Podcasts by She Plays Games Podcast

SPG Presents: Harnessing the Power of Influencers with Disobey from 2023-01-31T10:30

This episode of She Plays Games is our first ever live panel at Take-Two Interactive Software's studio where we sat down with marketing / influencer agency Disobey to discuss how brands can bett...

Sylvia Gathoni / QueenArrow (Esports Tekken Player) from 2023-01-17T14:35

Also known as QueenArrow, Sylvia has been thriving in the pro gaming space nabbing working now with Red Bull and making the Forbes Africa 30 under 30 list. This e...

Manda Farough (Co-Director, Strategic Partnerships / Robot Teddy) from 2022-12-20T21:23

This episode we have writer, author, and entrepreneur Amanda Farough. Amanda started off her career in games journalism and has since taken opportunities in many ...

Alison Lang / Georgie Christoforou (Changing Day / Neonhive) from 2022-12-06T11:20

Creating Games for those on the Spectrum

This episode we have founder and CEO of ChangingDay Alison Lang and Georgie Christoforou, Jr Comm...

Ellie Gibson (Games Journalist / Streamer) from 2022-11-22T10:22

This episode we have games Journalist Ellie Gibson. Ellie has been a real incredible force of good with in the games industry through her incredible writing and w...

Hannah Nicklin (Studio Lead - Die Gute Fabrik) from 2022-10-18T10:28

This episode we have Hannah Nicklin, Hannah is the studio lead at Gute Fabrik and a PhD in games. This episode we focus on her incredible book "Writing For Games"...

Gabrielle Zevin (Author 'Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow') from 2022-10-04T18:52

Capturing the true essence of indie game dev in fiction

Bee Fogah (Social Media Manager - Modern Wolf) from 2022-09-20T19:26:30

This episode we have Bee who is Social Media Manager at Modern Wolf! This episode we talk all about social media resources, how to identify what viral trend to la...

Emzii (Commonwealth Esports Champion) from 2022-09-06T11:38:57

This episode we have Emzii who is the first Commonwealth Esports efootball Champion!

In this episode we talk about t...

JazeenaPlays (Studio Manager / Twitch Streamer - Interior/Night from 2022-08-23T07:53:24

This episode we have Jazeena who is a Studio Manager at Interior Night and Twitch Streamer at Jazeena Plays.

Jazeena...

Sophie Vo (Studio Game Lead / Games Investor - Rise and Play) from 2022-08-09T20:24:42

This episode we have Sophie Vo founder of Rise and Play and Games Investor. Through her platform and podcast called Rise and Play, Sophie shares her knowledge abo...

Alhvi Balcárcel (Director - Selva Interactive) Wings Fund Special from 2022-07-27T09:41:59

We have a special episode for you all today as it’s sponsored by Wings Fund. Wings is an organization which helps fund indie projects and so we will be featuring ...

The Women of The Quarry - Supermassive Games Special from 2022-07-19T08:34:34

This is a special episode as we’re having a Supermassive Games special! We’re featuring 4 of the women who worked on their latest title, The Quarry, Mara Cerreti ...

Charlotte Sutherland (Director - Cave Monsters) Wings Fund Special from 2022-07-14T13:24:29

We have a special episode for you all today as it’s sponsored by Wings Fund. Wings is an organization which helps fund indie projects and so we will be featuring ...

Develop / Twitch Con Special Panel - Jay Shin (Arrogant Pixel) / Rosie Taylor (Safe in our World) from 2022-07-05T12:46:28

This episode we’re talking all about going to conferences. Joining us are Jay Shin from University of West London Lecturer and Director at Arrogant Pixel and Rosi...

Riana Manuel-Peña (Brand Marketer) from 2022-06-28T14:29:36

Riana is a Brand Marketer having worked recently on the G4 relaunch and Product Marketing for Xbox. This episode we chat about finding the role that works best fo...

Kelly Wallick (CEO / Founder - Indie Megabooth / Partner / Community Builder - 1Up Fund) from 2022-06-21T19:10:44

Kelly is the Founder and CEO of Indie Megabooth as well as a Partner and Community Developer at the 1Up fund which is a Venture fund company setup by former Micro...

