#nikatine

We’re back with another Pride 2019 Spotlight. This time we had the pleasure of interviewing Twitch Ambassador and role-play content creator Nikatine (@nikatineprime). Nikatine is a full-time streamer and co-founder of Transmission Gaming, a community for trans people to get together and play games. We caught up with her about the video game community and what pride means to her.

How would you describe yourself in just a few sentences?

I’m Nikatine, Twitch Ambassador and role-play content creator. I play a lot of over-the-top characters, and I’m a full-time Twitch streamer. I’m also a trans woman!

What is Transmission Gaming? 

Transmission Gaming is an awesome community for trans people to get together and play games. I helped found the server a couple of years ago. We were featured on the big HBomberguy charity stream, and now have around 2.5k people in our community. There’s also a Twitch Stream Team!

How have video games allowed you to help others in your community? 

Video Games were my very first introduction to exploring my gender identity; getting to play a female character in games was so important to me as a kid. As an adult, Transmission Gaming has allowed me to connect and play with other trans people in a safe environment where we don't have to worry about our voices or appearances. It is extremely fulfilling!

What does Pride mean to you? 

Pride is about strength. It’s about finding that drive inside you to walk tall for those who can’t just yet. It’s about setting an example and being proud of what makes you unique. Pride is, and always has been, about love.

How can we continue to support the LGBTQIA+ community?

Unfortunately, the LGBTQ+ community is still silenced in many parts of the web. The best thing anyone can possibly do for us is to simply listen, and take action in service of, not against, the queer community.

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while working on the animation for Suck Sunday, i needed some clutter objects for the rooms, so i made a few fake magazine covers and i absolutely love how they turned out.

i’ve been working on a few animations for my friends

and as a bonus, i reversed the animation for an outro after the movie has ended

seven months ago i made a Mystery Science Theater 3000 style intro for Nikatine’s show on Twitch where she, LockTheRaven, and LucidFoxx watch terrible movies and riff off them. i updated that animation by spending a week playing with the lighting, adding in new assets, and working to align it more with her current themes