Fresh Out Of Tokens

Marcus Garrett came through to talk about PUGs, Overwatch, diversity and the need for better representation in all aspects of gaming. We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with @Chachibobinks. There’s a blog to compliment the show! Follow us at outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note there as well. You can also @ us on twitter; @OutOfTokensCast or email us freshoutoftokens@gmail.com. Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Articles: Nigger and Other Words I learned Playing Overwatch Watch Dogs 2 Announcement - Top Shelf Gaming Why Game Dev Barbie is Important Questions for Marcus: From @Thain1982 Out of everything shown at E3, what are you most excited for? Are there any other online games you're interested in trying or is Overwatch your only choice for now? What's the one game (or series)

Our fave Hearthstone streamer and Mega Man officiando Steve Lubitz returns to talk with us about E3, Mega Man, VR and more! We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with @Chachibobinks. There’s a blog to compliment the show outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note there as well. You can also @ us on twitter; @OutOfTokensCast or email us freshoutoftokens@gmail.com. Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Things we talked about! Video - Adam Ruins Everything - Why People thinks Video Games are for Boys (nothing new but it does add in a point we all know) E3 is in the bag this year, and there were some interesting things. What are you anticipating in the next few months? Articles: The argument against Link being a woman, destroyed in one image Polygon Phil Spencer on the Future of the XBox Polygon

Todd Harper, aka @laevalentine took us to school on a lot of topics; including body diversity, fat characters in videogames, LGBTQIA issues in gaming, Bayo Studies and more. We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with @Chachibobinks. There’s a blog to compliment the show outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note there as well. You can also @ us on twitter; @OutOfTokensCast or email us freshoutoftokens@gmail.com. Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Questions for Todd: From @Thain1982 Who is your favorite openly LGBT character in a game? (besides Taric), what queer-coded character(s) would you most like the developers to remove ambiguity from? Using Bo Rai Cho as shining examplar of what not to do, are there any games that get body representation right? What game or games will you always go b

Sammus the Rapper came through to talk about her music, being a black nerdy girl, the importance of representation in games & in other media. We had a wonderful, candid and amazing conversation to help celebrate our one year mark. TW: Racial slurs used when we discuss an article in the show, so there is a warning at that point, and if you want to fast forward, you should do so for your own comfort. We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with @Chachibobinks. There’s a blog to compliment the show outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note there as well. You can also @ us on twitter; @OutOfTokensCast or email us freshoutoftokens@gmail.com. Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Questions for Enongo: From @Thain1982: What has been your most memorable performance so far? Your arm cannon is badas

Liam Esler disproves his twitter bio of all style and no substance during his visit with us! We chatted about diversity, a bit about GX Australia, challenges of diversifying in an international context and more. We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with @Chachibobinks. There’s a blog to compliment the show outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note there as well. You can also @ us on twitter; @OutOfTokensCast or email us freshoutoftokens@gmail.com. Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Articles: D Faraci - Fandom is Broken Faraci follow up to Broken Fandom piece From Hydra to Ghostbusters, the False Equivalences of Fan Culture (written in response to the above article) Ghostbusters, Frozne and Strange Entitlement of Fan Culture (AV Club piece that precedes Faraci article) Why 'Fandom is Brok

We discussed Twitch, Bioware feels, hopes for Mass Effect: Andromeda and what Ashe does in her limited spare time. We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with @Chachibobinks. There’s a blog to compliment the show outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note there as well. You can also @ us on twitter; @OutOfTokensCast or email us freshoutoftokens@gmail.com. Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at:http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Questions for Ashe: Via @lasersushi: Curious to know if you had any experience/tips for how to become a twitch partner in Europe (Germany) I'm sorry it's super specific! Just so curious since most twitch partners here have lower figures than in NA. In general terms, any tips for applying at twitch would be appreciated as well <3 Via @Pringtella: What's your favorite BioWare romance and why? What's your

Meg Jayanth stopped by to discuss NPC Agency, Dragon Age feels, 80 Days, Narrative design, the importance of diversifying the industry inside and out, and other topics! We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with Chachibobinks. There’s a blog to compliment the show at outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note there as well. You can also @ us on twitter; @OutOfTokensCast or email us freshoutoftokens@gmail.com. Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Questions for Meg @Thain1982: 80 Days feels simultaneously challenging and forgiving. Was that intentional? (if so) how did you do that? Are there any other classic stories you would like to revisit in a similar manner to 80 Days? I loved being able to share my 80 Days journey at the end of the game. Was that feature always planned? What we’re playin

