“Who Gets to Make Video Games?” is an episode I thoroughly enjoyed producing. As a gamer myself I found the subject matter of equity in the gaming industry as fascinating. Both of the guests featured on this episode had compelling stories I was excited to share with the audience. I pitched the concept and guests for this episode as well as scripted and edited the episode. I also had the pleasure of interviewing the first featured in this episode, Neil Jones.
On this episode, we discuss the lack of representation in the video game industry, from the stories that get told in games to the people who get to make them. While gamers of color are more active than their white counterparts, they still only make up about 13% of the gaming development industry, according to a study by Pew Research.
First, we hear from Neil Jones, a Black video game developer who went independent after struggling for years to break into the industry. Then, host Carla Harris sits down with Damon Packwood, co-founder of Gameheads, a video game industry job training non-profit aimed at preparing marginalized students for work in the lucrative video game industry.
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