Podcast appearances and mentions of jean leggett

This week on rabble radio, we're re-releasing an episode from 2020 in which former rabble radio host Victoria Fenner sat down with Jean Leggett, a game developer from Oakville, ON ​to talk about why diversity and ethical storytelling needs to be encouraged in the gaming world. Jean Leggett is the CEO of One More Story Games.  Note: In 2019, Leggett was a recipient of a scholarship from the International Game Developers Association Next Gen Leaders Program. The goal of the scholarship is to bring diversity into the gaming world by supporting participants with personal and professional development opportunities. This is the scholarship she is referencing in the interview.  If you like the show please consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your podcasts. And please, rate, review, share rabble radio with your friends — it takes two seconds to support independent media like rabble. Follow us on social media across channels @rabbleca. 

I am joined by an amazing woman named Jean Leggett who is an amazing coach/speaker/resume writer! We are going to dive into how to build a resume and communicate to hiring managers what you've done! Like what you hear? Connect with me - Website: www.vaco.com/taylorLinkedIn: Taylor Desseyn Tweet me: @tdesseyn Pics of the life, wife, daughter & dog: @tdesseyn

This special series of The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast talks to developers about the titles that influenced their careers. This time, our guest is Jean Leggett -- CEO of One More Story Games, leadership and career coach, and host of the Games, Grit & Graditude: Real Talk podcast.  Leggett discusses the impact of the Tex Murphy adventure games on her career, her studio, and even her company's game engine, as well as the importance of story and dark humour in taking games forward as a medium.  Game Developer's Playlist is an extension of a series we run on the site called Why I Love, in which developers explore their favorite games. You can find these articles here. Title music by Julian Villareal. [Please note: This episode was recorded a few months ago, hosted by our then-senior staff writer, Rebekah Valentine]

In this interview, we talk to Jean Leggett (@JeanLeggett) CEO & cofounder of 1 More Story Games, Host Games, Grit, & Gratitude: Real Talk, Keynote Speaker, Biz/Career Coach & Educator.We talk about her path to making games, the fractured Canadian game development community, working with a NYT best-seller and much more.

We had such a fun time learning and laughing with Jean! She is the CEO of an innovative edtech and video game startup with a deep passion for democratizing storytelling in games, plus she’s a standup comedian, international speaker, professional coach, and avid pie maker! She also recently launched a podcast - Games, Grit & Gratitude: Real Talk. Find resources here.

Mike and Manda chat with Jean Leggett of One More Story Games about ethically tackling challenging topics in games. Jean also shares how she blends her background in coaching with game development. Discussion also includes 2K’s rapid-fire hype cycle for XCOM: Chimera Squad and the curious case of the Cooking Mama kerfuffle. Statement from Office Create on Cooking Mama: Cookstar legal situation: http://www.ofcr.co.jp/ofcr/ImportantNotice_en.html Response from Planet Entertainment: https://twitter.com/cookstarmama/status/1250507324596211713?s=21 One More Story Games: @1MoreStoryGames, bookmeetsgame.com Follow us on Twitter at @VirtualEconCast, @AmandaFarough, and @Futterish.

Video gaming is a pastime which keeps growing and growing with no signs that it's ever going to stop. According to the Entertainment Software Association of Canada in a 2018 report, 23 million people in Canada play video games. They say that makes Canada one of the biggest per capita populations of gamers in the world. They also have another surprising figure -- half of those gamers are women. For people not into gaming, that's surprising because the gaming world also has a reputation for being an exclusive club for young men. The 2014 Gamergate controversy happened recently enough that people still remember it. Gamergate was a harassment campaign targeting female game developers, specifically naming feminists as the kind of people they didn't want in gaming. And their contempt extended to anyone who was trying to bring diversity of any kind into the culture. It can be a tough place for anybody who is trying to work with games which counter these values and work towards inclusion, not exclusion. Jean Leggett is a feminist video gamer and game developer from Oakville, Ontario, who actively resists the people she calls "the angry toxic dude bros" by fostering an environment which is accepting of all. In her role as CEO with One More Story Games, she's a frequent speaker at gaming conferences where she talks about gaming and inclusion. She has just received a scholarship from the International Game Developers Association Next Gen Leaders Program. The goal of the scholarship is to bring diversity into the gaming world by supporting participants with personal and professional development opportunities. She talked to Victoria Fenner about the scholarship, and most importantly, why diversity needs to be encouraged in the gaming world. Image: Jean Leggett, One More Story Games. Used with permission.

