Special Effect is a UK-based charity that supplies personalized gaming hardware for people living with disabilities. They are dedicated to inclusion and fun, and, if you’re a Fall Guys fan, you may remember the huge battle of the brands fundraiser that ended up raising $1-million for the charity. Becky Frost is the Community Events & […]

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NEW Super Gamer Podcast 32 – Every Little Bit Helps with Becky Frost

Finally, an answer to the age-old question: What if Mario and Marty Robbins collaborated on a tune? A new parody song, Eighth World Castle, is the feature this week! Listen to Gunslinger Mario croon about fighting for the love of his dear Princess Toadstool. Download link – NEW Super Gamer Podcast 31 – Eighth World […]

NEW Super Gamer Podcast 31 – Eighth World Castle with ME!

Our guest this week is chiptune sensation Nyokeë! Nyokeë is an out-of-this-world audiovisual artist and university lecturer with a PhD in Sound Recording and Psychoacoustic Engineering. Video games and dance music is my happy place! Nyokeë makes the kind of music that makes me want to party, but somehow also makes me feel like being […]

NEW Super Gamer Podcast 30 – The Dream That We Chase with Nyokeë

Consider how many video games have been released, even just for one console. Now think about how many *didn’t* get released. Our guest this week has been thinking about that for a long time. Frank Gasking has been running Games That Weren’t for more than 20 years; it’s a website dedicated to finding and preserving […]

NEW Super Gamer Podcast 29 – The Games That Weren’t and The Book That Is with Frank Gasking

There are two games I’ve played basically since I’ve been able to walk: golf and crib — and I’m terrible at both of them! Okay, no, actually, I consider myself a pretty darn good crib player. But not as good as this week’s guest! This week we’ve got Jason Matheny, 2015 Grand National cribbage champion! […]

NEW Super Gamer Podcast 28 – What Pat Shot At with Jason Matheny

What are games companies doing to increase accessibility for people who are visually impaired? What company is doing the most? And why is it important to be mindful of accessibility right from the beginning of development, as opposed to adding it as an afterthought? Find out on this week’s SUPER GAMER! Our guest, Liam Erven, […]

NEW Super Gamer Podcast 27 – Every Game Should Have Text-to-Speech with Liam Erven

Some people want to watch the world burn. And some people are just super friendly and helpful! The Perky Pugs is a World of Warcraft community whose mission is to help people tackle in-game content, free from toxicity and gamier-than-thou attitudes. They’re all over the North American retail servers, on both Horde and Alliance, and […]

NEW Super Gamer Podcast 26 – Pug Life with Zulli

Do you love rollercoasters? Well, how about a rollercoaster that lasts 232 days? 12 years? 45 years? 135 years?! Our guest this week, Marcel Vos, has built such coasters — in RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, of course. In fact, Marcel holds the world record for longest coaster. Marcel has also built an in-game maze that takes […]

NEW Super Gamer Podcast 25 – The RollerCoaster of No Return with Marcel Vos

Dr. Rachel Kowert is this week’s guest! Dr. Kowert is a psychologist who, on her Twitch stream, Psychgeist, delves into “the psychology of the era, the science of games!” She’s the writer of A Parent’s Guide to Video Games and Video Games and Social Competence, and the creator of Pragmatic Princess: 26 Superb Stories of […]

NEW Super Gamer Podcast 24 – Parenting, Psychology, and Pirate Captains with Dr. Rachel Kowert

How does that Avril Lavigne song go? “He was GC, she was Gold 3 — could I make it any more obvious?” This is a love story about two rocket-car pilots, who met on Discord. The story of Marcie and Azzy has been making the rounds on Reddit, and even Psyonix honoured their marriage with […]

NEW Super Gamer Podcast 23 – Press X to Say “I Do.” with Marcie and Azzy

Vojtěch “sCZther” Straka is a video game archivist and historian, preserving obscure games, with a keen interest in local gaming history and early mobile games. Straka is also a founder of RetroHerna and Herní historie, bringing games history to the masses! We talk about the RetroHerna project, as well as Brand Old Games, Sintax and […]

NEW Super Gamer Podcast 22 – Vlak to the Future with Vojtěch Straka

Jenny McBean is the associate director of Bryter, a market research company that since 2018 has released an annual female gamers survey, exploring women and girls’ gaming habits, whether or not they feel represented in the games industry, and abuse and toxicity. This year’s survey also asked male gamers about their experiences. 2,000 people were […]

NEW Super Gamer Podcast 21 – We’re Still Doing This with Jenny McBean

So you’re quick on the draw, you’re one-shotting enemies, and you know all the best strats — and you’re wondering how to take your game to the next level. Get healthy! Posture, eye health, proper sleep habits, proper diet — they all contribute to how well we function, whether it’s for conventional sports or the […]

NEW Super Gamer Podcast 20 – Bodacious Caduceus with the Gamer Doc

One of my favourite people in the world is back to talk Dungeons and Dragons and video games! Justin Gibbs was my dungeon master for many years, then he left me for a new city and a new D&D group. But I forgive him. Justin is truly an exceptional dungeon master, and he’s got plenty […]

NEW Super Gamer Podcast 19 – Return of the Dungeon Master with Justin Gibbs

Hey, all! No interview this week (boooo!, I know). But I did finally manage to write a new song! This one is called Spiny Shell of Blue and is set to Soulful Shade of Blue (by Buffy Ste. Marie, though I do the Neko Case version). Following the new tune I’ve put in a couple […]

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