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In this episode, I spoke to Jsajm Quino, Senior Brand Manager at Behaviour Interactive, about forging tiny knives during the lockdown, our shared love of dancing, and being a brand manager in a room full of white peers.

In this episode, I spoke to Rami Ismail about his love of aviation. We talk about the beauty of defying gravity, how you can fly with glasses, and the inability of the games industry to maintain institutional knowledge.

In this episode, I spoke to Vladislav Tsypljak, Co-founder & CCO of Neon Doctrine, about his previous career as a professional ballet dancer with a little bonus story about how he found out he was part Japanese when he was 16.

We continue the Asian game dev interview series with Diandra Lasrado, Senior Narrative Designer for World of Warcraft.  We talk about immigrant parents' pressure to succeed, not wanting to live around your fellow diaspora, and being part of a Catholic Indian minority!

This week I had, Stella Chung, Host/Producer at IGN, on the pod to talk about, learning to embrace being Asian, having mixed feelings about Kpop, and the challenge of being a visible Asian woman in games.

Continuing the Asian game devs in the west interview series, I spoke to Raj Patel, Senior Brand Manager at Relic Entertainment, about watching Bollywood movies on discord, racial identity as a tag rather than a category, and convincing people with memes.

In this interview, I spoke to Matt Kim, News Editor at IGN, about him growing up in two cultures, the silk road giving Asia a common thread and the future of Asian representation in games.

In this week's episode, I spoke to Stephan Akana, Sr. Global Brand Manager at KanaRey Production, about growing up happa, working for a Japanese game company as an Asian American, and the importance of doing things that make you happy.

Next up on the Asians working in games interview series is May Ling Tan.  She tells us about working in France without speaking any French, how to lead with kindness, and getting fridge magnets for your friends.