Josh Foreman is a Videogame Artist, Designer, Author, YouTuber, Twitch Streamer, ExtraPlay Guest and Stuntman. He is well-known for his 15 years at ArenaNet working on the Guild Wars franchise, and for especially for Super Adventure Box.

In this chat, we discuss his experiences working in and around the games industry and his world-building passion project: Tales from Talifar.

Tom Abernathy is an award-winning narrative director, narrative designer, & writer on games including Guild Wars 2, The Division, League of Legends, Halo: Reach, The Saboteur, and Destroy All Humans!

In this chat, we discuss the intricacies of game narrative, Tom's experiences in the industry, the criticality of diversity, Guild Wars 2, and even a little baseball.

Preston Collins is a photographer and digital artist. He's known to the Guild Wars 2 community as Brazil and is an ex-ArenaNet partner infamous for speaking blunt truths, especially where legendary armor is concerned. This talk is a reminiscence on the ups and downs of Guild Wars 2, and what life can look like once you set aside gaming and try to figure out what's next.

Lex is a Planetside 2 streamer notorious for his headshot ratio and his blistering tongue. He is a reigning champion of the defunct Planetside 2 Farmer's League, and is an outspoken advocate for skilled ethical gameplay on and off of Auraxis.

In this chat, we discuss the cultures that develops among highly skilled gamers and in opposition to them. We also commiserate about the good ol' days of gaming where you had to walk a mile in the snow to find a server on Gamespy, and there was no social media polluted our minds with hootin', hollerin', and gum flappin'. Plus plenty of takes on the state of Planetside 2 and World of Warcraft Classic.

Shoctorr is a Planetside 2 and variety streamer. In April he hosted Planetside 2 Speedrunners and raised $10,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. In this chat we discussed the drama and negativity loops in streaming and gaming communities, living with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and a lot more!

Sam Ajesté is a Guild Wars 2 streamer, economy analyst, and eSports commentator. In this episode we discuss how he got started with Guild Wars 2, streaming, the world of finance, and bringing it all together. Economy topics include Gift of Exploration trading, the Trading Post gold cap, Player vs Trading Post, Cellofrag, and much more!

Bobby Stein is a 15 year veteran of ArenaNet, the studio behind Guild Wars 2. He got his start there writing the strategy guide for Guild Wars: Factions, and is credited as the Lead Writer of Guild Wars 2, Narrative Lead on Heart of Thorns, and Associate Narrative Director for Path of Fire. In this chat, we discuss Bobby's background and start in the industry, how narrative gets made for video games, the importance of collaboration and mentorship, and of course Guild Wars 2. Join the discussion in the comments!

Maelstrome26 is the creator of PS2Alerts - Planetside 2's Alert Tracker, as well as a leader of one of Planetside's largest outfits Dignity of War [DIG], a volunteer organizer of some of Planetside's largest events including 2015's Guiness World Record-setting RecordSmash, and a DevOps Engineer by day.

Alen Lapidis is the Environment Lead and Principal Artist of Rogue Planet Games.

Roy is a Guild Wars 2 streamer and eSports caster. He is a long-time World vs. World enjoyer and is is a member of the 100% community-driven Guild vs. Guild scene. Topics include these as well as MightyTeapot's Elitist Raiding Party, Roy's ambitions to work in the gaming industry, and many more.

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