She Plays Games Podcast

Lauren hasn't been in the video games industry for very long, but after switching over from corporate communications, she has made a considerable impact for numerous indie developers. In a short period of time, Lauren has overseen four successful funding drives and she's now serving as the community manager for Code Coven, an initiative to help marginalised developers, and the Chief Communications...

Tina is an Assistant Producer at Skyhook Studios, having just joined following a successful stint in QA at PlayStation, where she worked on games like The Last of Us II and Days Gone.  Throughout the episode, we discuss the various avenues available for people who're looking to enter into the gaming industry and why QA deserves much more credit than it often gets.  I really hope you enjoy listenin...

Jay Shin is the co-founder of an independent studio called Arrogant Pixel and she's also a lecturer on the Games, Design and Animation course at the University of West London. You may also recognise Jay as one of the moderators on the She Plays Games Discord server… and she's awesome! I really hope you enjoy listening to Jay's story.

Manda works for Codemasters as a Game Designer. Over the past year, she's been hard at work on DiRT5, which has just launched on current generation and next generation platforms, and she's had an absolute blast! Before that Amanda worked at Nomad Games, a small indie development studio who worked on creating video game versions of popular tabletop fantasy board game franchises - quite the change f...

Mia works for PlayStation as a Community Outreach Specialist and has been with PlayStation for over four years. Having found a passion for video editing during her time at school, Mia was able to find a role within the video game industry that suited her skills and with the support of her peers has been able to craft it into something very unique!  I really hope you enjoy Mia's story. This is epis...

Sally has been working in the video games industry now for a decade and spent six years at Ubisoft Reflections. During this time she worked on huge franchises like Just Dance, Watch Dogs and The Division and as a Producer, she managed the output of four separate teams, while liaising with other Ubisoft studios all around the world.  She left Ubisoft in 2018 to found her own studio, called Silent G...

Melissa is currently the Head of Client Strategy at a marketing and PR agency that specializes in indie games. It's a role that suits her many skills, but it took her a lot of time and experimentation to find somewhere that she truly feels at home. I hope you enjoy learning more about Melissa's journey as we talk about her winding career path and how she is always looking to try push herself furth...

After spending numerous years working in traditional art, Melissa felt the urge to make a change. It saw her enroll at the Vancouver Film School and after completing a course in game design, she landed a job at BioWare where she worked on Mass Effect Andromeda. Melissa has since worked on Battlefront II and the upcoming Star Wars Squadrons, but has recently joined a studio called Flight School who...

Sigrid has a wealth of experience within the video games industry, having spent almost five years at Blizzard working as part of the customer support team on World of Warcraft and Diablo III. She now works as the Global Marketing Manager for a company called Besedo, but has decided that now is the time to fulfil her dream of making her own video game.

After working in IT for numerous years, Elz decided to quit that life and explore her passions for presenting and gaming. It's seen her become a presenter for BBC Sport and the Premier League, where she talks to some of the biggest names in sports, and she now has over 100,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, where she entertains her audience by playing her favourite games. I really hope you en...

Kim is the co-founder and president of Sweet Baby Inc. a narrative development company that she established in Montreal to help companies tighten up their stories. Prior to that, she worked at Ubisoft, where she started out in community development before finding her calling in writing scenarios. And it was there that she got work on numerous projects, such as Assassin's Creed: Syndicate and Far C...

Charlotte is an industry veteran, having worked in 3D animation for over thirteen years at studios like Rare, Sumo Digital and Traveller's Tales. It's seen her work on a multitude of AAA titles, but in recent times she decided to leave that all behind in order to work on her own property… Lord Winklebottom Investigates. This has launched Charlotte on a brand new journey and I really hope you enjoy...

Nareice is currently an associate producer at Lucid Games, where she's working on Destruction AllStars, which was featured during the PlayStation 5 Reveal event! It was great to talk to Nareice about her journey so far and I really hope you enjoy her story.

Alice is currently the Video Producer at VG247, having previously fulfilled similar roles for Rock, Paper, Shotgun and PCGamesN. It was so much fun to talk with her about our shared past making music videos in Windows Movie Maker, the strange space Video Editing sites in, in terms of creativity and how streaming has helped her to progress as an on-screen personality. I really hope you enjoy Alice'...

Emily is a Co-Director at Antler Studios, an Indie Games company comprised of herself and a few of her classmates she met while studying games design at Brunel University. Along with her colleagues, Emily created Project Grove, an adventure puzzle game, which, after smashing their Kickstarter campaign, will be releasing on Steam in August. On this podcast we discuss her role in the team and the tr...

I'm really excited to share with you today's episode as I got to speak with Anna Hollinrake, who's a Principle Artist at Media Tonic. After being inspired to draw by Manga, Anna took her passion and crafted something unique. It was fascinating to talk about how she developed her style and what she has learnt from working on numerous video games in numerous roles. I really hope you enjoy Anna's sto...

Rebecca has a really great resume so far, having her work featured on publications like EuroGamer, PushSquare, Tech Radar, Daily Star and that's just to name a few. She's been working as a freelancer for the past year and her experience so far has been incredibly inspiring. I really hope you enjoy Rebecca's story!

Keza started writing for magazine publications like GamesTM and has since moved from strength to strength with working at publications like Eurogamer, IGN, and Kotaku to now working at the Guardian to writing the Dark Souls Companion book You Died to now hosting Spawn Point, a podcast dedicated to parents in the video games industry. I really hope you enjoy Keza's story!

Producing is something that has come naturally to Lauren and she found her calling after spending a few years working for the media production company, Hammerhead. She started there as an intern after leaving a career in finance and has never looked back. Now at Square Enix, Lauren is enjoying her time helping indie game developers get their start through Square Enix Collective. I really hope you...

Clarissa started work as an intern at Ubisoft Singapore. Over the years, as her career prospered, she has also seen the wider Singaporean gaming industry flourish. Now in her role as Chief of Staff at Mighty Bear Games, it's her role to nourish that talent and ensure her company produces the best games they can. I really hope you enjoy Clarissa's story!

Mary is a gifted writer in the games industry. She's written for games like The Walking Dead, Dying Light 2, and is currently at Insomniac Games. As with many of the other women I've interviewed on the show, Mary grew into her role as a games writer having experience working as a journalist. She went back to school for game design and the rest is history!

This week I'm really excited to be talking with Frankie Ward who's a freelance presenter working in gaming and e-sports. Frankie has had a really intense road leading up to her current position and in this episode we discuss what it takes to succeed in her role,  how to battle negativity, and how to best prepare for the different aspects of the job.

Lauren is one of the Founders of Theorycraft, a creative and strategic advisory firm for brands who want to reach out and connect with gaming and e-sports fans, however, she wasn't always in the gaming scene.  Before creating Theorycraft, Lauren was doing Creative Marketing for a variety of brands like Burberry Group Inc. and Canada Goose. It wasn't until she had the courage to ask her boss about...

Michelle is a Localization Editor and Coordinator. She also writes short stories and is a voice actor for video games and commercials! We talk about how she got into localization and how she manages such an impressive workload!

Kelsey and I go way back. She has worked her way up into the industry and is now the EMEA Events Marketing Manager for Twitch. In our chat we discuss how she got into the industry through video games journalism and how her transferable skills have helped get her to her current role. I really hope you enjoy Kelsey's story!