Annabel Ashalley-Anthony, founder Melanin Gamers.

My guest today is a British-Ghanaian writer and advocate for inclusion and diversity in the video game industry. Having graduated from the University of Westminster with a degree in creative writing with English literature, she founded Melanin Gamers , a support community for people of colour who play video games, or who want to join the game industry but feel unsure that there is a place for them within it. The initiative, which has more than four thousand members worldwide, has hosted tournaments, worked alongside Microsoft and The Prince’s Trust , and in 2020 won Barnet's Big Idea Entrepreneurial Prize . That same year my guest’s novel, ‘ A Thousand Natural Shocks ’ was long listed for the Lucy Cavendish Prize , Cambridge University’s literary award for unpublished women authors. She currently represents the Ghanaian Esports Federation in International Relations. Play the console: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Assassin’s Creed The Ezio Collection The Last of Us The Sims 4 Apex Legends Please consider becoming a Patreon supporter; your small monthly subscription will help to make the podcast sustainable for the long term, and you'll receive bonus content, and access to the My Perfect Console community: https://www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole Become a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range of benefits at www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole Take the Acast listener survey to help shape the show: My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin Survey 2025 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.