Ify Nwadiwe is a professional geek

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08/23/21 • 64 min

Continuing my epic throwback series on the podcast is my interview with Ify Nwadiwe. Ify stopped by TBGL in season 2 to talk about how he balances being a writer, actor, comedian, gamer and how he dopes it all so smoothly. In our discussion he talked about how multi talented stars that are also geeks like Orlando Jones are his inspiration and it’s easy to see why.

Ify Nwadiwe is Ify Nwadiwe
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You might recognize Ify from the Nerdificent podcast with Dani Fernandez, but he also has a comedy album, founded the Maximum Fu, writes for BlackbirdsRPG and as of this writing he’s got a brand new podcast called My First Kicks. And he even has found time to save a theater in Los Angeles. and don’t get me started on his anime weeb side.So click the link below to listen on your podcatcher of choice !

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Show Notes

Ify on Twitter
D&D Live
Super Punch
Ify on Twitch

Ify Nwadiwe is Ify Nwadiwe
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Show Notes

Ify on Twitter
D&D Live
Super Punch
Ify on Twitch

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How Xmiramira is unapologetically creating space for Black gamers

If you are an avid player of The Sims, a life simulation game that let’s players design the lives of simulated characters and watch as they “live” out their scripts, then you know that game has change a lot over the last 20 years. This episode I talk to guest Amira Virgil (aka @Xmiramira) who got tired of seeing the same light or shite characters with the same hairstyles, slothing music and scenarios, decided to create a downloadable ‘Melanin Pack’ mod to give her and friends more diverse characters. Needless to say it was a hit.

Today Xmiramira is Twitch partner, a member of Queen Gaming, an advisor to EA Sports, the creators of the game and has founded her own gaming community of Black gamers called The Noir Network.

This conversation is from my chat with her on theblerdgurl LIVE on Twitch and was recorded back in March of this year.

Xmiramira’s mods have changed The Sims game forever Amira Virgil (@Xmiramria)

Comic book series inspired Static Shock, the animated series which ran on the WB Network’s kids block starting in 2000. The show ran for four seasons (also produced and written by McDuffie) influenced an entire generation who grew up with Virgil (voiced by the legendary Phil Lamarr) in their living rooms. The new Milestone, now an imprint within DC Comics finally returned last month with a new story, Static Season One #1.

(Fun fact: It wasn’t Vita’s idea to update Vigil’s origin story, that came from Milestone partner Reginald Hudlin.)

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Xmiramira’s Sims Melanin Pak

The Noir Network

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Peter Ramsey was in the game long before the Spiderverse

My guest in this episode is Academy-Award Winning director Peter Ramsey. Of course, everyone knows Peter Ramsey is one of the co-directors on Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, which won the team an Oscar. This was a historic moment for Ramsey, who became the first African-American ever to be nominated for or win in the Animated feature category. But he’s actually been in the business a REALLY long time. One of his first gigs out of school was as the storyboard artist and second unit director for John Singleton’s Boyz ‘N the Hood.

Peter Ramsey was John Singleton’s storyboard artist on Boys ‘N the Hood. Peter Ramsey
2018 San Diego comic Con
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He also boarded Tank Girl and worked on many other projects, including HULK, Batman Forever, and Fight Club.

If you follow me on youtube, you might have already heard part of this episode with Peter Ramsey because this is from when Peter visited me on theblerdgurlLIVE over on Twitch. We talk about everything from his humble beginnings growing up in South Central to figuring out where Hollywood was and switching his career to animation.