In this BLE Breakdown, CEO Bryna Dabby Smith and CCO Rashad Redic sit down with Podcast Hall of Famer Danny Peña to discuss Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver, the game's origins, and how the Wu-Tang Clan got involved.

Hear Riana's expert insights on the video games industry as she joins the BBC World Business Report for 2024 - 2025. In this discussion Riana shares her thoughts on industry layoffs, new hardware, and in-game transactions, providing valuable perspectives for developers, publishers, and players.

Although all of the episodes in Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming Secret Level anthology series are based on video games and their respective worlds, some are weirder than others. Case in point: the Pac-Man episode. While the classic video game revolves around a yellow circle eating pellets, fruits, and ghosts, the Secret Level episode seems to be focused on a robed alien and his spherical companion…

We had the good fortune of connecting with C. Riana Manuel-Peña and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi C. Riana, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
Growing up as a millennial in the Midwest I was taught that you’re supposed to go to college, intern at a big company, work there for 15 years, and gradually move up until eventually retiring. But this path wasn’t available to me nor to many of my counterparts after graduation. We came into a workforce and an economy turned upside-down, and we were forced to compete for entry-level roles alongside 10+ year veterans in some cases. I quickly realized that my career was entirely in my own hands and true success – financial security and job fulfillment – would only come if I worked for myself…

Riana Manuel-Peña and other marketing vets weigh-in on the challenges of setting up creator campaigns.

Fintech TV interviews Danny Peña about his gaming career, podcasting, Gamertag Radio and his children's book, Danny Loves Video Games.

Danny Peña es el primer latino que ha conseguido posicionarse como un experto en videojuegos en Estados Unidos, logrando interactuar y jugar con grandes personalidades como Bill Gates. Conoce su historia.

Danny Peña has one of those fairy-tale stories that the video game industry is so good at creating.

They’ve faced limited pathways and few mentors, but Latino game designers are using their experiences to help others.

Riana Manuel-Peña, Danny Peña , Parris Lilly, and Stella Chung gather for a discussion about diversity and inclusion within the Halo universe and how the best science-fiction reflects the world we live in.