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06 Sep 2023

HOW IT SHIPPED – Insecure: The Come Up Game

Virginia - Central Virginia | Richmond, VA

Latoya Peterson, co-founder and CXO of Glow Up Games, walks through what it took to ship Insecure: The Come Up Game with HBO.

Latoya Peterson lives at the intersection of emerging technology and culture. She is cofounder and CXO at Glow Up Games, an award-winning game studio centering storytelling around black and brown joy. Glow Up Games recently launched their first title set in the world of HBO’s Insecure and is working on a rap experience tied to live events.

Previously, she was the Deputy Editor, Digital Innovation for ESPN’s The Undefeated, an Editor-at-Large at Fusion, and the Senior Digital Producer for The Stream, a social media driven news show on Al Jazeera America. In 2018, she soft launched AI in the Trap, a collaborative art project that explores the future of artificial intelligence and predictive policing through a hip-hop lens. In 2016, she produced a critically acclaimed YouTube series on Girl Gamers that was highlighted on Spotify. She is currently on the advisory board of the Data & Society Institute and the board of visitors for The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships. She is also part of the selection committee for the Museum of Play’s World Video Game Hall of Fame.

Cost:

Free

Venue:

VCU da Vinci Center SHIFT Retail Lab

Speaker:

Latoya Peterson

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