Girls on Games

An interview with Amol Shah, PC Category Lead at Microsoft, to find out more about Mixed Reality and what it brings to the Windows platform.

We were graciously invited to Toronto to check out the Xbox X14 Media Showcase the beginning of the month to check out all the gaming goodness coming to Xbox One this fall and beyond. While there, I got to play an hour of Sunset Overdrive, see Halo: The Master Chief collection in action, test out a whole slew of ID at Xbox games and talk with Nicole Fawcette about everything on the show floor. Check out all the photos from the event (especially that really sick looking Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare limited edition Xbox One) and my convo with Nicole.

Interview with Spike Spencer at Otakuthon 2014 by Girls on Games

Shelley Calene-Black whose vast career includes voicing Cortana in Halo Legends, theatre experience and even being on my ultimate guilty pleasure show, Drop Dead Diva! Intimidating as her experience may lead you to think, she was an absolute sweetheart and was eager to share her experiences of the industry with us.

If you are a big video game nerd like myself, one of the most important websites to have bookmarked is IGN.com. IGN's Daily Fix host and native Quebecer Naomi Kyle was gracious enough to stop by CHOM during her vacation visiting family to chat with Rockman and I about her work, San Diego Comic Con, the the BatKid Begins documentary, the E.T. Video Game Urban Legend Documentary "Atari Game Over" and what games she is currently playing. Check out the full interview below and also the trailers for the two documentaries she is involved with.

All About Virtual Reality: Facebook Acquires Oculus and Sony's Project Morpheus.

We talk home grown gaming with WB Games Montreal Vice President & Studio Head Martin Carrier about their first triple-A title "Batman: Arkham Origins".

Leah and Catherine chat with Otis Perrick, the president and CEO of Disruptive Publishers about digital personalization content on both Xbox and PlayStation.

Catherine and Leah chat with Abe Hefter about Nintendo's stop in Montreal during their cross Canada tour and the latest news on the Xbox One released at San Diego Comic Con.

June 13th 2013 - Leah chats E3 2013 and next-generation gaming with CHOM 97 7's Terry Dimonte.

Catherine speaks with Alexis Jolis Desautels, Developer and Advisor for Design Talent Management at Ubisoft Montréal, who is on the judges pannel for Academia 2013. Academia is a series of programs and activities whose mission is to encourage the next generation of digital media experts by introducing and educating young people from age 12 to 25 years old to the video games trades and production methods through learning activities based on the age and education level of participants.

Catherine interviews Philippe Turp, the co-founder of Academia by Ubisoft, a series of programs and activities whose mission is to encourage the next generation of digital media experts by introducing and educating young people from age 12 to 25 years old to the video games trades and production methods through learning activities based on the age and education level of participants.