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Goddess in Gaming is an advocate for Women in Games. Listen to a series of interviews with female leaders in the gaming industry and community. Through their stories and experiences you'll learn a little bit about life and a lot about the gaming industry! Twitter: @goddessingaming Instagram: @goddessingaming Special thanks to Jason Moreno for creating the logo! Contact: jmoreno1974@gmail.com
Tara J. Brannigan is a passionate advocate for the role of player experience in game development. Tara has worked in Seattle, New Zealand, Germany, the Netherlands, and most recently Canada. She’s worked in everything from QA to Productions to Sales, and finally to her current role as Head of Player Experience at Behaviour Interactive.
When she’s not working, Tara can be found whittling away at her crushing Steam backlog, tinkering on jewelry projects, contributing to the excess of cat pics on the internet, and spending too much time on Twitter (@kindofstrange).
Recorded: 12/09/2022
Tara's Contact:
- KindOfStrange
Much gratitude to The Halp Network for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Becky Allen has been working in audio for media and gaming for over 25 years.
She received her MFA in computer music at California Institute of the Arts that set her on a course of audio exploration through technology. She started in the industry at Microsoft working on various multimedia and gaming projects as an Audio Lead and then to Soundelux DMG, where she worked on the business side for over 13 years.
She then went back to Seattle and worked at PopCap Games, where she was Audio Director on PVZ Heroes, contributed music on Peggle 2 and many others.
She started the Diversity and Inclusion initiative through the Game Audio Network Guild, when she was Vice President in 2019.
After 6 years at PopCap, she became Senior Audio Producer on Halo Infinite and is now Audio Director at a new AAA start up company, Twin Suns Corp
Recorded: 10/30/2022
Becky Allen Contact: Beckyallenella@gmail.com
Much gratitude to The Halp Network for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Melissa Smith has been making art for games since 2008 across multiple studios including Santa Monica Studio, Insomniac Games, Vigil Games as well as a handful of indie teams and more recently having joined Riot games.
She has crafted worlds across a variety of universes including God of War 2018, Ragnarok(PS4, PS5,) Ratchet and Clank(PS4,) Sunset Overdrive(XBOX One,) and Darksiders I & II(PS3.)
She builds worlds for games that aim to heighten a sense of immersion and depth to player experiences.
She brings her passion for collaboration and novelty to innovate on the teams she's on - big or small.
A veteran in her craft, she still continues to pursue new frontiers and challenges through continually putting herself in a learning mindset.
Recorded: 10/3/2022
Melissa's Contact Info:
- Email Address: mel.mel.smith@gmail.com
Much gratitude to The Halp Network for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Julia Bianco Schoeffling is the author of The Art and Business of Acting for Video Games, the industry's first such guide.
As the COO and Casting Director at The Halp Network, she specializes in voice and performance capture casting for future technology including video games, AR/VR, new media, location-based entertainment, and beyond.
Casting credits include:
- Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
- The Outerworlds
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
- Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond VR
- Tell Me Why featuring the first playable transgender character in a video game.
She is a Co-Chair of the Dialogue and Performance Track of GameSoundCon, the world's largest conference on audio for video games and interactive media, a member of BAFTA and has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Backstage, and Wired Magazine.
Recorded: 10/5/2022
Julia's Contact Information:
- Julia B S LinkedIn
- The Halp Network
- Julia B S Casting
- Personal Website
Much gratitude to The Halp Network for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Judy Alice Lee is an actor, musician, and recording engineer. She is a Korean American bicultural product of Los Angeles and a UCLA graduate whose work spans from voice acting to audio post production. Her voice can be heard as Specialist Seraph (sar-rif) in the Call of Duty Universe, Krass / Ram Ma'am in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Olivia in Sharkdog, Yun Jin in Genshin Impact, and in many other animation, video game, audiobook, and dubbing projects. Her Engineering and Editorial credits include Ghost of Tsushima, The Last of Us: Part II, Marvel's Spider-Man, the Call of Duty franchise, and many other interactive projects. When she's not recording dialogue on one side of the glass or the other, Judy enjoys playing video games, exploring VR, producing music, reading speculative fiction, and constantly improving her broadcast quality StudioBricks home studio.
