EVERYTHING ABOUT NOTHING

Tobenna Okeke
EVERYTHING ABOUT NOTHING

Everything and Anything about all topics

  1. EVERYTHING ABOUT GAMING: TANYA DEPASS

    11/30/2022

    EVERYTHING ABOUT GAMING: TANYA DEPASS

    I'm excited to have this guest on the show. We are diving into a series involving the video game industry and who better to lead off this season is Tanya DePass.  Tanya DePass is the founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a not-for-profit organization based in Chicago, which is dedicated to better diversification of all aspects of gaming. I Need Diverse Games serves the community by supporting marginalized developers.  Tanya is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves everything about gaming, #INeedDiverseGames spawn point, and wants to make the industry better and more inclusive for everyone. She’s a partnered Twitch variety broadcaster; and often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics online, at conventions, and as a public speaker.  She’s named as one of The Game Awards Future Class 2020, a diverse group of builders, thinkers, and dreamers whose voices elevate and diversify our art form. It recognizes individuals around the world who represent the bright, bold, and inclusive future for video games. She was also named as one of Gamers of the Year 2020 by Kotaku along with three of her contemporaries. She was also invited to the Xbox MVP program in February 2021. Her work to make the industry more inclusive has been highlighted in Game Changer, Directed by Tina Charles, WNBA star & olympian as well as filmmaker. The short documentary premiered at Tribeca 2021, as part of the Queen Collective; an initiative started by Queen Latifah, supported by Proctor & Gamble in an effort to get more Black women into filmmaking. Game Changer was also featured as part of BETHer’s 2021 Juneteenth Programming on 19 June 2021.

    45 min
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