This week we are joined by the fabulous T.L. Taylor as we talk about E-Sports, live streaming, and her new book Watch Me Play: Twitch and the Rise of Game Live Streaming.
Samantha Blackmon
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Today’s post is more of a PSA to folks who enjoy the work of content creators around the internet. One thing that my work and research in and around the livestreaming community has taught me is that there is much to be said about recognizing the humanity of these content […]
Episode 180: Magic Colonizer Fingers: Let’s Chat About Lara Croft (Click to download, or find us on iTunes, BlogTalk Radio, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn). This week we talk with Partnered Mixer content creator, blogger, podcaster, and freelance Community Manager and Consultant, Alicia Alexandra (@eightbitblonde) about Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018). What We’re Playing: Maplestory […]
This week Samantha, Alisha, and Jordyn sit down and talk about the indie games they've been playing lately.
This week Alisha and Samantha sit down and talk about PAX West, salty gamers, and whatever else comes to mind.
This week we are joined by Melissa Boone and Jerome Hagan, Team XBox User Researchers who focus on Minecraft, online safety, and Gaming is For Everyone.
Families belong together and this Saturday we come together as humans and gamers to @supportKIND (Kids in Need of Defense) with our latest Gaming 4 Good charity marathon. We’re running shifts starting at 12 a.m. EST on 6/30/18. Please come support, signal boost, and donate if you can. We can […]
Episode 174: The Shape of Things to Come: Our Favorites From E3 2018 (Click to download, or find us on iTunes, BlogTalk Radio, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn). With E3 ending this week Alisha and Sam have come together to talk about the games that they are most looking forward to in the coming year. […]
Episode 173: Hate-Play and Hashtags: A Conversation with Megan Condis (Click to download, or find us on iTunes, BlogTalk Radio, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn). This week we have a conversation with Megan Condis, author of the new book Gaming Masculinity: Trolls, Fake Geeks, and the Gendered Battle for Online Culture. We chat about toxicity and hope in […]
In the United States June is National LGBTQi+ Pride month. This month we celebrate our history and recommit to not only celebrating that history, but making strides forward in equality for all. It is because of this that we have chosen the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) as our charity to […]
Episode 172: Regular People in Irregular Circumstances: A Conversation with Undead Labs (Click to download, or find us on iTunes, BlogTalk Radio, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn). This week we are joined by Brant Fitzgerald and Geoffrey Card of Undead Labs as we talk about the zombie survival game, State of Decay 2. This time around […]
Subaeria (Illogika, $14.99 USD) is rougelike action puzzler in which you play a teenaged protagonist named Styx who is prone to hacking her VR game unit to get more time online. The problem with that is that Subaeria is set in a time when all crime is punishable by “cleansing” […]