GeekyCassie (Director of Nox Lumina / Streamer) from 2022-06-14T14:23:35

Cassie is a streamer, community manager of The Noir Network, Director of Nox Lumina,and Co-Founder of Black Twitch UK! In this episode we talk about her mission t...

MJ Widomska (Founder / Director - YRS Truly) from 2022-06-07T08:12:35

How TikTok can Humanize your Brand

This episode we have MJ Widomska.

MJ is the fo...

Sally Sheppard (Founder - Wyrdren Games) from 2022-05-31T13:35:34

What an Indie Studio Needs to Survive

This episode we have Sally Sheppard. Sally is the founder of ...

Marie Ablaza (Talent Recruiter - Netflix Gaming) from 2022-05-24T09:13:09

How to Show Your Best Self in an Interview

This episode we have Marie Albaza. Marie Ablaza, also kn...

Mel Ramsay (Editor-in-Chief - GGRecon) from 2022-05-17T07:26:53

Mel is Editor-in-Chief at GGRecon, a news resource for E-sports. In this episode we talk about where to begin your career in games journalism, how to have an eye for...

JustKaalin (Twitch Streamer) from 2022-05-10T07:13:14

Kaalin is a popular twitch streamer from Scotland having previously been a Community Developer and in this episode we discuss her journey into streaming, how she ...

Nikatine (Twitch Ambassador / PurpleRP) from 2022-05-03T08:10:53

This episode we have Veronica Ripley a.k.a Nikatine. Nikatine is a Twitch Ambassador, co-owner of Purple RP, and Founder o...

Sarah Sorrell (Charity Manager - Safe in our World) from 2022-04-26T12:20:26

Coming from Sports Charities, Sarah brings a generous supply of knowledge to Safe in our World, a games industry charity which focuses on raising awareness for me...

Laura Deutsch / Rebecca Dixon (Co-Founders, The*GameHers) from 2022-04-19T19:38:19

This episode we have The GameHers Co-Founders, Rebecca Dixon and Laura Deutsch.

The*GameHers is hosting a 3...

Lauran Carter (Head of Comms / Host - Liquid Crimson) from 2022-04-12T18:04:45

This episode we have Lauran Carter. Lauran is the head of comms and host at Liquid Crimson helping indie devs release and prom...

Leslee (Producer - Oculus) from 2022-04-05T15:29:19

Leslee is a producer at Oculus with years of experience in many major studios in the games industry. In this episode we discuss the importance of producers in gam...

Mother's Day Special - Marion Mỹ Anh B, InspiringMarah, Korina Abbott, Jo Haslam from 2022-03-27T11:52:21

This episode we have four guests on the show to talk about their experiences as mothers working in the games industry. We discuss our first gaming experiences, common misconceptions about being ...

Storm Stewart (Face Model / Streamer) from 2022-03-22T20:45:55

This episode we have Storm Stewart also known as Stormyjazzy

Storm is a model and Streamer having started in the gam...

Sara Machado (Head of Recruitment - Hitmarker) from 2022-03-15T21:05:24

Sara is the Head of Recruitment at Hitmarker. In this episode we talk about her life working as a Brazilian in the UK games industry, tips for how to scope out wh...

Mary Kenney (Writer / Author - Insomniac Games) from 2022-03-08T09:13:36

This episode again we’re welcoming Mary Kenney!

We last spoke with Mary about 2 years ago and since then she has g...

Sarah Makdad (Corporate Community Developer - Focus Entertainment) from 2022-03-01T09:19:17

This episode we have Sarah Makdad.

Sarah is a Corporate Community Developer at Focus Entertainment and in t...

Sarah Wellock (Senior European PR Manager - Sega Europe) from 2022-02-21T09:40:30

This episode we have Sarah Wellock.

Sarah is the Senior European Comms Manager for Sega Europe and in this episode we discuss the evolution of community management over the years, handlin...

