Gordon Bellamy
Gaming, education & community
A career is a multiplayer experience
Gordon connects relationships and continuous learning with representation, AI literacy, and access to authorship and economic participation.
Watch & exploreBLACK GAME PROS SESSIONS · WITH LEON WINKLER
Meet the people shaping gaming and culture.
Candid conversations with Black professionals about the work, choices, and experiences behind their journeys. Discover new perspectives, learn from their paths, and see what’s possible for yours.
Turning visibility into velocity.
TODAY’S FEATURED CONVERSATION
Danielle Udogaranya / EbonixBuilding the representation you want to see ↗
Real people. Different paths. Shared knowledge.
NEXT LIVE SESSION · LinkedIn Live
Mia Ginaé Watkins
Founder, The Mighty Hostess LLC
Paris time · 18:30–19:30 UTC
What if your way into the games industry starts with a skill you developed somewhere else?
Her journey connects storytelling, creative work, and bringing people together. I want to explore what she’s learned along the way and what building something of her own looks like today.
Read Leon’s event announcement
This Friday, November 6, I’m sitting down with Mia Ginaé Watkins, for Black Game Pros Sessions.
Mia is the founder of The Mighty Hostess LLC, a TEDx speaker, and an award-winning filmmaker whose career includes PlayStation and Riot Games. She was also recognized among She Plays Games’ Top 100 Women in Gaming in 2022.
We’ll talk about:
1) Finding your place in games through skills and experiences you might not expect.
2) Keeping your creativity alive as your career evolves.
3) Turning community into opportunity for yourself and others.
And this one feels especially personal: Mia has already helped bring great people into the BGPS conversation. Now I’m looking forward to hearing her story.
Friday, November 6 · 7:30 PM CET / 1:30 PM ET / 10:30 AM PT
Come join us and bring your friends!
About Black Game Pros Sessions
BGPS is a live interview series spotlighting Black voices shaping the games industry. We explore the person behind the career, their journey, creative influences, lessons learned, and the communities that helped them along the way.
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FEATURED CONVERSATION
Danielle Udogaranya / Ebonix · Digital artist & creative technologist
Building the representation you want to see.
From the Black hairstyles missing from The Sims to tools for developers: Danielle discusses self-taught skills, community, recognition, and representing Black people more accurately.
Published 22 Oct 2026
Explore this conversation ↗NEW HERE?
Start with what matters to you.
Finding your next step
Building something of your own
Lisette Titre-Montgomery
Art director & studio co-founder
Creative leadership. Real ownership.
From character artist to studio co-founder, Lisette examines ownership, funding, talent development, and AI—and what creators need to make meaningful work.
Watch & exploreFinding your creative voice
Victoria Brown / Contra_Viction
Gaming creator
Build a voice that is yours
Fighting games, retro consoles, and collecting become a distinctive creator identity. Victoria explores community, relationships, documentary ambitions, and local game stores.
Watch & exploreTHE ARCHIVE
Find your next perspective.
Search the people, work, and topics you want to explore.
Danielle Udogaranya / Ebonix
Digital artist & creative technologist
Building the representation you want to see
From the Black hairstyles missing from The Sims to tools for developers: Danielle discusses self-taught skills, community, recognition, and representing Black people more accurately.
Watch & exploreDanny Peña & Riana Manuel-Peña
Media, marketing & entrepreneurship
Two careers. A shared future.
Danny and Riana explore supporting ambitious careers while building a marriage and family, choosing partnerships that reflect their values, and contributing to gaming in the Dominican Republic.
Watch & exploreKahlief Adams
Founder, Spawn On Me & the Spawnies
Making cultural work sustainable
Kahlief reflects on personal investment, recognition, funding, and sustaining creative ambition while turning respected cultural work into a business.
Watch & exploreLisette Titre-Montgomery
Art director & studio co-founder
Creative leadership. Real ownership.
From character artist to studio co-founder, Lisette examines ownership, funding, talent development, and AI—and what creators need to make meaningful work.
Watch & exploreKendale King
Accounting, gaming & entrepreneurship
Build for your audience, not a follower count
Kendale connects accounting, entertainment, and DreamCon with business systems, financial decisions, and how fatherhood has changed his ambitions.
Watch & exploreThe BGPS community
Series introduction
Find your people. Build your place.
A one-minute introduction to the people, stories, and purpose behind Black Game Pros Sessions.
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SHORT CONVERSATIONS
Black Game Pros Conversations
Short insights from people shaping entertainment, business, and culture.
CANNES LIONS · SIX PERSPECTIVES
What do we get wrong about success?
Six leaders challenge the idea that success is a finish line, with honest, personal perspectives from Cannes Lions.
Lynnwood A. Bibbens, Erika Bennett, Bernard Parker, Adrianne C. Smith, Jasper Hagan, and Karna Crawford.
Watch on InstagramJASPER HAGAN · FULL COURT MARKETING
The small moments behind the big wins.
Jasper reflects on the decisions, sacrifices, and self-belief behind visible success—and giving yourself grace along the way.
A Black Game Pros Conversation with the founder and CEO of Full Court Marketing.
Watch on InstagramWHY BGPS EXISTS
See what’s possible. Learn from the people building it.
Our ambition is to turn visibility into connection, shared knowledge, and opportunity.
Black Game Pros Sessions brings Black professionals across gaming, tech, media, and culture into candid conversation. Hosted by Leon Winkler, the series explores the work behind their achievements, the choices that shaped their journeys, and what they are building for others.
From a room at E3 to conversations across borders.
The Black Game Pros initiative began with the Black Game Pros Mixer at E3 in 2019, founded by Leon to connect Black talent in games. Today’s Sessions continue that purpose as an independent conversation platform.
We center Black professionals and emerging talent, welcoming curious viewers, community builders, and allies. The sessions are here now; a wider network of connection and opportunity is the ambition we’re building toward.
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