Jean is the CEO of 1 More Story Games and in this position she acts as a speaker, mentor, educator and coach. After her husband, Blair's, near death experience the couple decided to create their own game engine in an effort to bridge the gap between reading books and playing video games. I really hope you enjoy Jean's story!

In which we hear about highly anticipated projects in action from our friends at OMSG! https://onemorestorygames.com/ https://www.facebook.com/OneMoreStoryGames/ http://lilybard.com/ https://squareup.com/store/thing-12-games Use Code Legends10 to get 10% off your order https://www.birdscoffeecompany.com/coffees/legends-of-tabletop-legendary-brew Use Code Legends10 to get 10% off your order Theme music created by Brett Miller http://www.brettmillermusic.net/

Jean Leggett is a stand-up comedian who found herself running a video game company. In 2001, she graduated university with a BA in English, tech skills and a wicked sense of humour. Fresh from rejection of a Masters proposal to study the impact of the Internet on traditional publishing, Jean went on to develop websites and databases for several non-profits. CONNECT with Jean HERE LISTEN to Jean's TEDx talk HERE   BeTheTalk is a 7 day a week podcast where Nathan Eckel chats with talkers from TEDx & branded events. Tips tools and techniques that can help you give the talk to change the world at BeTheTalk.com !

Jean Leggett is a stand-up comedian who found herself running a video game company. In 2001, she graduated university with a BA in English, tech skills and a wicked sense of humour. Fresh from rejection of a Masters proposal to study the impact of the Internet on traditional publishing, Jean went on to develop websites and databases for several non-profits. CONNECT with Jean HERE LISTEN to Jean's TEDx talk HERE   BeTheTalk is a 7 day a week podcast where Nathan Eckel chats with talkers from TEDx & branded events. Tips tools and techniques that can help you give the talk to change the world at BeTheTalk.com !

After nearly losing her husband in 2012 to medical negligence while we were living in Dallas, Jean and Blair decided to return to Canada and pursue their dream businesses for one year. Jean attended business development classes, launched her coaching and speaking business full time and developed JOY Bootcamp. Blair founded One More Story Games. In 2014, Jean joined him to manage operations and to raise money for our innovative startup. At the outset, Jean was the hustler to Blair being the hacker, evangelizing his vision for a platform designed for writers to create interactive storytelling games. Blair was the first CEO, Jean its first COO. As the company has evolved so have their roles. Blair is now its Chief Technology Officer, and Jean is its Chief Executive Officer.  They celebrated 20 years together in June 2016 and are thankful for the opportunity to work together, every day.   Bookmeetsgame.com Lilybard.com   StoryHinge http://storyhinge.com Where we dig deeper into story and story creation.  We amplify personal stories to consider more possibility and realize more potential and happiness in life.

