The Gamerhood Podcast

Today we are talking with the minion god himself, Ghazzy, who is a 31-year-old Path of Exile Streamer

Ghazzy isn’t expecting his first born until early next year, so this episode focuses on him as a person, a streamer and his thoughts on becoming a father. Ghazzy has a great roll with the punches mindset with the main goal to do more for his kids then his parents did for him, which is all we can ever hope for our kids. We hope to do a follow up podcast next year after he has his daughter to discuss how it went, tips/tricks, etc

I hope you enjoy the episode

Today we are talking with Zizaran, who is a 33-year-old streamer who is a pillar to the Path of Exile Community.

With a growing team and community under him and still working 500 hours a month he is a man with a work ethic most should envy and learn from, and if that doesn’t work the ziz effect will.

He learned English from playing games and a dictionary. He has been streaming for 6 years now and he is one of the best resources in the POE community whether you are new or a veteran player.

Whether it is POE university right to being the mind and the engine behind the POE Gauntlet, the most successful event in POE.

Ziz is a father of a 3 month old boy with his wife Helena and cat Loki that frequent make appearances on his channel.

In this episode we also talk about his biggest hopes and vision for the future of POE.

I hope you enjoy the episode

Today we are talking with Doctor Alex Tripp aka Milk Man Al a 37 year old Anesthesiologist and father of a 5 year old boy from the Kansas City area

Alex has a Youtube and Twitch Channels and is trying to educate and show people that medication can be fun and exciting. He is started becoming more active since the pandemic due to the prevalent misinformation and lack of resources on the internet.

I hope you enjoy the episode

Today we are talking with Bruce The Shark, aka Rich Davenport, who is a father of a 10 year boy and has a 27 year old step-daughter through marriage.

Rich has been a gamer since Atari and today we talked about a kid how you saw the graphics in our youth vs how they are now and the leaps that have been made and we won’t be bale to see that kind of a crazy leap over the next 30 years.

He also runs 2 podcasts about Star Wars and has 3 more starting in 2022 about Star Trek and Serial Killers

I will put the details in the show notes

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Today we are talking with Seth, a 36 year old father of 6 and 9 year old boys from New Mexico.

Seth used to do a podcast on League of Legends and current does one about USL soccer, I will put these details in the show notes including his twitch details.

In todays episode we talk about the struggles of being one of the first dads in your friends group and the importance of being able to recognize when you are playing too much and to take a step back

We talk about meeting people in real life after gaming with them for years, and just how genuine the relationship is and how it isn’t awkward at all

We also talk about as a man you need to learn to be able to open up, especially if your dad was tough, it is a generational thing, teach your kids to be more open with their feelings

I hope you enjoy the episode

Today we are talking with Kaylan - ktastrophy, who is a father of a 2 years boy from the Toronto Canada area and the co-host of PixelPlay – a weekly gaming podcast about all major weekly news, rumours and discussions from the gaming world

In todays episode we go on a few tangents including Brazilian jijitsu and if being a pro gamer/streamer would actually be fun or would it take away your passion and enjoyment as it becomes your job

I hope you enjoy the episode

PixelPlay Podcast –

Today we are talking with Kenton Hanson, a product manager for Roll20.net, the largest tabletop role playing game program software in the world

He is a father of a 17-year-old son, they are both avid gamers and 3D printer enthusiasts and the co-host of a podcast.

I apologize in advance for my mic quality during this episode. I was able to improve it drastically and make Kenton’s sound perfect, I am still not overly happy with the quality but I enjoyed the episode and Kenton is an interesting man.

I hope you enjoy the episode

Today we are talking with JainaFTW, a transgender woman of a 9 year old boy from small town Michigan.

In this episode we talk about her transition journey and how she made her transition for her son. Even child deserves the best version of their parents possible, and Jaina felt in order for her to be the best dad possible it was the right decision for their family.

She is a fantastic woman, dad and human being, that has a fantastic outlook on life.

Be sure to check out the show notes for her podcast and her transgender advocacy group in Michigan, if you know someone that needs someone to talk to, please send them over this link.

I hope you enjoy the episode

Today we are talking with GaProgMan, who is a father of 3 from Leeds England

He is a host and producer of 5 podcasts and runs his own company that does custom software development and podcast editing and consultation. I will put these details in the show notes

He is a patient gamer that normally plays games well after they are released to get them at a discounted price but he also always plays games in sequential order.

We talk about the old school experience of gaming with no spoilers and having to talk to kids at school on how to beat the game or buy the strategy guides vs YouTube guides of the current generation.

We also talk about if getting that experience is ever possible again. Even with blind drop games, content creators will have videos and spoilers up well before the public could have that same blind experience.

The Episode ends at the 1h 8 minute mark, following that he gives some good advise on podcasting for about 15 minutes and multiple tangents following this

Please let me know if you like these tagents listeners or if should have just ended the episode at the 1h 8 minute mark or even after the podcast advice

Thanks in advance for your feedback

I hope you enjoy the episode

GaProgMan’s Podcasts:

Today we are talking with Chad Sheppard, co-host for the We Used to Talk About this at Work Podcast, who is a 34-year-old, married for 5 years and has a 1 year old daughter from St. Louis Missouri.

