Have Game, Will Travel: Nyah Beck | Full Sail University
8In this episode of Have Game, Will Travel, Full Sail Director of Esports Growth and Development Bennett Newsome interviews Nyah Beck, Founder of BGXS - Black Gxming Society at UC Irvine. Bennett and Nyah talk about how studying anthropology in college has impacted Nyah’s approach to gaming, what inspired her to help start the award-winning Black Gxming Society at UCI, how being named the inaugural Pokimane Scholarship recipient has influenced her life, the importance of representation in esports, how the gaming industry has evolved, and where she sees the intersection of gaming, education, and representation heading in the next decade.
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