In Episode 11, Mark interviews Kevin MacLeod, the writer, composer and producer for the music used in this podcast. Kevin MacLeod is an American composer and musician who is perhaps best known for his distribution of royalty-free library music through his website, Incompetech.com. He has made over 2,000 self-composed pieces of music available for download under a Creative Commons 3.0 license which basically allows anyone to use his music for free as long as he receives attribution. This open spirit has led to his music being used in millions of YouTube videos and thousands of films. As of July 2016, MacLeod had over 2,300 composer credits listed on the Internet Movie Database and his music has been used in Martin Scorsese's 2011 film Hugo, several commercial video games, and videos by online content creators such as CollegeHumor and Good Mythical Morning. The Terrible Tongue Twister on this podcast (which Mark stumbles over) is sponsored by Findaway Voices. You can find out more about Findaway Voices on www.starkreflections.ca/findaway In their discussion, Mark and Kevin talk about: Kevin's history as a musician and the origin of the launch of the incompetech website The debate between openly giving away one's work for free VS the “exposure doesn't pay my bills” concept Kevin's philosophy on exposure that includes the following concept: “100% of the people who have never heard you, don't like you.” The importance of a service like Patreon that can help people support artists who are freely making their work available The tens of thousands of videos and games out there where Kevin's music is used and how that can lead to sales or custom work Kevin's thoughts on when he misses the target of his intended audience with a particular piece he composes The core basics of the equipment needed as a musician in the digital realm The types of conferences that Kevin gets the most value in attending The conflict Kevin faces, as an introvert at conferences who loves hanging out with people while, at the same time, finds it an overwhelming experience that requires multiple “solo” breaks during the day How his daily work process and work schedule continues to change over time and basic on the projects on his plate One of the ways inspiration strikes, which is not in experiencing something brilliant, but instead, experiencing something terrible and imagining a composition that he feels might have worked better in that instance How, when your job is to create media, every single activity can be a tax deduction Kevin's belief that everyone has the same job: to make life easier for other people How connecting with other musicians and composers is an important aspect of Kevin's world Measuring a Starfleet captain based on the number of times his Enterprise has blown up Kevin's words of advice for those interested in pursuing a creative passion (whether it be composing music or another creative pursuit) After the interview, Mark takes about two specific elements from the interview that he wants to reflect on. The first is Kevin's advice for creators, that is similar to advice we heard in Episode 10 from Jean Leggett of One More Story Games. And it's the importance of starting small, of actually working at your craft, at practicing, at getting better, at just DOING IT. Interesting that Kevin's take as a musician is similar to Jean's in terms of story. The second thing is a much bigger topic - and it's how free CAN work quite effectively in the rights ways at allow greater discoverability of an author's work which can lead to sales, to income, to opportunity that might not have previously existed. Mark then shares a clip from his 2009 to 2011 short fiction podcast PRELUDE TO A SCREAM, with a piece of music from Kevin called "Noir Mild Tension" Links of Interest: Kevin MacLeod's Incompetech.com website Mark's Prelude to a Scream Podcast Findaway Voices Tongue Twister Source  

Episode 10 features a great interview with Jean Leggett, CEO and co-founder of One More Story Games. After her husband Blair's near-death experience in 2012, the two embarked on a journey back to his childhood hometown to each pursue their life's passion which includes the company One More Story Games and their software, StoryStylus, which simplifies video game creation for storytellers to create, publish and share story-based games.  In their discussion, Mark and Jean discuss: The origin of the company One More Story Games that involves the creation of interactive narrative story games How StoryStylus is the underlying engine of One More Story Games that allows authors the ability to create a narrative-based game without needing to have technical know-how The 10 minute game that an 11 year old girl created using this software which is called “Attack of the Killer Zombie Cats” The game adaptation of the Charlaine Harris novel Shakespeare's Landlord featuring Lily Bard (part of a five-book series by the author) Julia Gibson, the voice actor for Lily Baird in the game The “smart games for smart women” and “games for word nerds” branding that One More Story Games employ, which breaks the mold for stereotypical violence of many video games How story is the central driving mission of this company Where authors who are interested in using this tool can start The “how to” YouTube videos authors can use to get started using StoryStylus Jean's recent TEDx Talk: “What 10 year olds taught us about our gaming tech startup” The experience of being hired by Microsoft to teach a group of 7 to 12 year old girls and how they each gravitated to areas that best suited their personalities and talents How important music is towards adding an atmospheric ambiance in a game What is possible when you say YES to imagination and you don't shut people down The award-winning game Danielle's Inferno created by Olivia Rivard and inspired by her story of the same name (Tied for Toronto Game Devs 2017 #1 PC Game of the Year)   After the interview, Mark talks about the inspiration he derives from a company like One More Story Games and how a great tool like StoryStylus offers new hope and opportunities for writers. He then compares the training he has been doing for a half-marathon with the writer journey and goals he has been working on and addresses ideas on how he is planning on getting both the training and the writing back on track. Links of Interest: One More Story Games StoryStylus Jean Leggett's Website Jean's Fireside Chat with Charlaine Harris Charlaine Harris's Website Spirits Untapped  