We talk about the old paradigm where when you get old you got the money but no time

And how since becoming a father of a girl his emotions have been unlocked and finds himself crying in movies and games that never used to hit him.

The episode ends around the 40 minute mark then we chat another 10 or so minutes about random games we have been playing recently and recommending games to each other

I hope you enjoy the episode

Today we are talking with Dave Maloney from Megagorillagaming who is a 33 with a wife of 7 years a 9 year old son and 6 year old daughter from Rochester New York

Today we are talking with Steven Zilcho, who is a Streamer and Car Detailer and father of a 1.5 year old boy from a very small town in Iowa.

Steve also has a podcast called Cornfries Podcast. I will put all his details in the show notes.

I want to personally thank Steven for his vulnerability in this episode and telling the audience about the close call/accident that they had with there little boy and mother and his wifes medical condition.

I hope you enjoy the episode

Today we are talking with my old classmates husband, Mr. Josh Bury, Content creator for the @theScoreesports, raid father, resident meme expert and father of two daughters.

This is the longest episode of my podcast journey but I loved every second of it. Josh is an interesting guy and we had fun going on tangents about world of warcraft, the issues/future of journalism and the beauty of world through a kids as they are still naïve and unjaded.

I also just want to apologize in advance for my voice as I was on the tail end of a cold

Today we are talking with Esports connoisseur Kevin Correa, he is a 26 year old that takes his esports knowledge to the mic to discuss the newest developments and headlines in esports. Bringing on players, CEO's and everyone in between to share their expertise on the show.

I will put his podcast and socials in the show notes.

I hope you enjoy the episode

Today we are talking with Kai Morbid who is a Music Producer, Podcast Host, Twitch Streamer, Rapper, Multilingual and overall a very intense, intelligent and interesting gentlemen.

It is a quick last minute quick episode I was able to pull together due to the move but I still really enjoyed talking to and getting to know Kai.

Kai Didn’t have a great relationship with his dad, but he seems to have broken the cycle is a stand up guy with a very open and supporting mindset.

When he introduced his kids he noted that they are “the Gender they choose to be today, sexual orientation they choose based on their moods, and their ideas continue to evolve and change like ours”

12 and 14 currently identifying as females

Today we are talking with Tristian Lockhart (@dwgpodcast_21 ) currently residing in Takoma Washington and working as a Business relationship manager for a financial institution

He is a father of 2 boys (6 and 9)

In today’s episode we talk about screen time management and the importance of balancing your kids from not feeling left out but not being consumed by electronics.

Tristian actually makes his kids physically write what they are learning from the game in order to get more time which I thought was neat.

We also talk about mental health and having an outlet outside of gaming, that you can speak about your feeling about your kids, marriage, etc so you can navigate through life

@dwgpodcast_21

Today we are talking with Mohammed and Yasin from Ontario, Canada.

Mohammed is a Hypnotist and Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) expert and Yasin runs a successful podcast called crash and flow.

In this episode we talk about healthy gaming and how Mohammed helped yasin by using NLP to allow him to play video games again and stop his panic attacks.

I hope you enjoy the episode

coachthemind.ca 

Today we are talking with @SupportiveFathers, who is a high school counselor and father of 1, who created social media accounts to help and inspire dads

In this episode we talk about our inspiration for creating our channels, about gender stereotypes for kids and the negative wrap that gaming gets even though dedicating a day to sports or binge watching shows is encouraged.

I hope you enjoy the episode

@supportivefathers

Today we are talking with my guild leader (World of Warcraft) and twitch streamer Riakuu, who is a 32-year-old American pipe fitter.

On todays episode we talk about competitive gaming (both WOW and DDR where Riakuu was a high-level worldwide competitor) before organized Esports were a thing

I hope you enjoy the episode

Today we are talking with family friendly streamer Dyekenee. He is a father of 2 and the whole family streams. Their goal is to make the online web a better place by focusing on positivity, good manners, better skill sets and strong friendships. I know it's a dream but it's what I strive for

Today is a bit of a longer episode and we went down a bit of a rabbit hole, but hope you all enjoy Chris’s storeys as much as I did (from sega to the arcade, to the rise of the computer) 

Sorry about the episode being cut short at the end due to technical issues

I hope you enjoy the episode

Dyekenee Details:

TWITCH

Stark4machine is a twitch streamer predominantly focused on helping out new players to Path of Exile and creating his own community around it

He has newly inherited a 5 year old boy and 8 year old girl through marriage so he is new to fatherhood but he makes up for that in life experience including being an actor in the Oscar winning film (Artist), being a guitarist in a band called the West Shore who played at the 2005 Warped Tour and working as a talent agency in New York.

I hope you enjoy the episode