Donna Prior, founder of OrcaCon, tabletop guru and long time player came by to discuss gaming, roll a few die and share the origin story for OrcaCon, as well as plans for next year's event. We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with Chachibobinks. There’s a blog to compliment the show at outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note there as well. You can also @ us on twitter; @OutOfTokensCast or email us freshoutoftokens@gmail.com. Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Articles: Tabletop Gaming Has a White Male Terrorism Problem An interesting ‘response’ to the above article Questions for Donna @Thain1982: Do you have any tabletop games you always want to play, or do you like to cycle through a wide variety? Along those lines, are there tabletop publishers/creators you're a constant fan of? Do

Tzufit Allen joined us to discuss Bioware feels, AI, her origin story along with her new podcast, Pop Culture Coven, along with Holy Priests We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with Chachibobinks. There’s a blog to compliment the show at outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note there as well. You can also @ us on twitter; @OutOfTokensCast or email us freshoutoftokens@gmail.com. Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Articles: http://www.theestablishment.co/2016/04/27/when-robots-are-an-instrument-of-male-desire/ by Katherine Cross http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2016/04/why-do-we-give-robots-female-names-because-we-dont-want-consider-their Laurie Penny Questions for Tzufit @Thain1982: If you could bring one crew member along into Andromeda, who would it be? Warden, Hawke, or

Original Shownotes: Our fabulous guests! Katherine Cross, our dapper scholastic games critiquer extraordinaire whose work appears in Feministing and Gamasutra, next we have Tauriq Moosa, who loves the Witcher 3 while giving it a critical side eye, is wicked smart and writes for Polygon, Guardian, Daily Beast, Mary Sue, an and quite a few other places. Last but certainly not least, we have Austin Walker, who recently joined Giant Bomb, congrats on the newish gig! Apologies in advance for some audio issues. Technology turned on us mid-recording so there's been some editorial finagling done to bring you this episode. Articles: Colorblind: On The Witcher 3, Rust,and Gaming's Race Problem - Tauriq in Polygon More On Race, More on Witcher and how to Move Forward - Austin, Giant Bomb Witcher 3, Race and Histriocity - Austin, Giant Bomb Opinion: Finding Meaning in Darkest Dungeon’s Narrative Design - Katherine Cross, Gamasutra GDC 2015 #1 Reason to Be - Katherine Cross Rust Dev Blog on randomly Assigned race in R

We chatted up Eve Eschenbacher about her work in localization, gaming, translation, mental health issues in the industry, and about being a Young Adult author. Somewhere along the way, a spell was cast and we wound up at the witching hour. We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with Chachibobinks. There’s a blog to compliment the show! Follow us at outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note there as well. You can also @ us on twitter; @OutOfTokensCast or email us freshoutoftokens@gmail.com. Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Questions for Eve: @Thain1982: Do you feel like your localization work has helped or informed your writing? What has been your greatest challenge in localizing for an English speaking audience? Have you ever played a Japanese-developed game and wished you had been on i

We talked with Cindy Miller and Michael Block about making We Are Chicago, the challenges of making a game that portrays real issues of violence in the Windy City, especially as devs who are telling a story that's not theirs. We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with Chachibobinks. There’s a blog to compliment the show! Follow us at outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note there as well. You can also @ us on twitter; @OutOfTokensCast or email us freshoutoftokens@gmail.com. Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Questions for We Are Chicago team: @Thain1982: How important is visual accuracy (real-world correspondence) in creating "We Are Chicago"? After working on this project, what elements do you consider most important for communicating a setting? (as I'm leaving Chicago today):

We spoke with Mel Fleming, Localization producer at Bioware about localization, Devil Spit, scotch, sailing and more when she spent some time with us this week. We’re part of the Geeked.fm network along with Geeks in Sneaks, Chromatic Life and More than Bits. We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with Chachibobinks. There’s a blog to compliment the show! Follow us at outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note there as well. You can also @ us on twitter; @OutOfTokensCast or email us freshoutoftokens@gmail.com. Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Questions for Mel: @Thain1982: What is the most interesting (to you) change you've ever had to make for localization purposes? How much of localization work is "pure" translation versus adaptation to cultural norms and vocabulary? What sco

