Gaming For The Culture

Kacey “Lowco” Shields on Going from Creator to Product Leader at RivrStream. (00:00) - Introduction and Today's Topic (00:53) - Guest Introduction: Loko the Streamer (01:18) - Loko's Streaming Journey (03:37) - Early Streaming Setups and Challenges (04:54) - Finding Community and Streaming Evolution (10:25) - Streaming as a Career Path (15:39) - Representation and Challenges on Twitch (34:28) - Tw...

Stephen Ddungu on teaching Music Theory, Game Design & Solo Development Journey. You'll hear:  Music theory (evolution of classical music) How to solo develop a game Law in game development  Listen to this episode wherever you get podcasts. Connect with Host: @JunaeBenne ( http://linktr.ee/junaebenne ) | Substack ( https://junae.substack.com/ )  | Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/JunaeBenne) G...

Professor Akil Fletcher on Teaching Video Games & Culture at Princeton. You’ll hear: • Teaching Video Games & Culture at Princeton. • Blackness in games • Gaming industries hot takes Listen to this episode wherever you get podcasts. Connect with Host: @JunaeBenne ( http://linktr.ee/junaebenne ) | Substack ( https://junae.substack.com/ )  | Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/JunaeBenne) Gamin...

Maria Beck, Producer at Sweet Baby Inc, on Narrative Development & Representation in Games. She talks about being in the industry and in one of the most influential companies to hit the gaming scene. Along with what it’s like to be targeted by potential gamer gate 2.  You’ll hear: • Gamer Gate • What’s it like inside Sweet Baby Inc • New game plus in real life Listen to this episode wherever y...

Part 2 of the Producer ft. Bryan Newton Bryan Newton on Producing and Creative Direction in Animation & Games, focusing on Invincible Fight Girl, a show about a young girl named Andy, living in Wrestling World, endeavors to become the best pro-wrestler ever and takes on the alias of "Fight Girl." You’ll hear: • Plot of Invincible Fight Girl  • What it really takes to become a TV show producer...

Part 1 of the Producer ft. Bryan Newton Bryan Newton on Producing and Creative Direction in Animation & Games, focusing on Invincible Fight Girl, a show about a young girl named Andy, living in Wrestling World, endeavors to become the best pro-wrestler ever and takes on the alias of "Fight Girl." You’ll hear: • Plot of Invincible Fight Girl  • What it really takes to become a TV show producer...

What does it take to build a thriving community? In this episode of Gaming for the Culture, host Junae Benne sits down with one fourth of the Grown Women Gaming Podcast, streamer, wig snatcher, smack talker, content creator, Lady Infamous.  You’ll hear: • How she started streaming • What it really takes to keep up with a gaming community • Advice for women and marginalized streamers Listen to this...

Inside Schell Games with Kathryn De Shields-Moon: Sr. PR Manager & Carmen DeMint: Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Schell Games | Kathryn De Shields-Moon: Sr. PR Manager & Carmen DeMint: Senior Talent Acquisition What does it take to build one of the most respected studios in educational and VR gaming? In this episode of Gaming for the Culture , host Junae Benne sits down with Kathr...

Keith Mitchell, founder of The Outer Haven and Junae Benne talk about trying not to sell out while trying to make a living off of games journalism. Listen to the full episode airing, Wednesday 8/7/24 Keith Mitchell https://x.com/Shadowhaxor theouterhaven.net https://x.com/TheOuterHaven Support the podcast by subscribing to the Patreon. Subscribers get the episode first & get to ask questions t...

Keith Mitchell, founder out the video game media publication, The Outer Haven, talks bout being an outlet in the time where many video game publications that have been around for years like, Game Informer, PitchFork, Edge, Aftermath, etc are closing. Follow Keith & his publication https://x.com/TheOuterHaven theouterhaven.net https://x.com/Shadowhaxor Support the podcast by subscribing to the...

Award winning journalist, Jeffrey Rousseau talks about being in the technical journalism space in the gaming industry. Technical and business journalism differs from reviews and interviews. He deals with numbers, watches stocks, and other client facing data. Games journalism is usually consumer based.  Follow Jeffrey R at https://x.com/JRpotential  Support the podcast by subscribing to the Patreon...

Talking to the talented engineer copsplayer, and hostess, Giselle about her experience growing up in the US, as a Black cosplayer, and being a professional engineer in the gaming industry -phew- she had a lot to say and it's all good stuff! https://www.tiktok.com/@giselleium https://x.com/giselleium https://www.instagram.com/giselleium Support the podcast by subscribing to the Patreon. Subscribers...

Host Junae Benne speaks with supervisor of longform content The Score Esports, Danielle Rosen We go through making an esports game, the state of games journalism, and how to cover a competitive gameplay Follow Danielle at https://x.com/_DanielleRosen  Support the podcast by subscribing to the Patreon  Linktr.ee/GFTCPodcast

Gaming for the Culture host talks to Aerial Knight, indie developer of the latest game We Never Yield releasing July 16, available on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/2804740/Aerial_Knights_We_Never_Yield/ https://twitter.com/aerial_knight Follow Junae linktr.ee/JunaeBenne Want to ask the guests questions? Join the livestream via Patreon. I film an episode every week sometimes thrice a wee...

Glen Henry talks about the Jamaican Game Development Society episode 1 of season 2

Gaming for the Culture podcast host, Junae Benne talks to Jamaican Developer Glen Henry, founder of game studio SpriteWrench.  Follow Glen here: https://spritewrench.com/ https://x.com/SpriteWrench https://www.instagram.com/spritewrench/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClaedbcOFAi9JY8Afp9Vulw https://spritewrench.itch.io/ Follow Junae here:  Linktr.ee/JunaeBenne Want to support the show? Subscrib...

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Show Notes And if you are wondering where we got the title check out this link https://youtu.be/QTpRPTtzq5o   Guest: Kevin Fair @kfair_IPG