Kawaiifoxita (Sims Content Creator) from 2022-02-14T19:53:38

This episode we have Gemma also known as KawaiiFoxita.

Having started back in March 2020, Kawaii is a sims builder...

Victoria Tran (Community Director - Inner Sloth) from 2022-02-08T10:02:48

This episode we have Victoria Tran.

Victoria is the ​​Community Director on Among Us at Inner Sloth. In thi...

Rosa Carbó-Mascarell (Lead Game Designer - Loveshark) from 2022-01-31T20:54:09

Rosa is a Lead Game Designer at Loveshark having worked in the games industry for over 4 years. In her journey, Rosa’s been recognized for her achievements in gam...

Grace Kim (Senior Data Engineer - Riot Games) from 2022-01-24T10:33:02

Known as Riot Whiskies on Twitter, Grace is a Sr. Data Engineer at Riot Games. In this episode we discuss the responsibilities of a Data Engineer, what data can tell...

Stevie Ward (Community Developer - PC Gamer) from 2022-01-17T10:29:20

Stevie is a really inspiring person in the UK games industry having started back in 2007. Stevie is currently a Community Developer PC Gamer and Consultant on the...

Gabby Llanillo (QA Engineer II and Quality Lead on Valorant) from 2022-01-10T11:18:49

Having worked at some of the games industry’s most prestigious studios such as Square Enix and Naughty Dog, Gabby’s journey into games has been pretty impressive. Gabby is currently QA Engineer ...

Chel Wong (Freelance Composer) from 2021-12-20T20:35:31

This episode we have Chel Wong. Chel is an award winning composer who has been recognised for both their talent in audio as well as their work helping people to a...

Eliana Zebro (Audio Pro - AUDIO PRO / Narrative Designer&Composer Storysinger Presents) from 2021-12-13T15:56:47

Eliana is an audio professional working on video games, films, and podcasts having worked with many prestigious brands including Comedy Central, The North Face, a...

Nina Roussakoff (Game Director - Paleo Pines) from 2021-12-06T20:14:51

Today’s episode I’m speaking with Nina Roussakoff. Nina’s journey into games began nearly 15 years ago with her roles adapt...

Freya Brightwater (3D Software Engineer - Anything World) from 2021-11-22T18:34:25

On today’s episode I have Freya Brightwater. Freya is a 3D Software Engineer at Anything World which is a plugin game dev can use to easily add 3D assets from the...

Natalie (Featured Contributor - Fanbyte) from 2021-11-08T20:04:11

Natalie is a renowned Featured Contributor at fanbyte.com having studied in English at University. She has often been recognized for her achievements in writing and is also a part of the Game Aw...

Dhayana (Founder - Women of Xbox) from 2021-10-18T19:25:31

Dhayana is a marketing manager at Funimation and Madman Anime Group. She is also the founder of Women of Xbox and is heavily involved with promoting women in the ...

Radderssgaming (Twitch Streamer) from 2021-10-04T19:51:51

Twitch streamers' journeys aren't always created equal. Radders found herself in a dark place before discovering Twitch communities and through their work, she decided to stream herself. Now wit...

RekitRaven (Twitch Streamer) from 2021-09-21T18:28:51

Raven is a Twitch Streamer, Head of the The Underworld Charity Team who raise money and awareness for marginalized communities, and 1000DreamsFund winner.

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Emma Rogers (Junior Programmer - Sumo Digital Ltd) from 2021-09-06T19:09:30

So many people in the games industry have various types of paths that led them here. Emma Rogers, Junior Programmer at Sumo Digital, made the jump from fashion to programming after seeing an adv...

Taylor Lyles (Associate Tech Editor at IGN) from 2021-08-23T18:47:27

I’m speaking with Taylor Lyles. Taylor is an Associate Tech Editor at IGN. We’re going to cover her journey today from working as a Paralegal Contract Specialist ...

Shayna Moon (Senior Technical Program Manager - Unity) from 2021-08-09T19:19:28

Shayna is a Senior Technical Program Manager at Unity Technologies and before that she worked at the famous Sony Santa Monica studios on God of War. In this episo...

