From the @mayamada.com studio to you and yours 🎄 Merry Christmas! We hope today brings lots of joy, good company, and amazing food 🍽️😋 Thanks for being part of the journey with us. Looking forward to going into a new year with our community ✨

For Story x Story episode 234, Nigel & @tazziii.bsky.social talk events, community, and creative dedication with Martha Julian from @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social and Abi Wright from Festival of the Girl 🎪 Listen & Subscribe: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

🎮 The FINAL Games Night of 2025 is coming tonight! @tazziii.bsky.social and Nigel join the community for chaotic fun in Gartic Phone, Telephone meets Pictionary with some predictably unpredictable results. Watch our last stream this year 👉 twitch.tv/mayamada | youtube.com/mayamadatv

We'll soon be recording our Story x Story Wrapped episode where Nigel and @tazziii.bsky.social count down their favourite stories of the year and this time, we’re opening up listener submissions 👀 Check the thread for the categories and let us know your picks creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

🌟 Our final roundtable is LIVE! Game educator Sally Sheppard (Wyrdren Games), @creative-genius.bsky.social, and @officialindeedee.bsky.social l share advice for future talent and discuss what's next for gaming in 2026 and beyond. Watch NOW: twitch.tv/mayamada

🕹️ Interactive gameplay interview happening NOW with Nareice Wint @miamiavalon.bsky.social as we discuss her transition from AAA to indie development and championing collaborative game creation. Tune in: twitch.tv/mayamada

🎙️ Industry roundtable happening NOW! UX researcher Roshelle P, accessibility advocate @jarvdusa.bsky.social (Happy Volcano), and Dom Shaw share diverse perspectives on the state of gaming, career paths, and what's next for the industry. Watch live: twitch.tv/mayamada

🎮 Another gameplay showcase happening NOW! @beyond-the-pixels.bsky.social shares his development story whilst we experience his game ASTRO BURN first-hand. Watch live: twitch.tv/mayamada

🕹️ Interactive gameplay interview happening NOW with @luxille.bsky.social cial and @vickyagain.bsky.social Watch as they play their own game whilst discussing their creative process. Tune in: twitch.tv/mayamada

🎮 LIVE NOW: Interview with Dean Gichukie discussing African game development, creating HIRU, and building Kunta Content. Watch: twitch.tv/mayamada

🎮 Next 1UP: End of Year Livestream is now LIVE! Join @tazziii.bsky.social and Nigel on the @mayamada.com .bsky.social Twitch as we explore the future of gaming with industry pros, indie developers, & emerging talent. Tune in: twitch.tv/mayamada

UX researcher Roshelle Patterson, accessibility advocate @jarvdusa.bsky.social, and Dom Shaw join our first Next 1UP roundtable on 13th Dec from 1PM GMT to discuss lessons learned from the past year in video games! 📺 twitch.tv/mayamada | youtube.com/mayamadatv #Next1UP #GamesUX #GameAccessibility

@sallygamedev.bsky.social , @creative-genius.bsky.social and @officialindeedee.bsky.social join our second Next 1UP roundtable on 13th Dec to talk about what aspiring games professionals need to know for 2026! 📺 twitch.tv/mayamada | youtube.com/mayamadatv #Next1UP #GamesEducation #GamesIndustry

Excited to announce that Dean Gichukie, CEO & Game Producer at Kunta Content, joins the Next 1UP livestream tomorrow! He kicks things off with insights into his games studio and HIRU, a Maasai-inspired 3D game. 📺 twitch.tv/mayamada | youtube.com/mayamadatv #Next1UP #IndieGames #AfricanGames

Less than 24 hours until we go live!!🥳 Join Nigel and @tazziii.bsky.social for the final 2025 celebration - interviews, guests, Q&A & international indie showcases. WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU TOMORROW!! 📺 twitch.tv/mayamada | youtube.com/mayamadatv #Next1UP #IndieGames

Nareice Wint joins us for a live gameplay interview at Next 1UP on 13th Dec from 1 PM GMT. Hear about her journey from AAA production to indie studio leadership @miamiavalon.bsky.social 📺 twitch.tv/mayamada | youtube.com/mayamadatv #Next1UP #IndieGames

Filmmaker & game dev @beyond-the-pixels.bsky.social joins us for a live gameplay interview at the Next 1UP livestream! Hear his path from AAA to real-time filmmaking + his upcoming ASTRO BURN Game!. 📅 13 Dec, 2:20 PM GMT 📺 twitch.tv/mayamada | youtube.com/mayamadatv #Next1UP #IndieGames

Excited to announce @luxille.bsky.social and @vickyagain.bsky.social from Studio Lavacado will be joining the Next 1UP livestream on 13th Dec! Sharing Floramino & their indie dev journey in a live gameplay interview @1:50 PM GMT. 📺 twitch.tv/mayamada youtube.com/mayamadatv #Next1UP #IndieGames