Jamie Broadnax stopped by to discuss Black Girl Nerds, her diversity in gaming series, community building and more. We even tweeted out to one of our faves, Idris Elba in the hopes he'd come by our podcasts! We’re part of the Geeked.fm network along with Geeks in Sneaks, Chromatic Life and More than Bits. We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with Chachibobinks. There’s a blog to compliment the show! Follow us at outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note there as well. You can also @ us on twitter; @OutOfTokensCast or email us freshoutoftokens@gmail.com. Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Questions for Jamie: From @Thain1982: What are some of your favorite cons to attend both for general nerdery and welcoming/acceptance? Do you have any developers/studios whose games you always consider

Elsa Sjunneson-Henry shared a lot of insights with us about disability in gaming, where some games hit things on the head and others miss by a long shot. We also discussed ways in which disability can be accounted for, and how it's often overlooked in tabletop as well as videogames. We’re part of the Geeked.fm network along with Geeks in Sneaks, Chromatic Life and More than Bits. We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with Chachibobinks. There’s a blog to compliment the show! Follow us at outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note there as well. You can also @ us on twitter; @OutOfTokensCast or email us freshoutoftokens@gmail.com. Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Questions for Elsa: Via Awesome_John Do you prefer Hamilton's brown or green coat? What's the best gaming medium to engage a s

Coldwood Creative Director Martin Sahlin swung by to spin a yarn about Unravel game, our fave bit of red fluff being afrayed of the epic tale ahead of him and more! We’re part of the Geeked.fm network along with Geeks in Sneaks, Chromatic Life and More than Bits. We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with Chachibobinks. We’ve got a blog to compliment the show! Follow us at outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note at freshoutoftokens@gmail.com as well. Follow us on Twitter; @OutOfTokensCast Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Questions for Martin: Via Nadia C: How many design iterations did Yarny go through before he was finalized into the character we ended up playing? Crabs, birds, machinery, electrocution! You monsters! ;) Seriously though, how difficult was it to animate those gri

We spoke with Simply Undrea about the challenges of being a woman of color steamer in a usually white, dudebro dominated area of entertainment. We had some great dreaNABIT's and dreaSHINY moments too! We’re part of the Geeked.fm network along with Geeks in Sneaks, Chromatic Life and More than Bits. We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with Chachibobinks. We’ve got a blog to compliment the show! Follow us at outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note at freshoutoftokens@gmail.com as well. Follow us on Twitter; @OutOfTokensCast Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Questions for Undrea: Via Thain1982: What has been your favorite stream? (whether because of the game or the viewer participation) How important is a game's soundtrack to your enjoyment of the game (and what's your favorite soundtra

We went back to the arcade with @sparklebliss about Coin Operated Americans, masculinity and games marketing changes over the years We’re part of the Geeked.fm network along with Geeks in Sneaks, Chromatic Life and More than Bits. We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with Chachibobinks. We’ve got a blog to compliment the show! Follow us at outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note at freshoutoftokens@gmail.com as well. Follow us on Twitter; @OutOfTokensCast Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Questions for Carly: Via Thain1982: Did arcades lead the game industry in targeting boys, or was the push fairly concurrent across the board? Do you think the push to target boys was deliberate marketing, as with children's toys, or unconscious bias? What we’re playing/reading: Carly: Blue (Patricia

We spoke with Josh Samuels of Raindrop Studios about Arrival Game, the Taino people, representation, and more! We’re part of the Geeked.fm network along with Geeks in Sneaks, Chromatic Life and More than Bits. We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with Chachibobinks. We’ve got a blog to compliment the show! Follow us at outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note at freshoutoftokens@gmail.com as well. Follow us on Twitter; @OutOfTokensCast Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Questions for Josh: @Thain1982 Are there any plans for Android/PC development on Arrival? Arrival and Derailed are both pushing in very unique creative directions. What has driven these choices? We Got Fanmail! Hi Tanya, hi David, I just wanted to say how much I love your podcast! These conversations are so important an

We got Jimquisited at Fresh out of Tokens! We spoke with one of our favorite gaming pundits about where games crit is going, changes to his style of punditry over the years, Greenlight & more! We’re part of the Geeked.fm network along with Geeks in Sneaks, Chromatic Life and More than Bits. We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with Chachibobinks. We’ve got a blog to compliment the show! Follow us at outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note at freshoutoftokens@gmail.com as well. Follow us on Twitter; @OutOfTokensCast Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Questions for Jim Via @hydramez would you ever consider a new series with yahtzee ? Is the escapist an issue with such plans? via @JoltStudios: Have you ever had flack for talking out against the likes of Gamergate/internet harassment?