In Episode 92, Mark Lefebvre interviews Charles de Lint, who is the author of more than seventy books. Renowned as one of the trailblazers of the modern fantasy genre, Charles is the recipient of the World Fantasy, Aurora, Sunburst, and White Pine awards, among others. De Lint is a poet, folklorist, artist, songwriter and performer. He has written critical essays, music reviews, opinion columns and entries to encyclopedias, and has been the main book reviewer for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction since 1987. In the interview, Mark and Charles talk about: The underlying theme for de Lint's new book, The Wind in His Heart – accepting the past and how community and a connection with others can help us surmount the challenges we face in the present – but only if we can teach ourselves to open up and trust those around us How long de Lint has worked on the book through its various stages The connections this novel has to de Lint's popular Newford novels and stories The pattern of writing adult novel, young adult novel and then repeating that pattern until it was suggested to de Lint that he focus on the YA market for a while The readership of de Lints work, which spans from 12 to 82 years and how various folks have started with different introductory books to his work and then stuck with his writing no matter which direction he has taken The factors that led to de Lint experimenting with indie publishing; such as the fact that the digital/eBook rights to his books were never sold to a publisher The comparison between independent authors and independent musicians The true hybrid approach for The Wind in His Heart, with de Lint self-publishing the eBook as well as a standard trade paperback POD version of the book, but how PS Publishing, a specialty publisher in the UK is released a limited edition hardcover version of the book and how de Lint's agent ended up selling the audiobook rights to a major audiobook publisher The great success of an independent musician such as Ani DiFranco - https://www.righteousbabe.com/ The hopeful and optimistic viewpoint that de Lint draws when comparing the music industry to the publishing industry Some of the music that de Lint listened to when working on the novel, and how he believes that the southwest style music of Calexico (http://www.casadecalexico.com/) encapsulates the mood of the novel quite well How de Lint got into writing book reviews, interviews with authors and articles about writers and the reasons behind putting all that work into it Places where de Lint hangs out, such as the Facebook group The Mythic Café, with Charles de Lint and Company (https://www.facebook.com/groups/114379772019551/) The launch events for the novel: Ottawa (Sept 19th at The Savoy Brasserie - https://savoybrasserie.com/_ ) Toronto Oct 21st at Bakka Phoenix - http://www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com/) A few of the projects that de Lint is working on now for future release and the liberating joy he has experienced being able to follow his muse and just write the books he would like to write (rather than trying to follow a requirement from a contract) De Lint's advice for beginning writers   Mark then talks about the “true hybrid” approach that de Lint has taken on his writing and publishing journey – effectively and efficiently dividing up the rights of his works, as well as the optimism not only inherent in de Lint's new novel, but in his overall approach to the opportunities available through digital publishing, and what writers can learn from embracing that spirit of hope and hard work.   Links of Interest Charles de Lint's Books at Kobo Charles de Lint's Facebook page Mythic Café with Charles de Lint & Company  Charles de Lint on Twitter Charles de Lint on Goodreads  Charles de Lint on Instagram Charles de Lint on Tumblr More info about Kobo Audiobooks KWL EP 52 - One More Story Games – Interview with co-founder Jean Leggett about the great opportunities for writers with this storytelling/game creation platform

