Gaming Industry vet Stevie Case launches StevieFTW podcast

Apr 1, 2010 by Dan Taylor    1 Comment     Posted under: Games, News

If you’re a long time gamer, chances are you know, Stevie Case. She’s been deeply involved in the gaming industry for over 10 years now, with her initial success stemming from a triumphant win over John Romeo, creator of the all-time classic, genre-defining title: Quake.

During the 1990’s Stevie was a pre-law student at the University of Kansas by day, and hardcore gamer by night. She joined the ranks of the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL), and holds the honor of being the first ever professional female gamer. Post world gaming tours, Stevie moved into game development rolls, and eventually found herself in the world of High Tech Management. She currently juggles the hectic pace of heading up business development at microtransactions software provider, as well as being a full time mom “and loving it,” says Case.

Partnering with NewWorld.com, Stevie has recently signed a two-year agreement to host a weekly podcast, appropriately titled Stevie FTW. The podcast will focus on not only gaming, but the high tech lifestyle including web culture, digital media, and the latest gadgets and tech trends. Not solely bound to tech, Stevie will seek to cross her passions for adventure, food, wine, travel and more with her unique industry experiences.

The StevieFTW podcast officially launched yesterday, March 31st, and will air every Wednesday. Her initial guest, none other than gaming industry icon Cliff Bleszinski of Epic Games. Bleszinski is one of the driving forces behind the Unreal franchise, as well as the Gears of War series. If this isn’t a high bar to set in an inaugural episode – I don’t know what is. I, for one, can’t wait to see where she goes from here.

“This is something that I’ve done for years, just not in Podcast form,” says Case. “There’s all this great info floating around in my, and others’, heads, and so the option to put it down on tape [so to speak] was a no-brainer. “

Catch Stevie FTW at stevieftw.com. No iTunes stream has been set up yet, but Case assures me it’ll be there “very soon”. You can also stay up to date with Stevie FTW on Twitter and Facebook.

4/4/10 Update: Here’s the Stevie FTW iTunes Podcast link.