Bilal Ahmad Kaakati-Video Producer

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Video Producer

April, 2024
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About Bilal Ahmad Kaakati

Bilal is an inquisitive creative with a background in content creation for Film, Television, and Gaming. Ever since he was old enough to hold a controller, Bilal has held video games close to his heart as a key driving force in his creative aspirations. Graduating from Toronto Metropolitan University's Media Production program, he applies his creative skills in video creation and game capture, working with software such as Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Unreal Engine 5, and more.

Bilal quickly gained valuable experience working in Tabletop Game Development as an Audio Lead/Video Producer for Bonfire Productions, creating the Dungeons and Dragons inspired game The Alhami Sky. Here he learned the significance of bringing a creative vision to life in a collaborative environment, a value he applies to all his work today.

Shifting into the world of Esports, Bilal refined his experience in cross-functional team focused work to bring many ambitious projects to life for the Canadian based Lazarus Esports. Significant works include the Chevrolet/NHL Shootout Showdown, and Lazarus x Riot Games Creator Crossover.

Today, Bilal continues to showcase his love for gaming and the creative arts through his YouTube channel, BillPill, where he scripts, narrates, captures, and edits all his produced content. His channel has amassed a dedicated following of video game and video game music enthusiasts. 

Industry Focus

Bilal's focus since childhood is in the world of video games, in particular video game coverage and game development.

Favorite Games

Bilal's love for video games were and continue to be shaped by The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Fire Emblem, Alan Wake 2, and Metroid to name a few.

Favorite Console

The Nintendo GameCube holds a special place in Bilal's memories of gaming, with the likes of Super Mario Sunshine, Metroid Prime, Super Smash Bros Melee, and Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.

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10 Grand Strategy Games For Mastering Warfare Tactics Thumbnail Video
10 Grand Strategy Games That Let You Perfect Tactical Warfare

Combat is a staple of the strategy genre, and these 10 games offer the greatest challenge to players who are looking to master their tactical prowess.

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10 Strategy Games That Let You Control The Roman Empire Thumbnail Video
10 Strategy Games Where You Can Play As The Roman Empire

These 10 games offer a great variety of turn-based and real-time gameplay, where you build your own Roman Empire from the ground up.

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15 Games That Let You Role-Play As A Merchant Thumbnail Video
10 Games That Let You Role-Play As A Merchant

Whilst there are many incredible strategy games where you become a conqueror/strategist, some strategy games offer power through your trading wits.

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19 Cool Spaceship Building Games Thumbnail Video
The 10 Best Spaceship Building Games

There are no shortage of spaceship builders in the gaming sphere, and these 10 games offer a variety of casual and challenging gameplay for everyone.

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The 10 Best Free Strategy Games On Steam Thumbnail Video
The 10 Best Free Strategy Games On Steam

With the Strategy genre expanding into various sub genres, players now have a variety of accessible strategy games that are free to play on Steam.

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The 10 Best Historical City Builders Thumbnail Video
The 10 Best Historical City Builders

With a rise in city building/simulation games, players have a wide variety of options to create their own city in a historical setting.

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With BioShock 4 Likely Far Away, Fans Should Keep an Eye on Luna Abyss Thumbnail Video
Fans Should Keep an Eye on Luna Abyss Whilst Waiting for Bioshock 4

Whilst players eagerly await an update on Bioshock 4, fans of the series should keep an eye on the upcoming Luna Abyss, developed by Bonsai Collective

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7 Civs That Should Return In Civilization 7 Thumbnail Video
7 Civs We Hope to See Again in Civilization 7

With Sid Meier's Civilization 7 coming next year, fans are wondering which civilizations will return and how their mechanics will be innovated upon.

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Astro Bot Confirms Exciting Post-Launch Plans Thumbnail Video
Exciting Post-Launch Plans Underway for Astro Bot

Astro Bot will release in September 2024, and with it an exciting post-launch DLC wave of new levels to keep players entertained well beyond launch.

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Hopefully Cements One Feature as a Franchise Staple Thumbnail Video
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Should Implement One Feature as a Franchise Staple

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Stage Builder feature has evolved ever since its debut in Brawl, bringing in extensive tools for player replayability.

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Without Uncharted in the Mix, Tomb Raider Is Free to Stretch Its Legs Thumbnail Video
Tomb Raider is Free to Stretch its Legs Without Uncharted in the Mix

The Uncharted series may be at the end of its course, and that should allow for the return of Tomb Raider in a way that stands out from the former.

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The Elder Scrolls Online DLC Going Free for a Limited Time Thumbnail Video
DLC Going Free for a Limited Time in The Elder Scrolls Online

The Elder Scrolls Online celebrates its 10 year anniversary, and with it, the ESO Plus DLC subscription is going for free until June 19.

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Civilization 7's Biggest Competitors May Actually Become Beneficial Thumbnail Video
Civilization 7 Can Benefit From Its Biggest Competitors

Civilization 7 has finally gotten a teaser trailer, and with it comes many prospects for how Civ 7's can learn from other 4X games that have released.

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Super Mario Bros. Wonder Could Be the Perfect Blueprint for a Future Paper Mario Thumbnail Video
Paper Mario Should Look to Super Mario Bros. Wonder for its New World

The Paper Mario series should look to Super Mario Bros. Wonder for inspiration for its new world, whilst simultaneously going back to its roots.

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Ark Survival Ascended Confirms Second DLC Features Thumbnail Video
Second DLC Features Confirmed for Ark: Survival Ascended

ARK: Survival Ascended has added a new tamable creature, the Pyromane, as part of its Fantastic Tames DLC and the first of more creatures to be added.

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Ubisoft Needs to be Taking More Risks Like Rogue Prince of Persia Thumbnail Video
Ubisoft's The Rogue Prince Of Persia Proves They Need To Take More Risks

The Prince of Persia franchise has made an unexpected comeback in the last year, thanks to Indie studios taking risks on beloved games.

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Total War’s Rumored Star Wars Game May Follow in Halo’s Footsteps Thumbnail Video
Star Wars May Be the Next Total War Franchise Crossover, Following in Halo's Footsteps

Creative Assembly's long running Total War series may finally be crossing over with the Star Wars franchise, taking a similar path to Halo Wars' RTS.

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Project Orion Should Double Down on One Subgenre Explored in Cyberpunk 2077 Thumbnail Video
Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel Project Orion Should Focus on Subgenre Explored in Game

Cyberpunk 2077 explored the aesthetic/genre of Lunarpunk, which has the potential to set the sequel Project Orion apart visually and thematically.

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Civ 7 May Have to Nerf One of Civilization 6's Best Leaders Thumbnail Video
One of Civilization 6's Best Leaders May Need to get Nerfed in Civilization 7

Among many capable leaders in Civilization 6, one in particular will likely need a nerf in the upcoming Civilization 7.

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Haunted Chocolatier Farming's Loss Could Be Other Cozy Sim Mechanics' Gain Thumbnail Video
Haunted Chocolatier Could See Other Mechanic Fleshed Out Instead of Farming Simulation

Stardew Valley developer Eric Barone, aka ConcernedApe, shares new details on what players can expect from his new game, Haunted Chocolatier.