Sci-Fi & Squeam

31 Oct 2014

The Second Breakfast talks Diversity at PAX 2014

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In the studio at JOY 949 it’s Second Breakfast time ! Sonja Hammer geeks out and talks about PAX and queer representation in games with special guest Liam Esler games developer and games consultant on issues of gender and diversity in the games industry :

‘As a gay dude obviously representation is an issue close to my heart, so I’m very glad to be talking about it – and able to actively do something about it professionally. ‘

Liam’s BIO :

‘Liam Esler is a Associate Producer at Beamdog, developers of Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition, Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition and Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition, and Production Coordinator at independent games publishing label Surprise Attack.

He broke into the industry after years as a prolific modder and occasional indie developer, joining Beamdog remotely in early 2013, where he became Scripting Team Lead and writer on BGII:EE.

Liam was selected for a fellowship at Obsidian Entertainment in California working on the upcoming Kickstarted RPG Pillars of Eternity, and after completing that is now back at Beamdog working on several unannounced projects. Liam is also working with the Game Developer’s Association of Australia to organise Game Connect Asia Pacific 2014 and other events, and – among other things – is also Production Coordinator at Surprise Attack.

Liam lives in Melbourne with his partner and their two feline fur-children, Imoen and Sarevok.’

Liam is part of a panel at PAX Oct 31st deets here: