Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Welcome to the Hearts of Iron IV Podcast! This is my first episode and I am happy to have my first guest on the podcast, Bitter Steel. Please join us as we discuss life, being a youtuber, and HOI4 game development. Stick to the end for Bitter's big announcement. Cheers!

Chapters-
00:00 - Intro
00:44 - Bitter Hates Google Search
06:37 - The Origin Story of Bitt3rSteel
10:02 - HOI4 Game Development Behind The Scenes
17:12 - Bitter's Creative Process
22:20 - HOI4 Playstyles
23:27 - Best Division Templates
25:25 - Way is No Way
26:50 - State of HOI4 MP
33:33 - Other Games Bitter Plays
38:00 - Forming The Persian Empire
45:05 - Bitter's Creative Process
49:15 - What's Next For HOI4
1:01:27 - Struggles With Content Creation
1:07:00 - Bitter's Big Announcement
1:10:17 - Outro

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