Fresh out of Tokens

Audio of the PAX Unplugged panel I moderated about not having racism in your TTRPG settings, games or in your table.

This is it y'all, the final episode of Fresh Out of Tokens. It's been two years, 95 episodes, numerous amazing guests but it's time to say farewell.

Ian Hamilton, one of the co-founders of the Game Accessibility Conference came by to talk about accessibility in games, GA Conf, things devs can do better to account for accessibility and more.

We talk to Catt Small and Chris Algoo return to talk about this years Game Developers of Color Expo, what prompted them to create the event with other folks at Brooklyn Gamery, work/life balance either with a dayjob or as a freelancer and more.

Bio Fan Official comes back to talk about Mass Effect: Andromeda, same sex romances in the game, what's lacking & what's good re: queer content and more!

We chat with Renee Blair of Bosskey about her work, accessibility in games, level design and Lawbreakers!

We're finally sitting down with Justin Saint, known as GaymerQueen for their amazing queer cosplays to talk about Asian representation, Mass Effect Andromeda, their role in Krem's creation and more!

The amazing Zoe Quinn hangs out with our EIC Tanya to talk about the new game based off Chuck Tingle's works, new book that's out soon, becoming a cyborg and more.

Kyle-Steven Porter drops by to discuss FlameCon, his own podcast about RuPaul's Drag Race, photography and LGBTQIA geek spaces.

We had a visit from the fine folks behind Fansplaining to talk about fandom, gaming, fic and more as Tanya turns the tables after a visit to their show

We finally had a chance to chat up Dylan Zaner, also known as 8BitDylan about that out stream life, creating an inclusive twitch community and more.

Souha Al-Samkari, VP of Truant Pixels joins us to talk about Akash Game, Otome life, a bit of fanning out over Bioware games and more.

Laura Simpson talks tabletop, LARP, UX design and getting ready to launch a Kickstarter

Vivek Bhurtun and Roy van der Schilden join us to talk about the upcoming Herald Game from Wispfire studios, casting voice actors and dealing with imperialism in the 19th century. Vivek voices the games protagonist and Roy is the lead writer.

Avonelle Wing talked to us about her work in tabletop, Double Exposure, gaming conventions, her own organization the Cred Bureau and more!

We finally got Quinn Murphy behind the mic with us to talk about tabletop, Kaiju, hip hop and Five Fires, as well as other topics.

We had Lee Flores with us to talk about art, D&D, diversity at GX Australia, their hopes for this years event and the Aussie convention scene

Deb Budding returns for our first episode of 2017 to talk about her podcast NeuroCurious, Bioware games (of course!) and how mental health has been portrayed in games since her last visit with us.

Laura Kate Dale joins us to talk about games journalism, fine videogame butts, the best sex game of the year and more on our final episode of 2016

Shareef talked up his new venture, Math Looks Good as well as discussing race in games, hip hop and coding, podcast flubs and more with our EIC Tanya

We spoke with Joe Parlock of Let's Play Video Games about gaming journalism, the Division, how games coverage doesn't talk much about disability, streaming and more.

We spoke with Chris Spivey of Darker Hue Studios about his upcoming Kickstarter for Harlem Renaissance, diversity or the lack of it in tabletop, being a mystery man of many NDA's and more!

Zack and Katy dropped by to talk about their podcast, True Love Gaming, co-op play and video game food.

Good friend Rhadamus came by to talk about his GX4 talk on Asian representation or the lack thereof, cosplay, diversity, podcasting and more.

Listen in as EIC Tanya sits down with Senior Black Writer Charles Webb about Mafia III, race in games and more in this special, collectors edition of Fresh Out of Tokens

Sam and Alisha of Not Your Mama's Gamer dropped by to discuss their work, academic research in gaming, Invisibility Blues and more with us!

We spoke with Dave Fennoy about voice acting, voicing Lee Everett, the possible VA strike that could come to video games, race in voice acting and more in this week's episode.

The one and only Mike Moody who you know from our intro music finally joins us to talk about making music, Disney nerddom, and other hot topics.

Leisha Riddel led us through Project Solace, game art, public speaking and more during her visit with us this week!

Kotaku's Riley MacLeod talked about games, writing, freelance, studying theology and other things with us

We had a Magical time chatting up Chris Kluwe about gaming, life and his upcoming projects in this fun filled hour and change.

The devil was in the details, when it came to Magic, D&D and other childhood pastimes for Tim. We talked about the loss of our fave games and cards because of parental beliefs and more with Tim.

Jarryd Huntley challenged us in Art Club, talked about dev diversity and more

Aaron J Amendola dropped by to talk about diversity in Geek spaces, VS The Universe and the Chicago nerd scene

Jennifer Hepler joined us for talk about her games writing work, Dragon Age 2, Breaking the Glass Level Cap and more.

Applecider witch came by to update us on what's been going on since Justice Points ended, the importance of Ana in Blizzard's Overwatch, and wanting more ladies in our games.

It's Lit with UGR Gaming! Brandon Stennis stopped by to talk about Twitch, XSplit, TwitchCon and more.

GCPD Matt joined us to explain the GCPD, talk up comics and SFF and just a bit about PAC Man!

We talked about Easy Level Life, navigating gaming as a black femme, black lives matter, and the lack of representation and more with Yvvy along with guest co-host JP Fairfield

We discusss Uncanny & Unbelievable X-Factor of GeekMelange, along with representation or the lack of it, conventions and fire spinning among other things.

Lauren, Shannon and Tanya get comfy for a girl's night in to discuss gatekeeping, nerd social fallacies, being black women in nerd spaces, podcasting and more.

David's flying solo behind the mic this week as he chats with Johnnie Jae of a Tribe Called Geek about indigenous representation in geek culture and beyond.

Marcus Garrett came through to talk about PUGs, Overwatch, diversity and the need for better representation in all aspects of gaming.

Our fave Hearthstone streamer and Mega Man officiando Steve Lubitz returns to talk with us about E3, Mega Man, VR and more!

Todd Harper, aka @laevantine took us to school on a lot of topics; including body diversity, fat characters in videogames, LGBTQIA issues in gaming, Bayo Studies and more.

Sammus the Rapper came through to talk about her music, being a black nerdy girl, the importance of representation in games & in other media. We had a wonderful, candid and amazing conversation to help celebrate our one year mark.

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

We discussed Twitch, Bioware feels, hopes for Mass Effect: Andromeda and what Ashe does in her limited spare time.

Meg Jayanth stopped by to discuss NPC Agency, Dragon Age feels, 80 Days, Narrative design, the importance of diversifying the industry inside and out, and other topics!

Donna Prior, founder of OrcaCon, tabletop guru and long time player came by to discuss gaming, roll a few die and share the origin story for OrcaCon, as well as plans for next year's event.

Tzufit Allen joined us to discuss Bioware feels, AI, her origin story along with her new podcast, Pop Culture Coven, along with Holy Priests