Kyle Shire is a producer at Critical Role.[1] He was involved in the creation of "Exandria: An Intimate History" (Sx61)[2] and Crit Recap Animated.
Critical Role productions[]
In December of 2019, Kyle was presented with an opportunity to blend his interests in producing, comedy, and D&D into a single job as a producer on the Critical Role channel. Since then, he has produced episodes of the second and third campaigns of Critical Role, All Work No Play, 4-Sided Dive, Talks Machina, Crit Recap Animated, and Exandria Unlimited: Calamity, as well as specials, promos, and other programming. He took part in the development of the questions for the socially distanced version of Talks Machina and (along with Dani Carr) for 4-Sided Dive's segment called "Deep Dive".[3] He collaborates with Sam Riegel in the development of Sam's ad reads at the beginning of each Critical Role episode.[4]
Kyle was featured in Sam Riegel's ad in "Rebirth" (2x139)[5] and made a guest appearance in "Talks Machina #136: 'Unwanted Reunions'" (TMx136).[6] He appeared briefly in "4-Sided Dive: To Be Continued!" (4SDx10) where Sam Riegel failed to correctly identify him.[7] He also appeared in "4-Sided Dive: Suddenly Samuel" (4SDx25) during the beginning bit, reassuring Travis Willingham that he doesn't have to be like Robbie Daymond as a Tavern Keeper. Kyle was once again part of Sam's ad in "In the Shadow of War" (3x110) disguised as a cat with other crew members.[8] He appeared a the end of "4-Sided Dive: The Tower" (4SDx29) to announce the release of the expansion pack Queen By Midnight: Quarter Past.[9]
Kyle has also done game design for the company. The "The Nautilus Ark: A Johnson Corp Odyssey" (Sx60) one-shot was run on a system homebrewed by Kyle using elements from Mothership by Tuesday Knight Games and Alien RPG by Free League.[10] Kyle also created and designed Queen by Midnight, a battle royale deck-building tabletop card game published by Darrington Press LLC which allows players to roleplay powerful princesses, competing to become Queen of the Midnight Court by the time the clock strikes midnight.[11]
Other work[]
Kyle previously worked as producer for Machinima Studios (through 2019)[11] and Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment.[1]
In his 10 years of experience as a stand-up comedian, he appeared on Laughs on FOX, Into.com, The Pandora Boxxx Show, and is featured in the Comedy Dynamics special Out On Stage: The Series.[12]
Appearances[]
- Campaign Two: The Mighty Nein
- "Rebirth" (2x139) (During Sam's ad bit)
- Talks Machina
- "Talks Machina #136: 'Unwanted Reunions'" (TMx136)
- 4-Sided Dive
- "4-Sided Dive: To Be Continued!" (4SDx10)
- "4-Sided Dive: Suddenly Samuel" (4SDx25)
- "4-Sided Dive: The Tower" (4SDx29)
- Campaign Three: Bells Hells
- "In the Shadow of War" (3x110)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kyle Shire's Profile on Critrole.com
- ↑
Dani Carr (@ItsDaniCarr) on Twitter: "Such an absolute pleasure to work on. This video came out beautifully, thanks to the fantastic artists who contributed their incredible work, the amazing animation of @JewOnYourFloor, the brilliant guiding hand of @KyleShire, and of course - the mind and magic of @matthewmercer." (2021-10-13).
- ↑ See "4-Sided Dive: Silken Secrets" (4SDx01) at 40:57.
- ↑ See "Critical Role: Sick Day" (Sx82) at 0:34:09.
- ↑ See "Rebirth" (2x139) at 0:00:38.
- ↑ See "Talks Machina #136: 'Unwanted Reunions'" (TMx136) at 8:31.
- ↑ See "4-Sided Dive: To Be Continued!" (4SDx10) at 1:14:37.
- ↑ See "In the Shadow of War" (3x110) at 0:02:00.
- ↑ See "4-Sided Dive: The Tower" (4SDx29) at 1:36:13.
- ↑ Critical Role Newsletter. 2021-09-09. "Transform young lives alongside Shanti Bhavan! 💖"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Critical Role Producer Kyle Shire On His New Game Queen By Midnight".
- ↑ See Kyle Shire's website.
Art:
- ↑ Fan art of Kyle Shire, by Megzilla87 (source). Used with permission.