Janet Garcia (Content Creator) from 2021-07-26T16:02:16

Janet is a video games critic and content creator who has bseen working hard establishing herself in the industry. She has her own site Gaming For The Culture whe...

Sarah Nelkin (Japanese Voice Casting Director) from 2021-07-12T18:26:09

Sarah is a Casting Director for video games in Japan having moved to Japan from America a long time ago. In this episode we discuss how she became fluent in Japan...

Libby Kamen (Co-Founder&CMO - Radiance Media) from 2021-06-28T19:48:26

Libby is the Cofounder & Chief Marketing Officer at Radiance Media, a women-led company that was setup to unite brands by designing and executing events, campaign...

Nikky Armstrong (Senior Gameplay Programmer) and Michelle Snowball (Programmer) from 2021-06-14T18:29:31

I’m your host Lauren and this Episode I’m speaking with 2 programmers, Nikky Armstrong who is Senior Gameplay Programmer at Ubisoft Reflections and who is Mentor ...

Jade Leamcharaskul (Audio Producer - Silver Rain Games) from 2021-05-31T19:50:23

Jade is currently an audio producer for Silver Rain Games. In this episode we discuss her transition coming from freelance to an inhouse role during lockdown and ...

Joel Beardshaw (Lead Game Designer at Us Two Games) and Annie Grudeva (Creative Director at Perpetual Games) from 2021-05-17T18:24:40

This episode is sponsored by the Limit Break Mentorship Program! And I’m so excited to have another mentor and mentee on to speak about their experiences.<...

English Simmer (Sims Streamer) from 2021-05-03T18:43:24

Molly has been creating content around The Sims now for over 7 years and has undergone quite the journey. Throughout this episode, we discuss the valuable role co...

Charly Harbord (InGame International Project Coordinator - Abertay University) from 2021-04-19T19:58:19

Charly is currently a PhD student at Abertay University where she’s looking at the use of interactive role playing games to enhance the learning of a second langu...

Tara Saunders (Studio Head - PlayStation) and Cinzia Musio (Diversity&Inclusion Advisor - Splash Damage) from 2021-04-12T11:41:21

Limit Break Mentorship Special Episode

I’m super excited to announce that today’s episode the first in a series that...

Antonela Pounder (Director of Global Community - 505 Games) from 2021-04-05T18:36:46

Now working as the Director of Global Community at 505 Games, Antonela has risen rapidly over the past few years. But even though she now looks after the communic...

Ebonix (Sims Streamer) from 2021-03-22T15:42:01

On today's episode, I’m speaking with Dani also known as Ebonix

Ebonix has been playing The Sims since it first rele...

Haley (Brand Communications Director - Mediatonic) from 2021-03-08T21:20:51

Haley is the Brand Communications Director at Tonic Games Group, who have become a huge name in the world of video gaming thanks to the release of Fall Guys. Thro...

Lucy James (Senior Video Producer - GameSpot) from 2021-02-22T19:21:04

Lucy is a Host and Senior Video Producer at GameSpot and after working for the UK division for numerous years, she now calls San Francisco her home!

Zoë Sams (Tools Programmer - Rockstar) from 2021-02-08T20:16:39

Zoë works at Rockstar Games as a Tools Programmer and in this role she helps many of the other teams at Rockstar to do their jobs more efficiently. Given the scal...

Lauren Moses (Community Manager - Code Coven) from 2021-01-25T19:47:16

Lauren hasn’t been in the video games industry for very long, but after switching over from corporate communications, she has made a considerable impact for numer...

Lauren Moses (Community Manager - Code Coven) from 2021-01-25T19:47:16

Lauren hasn’t been in the video games industry for very long, but after switching over from corporate communications, she has made a considerable impact for numer...

Tina Harper (Assistant Producer - Skyhook Studios) from 2021-01-11T18:00:43

Tina is an Assistant Producer at Skyhook Studios, having just joined following a successful stint in QA at PlayStation, where she worked on games like The Last of...

