Andrew McMahon
The news was announced during an exclusive interview with NBC LX, where Peña talks about founding the podcast, as well as his experience with gaming in his youth.
Danny Peña founded Gamertag Radio back in 2005 with Peter Toledo and Parris Lilly. Since its inception, the show has filmed over 1200 episodes, featuring notable guests such as former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé, Xbox head Phil Spencer, and many more.
He goes on to detail his success and being the first Latino inducted to the Podcast hall-of-fame a bit more below:
That was before smartphones, so I had to convince people to just go to a website to listen to this show instead of being able to just download it straight from an app. It’s been a great experience for me. I’ve been having a great time talking to people in the industry and at the same time giving back to up-and-coming content creators and developers that also wanted to get into the industry.
Back then, I was the only person of color at these events. Now that I have access and there’s more people involved, we are trying to give back as much as possible.
