Story x Story #62: Through Places, Space & Time (X-Men: Days of Future Past)

Gina April 15, 2021 No Comments
“We’re back for Story x Story and It’s just Nigel and Tazziii here for this week! We get into a deep dive talk about X-Men: Days of Future Past. We discuss Charles’ journey as protagonist and Magneto’s flair for the dramatic as well as getting into our expectations for the X-Men in the Marvel Cinematic Universe…can you have too many character in a franchise? This episode’s story tip is about raising the stakes in your story.
Other stories we’re enjoying this week: A King’s Tale: Final Fantasy XV, Great Pretender, The Way of the House Husband, The Irregulars, Black Lagoon, Falcon & The Winter Soldier, Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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Story x Story #61: Behind The Story With Celine Choo (Illustrator)

Gina April 1, 2021 No Comments
In this week’s Story x Story episode Nigel and Tazziii talk with concept artist and illustrator, Celine Choo about her journey to become a professional freelance artist. Celine describes the steps she took to develop her career after graduating from university. It’s a journey that saw her take up roles in character design, video games and the toy industry and we also find out how food influences her work and the value of being a good person to collaborate with!

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http://www.celinechoo.com/

https://www.instagram.com/celinechoos

 

 

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Story x Story #60: What I Want Is The Ocean! (Soul)

Gina March 25, 2021 No Comments
In this week’s episode, Nigel and Tazziii welcome Art Director at TreesPlease Games, Riana McKeith and Comic Artist, Renee Rienties to an existential crisis party as we talk about Pixar’s, Soul. We discuss passion, purpose and what it means to find your spark for life as protagonist Joe searches for and achieves what he was born to do. In this episode’s storytelling tip, Nigel talks about establishing the rules for your story’s world.
Stories we’re enjoying: WandaVision, Ghosts of Tsushima, You, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Moriarty the Patriot, Sweet Home, Great Pretender, Black Lagoon.

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Story x Story Episode 50 – https://anchor.fm/mayamada/episodes/Story-x-Story-50-This-Is-Riley-Talking-To-Riley-Inside-Out-enjjdg/a-a434ovt

Story x Story Episode 24 – https://anchor.fm/mayamada/episodes/Story-x-Story-Special-Behind-The-Story-With-Renee-Rienties-Oyasumi-eddmg6

Soul: A Black Script Editor’s Perspective – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rht7ATWWDmc

 

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Story x Story #59: Behind The Story With Voyevoda Rose (Divine Muses)

Gina March 25, 2021 No Comments
In this week’s episode Nigel and Tazziii sit down with content creator and Twitch steamer, Voyevoda Rose to talk about her journey into video games. She describes how she turned a negative experience into a positive and co-founded the community Divine Muses to support women in the fighting game community space. Rose gives valuable advice for other looking to make their own way as a streamer and tells us what it means to be an “FGC Mom”!

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EarthNight Trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iLqJlpjZc0

 

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A big thanks to Fisayo Karunwi for our into, outro and transition music:
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A big thanks to Aly Graphix for designing the podcast logo:
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Story x Story #58: Rumble In The Kaiju Jungle! (Pacific Rim)

Gina March 11, 2021 No Comments
In this week’s episode Nigel and Tazziii welcome mayamada Story Editor Lara-Lee Green and Concept Artist Rogier van de Beek for a discussion on 2013’s Pacific Rim. We talked about Guillermo del Toro’s homage to the anime mecha genre, adapted as a summer blockbuster. Listen and find out who we thoughts could have made a more interesting protagonist than the one we got, and our favourite Jaeger models.
Nigel’s story tip looks at considerations around plot versus character based storytelling.
 