Recorded: 9/12/2022
Judy's Contact Details:
Representation: Dean Panaro Talent
Website: JudyAliceLee.com
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10184358/
Twitter: @judyalicelee
IG: @judyaliceleeMuch gratitude to The Halp Network for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Alicia Dara is a nationally recognized speech and presentation coach based in Seattle. She has helped thousands of people including CEO’s, Global VPs, Executive Directors and Presidential candidates break through blocks, find their Power Voice, and put it to work. Her most popular training is Power Voice for Career Women, which helps women strengthen their voices, clarify their messaging, and push back against workplace sexism. Corporate clients include Microsoft, Amazon, Kimpton Hotels, Planned Parenthood, The Riveter, and Carhartt. Private clients include the National Women's Political Caucus, the Female Founders Alliance, and members of Amazon, Facebook, Merrill Lynch, Seattle Trade Commission, Windermere, and Twitter.
Recorded: 9/7/2022
Alicia's Contact Information
- Alicia Dara Website
- Alicia Dara Instagram
- Alicia Dara LinkedIn
- Alicia Dara Twitter
Much gratitude to The Halp Network for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Tanya DePassis the founder & Director of I Need Diverse Games, Producer & Cast Member on Rivals of Waterdeep, a partnered Twitch variety broadcaster, and RPG developer/writer/consultant. She’s the Creator & Creative Director for Into the Mother Lands RPG, as well as a Senior Annenberg Civics Media Fellow at USC. Additionally she’s part of the Inaugural TGA Future Class of 2020. She was also named as one of Gamers of the Year 2020 by Kotaku along with three of her contemporaries. She was also invited to the Xbox MVP program in February 2021.
Her work to make the industry more inclusive has been highlighted inGame Changer, Directed by Tina Charles.
Contact info: tanya@bridgesixglobal.com // Agent: jessica@bridgesixglobal.com
Twitter/Instagram/TikTok/Twitch:cypheroftyr
Recorded: 6/22/2022
Much gratitude to The Halp Network www.halpnet.com for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Shelby Moledina is the Co-founder, COO, and Game Director at Double Loop Games. Formerly of WBGames and DeNA, she has worked in games for over 20 years, and has worked in mobile for 8+ years. She's a lifelong gamer, loves to draw, bake pies, play RPGs, and cuddle cute things.
Recorded: 6/16/2022
Much gratitude to The Halp Network www.halpnet.com for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Shelby's Contact Info:
Twitter: @shelbymoledina
linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelbymoledina/
Alyx Jones is Post Production Lead at Liquid Violet, a company that provides Voice Production for Video Games. Her most recent work includes Elden Ring, Arcane, Bloodhunt and Borderlands 3.
Alyx also works as a freelance composer for games, as well as a game audio journalist for The Sound Architect.
She has a huge passion for increasing diversity within game audio which led her to become an ambassador for Women in Games, as well as being on the Committee for Limit Break.
Last year she was a judge for the Audio Achievement category of the BAFTA Games Awards, and this year judged Best Original Video Game Score for the Ivor Novello Awards.
Alyx also has a lot of love for the Guildford Games Community and helps to organize meetups and game jams, as well as mentoring the next generation of game audio talent!
Recorded: 5/23/2022
Much gratitude to The Halp Network www.halpnet.com for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Alyx's contact info:
Emali: Alyxjones@hotmail.com
Website: www.alyxjones.co.uk
Social Media:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyxjones/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Alyx_Jones
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/metallexa/
Dr. Marisol Capellan is an internationally recognized and award-winning educator and coach. She is a lecturer at the Miami Herbert Business School, a leadership and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion speaker and trainer, and a certified executive coach. Her passion is to increase the representation of Women in positions of power.
