Happy holidays all, I’m am very pleased to announce the fine folks contributing to Game Devs and Others: Tales from the Margins: 

  • Alex Zandra Van Chestein
  • Elizabeth LaPensee
  • Hadeel al-Massari
  • Jaym Gates
  • JC Lau
  • Jonathan Jennings
  • Josh Boykin
  • Kadeem Andrew Dunn
  • Kaitlin Tremblay
  • Kat Jones
  • KN Granger
  • Lauren Ashlee Comp
  • Matthue Roth
  • Maurice Broaddus
  • Michael Annetta
  • Scount Angel Munroe
  • Shana T Bryant
  • Shareef Jackson
  • Dorey T. Shawn
  • Steven Spohn
  • Toiya Kristen Finley
  • Vanessa Paugh

Thank you again to Jennifer Brandes Hepler & CRC Press for this opportunity! It’s still a little surreal even though the book will be out next year! 

Thanks to everyone who submitted an essay whether or not they were chose for publication. Game Devs and Others: Tales from the Margins will be out in 2018, published by CRC Press. 

 

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Tanya DePass is the founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a non-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 attend the Game Developer Conference by participating in the GDC Scholarship program, helps assist attendance at other industry events, and is seeking partnership with organizations and initiatives. Tanya is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves everything about gaming, #INeedDiverseGames spawn point, and wants to make it better and more inclusive for everyone. She founded and was the EIC of Fresh Out of Tokens podcast where games culture was discussed and viewed through a lense of feminism, intersectionality and diversity. Now she’s a co-host on Spawn on Me Podcast. Along with all of that, she’s the Programming Coordinator for OrcaCon, she often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics at multiple conventions throughout the year. Her writing about games and games critique appears in Uncanny Magazine, Polygon, Wiscon Chronicles, Vice Gaming, Paste Games, Mic, and other publications.