Make Games, Drink Coffee

S1E1 - Kay Purcell - Community Manager and Professional Dungeon Master!


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This week, Aaron interviews Kay Purcell. 

Kay (she/they) is a community manager, marketing expert, project manager, and Jack-of-all-trades with experience at DeviantArt, Red Bull, Avalanche Studios Group, and games journalism. Kay is also a charity streamer, event organizer, and professional dungeon master!

This is Make Games, Drink Coffee, a podcast featuring conversations with game developers about their jobs, their hobbies, and whatever they're passionate about! No rambling two-hour interviews and no meandering monologues! It's short and sweet, thirty minutes or less, with bonus clips on the Make Games, Drink Coffee youtube channel, TikTok, etc.

Chapters:

00:00 Introductions and Texas Is Big

01:54 Community Management at DeviantArt and Red Bull

08:31 Games Journalism Is Hard (And Broken)

16:46 Being A Professional DM

20:07 The Fluidity of Game Lore

21:54 Understanding That Not All Media Is For Me (And That's Okay!)

25:47 Finding Your Audience

27:21 Kay's Favorite Game

28:53 Wrap-Up

29:10 Make Games Drink Coffee Outro Music.mp3


Links: 


Shout out to Rogue (independent games journalism!): https://www.rogue.site/


You can find the podcast at:

http://www.makegamesdrinkcoffee.com 


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Make Games, Drink CoffeeBy Aaron Nemoyten