036: Acting for Business and the Culture of Gaming

Catalyst: A Creative Industries Podcast

Catalyst is a Creative Industries podcast, from Chapman University. Each episode features Chapman students who have completed a Podcasting course through the Center for Creative and Cultural Industries at the university. Students who had no podcasting experience or technical ability in the genre before taking the course were able to contribute all the segments to Catalyst this season with the goal being that they will take this ‘hands-on’ experience and carry it over to the launching of their very own series. Each episode of season 5 consists of two segments, with each segment featuring a different interview by one or more CCI students, who explore different aspects of the Creative and Cultural Industries.

In the first segment of this episode Jules Rector and interview partner Ana Torras connect with Jacqueline Alves to discuss the interconnections of acting, events, and business when they speak to her about her role working as a character at children’s parties. In addition to talking about the nitty gritty of the job, they touch on how the business and her role within it had to quickly adjust in the time of Covid.

As a wild second segment entitled “Mom’s Basement” begins we are introduced to interviewers Chris Li and Alex Drier who leap into the world of gaming by interviewing Ethan Williams. The boys discuss how Nintendo and other video game companies have shaped the most recent generation doing a deep dive breaking down classic Nintendo 64 all the way to the current Switch.