We bring on David Xu, Product Manager from Riot to share thoughts on how League of Legions: Wild Rift is growing and how the team is growing the game on mobile! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Xbox and Microsoft had a lot to prove going into this E3, after the showing they put on today, there is no doubt who is in the next-gen lead for 2021 and moving forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Guerilla collective brought some heat this week with a fantastic indie showcase. I share some of my favorites in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Devolver brought the heat with the Maxpass + show. Fantastic games combined with the funniest conference of E3! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gaming Illuminaughty's The Black Hokage joins us to talk about his 15+ years of being a content creator. How to market yourself and know your self-worth. He shared thoughts on how to keep yourself in good circles and how content creation has changed. Make sure you check out his work here https://allmylinks.com/theblackhokage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Award-winning actor and VO artist Eli Harris joins me this week to talk about how the Voice Over landscape has changed. His love of gaming and his want to do more in the AAA space. Head to iameliharris.com to find more of his work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week we talk about the fantastic gaming news that dropped this week around Horizon Forbidden West, Dying Light 2, Farcry 6, and other cool stuff. I also share some thoughts and feelings around why I wish my industry peers would be more thoughtful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
*EDITORS NOTE* THIS WEEK WE HAD SOME CONNECTIVITY ISSUES WITH JASON'S CONNECTION SO THERE ARE SOME SKIPS IN HIS AUDIO. I DIDN'T WANT TO SCRAP THE SHOW BUT I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LACK OF OUR USUAL QUALITY This week we bring on Jason Schreier of Bloomberg News to talk about his NYT Bestselling book "Press Reset". How he's learned to deal with the internet mob and why extending olive branches is still a good thing to do. We also give some of our industry peers some love for standing up for Palestine. ...
Last week I had the privilege of checking out a preview of Bethesda's upcoming highly anticipated game Deathloop. In this special episode, I'll share thoughts on the world, characters, combat, and much more from the preview. You can also check out the youtube version of this episode at youtube.com/spawnonme Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week I talk about the very cool Ratchet and Clank Preview I went to and why the game is already in contention for the game of the year. I also give my review of Resident Evil Village and talk about some cool things Spawn On Me will be doing with Hitman 3 very soon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week Jason Ronald, Director of Project Management from the Xbox team joins us to talk all about how things have gone from launch. How the multiple teams have come together to deliver on Game Pass, FPS Boost, Smart Delivery and Backwards compatibility. What those tech advances not only mean for the future of Xbox, but how they affect things like the archival of older games while giving them new life. In the 411 this week we talk about PlayStation investing in Discord and what looks like the ...
Wallace Santos, CEO of Maingear PC's joins us this week to talk about his journey and into the PC space and how he's built his amazing company. We talk about gear shortages, games, and how he turned his hobby into a career. Go check out more of their gear at maingear.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week we bring on Scott Broadie and Xalavier Nelson Jr. to talk about their new game We are the Caretakers. We talk about how they built their studio, why making a game about poaching is important and how they are looking to make waves with this afrofuturistic strategy game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this special episode, we talk with General Manager, Gaming & eSports, Marcus Kennedy; Kim Pallister, General Manager, Gaming Solutions Team and Jamie Sherman, PhD - Social Research Scientist to talk about the new beta of a tool called "Bleep" made by Intel who's function is to help remove levels of toxic speech in real-time during online gaming sessions. We talked about the ideas behind the technology and why it was created. The work that went into trying to make the data behind it as com...
This week we find out the fate of E3 and it sounds it is coming back. We also talk about Twitch's new policy changes and how its looking to stop harassment that happens off it's platform. Huge thank you to our sponsor PUBG MOBILE for supporting the show. Check out the latest version of the game with this link https://pubgmobile.live/SoMep4A And we've got some awesome in-game content for you to get your hands on too!! Use these codes over at https://www.pubgmobile.com/redeem BKKQZBZCNT BKKPZBZXVT...
