GoGCast 124: Interview with Kathryn Storm of Xbox, Women in Gaming and Geek Girl Con

This week, we chat with a woman who wears many hat in the gaming industry: Kathryn Storm. She is an Interaction Designer at Xbox, Communications Lead for Women in Gaming and the Video Games Coordinator for Geek Girl Con. We chat with her about her many roles and what makes her so passionate about games.

This week in news: Leah and Ali give us quick reviews of Hey Pikmin and Miitopia, comparing the cityscapes of The Witcher 3, Dark Souls and Bloodborne to medieval paintings and Indie Up! The first wave of Xbox Live Creators Program games are available now.

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GoGCast 123: Interview with Tina Nawrocki, 2D animator on Cuphead

We chat with Tina Nawrocki, a Toronto based 2D animator who is currently working on the much anticipated Cuphead. Cuphead’s style is based on 1930’s cartoons and it uses the same animation techniques: cell shading and watercolour backgrounds, mixing traditional animation with challenging gameplay. Tina shares with us her experience working with Studio MDHR and more.

This week in news: Update on the current state of the upcoming Stardew Valley multiplayer mode, Dark Horse releases a Witcher 3 (very) adult colouring book and Bioware Montreal is officially absorbed by EA Motive.

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GoGCast 122: Interview with Dan Paradis of Watchmojo

We dive into the world of video listicles with Dan Paradis, host and senior editor for the video game department at Watchmojo. We chat about his work at Watchmojo, his experience at E3 2017, his favourite games and what he’s playing at the moment.

This week in news: Yeezys in Splatoon 2, Walmart cancels all SNES Classic Mini pre-orders, study finds that hard core video game players do not have emotionally blunted brains and some Pokémon Fest attendees are filing a suit against Niantic.

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GoGCast 121: Geek Girls Film - Interview with Gina Hara

This week, we catch up with film maker Gina Hara, whom we first met when she released Your Place or Minecraft?, to talk about her new documentary titled Geek Girls. She delves into the world of professional gamers, cute dresses, fake names, and death threats. In Geek Girls, viewers will a peek into the complexities of community and ostracization as we explore this lesser known half of fan culture.

This Week in News: Psychologist says rush to pathologize ‘video game addiction’ is dangerous and not based on actual science, the Destiny 2 beta is out and so is the Nintendo Voice App.

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GoGCast 120: Montreal Comiccon 2017 Recap

We attended the 9th edition of the Montreal Comiccon and share our highlights of the all geek event: game demos, panels, celebrity Q&A, shopping and more.

Nintendo, WB Games and PlayStation were on site with great games to play, the latter having the Call of Duty: World War II demo playable for the first time in Canada. The Indie Game Zone was revamped and better than ever. The Artist Alley was bursting with talented artists and crafters and, like every year, the cosplay was on point.

Check out girlsongames.ca for photos and highlights from Montreal Comiccon.

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GoGCast 119: Empowering Game Devs - Interview with Unity Montreal

If you’ve played a video game, you’ve most likely seen “Made with Unity” during a loading screen. Unity is a cross-platform video game engine that is notably quite popular with indie developers. We sat down with Shanti Gaudreault, Lead Developer at Unity Montreal, to talk about not only their technology but also the company’s involvement in Canada’s video game scene.

This week in news: Cuphead is not coming to PS4, Amazon UK Says “No” to Potential Console Scalpers and SDGQ launches their yearly charity marathon.

The Game Theorist video mentioned by Leah: The TRAGIC Birth of BENDY! | Culture Shock (Bendy and the Ink Machine)

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GoGCast 118: Interview with Amelia Carter, Partnership Lead at Mixer

We go behind the scenes at Mixer for this episode of the GoGCast! We chat with Amelia Carter, aka Graphoniac, Partnership Lead at Mixer. One of the first paid hire at what was previously Beam, she shares how she landed the gig, gives us more details about how Mixer tackles partnerships, how the team have been handling the rapid growth of the community especially after the launch of the Xbox app and E3 and finally gives us a glimpse of what’s next for the streaming platform.

This week in news: Axed Star Fox 2 makes its legit debut on the SNES Classic and Sony confirms there will be a PlayStation 5.

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GoGCast 117: A fan’s perspective on E3 2017

Was it a good idea to let 15,000 consumers attend an industry trade show? We take one last look back at E3 2017 as Ali attended the event and shares her experience: Xbox Fanfest, the E3 showfloor, game demos, line-up, organisation, security and crowd control.

This week in news: Pokémon Go is a year old and getting updates, the N64 turns 21, the Steam Summer Sale is on and someone built a life size Super Mario Bros augmented reality game using the Hololens.

Check out the reviews mentioned in this episode: ARMS and Shadow of Mordor.

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GoGCast 116: E3 2017 Round-up

All aboard the hype train! E3 2017 just wrapped up and we're bringing you our round-up. After the last conference and after the show floor officially opened, we took to Mixer for this special live edition of the GoGCast. We go over every conference and share what we liked and what we didn't. We also took to chat to get your two cents on this year's edition of E3.

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GoGcast 115: Interview with Team Sailor Scouts

Fight like a girl! We chat esports and Overwatch with Stephi, aka Halokitty, Co-captain of Team Sailor Scouts. This Montreal based all female competitive Overwatch team are heading to Dreamhack Montreal thanks to a successful Indiegogo campaign! Stephi talks about how they met, what sparked the idea to form a competitive team and what’s next for Team Sailor Scouts.

This week in news: Nintendo’s solution to Splatoon 2 team chat is a dongle and way too many wires and we chat E3 2017 news, rumours and predictions.

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