‘Fightin’ Words’ Episode One: Gaming Icon Tanya DePass

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 Jamal Michel

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. She’s also a gaming icon, having been named one of the “Gamers of the Year” for 2020 by Kotaku, as well as a 2020 Annenberg Innovation Lab Civic Media Fellow at USC.

Conventions, Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding for Convention Travel and Attendance

June 29, 2015June 29, 2015 Guest N.O.C.

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Hard N.O.C. Life, Video Games1 Comment

Barbarians at the (Gamer)Gate

October 24, 2014October 24, 2014 The Nerds of Color

The latest Hard NOC Life dives headfirst into the internet controversy that is #GamerGate. Joining guest host N’Jaila Rhee (@BlasianBytch) are Jeopardy! champion Arthur Chu (@arthur_affect), from This Week in Blackness Aaron Rand Freeman (@ANSFreeman), #StopGamerGate2014 creator Veerender Jubbal (@Veeren_Jubbal), and Tanya (@INeedDivGms), creator of the #INeedDiverseGames hashtag.