Dr. Capellan has trained companies and coached executives on mindset, leadership and diversity, equity & inclusion. She has coached employees from Google, Salesforce, Warner Media, BlackRock, The Lending Club Corporation, UC Berkeley, and others. She has delivered workshops for NBC Universal, American Tower Corporation, Universidad Andres Bello, Universidad ESAN Graduate Business School, Universidad Iberoamericana and more. She was featured as an Unstoppable Woman on NBC Universal’s Telemundo Latina 2021 list. Also, in 2021, she won a Public Voices Fellowship Award, the prestigious Women in Leadership and Empowerment Award from the South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Recorded: 5/11/2022
Much gratitude to The Halp Network www.halpnet.com for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Dr. Marisol's contact info:
Email: coaching@marisolcapellan.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marisolcapellan/
Valerie (she/they), also known by VRL, is an LA-based voice actor, musician, and creative.
They rose to prominence in VO after receiving a BAFTA Nomination for playing Edith Finch in the critically acclaimed What Remains of Edith Finch. They have also starred in Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Tower of God, Smite, and many more. In 2022, Valerie starred in the magical farming simulator Wylde Flowers, as the titular heroine Tara Wylde.
On camera, Valerie has appeared in the films Intrepid, She Comes in Colors Everywhere, and the TV Shows Cousins for Life, and Game Shakers, both on Nickelodeon.
Valerie is also an established TikTok creator, with just under 100k followers. She is known for her comedy content, parodying popular Film and TV shows.
She will be releasing her debut EP this year.
Much gratitude to The Halp Network www.halpnet.com for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Valerie's contact info:
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@valerieroselohman?fromUrl=%2Fvalerieroselohman⟨=en
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valerieroselohman/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/valerielohman
- Website: https://www.valerieroselohman.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValerieRoseLohman/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ValerieRose6
Chloe Carter is an Animator by trade and curious by nature. She’s been working in gaming for close to 15 years, on both Development and Marketing teams. She is currently an Art Lead and Animator.
In late 2019 She came out as a trans woman while working at a large developer, and has since been involved heavily in transgender inclusion practices and generally de-toxifying the industry/culture in gaming.
It’s a hell of a clean up job, but luckily she’s a starry eyed romantic who thinks it just might be possible.
Much gratitude to The Halp Network www.halpnet.com for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Recorded May 18, 2022
Chloe's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chloejcarter/
Trans Game Dev group: https://www.transgame.dev/
Trans Game Dev Discord Server: https://www.transgame.dev/
Trans Game Dev Twitter: @transgamedev
Trans Advocacy - Translash Media: https://translash.org/
Chase Strangio is a Trans ACLU lawyer Twitter: @chasestrangio
Whitney 'Strix' Beltrán is on a journey to tend the soul of the world, and help make it a better place. She does this through her craft as a Narrative Director, through her diversity, equity, and inclusion advocacy work, and through her and her husbands private high-intervention mentoring program for minority games professionals.
Strix, is a multiple award winning narrative designer, and narrative director for AAA video games. She is currently the Project Narrative Director at Hidden Path Entertainment where she heads the narrative on a AAA Dungeons and Dragons video game project in partnership with Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast.
Much gratitude to The Halp Network www.halpnet.com for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Recorded Jan 30, 2022
Strix Contact:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/whitney-beltran
Twitter: twitter.com/the_strix
Website: strixwerks.com/
Amanda Forest, is one of the founders of a Bay Area studio, Paradox Tectonic, a subsidiary of Paradox Interactive. She has been programming for the Video Game Industry for multiple-decades AND she's has authored two bestselling book series in the LitRPG genre writing as "Carrie Summers".
This episode is particularly special since Amanda is one of a handful of women engineers in the Video Game industry.