2 days til the Next 1UP livestream! Join @tazziii.bsky.social and Nigel for interviews, plus indies & community interaction as we wrap the "Do I Look Like A Gamer?" campaign! 📅 Sat 13 Dec – 1PM GMT 📺 twitch.tv/mayamada | youtube.com/mayamadatv #Next1UP #LookLikeAGamer

The final deep dive episode of 2025! Nigel and @tazziii.bsky.social break down Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio with guests Sky Tunley-Stainton from @safeinourworld.org and @pigeonface.bsky.social✨🎙 Listen & Subscribe creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

🎮 Announcing Next 1UP, the end of year "Do I Look Like A Gamer?" livestream! Join Host @tazziii.bsky.social, Nigel and the @mayamada.bsky.social team on Sat 13 Dec for interviews, roundtables, indie showcases & community... Details 👉 looklikeagamer.com/next-1up-end... #Next1UP #LookLikeAGamer

This is just the beginning! We have more events planned as part of "Do I Look Like A Gamer?" 🎮 Plus, some very exciting announcements coming later this year and into 2026. Watch this space! 👀 looklikeagamer.com

Huge thanks to @SquareEnix for hosting us at their London HQ! It was amazing to see games being created in a space where some of the world's most beloved video games are made. Support like this really helps inspire the next generation of game designers! 🙏

What a fantastic day! 🎉 Our Friends & Family Game Design Jam at Square Enix London HQ was genuinely our best game jam yet. Thank you to everyone who brought their creativity and enthusiasm - the games you created were brilliant! 🎮✨

🎲 Tomorrow's the day! Join us for the Friends & Family Game Design Jam. We're kicking off from 12pm... 📍 Square Enix London 🚆 Near Blackfriars & Southwark stations 👨👩👧👦 Perfect for all ages See you there! A few tickets still available 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friends-fa... #LookLikeAGamer

Tonight: Join @tazziii.bsky.social and Nigel for some #Roombattle action! We're trying out tries out this competitive party game where you control vacuum cleaners, pop your friends' balloons 🎈🔪 and compete in mini-games! 🎮 Join us at 7:30PM GMT on the @mayamada.com Twitch twitch.tv/mayamada

Tonight on Casual Conversations: Nigel chats with @sammywarddraws.bsky.social, taking us through her journey in fantasy and folklore-inspired comics, ghost stories, and her current projects including 'Not Another Haunting' and 'Of Ichor & Bone'! 🎨 Join us at 7:30PM GMT on twitch.tv/mayamada

🚨 NEW STUDIO77 REPORT ALERT! We're opening 3 segments for the community to share project updates live on stream this Thursday with @tazziii.bsky.social and Nigel 🎉 Can't join live? Share in Discord instead - we'll make sure your work gets celebrated! 💬 DM us to find out more www.twitch.tv/mayamada

Next up on Casual Conversations With Comic Creators series...we're talking with creator @sammywarddraws.bsky.social! Join Host Nigel on the @mayamada.com Twitch as we explore the stories behind fantasy, folklore and ghostly comics ✨😬 📅 18 Nov, 7:30PM GMT Watch along: www.twitch.tv/mayamada

It's the final day of #ThoughtBubble2025! 💥 Visit @mayamada.com at Bubbleboy Hall (Table F8) before it's too late 👋 Last chance to grab Origins: Against All Odds – the new manga about creative dreams – plus prints & badges whilst they last! 🎟️ www.thoughtbubblefestival.com #ThoughtBubble #UKComics

We're back at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social for another year celebrating indie comics! See @mayamada.com this weekend in Bubbleboy Hall (Table F8). Grab Origins: Against All Odds – the manga telling @tazziii.bsky.social's story – plus prints & badges. Don't miss out → www.thoughtbubblefestival.com

We're back at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social and looking forward to the indie vibe! Find @mayamada.com at Table F8 in Bubbleboy Hall for our new manga Origins: Against All Odds, plus merch & comics chat! 📍 Harrogate Convention Centre 🎟️ Tickets: thoughtbubblefestival.com #ThoughtBubble2025 #Manga

On Story x Story episode 227, Nigel & @tazziii.bsky.social dived into #KPopDemonHunters with @siberianlizard.bsky.social + @tonymoyart.bsky.social. We talked friendship, identity + slick demon-slaying action 🔥 Listen & Subscribe 🎧: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

We're heading back to @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social! 🎉 Find @mayamada.com in Bubbleboy Hall (Table F8) and grab Origins: Against All Odds, our new manga following @tazziii.bsky.social's journey! Plus prints & badges, love the indie focus! 🎟️ www.thoughtbubblefestival.com #ThoughtBubble2025

