A Word: Get Ready, Playa One

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🗓️ 11 January 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

It’s game time, and Black women creatives are leveling up in the online video gaming business. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by online gamer Briana Williams, better known as Storymodebae. She’s a content creator, gamer, and Twitch ambassador. They discuss her path to winning in the white and male-dominated business of online gaming, and how she and Black women gamers are building their own community. Guest: Briana Williams, content creator, gamer, and Twitch ambassador Podcast production by Ahyiana Angel and Jasmine Ellis You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now for just $1 for your first month. Click here for more info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a word, a podcast from Slate, I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
0:10.7	Video gaming isn't just for kids, or for a bitter white guy living in a parents' basement.
0:15.4	Lots of us kick back with our consoles every night for fun or just a bluff steam.
0:20.4	And for some folks, it's big business.
0:22.4	Now, whether we want to play on, play a hustler, the gang, the jean, and the soldier,
0:27.8	we know where honestly, who are we trying to impress, let's be a player.
0:32.3	The challenges of breaking into professional gaming, while black, coming up on a word,
0:37.2	with me, Jason Johnson, stay with us.
0:47.0	Welcome to a word, a podcast about race, impolitics, and everything else.
0:51.4	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
0:53.5	Get Ready Player One in a time of pandemic and depressing headlines, millions of Americans
0:57.8	have turned to online video gaming for a good time and an escape.
1:02.9	But playing games is even more fun with friends, and for thousands of fans across the country.
1:07.6	Brianna Williams is that best buddy who can turn a gaming session into an actual Mario Party.
1:13.4	Time was over, why did you break my back in like that?
1:16.3	I know what I said, but he did break my back in.
1:18.5	Who won?
1:20.1	A1?
1:21.9	Better known as Story Mode Bay.
1:23.7	Brianna Williams is one of a small, but growing number of black women, tapping into the multi-billion
1:29.4	dollar online gaming business.
1:31.5	Williams is an avid gamer, content creator, and Twitch ambassador.
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