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We have an exciting show this week, a great conversation about gaming and diversity with Tanya DePass. I found out about Tanya and #INeedDiverseGames thanks to an article I read on Offworld. I’m conscious that the majority of my guests so far are a bunch of white guys, I’m interested in talking to a diverse set of interesting people from around the world so I thought it would be great to find out more about the “I Need Diverse Games” community with Tanya.
We have a lovely conversation about Tanya’s background as a gamer, both video games and tabletop, her time spent in Japan for studies, her background in computer science and human computer interaction, how #INeedDiverseGames started as an angry tweet from Tanya and grew into a full time activity, her activities as a diversity liaison with conventions like GaymerX and more.
Tanya also co-hosts a gaming audio podcast, Fresh Out of Tokens (iTunes / Stitcher), that I also highly recommend you go check out, there are some great conversations about gaming and with game designers. I’ve listened to a couple of episodes so far and thoroughly enjoyed them.
Some of the information mentioned in this episode:
- Follow Tanya DePass on Twitter or her personal website
- Support Tanya on Patreon
- #I Need Diverse Games on Twitter, Tumblr, Twitch.TV and Facebook
- Contact #I Need Diverse Games via email
- Support #INeedDiverseGames on Patreon
- Fresh Out of Tokens podcast (iTunes / Stitcher)
- “In fantasy worlds, Historical Accuracy is a lie” about representation in Dragon Age by Tanya DePass
- Tanya interviewed on Gadgette
- Tanya on the Unconsoleable Podcast
- Dungeons & Dragons tabletop RPG
- Classic games
- ColecoVision
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
- Bioware Dragon Age (video game series)
- Mass Effect (video game series)
- Civilization (video game series)
- XCOM (video game series)
- Secret of Mana
- Les Voix d’Altaride
- Dance Dance Revolution
- Roll20 Virtual tabletop gaming tools
- Big Eyes, Small Mouth RPG
- Anima RPG
- Underground RPG
- Cards Against Humanity
- Settlers of Catan
- Deus Ex Human Revolution
- Dujanah on Kickstarter
- Aurion: Legend of the Kori Odan on Kickstarter
- SFCO (Formerly Geek Bar Chicago)
- Paizo Publishing
- Chicago Nerd Social Club
- The Big Bang Theory (sitcom)
- IndieCade
- GaymerX
- Breyers Ice Cream
- Cold Stone Creamery
- Cheerios TV commercial
- Mafia III
- Uncharted (video game series)
- Tom Clancy’s The Division