It's a mid-season podcast special! You can now listen to all 5 segments of our Story x Story Twitch livestream in your podcast feed.

In our fourth segment, Tazziii chats with Andy from Streamcast and Twitch streamer Mikayla Jones about the video games they're playing, expectations from the summer of games and whether Luigi is the better of the Mario brothers!

It's a mid-season podcast special! You can now listen to all 5 segments of our Story x Story Twitch livestream in your podcast feed.

In this second segment, Nigel and Tazziii are joined by Alan from Melanin Gamers to talk about the stories we're enjoying so far this year. We get into our thoughts about Netflix's anime series Yasuke, the first few Marvel shows on Disney+ and some video game news too.

It's a mid-season podcast special. You can now listen to all 5 segments of our Story x Story Twitch livestream in your podcast feed! 

In part 1, Nigel and Tazziii are joined by mayamada Co-Founder Lao K and Illustrator Pinali.  We talk about the making of the new Serious: Through The Fog manga, and who's mayamada character resembles them the most. 

We also get into some of our favourite stories of the year so far. This is part 1 of 5, so stay tuned for more bonus episodes over the summer holidays!

In this episode of Story x Story Nigel and Tazziii sit down with indie developer Neil Jones aka Aerial_Knight. We discuss his journey into the video games industry...from failing to find a job to releasing the breakout debut Aerial_Knight's Never Yield. Find out what it takes to create your own lane in gaming as we go behind the story with another creative talent!

Show notes: https://mayamada.com/story-x-story-72-behind-the-story-with-aerial-knight/

In this episode of Story x Story we bring to you a replay of our Creativity & Cosplay Twitch Livestream! GamePad Host Tazziii talks with cosplayers Midnight Pursona, Yakfrost and Wonder Kat about their journey and how they have continued their craft throughout the pandemic. They also discuss overcoming challenges and advice for cosplayers everywhere as we take on questions from the live chat.

Follow mayamada on Twitch to catch our future panel and interview events live!

This week in Story x Story, Nigel and Tazziii sit with Rachael Smith, creator of Quarantine Comix: A Memoir of Life in Lockdown. They talk about her journey as a full time comic writer and artist work on many critically acclaimed graphic novels in her career so far. This great conversation covers life during the pandemic, imposter syndrome as an artist and plenty more advice for new and experience creative professionals alike!

Buy Quarantine Comix: https://www.waterstones.com/book/quarantine-comix/rachael-smith/9781785787836

Show notes: https://mayamada.com/story-x-story-71-behind-the-story-with-rachael-smith-quarantine-comix/

This week, Nigel and Tazziii welcome writer and comic creator Christian Carnouche for a deep dive into the 2013 sci-fi film Snowpiercer. We break down Bong Joon-ho's allegorical story that comments on income inequality, segregation of social classes...and the proper placement of shoes! This episode story tip is about using allegory to convey your narrative message.

Stories we're enjoying this week: Carbon and Silicium, Once Upon A Time, Dragon Quest Builders 2, The Mandalorian, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.

Show notes: https://mayamada.com/story-x-story-70-you-are-not-a-shoe-snowpiercer/

This week's Story x Story epiosode is a replay from our Twitch livestream discussion "Work + Play: Mental Health in Video Games", part of the Games Careers Week.

Nigel and Tazziii are joined by Sachin Shah (Gaming the Mind), Amiad Fredman (Safe In Our World) and Ed Stern (Splash Damage) shed light on an important topic for those who are interested in being part of the video games industry.

https://gamingthemind.org

https://safeinourworld.org

https://www.splashdamage.com

Nigel and Tazziii bring together another roundtable to talk about the upcoming E3 2021 event! They are joined by Esports Hosts John Pee and Veracity along with the founder of GEEK GAME TYTE, REDinFamy. We debate the need for a physical E3 in a post pandemic landscape, plus what games we're looking forward to from the industry showpiece event. The panel also discuss what cross-gen gaming means for the longevity of the previous generation and impact of the current one.

Show notes: https://mayamada.com/story-x-story-69-the-fast-train-to-e3-video-games/

In this week's Story x Story episode Nigel and Tazziii welcome Lead Narrative Designer at Silver Rain Games Corey Brotherson and Player Support Liaison at Jagex Jasmine Moore to talk about video game storytelling. We discuss some of our favourite video game stories and what makes games unique as a storytelling medium and also get into issues with Ludonarrative dissonance and advice for aspiring video game writers.

Show notes: https://mayamada.com/story-x-story-68-the-players-journey-video-games/