Story x Story

This week Nigel and Tazziii welcome Wesley Louis, Co-founder and Director at The Line Animation! Get ready for a deep dive as we do a retrospective on the ground-breaking series that is Arcane: League of Legends. There is lots to talk about, from characters to emotional narrative and of course the incredible animation and art style. We cover it all from the perspective of storytellers with limited...

This week, Nigel and Tazziii welcome Wireframe Magazine Features Editor Aaron Potter for a first appearance on the podcast! He joins us for a deep dive into the newly released Uncharted movie to discuss Tom Holland's latest blockbuster role. After a troubled production journey, we finally get to examine this video game adaptation and see how it stacks up to its video game source material. Our stor...

This week, mayamada co-founder Nigel Twumasi welcomes freelance games concept artist Emilie Rinna. Emilie talks about her time growing up in France, how she discovered the role of a concept artist and the key role her mother played in her journey. She also provides young and aspiring artists with advice on getting started in the industry. Thank you to the French Institute in London for making this...

This week's Story x Story episode is a Rewind of our Story Club Twitch livestream, Nigel and Tazziii joined by Sachin Shah from Gaming the Mind. The panel did a deep dive into the 2021 sequel Psychonauts 2 and we discussed all aspects of the game from its unique art style, incredible level design and strong themes around mental health Story Club is a regular deep dive live stream series looking at...

Nigel and Tazziii bring out the video game roundtable for a worldwide discussion industry news stories. This week, we're joined by Matt and Destinee from the Burn Out Brighter podcast, plus Hassan and Levi from The Nerd Alternative. Acquisitions are the hot topic for the day as we get into the panel's thoughts on Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard, Sony's purchase of Bungie, and Nintendo'...

In this week's Story x Story episode, Nigel and Tazziii talk with self-taught comic creator Feff Silvers. We discover her journey from physics to illustration and how a visit to a comic convention sparked her passion for producing "very British" manga-style stories. Feff also talks about the realities of self employment in the comics space, while giving plenty of tips for aspiring creators. Show n...

Season 4 starts here! We're back recording the Story x Story podcast and this week, Nigel and Tazziii welcome mayamada co-founder Lao K and Into Games Community Manager, Tom Bradstreet, for a deep dive into the sci-fi epic Dune. And what a story to start with...we travel to Arrakis to get into this complex, multi-layered narrative and discuss how well this latest attempt at adapting Frank Herbert'...

It's our final Rewind episode before we return for Season 4 of the Story x Story podcast! This week you can enjoy the audio from our February GamePad Report livestream recording. Everyone month Nigel and Tazziii record The GamePad Report, our round-up of announcements for GamePad the mayamada universe.  We also talk about the gaming news stories that have caught our attention over the past mo...

We're on a recording break over January, but you can enjoy this Rewind series of podcast episodes about breaking into the video games industry. mayamada co-founder Nigel Twumasi speaks with Chris Sayers (Mediatonic Games), Saskia Bünte (The Chinese Room) and Matt Lawson-Hall (MADE BY TITANS) about how they found their way to working in games. In Part 3, we talk about what our panellists enjoy most...

We're on a recording break over January, but you can enjoy this Rewind series of podcast episodes about breaking into the video games industry. mayamada co-founder Nigel Twumasi speaks with Chris Sayers (Mediatonic Games), Saskia Bünte (The Chinese Room) and Matt Lawson-Hall (MADE BY TITANS) about how they found their way to working in games. In Part 2, we talk in more detail about exactly what ea...

We're on a recording break over January, but you can enjoy this Rewind series of podcast episodes about breaking into the video games industry. mayamada co-founder Nigel Twumasi speaks with Chris Sayers (Mediatonic Games), Saskia Bünte (The Chinese Room) and Matt Lawson-Hall (MADE BY TITANS) about how they found their way to work in games. In Part 1, we look at each person's origin story, that is,...

We're taking a recording break and will be back with Season 4 of the podcast in February! In the meantime, you can enjoy a rewind of our GamePad livestream interview with Italian Game Designer Pietro Riva, founder of the indie studio Santa Ragione. Nigel and Tazziii talk with Pietro about his board game background, the challenges of getting your game seen as an indie, as well as his manifesto on m...