This week Senior Director of ID@XBOX Chris Charla joins us to talk about his journey in the gaming industry. His work in the indie space via XBOX's team and how indie games have so vastly changed in the past 10 years. Huge thank you to our sponsor PUBG MOBILE for supporting the show. Check out the latest version of the game with this link https://pubgmobile.live/SoMep3A And we've got some awesome in-game content for you to get your hands on too!! Use these codes over at https://www.pubgmobile.co...
This week we dig into the controversy, angst, and confusion surrounding the tactical shooter and documentary videogame Six Days in Fallujah. We break down the fantastic Ryan McCaffery IGN interview that featured developers Peter Tamte and Jaime Griesemer. Talk about the obstacles they have in bringing home the vision they are trying to share. Why I agree with some of the anger we're seeing and why I think some of the calls to not cover a game like this don't do the industry any good. We also cov...
We are joined by Niantic Lab's Head of Diversity and Inclusion to talk about her journey in the gaming industry. How the process of D&I needs to be updated to better fit the cultures we interact with and much more!! Huge thank you to our sponsors PUBG Mobile, Check out their latest game by clicking the link here!! https://pubgmobile.live/SoMep1A Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The multidimensional and multi-talented Christian Spicer joins us to talk about his new and amazing comic book kickstarter called Consequences. We also dig into the Meyers Leonard controversy and our excitement about some upcoming games. Go support the kickstarter here - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/christianspicer/consequences-comic-book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Twitch recently shared their transparency report so we asked them to come on the show to talk about it! Guests DJ Wheat and VP of Trust and Safety, Angela Hession join me this week. We also give some love to DLC podcast host and friend of the show Christian Spicer who's launching his own comic book on kickstarter. Check it out here: https://www.twitch.tv/p/en/legal/transparency-report/ Christian Spicer kickstarter - http://kck.st/3r7qlh5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...
This week we share thoughts on the death of EA's Anthem, talk about our excitement for the new Outriders game demo and discuss the repercussions of President Biden trying to nail down the USA's semiconductor shortage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week is a short one with a breakdown of what was shown during the latest Nintendo Direct and we dig into some super cool things the Xbox team is working to make gamer's lives better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vice correspondent, Dexter Thomas joins us to talk about their new show called "Reset" which digs into some of the biggest and most important stories in gaming. We dig into how Dexter got into the game and talk about the importance of showcasing games on a news channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We chat with the COO of Ahead Money Kimberly Morgan, ESPN/MSG analyst Monica McNutt and music industry savant Wayno to talk about our upcoming co-sponsored event around financial literacy in the Black community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The crew from LatinXinGaming join us this week to talk about the missing links between gaming and Latin culture, and how they are making a change in that space. We then dig into why Ninja's cowardice in tackling important subjects about race helps a growing problem amongst big named streamers repping the industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week we get an exclusive interview with Forest Swartout Large from IO Interactive to talk about Hitman 3. I share some thoughts about the Resident Evil: Villiage demo and my time as POGCHAMP on Twitch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week our guest is Leo Olebe, Global Director of Games Partnerships at Facebook Gaming to talk about their new Black content creator program. I also share thoughts about Twitch's POGCHAMP campaign. What it means to be picked for it, how the process works, and what does hyper-visibility mean for Black creators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week we dig into a conversation around the American Insurrection of and sieging of the US Capitol Building (I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST WROTE THIS) and the removal of Gootecks as the face of Twitch's POGCHAMP emote. We also give some love to all of you for helping us build our new studio. #KAH4POGCHAMP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this week's episode, Brookago member BlackJak asks the question - What do you want to more of in the gaming space? Want to have your voice mail answered on an upcoming show? Head to speakpipe.com/spawnonme to send one in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week we have a special episode featuring our fam Brian Smawley aka Chef Lu Bu of Georgia's Battle and Brew to talk about the Georgia senate runoff election and how it has affected locals like himself and the gaming community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
