Li (they/them) is a QA Tester with Sumo's The Chinese Room. They are an autistic individual with chronic illness who utilizes their lived experiences to impact their work. Passionate about accessibility their understanding shapes them as a QA Tester who has enhanced skills in accessibility. Support us on Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/manycats Li's Twitter: https://twitter.com/wiredusagi Li's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@wiredusagi Chris's Twitter: https://twitter.com/chris_goodyear Many Cats: https://www.manycats.uk/

This week is the talented Talent Marketing Specialist of Blizzard, Arin Goldsmith.  

Arin is a popular marketer who shares the life and culture at Blizzard. She has been vocal about her identity with cerebral palsy to show that anyone can find their place in this industry.  

What games have made the biggest impact on her? Find out in this episode.  

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Joining host Chris for this week's episode is the talented Tommy Millar, artist and animator.

Tommy has a great career in games as an artist working in companies like Ubisoft and creating his own. Tommy has lived with osteoporosis, better known as brittle bone disease, and he had to learn the hard way of pushing himself beyond his body's needs. 

What great game made Tommy love gaming? And what is his personal story that makes him love making games?

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Joining host Chris this week is the HR Assistant of Third Kind Games, Wren Snowball.

Wren may have got their diagnosis of autism later in life and it helped them inform more of their identity now. Working with people is important to Wren, using their own experiences to help foster an inclusive and supported environment for anyone on the team.  Wren is different to most in the industry as they didn't get into games until recently, check out the episode to find out which game unlocked their love of gaming.

This week host Chris is joined by gamer without sight streamer, accessibility consultant and recently an addition to the RNIB team, SightlessKombat.

SightlessKombat has worked hard to show and speak about how gamers without sight can still enjoy games like The Last of Us, God of War and Sea of Thieves. As more games become accessible of a wide range of blind gamers, SightlessKombat has started to enjoy more games than ever from his humble Killer Instinct beginnings.

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Host Chris is joined by Maxi, the creator of The Hayseed Knight.   They are the Creative Director for the project but have started their experience in creating comics. Maxi is autistic and was diagnosed with OCD in recent years which has helped them manage their work.  The Hayseed Knight is available on Steam 

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Host Chris is joined by one of the Xbox Accessibility team members. Kaitlyn Jones is the program manager for gaming accessibility and has built up her knowledge through her work with her father and veterans but also lived experience with chronic pain and ADHD.

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This week Chris is joined by the delightful Neera who is best known by her online persona Mahatmama. 

Mahatmama has lived with Hepatitis B through her life and has had to battle with some serious health conditions including cerebral aneurysm and stroke. This has led her to share her story online through a honest blog and her Twitch channel so other disabled gamers could see someone like them, going through similar experiences. Part of the Xbox Ambassadors squad find out what games Mahatmama loves to play.

She is a woman on the autistic spectrum that loves to share family life and the love they all have of gaming. 

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