Stories we’re enjoying: Coming 2 America, Divinity: Original Sin 2, WandaVision

Rogier van de Beek Comic Conline Interview – https://youtu.be/xUyKi3GZJAM
Tropes vs Women in Video Games – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6p5AZp7r_Q

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EarthNight Trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iLqJlpjZc0

 

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A big thanks to Fisayo Karunwi for our into, outro and transition music:
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Story x Story #57: We’re Going To Need A Bigger Roundtable (Video Games)

Gina February 25, 2021 No Comments
In this episode of Story x Story Nigel and Tazziii interview Rich Siegel, founder of independent studio Cleaversoft. He talks about his journey from restaurant delivery startup to game developer, and the story behind Cleaversoft’s first game EarthNight. Rich gives great advice on practising your craft as a game designer, representation in video games and what he is looking forward to most form future generations of video games.

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EarthNight Trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iLqJlpjZc0

 

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A big thanks to Fisayo Karunwi for our into, outro and transition music:
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A big thanks to Aly Graphix for designing the podcast logo:
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Story x Story #56: Behind The Story With Rich Siegel (Cleaversoft)

Gina February 17, 2021 No Comments
In this episode of Story x Story Nigel and Tazziii interview Rich Siegel, founder of independent studio Cleaversoft. He talks about his journey from restaurant delivery startup to game developer, and the story behind Cleaversoft’s first game EarthNight. Rich gives great advice on practising your craft as a game designer, representation in video games and what he is looking forward to most form future generations of video games.

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EarthNight Trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iLqJlpjZc0

 

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A big thanks to Fisayo Karunwi for our into, outro and transition music:
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A big thanks to Aly Graphix for designing the podcast logo:
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Story x Story #55: We Came For The Intentional Confusion (Perfect Blue)

Gina February 11, 2021 No Comments
Season 3 starts here! Nigel and Tazziii are back with a brand new season of Story x Story and we welcome Laura and Donavan of Melanin Gamers to discuss Satoshi Kon’s animation thriller, Perfect Blue. We get into  the disturbingly relevant themes and expert use of colour and symbolism in this feature length anime. This episode’s storytelling tip is about using foreshadowing and misdirection in your stories.
 
Stories we’re enjoying this week: My Love Story, Mobile Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Alien Isolation, Queen’s Gambit

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Story x Story Episode 40 – https://anchor.fm/mayamada/episodes/Story-x-Story-40-Anime-Adaptations—Who-Are-They-Even-For-ejlqe5/a-a37gs25

“The Use of Red In Perfect Blue” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D9iZfedoiY

 

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https://twitter.com/melaningamers

 

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Story x Story Special: Cosplay In 2020 & Beyond Panel (Twitch Livestream)

Gina January 15, 2021 No Comments

In this Twitch livestream audio replay, Co-host Tazziii talks to three cosplayers about adapting their craft during the 2020 pandemic. Taylor Van Gilder, Casey from LM Cosplays and Lissandela from Kigu Talks discuss cosplaying difficulties, lessons and hopes for 2021, take a listen now to see what they have to say about their craft! This is a bonus episode. We’ll be returning of season 3 of Story x Story in February.

 

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A big thanks to Fisayo Karunwi for our into, outro and transition music:
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A big thanks to Aly Graphix for designing the podcast logo:
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Story x Story Podcast: 2020 Wrapped

Gina December 30, 2020 No Comments

In our final episode of Story x Story from 2020, Nigel and Tazziii wrap up 2020 their personal top 5 stories of the year. There’s room for honorable mentions too as we recap the comics, shows, films and games that got us though an unprecedented year. We’ll be back in February with season 3 of Story x Story. You can enjoy bonus episodes over January ahead of our return!

 

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Story x Story episode 23: https://anchor.fm/mayamada/episodes/Story-x-Story-23-The-Substitute-Hero-We-Deserve-The-Dark-Knight-ed4a2s

Story x Story episode 38: https://anchor.fm/mayamada/episodes/Story-x-Story-38-Much-More-Than-A-Kids-Show-Avatar-The-Last-Airbender-ej0334

 

 

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A big thanks to Fisayo Karunwi for our into, outro and transition music:
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A big thanks to Aly Graphix for designing the podcast logo:
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Send us questions and feedback on feedback@mayamada.com.