It's the last episode of 2021!! For our season 3 Wrapped episode, Nigel and Tazziii each put together their personal top five stories of the year. There's room for honourable mentions and stories that surprised us too as we recap our favourite anime, TV shows, films and games that made us stop and take notice over the past 12 months. We'll be back in February with season 4 of Story x Story, but yo...

In this week's Story x Story episode Nigel and Tazziii welcome back Art Director for TreesPlease Games, Riana McKeith, to look back over the first two seasons of Disney's The Mandalorian. We discuss what makes this such an accessible entry point into the Star Wars universe, and the impressive technology behind its production. Great worldbuilding, characters and our favourite episodes are all cover...

It's that time of the year to look back at another year of great story discussions! Listen to some of the highlights, pre-show chats and bloopers from Season 3 of the Story x Story podcast, brought to you by Nigel and Tazziii!  We've packed in some of our favourite moments from a year of talking about stories across pop culture with some amazing returning and new guests across comics, manga,...

In this week's Story x Story episode, Nigel is joined by guest co-host Pinali to get into one of the biggest film releases of the year. They are joined by Amiad Fredman and Studio77 member KottaKitty for a deep dive into Spider-Man: No Way Home. We cover all the surprises in the latest entry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as examine what the story gets right and wrong. This week's story...

In this week's Story x Story episode Nigel and Tazziii talk with journalist and author Bounthavy Suvilay, who has literally written the book on indie games. She talks about the making of her book "Indie Games" which takes a detailed look at the history of the craft, culture and business of independently developing video games. We get into the reality for pursuing your dream, advice for aspiring de...

In this week's episode of Story x Story Nigel and Tazziii welcome Osh Carr and Miranda Evans from Europe's biggest cosplay channel, The 86th Floor! It's a super-powered conversation as we dive deep into the 2004 Pixar animation The Incredibles. We talk about Metroville's response to "supers", what the story's themes say about exception talent today and our favourite characters in the film. This we...

This week's Story x Story episode is a replay of our first-ever "Story Club" Twitch livestream from September 2021. Story Club is a new series where we do a live deep dive on a comic, manga or video game with guests. Nigel and Tazziii welcome Ace Comicals host Greg Drive and Colourist Eren Angiolini for a deep dive into the all-ages fantasy graphic novel Scales & Scoundrels. The panel gets int...

In this week's Story x Story episode Nigel and Tazziii welcome creative storyteller Muniyra Douglas to talk about her journey into the African comic book industry. She tells us how she landed her role of Editor in Chief at Nigerian based creative content and entertainment company VX Comics. We talk about the need for an editor in the process of making comic stories, and how she works with a remote...

This week's Story x Story episode is a bumper episode as Nigel and Tazziii form our own super powered ensemble cast to break down Marvel's Eternals. We welcome Greg Driver and Leon Everett from the Ace Comicals podcast, along with Vik Deluca from Mega City Comics for a very deep dive into this very divisive entry to the MCU where we talk about how the film deals with the weight of Jack Kirby's ori...

In this week's Story x Story episode Nigel and Tazzii welcome narrative designer Arden Osthof and micro developer Quang Nguyen to talk about handheld gaming. We get into our first experiences with portable consoles, what makes games on the go unique and the dominance of Nintendo in this market. With Valve's Steam Deck on the horizon, we also look and the latest challenge to Nintendo's crown. Can V...

This week, Nigel and Tazziii welcome Melanin Gamers team members Laura and Donavan for a deep dive into Satoshi Kon's surreal anime thriller Paprika. We break down the many thought-provoking themes and what the story says about our relationship with our dreams and media environment. This week's storytelling tip is about creating transitions to develop your story's narrative. Other stories we're en...

This week, Nigel and Tazziii sit down with Nina Modaffari, a concept artist working at EA's Maxis Studios. Nina tells us how she got her start in the video games industry, going on to land a role working on The Sims 4 after being a fan of the game! We get into the ins and outs of the concept artist role in the video game development process, why representation matters in the industry and plant car...

This Story x Story bonus is a replay of our Twitch livestream video game roundtable. Nigel and Tazziii welcome Lauren Kaye, Streamcast and LiyahABG to our roundtable to talk about the state of next gen gaming. We get into the upcoming Halo Infinite and Xbox's Game Pass strategy, PlayStation's first party line up...and whether Nintendo can hold onto their handheld crown with the Steam Deck incoming...