Story x Story #82: Behind The Story With Nina Modaffari (Games & Art)

Gina October 29, 2021 No Comments
This week, Nigel and Tazziii sit down with Nina Modaffari, a concept artist working at EA’s Maxis Studios. Nina tells us how she got her start in the video games industry, going on to land a role working on The Sims 4 after being a fan of the game! We get into the ins and outs of the concept artist role in the video game development process, why representation matters in the industry and plant care too.

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Nina’s Portfolio – http://www.ninamodaffari.com

 

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https://www.twitch.tv/tazziiix | https://twitter.com/tazziii

Find Nina online:
https://twitter.com/NinaModaffari

 

A big thanks to Fisayo Karunwi for our into, outro and transition music:

https://soundcloud.com/fisayokarunwi

A big thanks to Aly Graphix for designing the podcast logo:
https://alygraphix.wixsite.com/designer

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Story x Story #34: Behind The Story With Ahmed El-Badawi (Sumo Digital)

mayamada August 3, 2020 No Comments

Nigel and Tazziii are here for another intriguing episode of Story x Story where they chat with Ahmed El-Badawi, a Project Planner who has recently started at Sumo Digital Sheffield. There’s plenty to discuss here, from tips of getting into the industry to what games Ahmed has been playing during lockdown, there’s lots of awesome things in this episode so be sure to tune in!

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Find mayamada online:
mayamada.com | gamepad.events | thestoryboard.org

Find Tazziii online:
https://www.twitch.tv/tazziiix | https://twitter.com/tazziii

Find Ahmed El-Badawi online:
https://twitter.com/akmememe

A big thanks to Fisayo Karunwi for our into, outro and transition music:
https://soundcloud.com/fisayokarunwi

A big thanks to Aly Graphix for designing the podcast logo:
https://alygraphix.wixsite.com/designer

Send us questions and feedback on feedback@mayamada.com.

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The GamePad Journey

mayamada September 26, 2019 No Comments

If you’ve ever organised events, you’ll know it can be a real rollercoaster ride…

We’re really grateful to everyone who has attended our two GamePad events so far in 2019. The year got off to a great start with our New Year gaming celebration in north London. Being an events organiser means signing up to a rollercoaster of emotions in the lead up to the big day itself, and this was no different.

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5 Reasons You Must Attend London Games Festival 2017

mayamada March 28, 2017 No Comments

What is London Games Festival?

If you’ve never heard of London Games Festival (LGF), we’ll forgive you, and consider this your club initiation. LGF is now in its 2nd year and backed by the none other than the Mayor of London. Sadiq Khan is into games? It sure looks like it!

It’s a massive festival spanning 11 days and over 40 events. That’s a lot to take in so here comes mayamada with our top 5 reasons you absolutely must attend this year:

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mayamada GamePad Christmas 2016

mayamada December 26, 2016 No Comments

It’s that time of the year when we look back at the highlights of the past 12 months. For us at mayamada, the GamePad Christmas event was the top of that list. A big thanks goes to the team who supported us and everyone came down to made it an amazing day! Don’t worry if you missed out, check out our recap and join us again in spring 2017.

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GamePad: Gaming + Froyo Event

mayamada June 1, 2015 No Comments

We’re back!

On Saturday 20th June, we’re hosting the second GamePad! event at West 12 Shopping Centre in Sheperd’s Bush. This will also be the official pre-party of the London Anime & Gaming Convention in July so grab your free tickets now!

GamePad: Gaming + Froyo

You can look forward to another great day calling gamers, sweet tooths and everyone in between to join us for some fun with gaming and froyo.

Missed the first GamePad! event? DOn’t worry because captured the best moment on film so you know what to expect this time around.

Frozen yogurt at GamePad

Just in time for the summer, frozen yogurt will be available and we also have a tasty surprise for you. Find one of the three frozen yogurt cups with the mayamada logo inside and you’ll win a prize from us.

Cosplayers and competitions

The cosplay competiton will be back on June 20th. Come well dressed because the best cosplayer will get tickets to the London Anime & Gaming Convention, July 4th and 5th.

We will also be running a gaming competition for a chance to become a character in a future mayamada comic! Get your game on and get yourself (or a pet) featured in one our comics in 2015.

On top of all that you will also be able to get your hands on our range of anime inspired clothings and comics. Stay tuned for more details on that and everything else going down on Saturday June 20th!
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GamePad! Gaming + Music Event

mayamada March 14, 2015 No Comments

It’s been a while since we had our last mayamada event. We still have great memories of our Frozen Yogurt Party at Tutti Frutti and the fantastic turnout on the day.

So we’re happy to announce that this year we’re bring back mayamada events! Our first one is called GamePad! and it’s coming on Saturday 11th of April.

GamePad! Gaming + Music Event

Join us from 3pm at the Petit Miracle Hub for a day of gaming, music and our popup shop featuring the full range of mayamada anime clothing and comics. All this under one roof for a FREE one day event!

You can get free tickets now and keep up to date with the latest event news on the GamePad! Facebook event page.

Game on!

London Anime & Gaming Con

mayamada January 4, 2015 No Comments

We will be attending London Anime & Gaming Con this February Saturday 7th to Sunday 8th and have loads in store for you.

Collector’s Edition Manga

Not only will the new and complete edition of Samurai Chef be available at our stall, so will the limited Collector’s Edition! This sealed manga book comes with a new cover, four extra pages of story, a pin badge set, and a download link to the colour edition of our digital comic Samurai Chef Origins.

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Plus, 5 copies will be stamped with the mayamada logo on the inside cover. Whoever gets a stamped book will be made into a mayamada character in a future book. There will only be 20 copies available exclusively at the event, so be quick!

How To Create Manga Panel

Interested in making your own manga? Or just curious as to how we put ours together? See us on the downstairs stage on Saturday 7th Feb for a panel on create manga. We’ll go through the process of outlining a story, creating characters, working with artists and finally pulling everything together into you very own comic.

We’ve released two books and we’re working on more for 2015 so come and ask us about the process from 1:30pm.

Anime Inspired Clothing

Along with the new comic we will also have our range of t-shirts, hats and sweatshirts on offer at our stall, including a brand new design.

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And that’s not all, join us at the event next month to find out what other surprises we have planned. London Anime & Gaming Con is looking bigger than ever and we can’t wait for our first convention of the year. See you there.

You can buy your tickets at www.londonanimecon.com