Much gratitude to The Halp Network www.halpnet.com for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Recorded Jan 17, 2022
Paradox Tectonic
Amanda's Contact:
Email: manda.forrest@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carriesummersauthor
Lauren Brown is an Emmy-Award Winning Illustrator, Art Director, and Concept Artist living in Austin, TX. She's currently an Art Director at Wildseed Games. She's the type of leader who leads with kindness and prioritizes mental health for herself and her teams.
Additionally, she's an advocate for underrepresented artists through the Black Zynga Union.
Much gratitude to The Halp Network www.halpnet.com for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Recorded Jan 17, 2022
Contact info:
http://labillustration.com
Insta: @labillustration
Twitter: @labillustration
#drawingwhileblack #IamPOCinPlay
When it comes to game storytelling, Ashley's focus is always on the player experience, and how interactivity can create opportunities for players to tell their own stories within the framework of games.
The podcast I reference twice in this episode is the Tara Brach podcast -launched Dec 30, 2021 episode "Loving Ourselves into Healing - Part 3
Much gratitude to The Halp Network www.halpnet.com for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Recorded Jan 2, 2022
Contact info:
@ashleyruhls on Twitter
ashleyruhl.gamedev@gmail.com
Voice over, motion capture and on-camera actor, Shelby Young is wildly spirited and living her best life doing what she is destined to do- Act!
Much gratitude to The Halp Network www.halpnet.com for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Recorded Jan 4, 2022
Shelby's Contact:
Website; shelby-young.com
IMDB: imdb.me/shelbyyoung
TikTok: @shelbyyoung
Twitter: @shelby_young
Instagram: @shelbyhyoung
To hire Shelby as an Actor contact https://voxusa.net/ her agent Michaela Hicks
Head of Publishing and Marketing at HiDef, Jen Donahoe is disrupting the game industry's traditional practices by creating diverse and inclusive teams whose underrepresented voices unlock the creativity of the next generation of game creators and players.
Much gratitude to The Halp Network www.halpnet.com for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Recorded Sept 22, 2021
Jen's Contact:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jenniferdonahoe
HiDef: http://hidef.com/
Head of Production at Midwinter Entertainment, Mary Olson is a trenches leader who prioritizes clear messaging and goals, she approaches problems with creativity, and is a strength finder who leverages the power of what her teams are great at .
Much gratitude to The Halp Network www.halpnet.com for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Recorded Sept 23, 2021
Mary's Contact:
mary@midwinter.net
Twitter: @modularmarebear
Instagram: @orasund
Morla Gorrondona is a career Video Game Actor and someone who eternally learning, growing and appreciating life.
Much gratitude to The Halp Network www.halpnet.com for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Recorded Sept 06, 2021
Twitter: @actor_morla
Instagram: @MorlaVox
To hire Morla as an Actor contact https://voxusa.net/ her agent Michaela Hicks
Executive Director of Global Game Jam, CEO and principal consultant of Geogrify, and Board Member of Take This, Kate Edwards is endlessly curious and undeniably passionate about the Video Game Industry, where it is headed, and helping to influence it's direction.
Twitter: @goddessingaming
Much gratitude to The Halp Network www.halpnet.com for sponsoring this episode of Goddess in Gaming.
Recorded Sept 10, 2021
Playstation showcase reference is from Sept 09, 2021
Kate Edwards Contact:
Twitter: @geogrify @globalgamegam
https://setjetters.com/
https://globalgamejam.org/
Take This, Inc.
Megan McDonald has a long history working in the Video Game Industry for blockbuster titles as a Producer. She recently helped develop and ship Call of Duty Vanguard as a Producer/Development Director. In this episode you'll learn all about what she faces day to day and how she tackles anything that comes her way.
Many thanks to the The Halp Network https://halpnet.com/ for sponsoring this episode.
Recorded Sept 11, 2021