Welcome back to the fifth One More Story Games podcast. We're using a new Facebook live streaming system called BeLive.tv, so for the first few minutes we're enjoying the new chat features where people have their comments shown right in the stream. Jean Leggett is away giving a keynote address at the Jalloo Festival of Animation and Gaming in Miramichi, New Brunswick. This week I'm talking with game-designer/writer/director Neal Hallford who is working with us to create the Shakespeare's Landlord story game. Neal has been in the games industry for 27 years and has worked on many sword & sorcery RPGs most notably "Betrayal at Krondor". We talk about appreciating storytelling, yet working within the video games industry. Neal shares his background of growing up in Tulsa and being close to the Texarkana setting and world of Lily Bard's Shakespeare. Most importantly we discuss becoming Shakespeare's Champions, protecting Charlaine's voice and characters in building the interactive version of her world. To that end, Neal has gone through and counted the 226 characters that make up Harris' dramatis personae of Shakespeare. This will form the foundation of our future game development. We get closer to discussing the problematic Chapter 5 and talk about how the extreme violence has shaped the character of Lily Bard (stay tuned for next week where we deal with this head-on). And will we have so much fun that Charlaine Harris will want to write another Lily Bard book?

One More Story Games is a digital publisher of interactive story games, helping storytellers create living breathing worlds using StoryStylus software. Explore Story Worlds – we’ve got story games set in the past, present and future… in ordinary, extraordinary and fantastical realms. With story games written by emerging and established storytellers, you’ll find story games for everyone: mysteries, cyberpunk, thrillers, horror, romance and more. https://onemorestorygames.com https://twitter.com/1MoreStoryGames https://twitter.com/StoryStylus https://www.facebook.com/OneMoreStoryGames/ Theme music created by Brett Miller http://www.brettmillermusic.net/

What a week it's been. Looking back to last Friday, Inauguration Day, a lot of us were sharing the same sense of gloom and foreboding, wondering what the next four years are going to be like and fearing the worst. And then came Saturday … a day of resistance, defiance, hope and a resolve that the worst is not going to happen. Because it's not Donald Trump's Universe. The future belongs to people who don't believe that misogyny and hatred is the way forward. And it was a day of solidarity with the citizens of the U.S. where millions around the world also said “Hey, we're with you in the struggle.” Today on rabble radio — some of the voices from the Women's March. Starting in Washington, and then moving up to Vancouver and Toronto. Hey, Donald Trump. Keep your hatred to yourself. We're not following your nasty parade.    1. Reflections from rabble contributor Sophia Reuss sharing reflections from the Women's March on Washington, her hometown. Sophia is an American, now living in Toronto. She also had the chance to talk to Bhaskar Sunkara, founding editor and publisher of Jacobin, a print magazine which offers socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Jacobin was co-organizer of an event called the “anti-inauguration” on Friday, Jan. 20 at the Lincoln theatre in D.C.  You can also read her article “The revolution is messy and incomplete. But last weekend, it was born.” 2. Next we go out to Vancouver and hear from Samaah Jaffer. Samaah Jaffer is an undergraduate student at Simon Fraser University, pursuing a joint major in International Studies and World Literature and a minor in Middle Eastern and Islamic History. Samaah is also rabble.ca's B.C. Evening Editor. She spoke of the struggles of women of colour and the close relationships that exist between patriarchy and other forms of cultural oppression, specifically racism and colonialism. You can also read and watch her speech here. 3.  And finally, we end up in Toronto. We put out a call to women who were going to the March to gather some thoughts from people in the crowd, and Jean Leggett responded enthusiastically. Thanks for that, Jean! She is co-founder and CEO of One More Story Games, a gaming company based in Barrie Ontario. Through their games, OMSG strives to close the diversity gap and encourage progressive values of diversity and equality. Jean shares her thoughts and also talks to people in the crowd. Like this podcast? rabble is reader/listener supported journalism.