Jay Shin (Director/Co-Founder - Arrogant Pixel) from 2020-11-30T22:36:35

Jay Shin is the co-founder of an independent studio called Arrogant Pixel and she’s also a lecturer on the Games, Design and Animation course at the University of...

Manda Carrington (Game Designer - Codemasters) from 2020-11-16T21:17:52

Manda works for Codemasters as a Game Designer. Over the past year, she’s been hard at work on DiRT5, which has just launched on current generation and next gener...

Mia Ginaé Watkins (Community Outreach Specialist - PlayStation) from 2020-11-02T18:56:07

Mia works for PlayStation as a Community Outreach Specialist and has been with PlayStation for over four years. Having found a passion for video editing during he...

Sally Blake (Senior Producer - No More Robots) from 2020-10-19T18:29:50

Sally has been working in the video games industry now for a decade and spent six years at Ubisoft Reflections. During this time she worked on huge franchises lik...

Melissa Chaplin (Head of Client Strategy - Game if You Are) from 2020-10-05T18:03:47

Melissa is currently the Head of Client Strategy at a marketing and PR agency that specializes in indie games. It’s a role that suits her many skills, but it took...

Melissa Ramsden (Technical Game Designer - Flight School) from 2020-09-21T20:04:23

After spending numerous years working in traditional art, Melissa felt the urge to make a change. It saw her enroll at the Vancouver Film School and after complet...

Sigrid Zeuthen (CEO - Unleash the Giraffe) from 2020-09-07T15:26:59

Sigrid has a wealth of experience within the video games industry, having spent almost five years at Blizzard working as part of the customer support team on Worl...

Elz The Witch (YouTuber/Presenter) from 2020-08-24T18:17:47

After working in IT for numerous years, Elz decided to quit that life and explore her passions for presenting and gaming. It’s seen her become a presenter for BBC...

Kim Belair (Co-Founder/CEO - Sweet Baby Inc) from 2020-08-10T18:37:04

Kim is the co-founder and president of Sweet Baby Inc. a narrative development company that she established in Montreal to help companies tighten up their stories...

Charlotte Sutherland (Cave Monsters - Founder) from 2020-07-13T20:25:02

Charlotte is an industry veteran, having worked in 3D animation for over thirteen years at studios like Rare, Sumo Digital and Traveller’s Tales. It’s seen her wo...

Nareice Wint (Lucid Games Ltd - Associate Producer) from 2020-07-01T11:52:44

Nareice is currently an associate producer at Lucid Games, where she’s working on Destruction AllStars, which was featured during the PlayStation 5 Reveal event! ...

Alice Liguori (VG247 - Video Producer) from 2020-06-15T20:52:08

Alice is currently the Video Producer at VG247, having previously fulfilled similar roles for Rock, Paper, Shotgun and PCGamesN. It was so much fun to talk with h...

Emily Bailey (Antler Studios - Co-Director) from 2020-06-01T20:37:03

Emily is a Co-Director at Antler Studios, an Indie Games company comprised of herself and a few of her classmates she met while studying games design at Brunel University....

Anna Hollinrake (Mediatonic - Principal Artist) from 2020-05-18T21:12:45

I’m really excited to share with you today’s episode as I got to speak with Anna Hollinrake, who’s a Principle Artist at Media Tonic.

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Rebecca Stow (Freelance Video Games Journalist) from 2020-05-04T19:17:05

Rebecca has a really great resume so far, having her work featured on publications like EuroGamer, PushSquare, Tech Radar, Daily Star and that’s just to name a fe...

Keza MacDonald (The Guardian - Video Games Editor) from 2020-04-20T20:26:44

Keza started writing for magazine publications like GamesTM and has since moved from strength to strength with working at publications like Eurogamer, IGN, and Ko...

Lauren Hunter (Square Enix Collective - Producer) from 2020-04-06T20:49:41

Producing is something that has come naturally to Lauren and she found her calling after spending a few years working for the media production company, Hammerhead...

