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Culture Jun 21, 2023
Kongregate's June Book Program Explores Juneteenth and LGBTQ+ Stories

We are thrilled to announce the return of our highly anticipated June Book Program, running throughout the entire month of June. Building on the success of last year's program, we are excited to offer our employees another opportunity for greater growth and understanding. The June Book Program is designed to foster continued learning within our company and provide our employees with valuable insights into Juneteenth and the LGBTQ+ community through educational books. During the program, each em

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Culture Jun 07, 2023
Queerness in the Gaming World: A Celebration

Amidst the scorching summer heat, a shiver ran through my veins. Something in the air told me this is where I belonged. The first Pride Month event I ever attended was in Nashville back in 2016. It was the first time I’d seen so many queer people and families coming together in one place for one purpose. Music was playing. Everyone was decked out in rainbows. Together we were smiling, dancing, and rejoicing in being seen and understood. It opened my eyes to the possibilities of not just toler

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Community May 31, 2023
Rebel with a Cause: Dan's Punk Rock Mission to Revolutionize Gaming

We sat down with Dan - the Senior Product Marketing Manager at Kongregate - to talk about the importance of AAPI month and how his experience as a member of this community has informed his career in video games. — I grew up in a mixed family. My dad is Hawaiian Filipino and my mom is Irish, English, and Dutch. Growing up, I knew that this made me different from a lot of my peers, but I didn’t really know why. When my parents would volunteer for school events, I would get a lot of weird looks w

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Community May 24, 2023
Building Community: Elle's Journey to Becoming a Senior Community Manager

"In every interaction, I strive to create a sense of family and belonging. It doesn't matter who you are; there is always room for you in our community. I've experienced the joy of being embraced as family by friends and at gatherings filled with love, laughter, and delicious food. The warm and welcoming values within the Filipino culture fill me with pride. It inspires me to foster that same spirit of inclusivity and care in everything I do." - Elle, Senior Community Manager at Kongregate

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Culture May 10, 2023
Kongregate Visits Kellogg Middle School

Last week, I was joined by our Director of Marketing Drew Hambke to visit Kellogg Middle School in Portland, Oregon to talk about the many possible careers within the video game industry. In order to inspire students to start thinking about their career journeys, the teachers at Kellogg kindly invited us to share openly about our own personal experiences with games and the gaming industry, as well as shed some light on the many aspects of video games from a career perspective. As with any pres

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Community Apr 06, 2023
Who's That Kongpanion?

Kongpanions started out as the brain-child of two employees who wanted to come up with a way to make badge-earning even more compelling for players. The two of them walked into a conference room with a vague mission and walked out with the pitch to give out adorable collectible buddies as a prize for completing achievements in-game. Since then, Kongpanions have been a community-building event and unofficial pictographic history for Kongregate, by naming them after employees, inside jokes, and

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Culture Mar 30, 2023
Continuing to Empower Women in the Gaming Industry

It’s the beginning of Spring and the end of Q1 - a time of excitement as we all transition toward new projects and celebrate the goals we met during the first quarter. As we near the tail end of March, we wanted to wrap up Women’s History Month and spotlight some of the female leadership we have here at Kongregate. During International Women’s Day, we got to see Head of Studio Fernanda Contreras speak at the UN! You can read more about Fernanda’s story on what it was like to kickstart the gamin

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Kongregate News Mar 22, 2023
We're at GDC!

We’re only halfway through the week and it already feels like so much has happened! Monday was a day of traveling for many of the Kongregate folks - even flying internationally to arrive at the Moscone Center in San Francisco for GDC - the annual Game Developer Conference. Here is where we get a chance to meet up with other members of the gaming industry and meet our fans directly. It’s a great opportunity for Kongregate to say hi and shake hands, all among some of our favorite people. This ye

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Kongregate News Mar 15, 2023
The Significance of GDC for the Gaming Industry

There has been an extra buzz at Kongregate over the past few weeks. We’re preparing to meet game developers and partners in person, checking and double-checking flights, and talking about our matching shirts. Why? We’re going to GDC! Here are a few of the quotes we’ve collected around multiple departments on why GDC holds such significance for us: Michelle Shaw, CBOO GDC has always been a big event for Kongregate! It's an exciting opportunity to meet with up-and-coming developers and showca

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