Fresh out of Tokens

Liam Esler disproves his twitter bio of all style and no substance during his visit with us!

Episode Summary

We chatted about diversity, a bit about GX Australia, challenges of diversifying in an international context and more.

Episode Notes

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 Broken' Bothered me so much - from David's Patreon

Questions for Liam

From @annatarkov:

Is it a burden to be so ridiculously good-looking?

Did you major in selfies in uni?

Who are you wearing?

What we’re playing:

Liam: oh god I don’t have time for games

Tanya: Witcher 3: Blood and Wine DLC

David: Fallout 4, Morrowind (I haven’t really had time to play either, but I’ve been engaged with them in the way that I’ve been thinking about them a lot)

Where to find our guest online

Twitter: @liamesler // @gxaustralia

Game Devs of Welly talk

GDC Talk (Vault access required)

Where to find your hosts online:

Tanya D. - @cypheroftyr // @INeedDivGms

Twitch: twitch.tv/cypheroftyr // twitch.tv/INeedDivGames

Patreon: patreon.com/INeedDivGms // patreon.com/cypheroftyr

David L. Reeves - @RedConversation

Twitch: twitch.tv/red_conversation

Patreon: patreon.com/redconversation