AndroidQueen Preys on Games

Episode 79: The singular seventy-ninth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Tonight, we have a special guest! Maitland Hemby also known as Follow @androidqueen. Maitland is a friend and classmate of The Wolf Doctor and Miz Sylver who is a Senior Gameplay Engineer at Arkane Studios in the Austin office. She's worked at several other game studios including Harmonix, BioWare, and Edge of Reality. She talks about how she got into games, the ups and downs of being in the industry, and her favorite things she made for Prey. We also get her advice for aspiring game developers, which does include moving to Austin. Her Austin area gaming pick is Juegos Rancheros indie gaming meet-ups. Follow Maitland on Instagram for cute dog photos!

This week's news:

• The “Defend Your Champion Title!” global mission in Pokemon Sun and Moon is on until July 10 at 4:59pm PDT. The goal of this mission is to collectively earn the title of League Champion 100,000 times!
• The Wolf Doctor gives an update on Pokemon Go Raids, and how she has failed at the high level ones alone.
• Has-Been Heroes just got a sweet quality update, fixing bugs and adding effects and background text!
• The upcoming-this-summer Namco Museum for the Switch will include Pac-Mac Vs., the insane game where one player plays Pac-Man while up to three other players play as ghosts!
• The Super NES Classic is announced for September 29th. Stay tuned for details on pre-orders and such.
• Nintendo and Hasbro are teaming up to bring us Monopoly Gamer, essentially Mario-nopoly.

Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Do you think Prey is spooky? What was your favorite Harmonix game? And is Austin really full? Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know!



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