Back to the island! ☀️Nigel's heading to Malta Comic Con once again for the 6th or 7th time, but who's counting 😄 Find him at his table all weekend signing Origins: Against All Odds and more @mayamada.bsky.social manga maltacomiccon.com #MaltaComicCon #MCC2025 #IndieComics

Excited to share that @mayamada.bsky.social co-founder Nigel will be at #MaltaComicCon this 8–9 November! 🎉 He'll be signing books all weekend, including the brand new Origins: Against All Odds manga 💪Come say hi and get your copy maltacomiccon.com #MCC2025

🎮 Our monthly Games Night livestream returns TONIGHT! This time, @tazziii.bsky.social and Nigel are diving into Pool 2 by indie dev @flxli227.bsky.social, featured in this year's "Do I Look Like A Gamer?" campaign 👾 Join the chaos from 7PM GMT: twitch.tv/mayamada

Happening NOW 💬 Nigel sits down with @laburrini — creator of The Part-Time Adventures of Nerd Girl and fellow Malta Comic Con exhibitor next month! Don’t miss this chat about the craft & challenges of making #comics. 🗓️ 28 Oct, 7:30PM GMT (8.30PM CET) 🎥 twitch.tv/mayamada | youtube.com/mayamadatv

We’re going live TONIGHT with @laburrini.bsky.social for Casual Conversations With Comic Creators! She joins @mayamada.com co-founder Nigel for an open talk about making comics and creativity across industries. 🗓️ 28 Oct, 7:30PM GMT (8.30PM CET) 🎥 twitch.tv/mayamada | youtube.com/mayamadatv

We’re in the North Hall near the RPG Zone and Board Games at @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social. Find Nigel, @tazziii.bsky.social and the @mayamada.com team at our #LookLikeAGamer booth and on the show floor all weekend. Come say hi! looklikeagamer.com/mcm-london-comic-com

The "Do I Look Like A Gamer?" campaign returns to @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social this weekend, October 24-26! Nigel, @tazziii.bsky.social and the @mayamada.com team have big plans. Check out our campaign! #LookLikeAGamer looklikeagamer.com/mcm-london-comic-com

Why does #anime resonate so deeply? Discover the answer with Nigel, @tazziii.bsky.social, Simone Giampaolo, @kaypowxd.bsky.social & BadgerzRUs at @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social this Friday 24th, 2:20pm on the Creator Stage. Learn more about what we're up to looklikeagamer.com/mcm-london-comic-com

We've got last-minute guest spots available for our Mickey 17 deep dive tomorrow (Monday 20th), and it's our final open guest spot of the year! Get in touch to join Nigel and @tazziii.bsky.social for our breakdown of Bong Joon Ho's latest release. DM or contact us at mayamada.com 🎙✨

Tonight, we're #LiveOnTwitch! Nigel & @tazziii.bsky.social are joined by @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social for a Story x Story #videogame roundtable 🍂🎮 We’re talking Xbox Game Pass prices, gaming affordability + more news 📅 Thurs 9 Oct | ⏰ 7:30PM BST 📺 Watch live: twitch.tv/mayamadatv #podcast

Big news 🎲 We're bringing the Friends & Family Game Design Jam to @square-enix-games.com! Join Nigel & @tazziii.bsky.social for the next @mayamada.com "Do I Look Like A Gamer?" campaign event 🥳 📅 Sat 29 Nov, 12–6pm 💡 For all ages & levels Tickets 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friends-fa...

We'd definitely leave the house more if outside looked like this! 😲🗻 #indiegames #newgames #gamers #wholesome #gamingcommunity #cozygaming #fyp #ascend #witchyvibes #starsign #puzzle #puzzlegame #relaxing

We had a great chat with @rachaelsmith.bsky.social & @paulcornell.bsky.social on our Casual Conversations With Comic Creators show in summer! 🎤✨ Watch the clips on YouTube: 👉 youtu.be/h_SZH7wd-3w 👉 youtu.be/4hJWR8BKEFA Then meet them in person 10 Oct @goshcomics.bsky.social! #WhoKilledNessie

Always a great time talking with other creators!

Big news! 🎉 On 10th Oct, @rachaelsmith.bsky.social & @paulcornell.bsky.social are at @goshcomics.bsky.social for a signing of their cryptid whodunnit #WhoKilledNessie 🐉🔍 Meet the creators & grab your copy! Hear more on our #StoryxStory podcast! 🎧 creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... #BookSigning

Next up on Story x Story...a brand new deep dive episode! Nigel and @tazziii.bsky.social will be breaking down the global sensation KPop Demon Hunters with our guests @siberianlizard.bsky.social and @tonymoyart.bsky.social ✨🎙 Listen & Subscribe creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...