  Jean Leggett is the co-founder and CEO of One More Story Games. Together with her husband Blair Leggett, they have developed StoryStylus, a simplified authoring platform for amateur to professional writers to create, publish and market narrative-based video games. In 2016, she was awarded “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” and two of their published games took top honours for Game of the Year. Jean credits her years as a stand-up comedian as essential to bringing levity to the stressful world of startup life.   Summary:   Jean tells Dana about leaving her coaching business to work with her husband on One More Story Games. Jean also talks about her love of the hustle, and what it means to her to be hustling. Jean discusses what it's like to work and live with her spouse, and the challenges she's faced as well as what she's learning from the experience. She gets into gratitude and opportunities, and how people are missing the point. Jean tells Dana about how she got a contract with a New York Times best seller for her video game. Dana and Jean talk about the value in doing your inner work. Jean talks about her investors, lemonade, unicorns and “balls to the wall” attitudes.   Quotes:   “If you don't love what you're doing, you can't attract the people that you're supposed to attract” “The alternative is that we go back to jobs we don't like” “We all have grace, we don't necessarily know it until we need to access it” “What else is possible? What is meant to be here?” “I'm always Stunned by the number of people who are blind to the opportunities right in front of them.” “You'll get nothing if you ask for nothing”   Links: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jeanleggett www.onemorestorygames.com www.storystylus.com     See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Starring:Host: Robbie FergusonCo-Host: Sasha DirmeitisNews Anchor: Jeff Weston Remember when games were about storytelling? One More Story Games offers a platform to bring back choose-your-own-adventure style story-driven gameplay in a modern spin of e-book meets video game. CEO Jean Leggett joins us to discuss the platform. Read the complete show notes, comment or rate this episode, view pictures and obtain links from this episode at https://category5.tv/shows/technology/episode/443/ Running time: 1 Hour 6 Minutes 40 Seconds

Are you a creative individual who loves video games and has a story to tell? Well, you're definitely going to want to listen to this interview featuring Jean Leggett of One More Story Games. As a games publisher on the rise, One More Story Games is the creator of StoryStylus - an intuitive text and visual-based games-developing engine. In addition to having already released several titles using the StoryStylus software, it's recently been announced that this bold new company has partnered with #1 New York Times Best Selling Author Charlaine Harris to being her Shakespear's Landlord book series to gamers everywhere!

There has never been more opportunities for writers and storytellers than ever in the history of publishing, and Episode 52 of the Kobo Writing Life Podcast demonstrates yet another amazing opportunity that exists for writers. KWL Director Mark Lefebvre interviews Jean Leggett co-founder of One More Story Games, a company from Barrie, Ontario that has developed a storytelling platform with a team of gamers, geeks, storytellers and programmers that creates a community for collaborative story game opportunities. In the interview, Mark and Jean discuss: Jean's background as a recovering Haiku addict and recovering stand-up comedian How Jean's love of storytelling combined with her husband's similar love and a computer science background and background working in the games industry led to the formation of One More Story Games The underlying concept of bringing more reading into the game space How the experience of these games is similar to the “Choose Your Own Adventure” branching narrative experiences StoryStylus – the story creation platform that helps creators break down the elements of story (such as people, places, things, relationships, conversation and dialogue, etc) that publishes to an interactive games marketplace The fact that you don't need to be a programmer to be part of creating an interactive story game and how virtually any writer could participate in this process. (With a reminder that “Beta” means “patient, early adopters”) A writer, photographer and graphic designer in Tillsonburg, Ontario (Dan Wilkins) who is writing an 8 part series for One More Story Games and involving real people, such as the town's mayor as characters in the story    The manner by which a platform like this seems ideal for mystery stories, but the manner by which science fiction and adventure stories have already been built for it The exciting announcement that One More Story Games will be working with New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris (author of the Sookie Stackhouse - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sookie_Stackhouse - novels which have been adapted into the True Blue television series) to adapt her novel Shakespeare's Landlord How the Charlaine Harris project will include a “behind the scenes” look at breaking the book itself into various plot points and how it was developed into the interactive storytelling experience (https://onemorestorygames.com/2016/02/16/lily-bard-online/) The idea of making smarter more casual games available to the growing demographic of women consumers in their mid 30's who are interested in and playing these types of games The concept of how a game like this demonstrates the progression of writer to narrative designer for a storyteller Recommendations on how authors who are interested in exploring these opportunities might get started     Links of Interest: One More Story Games One More Story Games on Twitter One More Story Games on Facebook Story Stylus FAQ Charlaine Harris Website   YouTube Tutorial Videos from One More Story Games

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