They Play Games

This episode Ladell is maybe too excited to speak to Anne (She/They) about Esports and changing the narrative. Esports is known to be quite a male dominated space and we want to change the narrative on that. Join us as we have an in depth discussion about how Esports currently looks and how we would like it changed.

About Anne (She/They)

Anne is a community operations lead at Community Gaming. She continues to work hard to support grassroots tournaments and communities in any way she can. She is also an amazing Esports broadcaster for various tournaments for games such as Overwatch 2 and Valorant.

Lastly, Anne hosts a podcast called Pushing Buttons which is about Esports broadcasting!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/anniepoo_

Twitter: https://www.twitch.tv/anniepoo

Normally when thinking of Trans folk within workspaces, it is met with negativity but here we like to spread all the positive joys we have experienced so far within a Triple A workspace!

Join me and Sam (They/Them) gush over some heart warming stories and also some tips on how studios can become more trans-friendly.

About Sam Luangkhot:

Sam is a Southeast Asian game dev who specializes in Community Management and Production. They love dogs, playing Pokemon GO, and learning new languages.

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I am so excited to share my talk with Cinzia Musio (She/They) where we took a deep dive into EDI and the games industry especially regarding non binary identity and how they got into the games industry.

So many powerful points were main in this talk that I literally cannot think of what else to say without spoiling!

About Cinzia Musio:

Cinzia Musio is an award-winning Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Consultant in the UK, with an approach focusing on intersectionality. They work across the industry with helping build awareness and education, and using data to drive a culture of inclusion, knowledge sharing, and allyship. Cinzia is a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consultant for Code Coven, a Training Consultant and Researcher for Limit Break, helps manage the UK Games Industry Slack, is a BAFTA member among other things. When not at work, Cinzia can be found cross-stitching or cuddling cats.

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They Play Games Socials

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/theyplaypodcast/podcasts

Twitter: https://twitter.com/theyplaypodcast

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/they-play-games

Email: [email protected]

We know that sometimes even though we are gender non conforming, we sometimes have other identities we connect with aswell. This can cause us to have a flurry of thoughts and emotions flowing through us.

Join Ladell (They/Them) and Sarah Taylor (They/Them) from Splash Damage discuss intersectional Identities and also mental health.

About Sarah Taylor:

Sarah is a graphic designer who has been working in the games industry for 6 years. As a mixed race, non-binary person they're passionate about improving marginalised people's access to and experiences in the games industry, so they're often involved with D&I initiatives and supporting organisations like Limit Break Mentorship and Black Twitch UK.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/eirawave

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smtaylor95/

Ladell's Socials

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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ladellsmith/

They Play Games Socials

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/theyplaypodcast/podcasts

Twitter: https://twitter.com/theyplaypodcast

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/they-play-games

Email: [email protected]

Everyone has a starting point right? This is ours. We will go on this journey together as Alice Liguori (She/They) joins us as we dive into how They Play Games came about and why it is important within not only the games industry but the wider gaming world.

About Alice: During the weekdays I'm lead marketing manager at games studio Auroch Digital, and in the evenings and on weekends you can find me on twitch, playing games like Elden ring, the sims, Skyrim, and cute indie games - usually of the puzzle variety. I'm vegan, bisexual, and i'm pretty sure i'm non-binary too! i'm still on a big ol' gender journey and learning more and more about myself every day. that's why i'm so excited for They Play Games - it's a space that's been so desperately needed for such a long time!

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/theyplaypodcast/podcasts

Twitter: https://twitter.com/theyplaypodcast

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/they-play-games

Email: [email protected]