Clarissa Goh (Mighty Bear Games - Chief of Staff) from 2020-03-23T18:11:18

Clarissa started work as an intern at Ubisoft Singapore. Over the years, as her career prospered, she has also seen the wider Singaporean gaming industry flourish...

Mary Kenney (Insomniac Games - Writer) from 2020-03-09T20:28:57

Mary is a gifted writer in the games industry. She’s written for games like The Walking Dead, Dying Light 2, and is currently at Insomniac Games. As with many of ...

Frankie Ward (Gaming/E-Sports Presenter) from 2020-02-24T21:10:43

This week I’m really excited to be talking with Frankie Ward who’s a freelance presenter working in gaming and e-sports.

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Lauren Gaba Flanagan (Theorycraft - Founder, Partner) from 2020-02-12T11:15:12

Lauren is one of the Founders of Theorycraft, a creative and strategic advisory firm for brands who want to reach out and connect with gaming and e-sports fans, h...

Michelle Deco (Localization Editor/ Coordinator) from 2020-01-27T20:43:48

Michelle is a Localization Editor and Coordinator. She also writes short stories and is a voice actor for video games and commercials! We talk about how she got i...

Kelsey Christou (Twitch - Events Marketing Manager, EMEA) from 2020-01-13T20:01:44

Kelsey and I go way back. She has worked her way up into the industry and is now the EMEA Events Marketing Manager for Twitch. In our chat we discuss how she got ...

Anisa Sanusi (Limit Break Mentorship - Founder) from 2019-12-09T19:02:23

Anisa is a UI/UX Designer for Rebel Racing and the founder of Limit Break Mentorship which is a program that offers women and minorities an opportunity to meet in...

Loukia Kyriakidou (Freelance 2D Artist) from 2019-11-25T21:18:30

Loukia Kyriakidou is a Freelance 2D artist with almost a decade of experience within the gaming industry. Lucy went into freelancing straight from university and ...

Jean Leggett (One More Story Games - CEO) from 2019-11-11T21:44:31

Jean is the CEO of 1 More Story Games and in this position she acts as a speaker, mentor, educator and coach. After her husband, Blair's, near death experience th...

Sarah Lynn (Firaxis Games - Producer) from 2019-10-28T20:02:04

Sarah Lynn is currently a producer at Firaxis Games and she's worked on numerous titles including Civilisation VI. Prior to working as a producer, Sarah spent a lot of time working in QA, but al...

Lily and Violet Adams aka Nerd Pirates (Marketing/PR) from 2019-10-14T19:51:18

Lily and Violet founded Nerd Pirates back in 2013 and help their clients with all of their PR and Marketing needs. They've worked on a load of creative projects; one of which was a companion boo...

Debbie Timmins aka Weefz (Content Creator) from 2019-09-30T18:31:43

Debbie Timmins is a content creator producing Streams for Twitch as well as videos for her YouTube Channel, PokeWeefz. I first met Debbie years ago when we were both working on separate websites...

Leanne Bayley (Deep Silver - Senior 2D Artist) from 2019-09-16T20:09:43

Leanne is an Artist currently working as a Senior 2D Artist at Deep Silver but before that she was working with her husband on their mobile title Glyph Quest after they were both out of work rig...

Ashley Riza (Kuato Studios - 3D Artist) from 2019-09-02T19:31:10

Ashley Riza is a 3D Artist currently working at Kuato Studios. She found love working with games working for Dare (a creative agency) 3D visualisations for big brands like BMW and Barclaycard. A...

Ellie Rhodes (Ubisoft - Product Manager) from 2019-08-19T19:09:47

Ellie Rhodes is a Product Manager for Ubisoft. After reading her blog post on Ubisoft's official site, I knew I had to have Ellie Rhodes on our show! Her story is so inspiring as she worked her ...

Sandra Chau (Square Enix - Export Assistant Product Manager) from 2019-08-05T18:53:24

Sandra Chau is an Export Assistant Product Manager for Square Enix.  We first met a few years back at a Final Fantasy Theatrhythm event held at Square Enix's Lond...