect all partie…
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How Gamification can make Learning more Efficient with Weng Bagadion of WBagadion
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Weng Bagadion, CEO and founder of WBagadion joins us in this episode to talk about how gamification can be used as a tool for efficient learning and recall as well as the best practices for applying gamification in different projects In this episode, we cover: What gamification is and how it has found its way into the corporate setting How gamifica…
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Replicating Success: Creating Games as a Solo Dev and a Full Team with Ben Banta of Ranida Games
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In this episode, Ben Banta, CEO of Ranida Games joins us to take a trip down memory lane from when the era of flash games paved the way for a lot of solo game developers.. We then fast-forward to the current industry of games that continues to evolve with where Ben has grown from being a solo dev getting scouted by brands, to someone who is now alw…
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The Different Facets of Video Game Production with Walter De Torres and Coby Chan of Pixel Mafia
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What does it take to make a video game come to life? Coby Chan and Walter de Torres, co-founders of Pixel Mafia join us in this episode to give us a sneak peek of what the backstage of game development looks like, how the industry has evolved and created specific and special roles, and what it takes to bring a Triple-A game to life. Key insights in…
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Effective Story-Telling when People have Short Attention Spans with Carlos Valdes of YangYang Mobile
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This time, we dive into another perspective inside game development as we talk to Carlos Valdes, Senior writer for YangYang Mobile. He joins the show to give us an insight into a writer's thought process behind weaving worlds and creating memorable characters for visual novel games. In this episode, we tackle: What differentiates visual novel games…
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How to Pitch your Game to Publishers with Ranulf Goss of Startrace
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Ranulf Goss, founder and CEO of Startrace Studios OPC joins us in this episode to talk about what it takes for your game to be pitch-ready to publishers and how does one exactly do that. The key insights in this episode are: What role does a game publisher play in the game development cycle and why is it beneficial to have one for your game? Self P…
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How to Create a Successful Mobile Game How to Market and Monetize It with Solon Chen of Kooapps
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From their humble beginnings to their now viral and addictive mobile games, Solon Chen, the Co-Founder and Studio Manager of Kooapps Philipines joins us to talk about what it takes to create a successful mobile game from conception, development, launch, and monetization. This episode's key insights: Understanding which ideas you can act on and exec…
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Why you need a Player Support Partner that Specializes in Video Games with Andro Baluyut of GameOps
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In this episode, we feature Andro Baluyut, Founder and CEO of GameOps, to talk about the importance of finding a player support partner for video games that specializes in providing support for games. In this feature, we discuss: What's the difference between Customer Support VS Player Support? Understanding the impact of the kinds of issues games …
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Season Three | Episode Six: “Further Down The Path”
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In the final episode of Season Three, host Will Rice brings the story to the present by taking a look at the remaining scenarios – and also shares a new permutation of the story uncovered in 2014 after a return trip to Andros Island. Music: Theme music for Down the Path was written and recorded by Alex Flock: www.alexflock.com. Season Three of Down…
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Season Three | Episode Four: “The Simplest Explanation”
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In Episode Four, host Will Rice begins by digging into what feels on the surface like the most probable of the scenarios – did the boats and crew have a mechanical issue that turned fatal or were they victims of a bad storm out at sea – or a combination of the two? He also shares research about the storm systems that were documented before during a…
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Season Three | Episode Five: “New Voices”
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In Episode Five, in 2022 host Will Rice was able to interview the two people who were hired by Stanley Bain to manage the Cargill Creek and Grassy Cay Lodge for the 1995/1996 fishing Season. Just one of their responsibilities – was managing and maintaining all of the boats. Music: Theme music for Down the Path was written and recorded by Alex Flock…
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Season Three | Episode Three: “Exploring Andros Island”
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In episode three, Will Rice reviews previously published articles about Stanley Bain and fishing Andros Island. He also interviews legendary photographer, angler, and world traveler Brian O’Keefe who recalls his time fishing with Stanley Bain.. Music: Theme music for Down the Path was written and recorded by Alex Flock: www.alexflock.com. Season Th…
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Season Three | Episode Two: “The Timeline and Scenarios”
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In Episode Two, Will Rice explores the timeline that spans when the fishing expedition departed to when they were first reported missing as well as the scenarios discussed very early on. Was it some type of accident at sea – perhaps mechanical – weather related, or a combination of both? Was Stanley Bain robbed, killed, and his boat hijacked by pir…
