Sup Holmes every Sunday at 2:30pm EST!
[Sup Holmes is a weekly talk show for people that make great video games. It airs live every Sunday afternoon onYouTube, and can be found in Podcast form onLibsynandiTunes.]
Recently on Sup Holmes were were lucky to chat with two huge fans of relatively niche game genres that have managed to parlay that passion into lucrative positions in the game industry. First is Nayan Ramachandran ofPlayism, who has channeled his life-long love of Japanese culture and games into a career, first in marketing and localization, and now in actual from-the-ground-up game development. We talked to Nayan about working with legendary game developers likeDaisuke ‘Pixel’ Amaya(Cave Story,Kero Blaster), how games that may be considered ‘exclusionary to women’ in the United States are not necessarily received that way in Japan, and a lot more.
We also had the opportunity to speak with Alex Jebailey, famed fighting game tournament producer,Divekick!cast member, and community manager at Iron Galaxy. Alex was able to hint to us about theHalocrossover withKiller Instinctwhich at that time was a pretty big secret, but had to stay tight lipped about the details. He was much more verbose in discussing the current culture in the fighting game community, what it takes to make it as a professional in the industry, his hopes and fears for the future ofStreet Fighter V, and a lot more.
Thanks so much to Alex and Nayan for being on the show, and be sure to tune intoday at 2:30pm ESTwhen we welcome Fangamer’sHeidi Mandelin, Tony Kuchar, and Dan Moore to the show.