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Season Three | Episode One: “The Disappearance”
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This is the story of Stanley Bain and his crew – who disappeared sometime on – or after - August 5th, 1995 from South Andros Island in the Bahamas. The crew and three boats set off together on a fishing trip for Lobster, to feed guests of the Cargill Creek fly fishing lodge for the upcoming season. According to most people I’ve interviewed, the out…
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I have a story that I’ve been thinking about and working on for almost 20 years now. I first heard about the disappearance of Stanley Bain in 2005, while fishing South Andros Island in the Bahamas. From the moment I heard about Stanley Bain and what happened in 1995 I was transfixed. And in a way, I’ve been transfixed ever since. This is a story ab…
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In the final episode of Season Two, host Will Rice brings the story to the present with an in depth look at the San Pedro Police's latest report on the double homicide of Gary Swank and Mario Graniel. Theme music and the song "Hope" were written and recorded by Alex Flock: www.alexflock.com. Additional Music: Unfolding Plot, Trailrunner and White F…
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Episode Four | Part Two—No Comment
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In Episode Four, Part Two, host Will Rice attempts contacts the US State Department and the FBI as additional details in the plot to murder fly-fishing guide Mario Graniel emerge. Music: Unfolding Plot and Trailrunner performed by Blue Dot Sessions, www.sessions.blue. Theme music for Down the Path was written and recorded by Alex Flock: www.alexflo…
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Episode Four | Part One—New Developments
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In Episode Four, Part One, host Will Rice looks into new developments in the case as revealed by the police report obtained in February 2020. Music: Unfolding Plot, performed by Blue Dot Sessions, www.sessions.blue. Theme music for Down the Path was written and recorded by Alex Flock: www.alexflock.com. Season Two of Down the Path is sponsored by T…
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In episode three, Will Rice talks with Wil Flack of Tres Pescados Fly Shop and Guide Service in San Pedro, and recounts the early days of the manhunt for the killer, or killers, of Gary Swank and Mario Graniel. Music: White Filament, Trailrunner, and Unfolding Plot, performed by Blue Dot Sessions, www.sessions.blue. Theme music for Down the Path wa…
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In Episode Two, Will Rice talks with people who knew Dr. Gary Swank and Mario Graniel in an effort to learn more about who they were. Additionally, we hear from Jim Klug of Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures; Klug provides an industry perspective on the murders and their aftermath. As the investigation intensifies, authorities zero in on a suspect. M…
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On June 23, 2019, police in San Pedro, Belize, found the bodies of American Dr. Gary Swank and his fishing guide, Mario Graniel, on the flats of Ambergris Caye. The men had been murdered in an apparent "drive-by" shooting. One year later, there have still been no suspects charged in this case. Down the Path host Will Rice wants to know why. Music: …
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Join host Will Rice as he explores the tragic murders of Dr. Gary Swank and his fishing guide, Mario Graniel, on the flat of Ambergris Caye, Belize in June 2019.Av Down the Path
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Episode 06—One Year Later and a Private Investigator
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In the final episode of Season One, Host Will Rice brings the investigation to a close...for now. In this episode, Will talks with an individual who met Ron's companions in Xcalak, as well as a private investigator hired to look into their return to Xcalak in 2010. Come, follow us Down the Path. For more info, including maps of Xcalak, Mexico, and …
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In Episode 05, Will explores the last of the four scenarios that might explain Ron Scheepstra's disappearance: the theory that Scheepstra engineered his own disappearance. Additionally, Will looks into travel conditions in Mexico during the time of Ron's disappearance, including press accounts and State Department travel advisories. For more info, …
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In Episode 04, host Will Rice looks into the third of the four possible scenarios that might explain Ronald Scheepstra's disappearance. Could Ron have come across some bad guys while fishing at La Aguada that day? Drug traffickers? Poachers? People involved in the black market for human organs? Listen in as Will talks with Jeff Dunsavage of the Mis…
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Host Will Rice takes a deeper look into some of the possible scenarios that might explain Ron Scheepstra's disappearance. Most people agree there are only four, and after looking at them in more detail it would appear that two of those possibilities are highly unlikely. Follow along as Rice examines the scenarios. For more info, including maps, pho…
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In this episode, host Will Rice take a deeper look at the events immediately before, during and after the day of Ron Scheepstra's disappearance: April 11, 2009. This hour-by-hour assessment of that day raises as many questions as it answers. When was Ron last seen? How long after he went missing did the search begin? At what point did his fishing c…
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In Episode 01, Down the Path host Will Rice provides an overview of the days leading up to and following Ronald Scheepstra's disappearance on April 11, 2009. A few people important to the story are introduced, including Kim Calkins (who at the time managed the Hotel Tierra Maya, where Ron was staying in Xcalak, Mexico); Michael Graham, an American …
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