So Sarah, what’s your story? How did you end up here at Nexus?
Hey! Well, workwise, my background is mainly in social media management, but I’ve also worked as part of a digital marketing agency, specialising in TikTok. I knew people who worked here already, so I had heard firsthand how great it is to work at Nexus Mods. Plus, I’ve got a passion for gaming and modding, so it seemed like a brilliant opportunity to use and expand on the skills I already have, doing something I love.
Outside of work, though, I’ve always been really into gaming. I love art and literature too; I actually did my degree in English Literature, although it took me years to read books for pleasure again after that. Greek mythology retellings have really helped spark that love again, especially Madeline Miller’s novels. I’m a big DnD fan and have been meaning to get back into it since moving from Essex to Exeter last year. In my last campaign, I played a Tiefling Rogue. I always end up playing a Rogue or Thief of some kind in RPG games too. I’m a loot goblin; I just can’t help myself — no chest is safe!
And what are your plans for your future here? Any cool stuff in the pipeline for us to look forward to?
Yeah, we’ve got some big plans. As Content Manager, I’m looking to expand our content team with a Content Creator and Videographer, so check out those roles. We’re also really keen on helping the community get to know us as a company and all of the people who work here on a more personal level, so keep an eye out for something new with that in mind coming up.
We want to continue to try to be as transparent as possible about the things we’re working on and what we’re doing. A lot of stuff happens behind the scenes here, which we just don’t communicate until it’s done. So we’d like to bring you along for the journey. There are also so many opportunities for us to rave and shout about the cool mods everyone’s been making on our socials, which we have done a little of before but we’d like to do more of. We’d love to start streaming, doing roundtables, Ask Me Anythings, etc. We want to help everyone feel like they’re a part of our Nexus Mods community, and by extension, part of Nexus Mods itself, and making more content like this is a great way to do that.
What about your gaming story? What got you into gaming and what are some of your favourite games?
My gaming journey started when my Mum gave me her old Sega Game Gear, I played Sonic the Hedgehog on that for hours at a time. Growing up in the 90s, Pokémon was massive and I loved all the Pokémon games. I had the Pikachu Nintendo 64 and played so much Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Snap on that. I mostly played on PlayStation and Nintendo consoles when I was younger, but over the past few years, I’ve converted to PC gaming.
To this day, Kingdom Hearts 2 is my favourite game, and it really sparked my love for RPGs. "Dearly Beloved" still hits me right in the feels whenever I hear it. I’ve also played MMOs like Tera, and a LOT of Final Fantasy XIV. I actually finally managed to beat the housing savage last year after years, literal years, of trying to get a plot. Really, I just love aesthetically pleasing games and anything with a good character creator. I spend HOURS making characters!
I have to ask off the back of that, what’s your favourite Pokemon?
It has to be Arcanine, for sure! I’d love to give a cool reason for it, but really it’s just that tigers have always been my favourite animal, and as a kid, my logic was that it was the closest one to them haha!
Do you Mod at all? Any favourite mods as well?
My modding journey originally started with The Sims 2 on my grandparents' old computer when I was in secondary school. I ran that poor thing into the ground with all the custom content I downloaded. It was also how I first created mods as well, adding tattoos to skins for my Sims. Since then I’ve modded a little more, mainly just recolouring stuff for personal use, although this did lead me to posting some wand recolours for Hogwarts Legacy to the site as I enjoyed making them. Other than that, I still make custom tattoos, but now for my Cyberpunk 2077 characters. Maybe I’ll sit down and make some to share at some point.
I love mods that expand on character creation and customisation, such as face, hair, clothing, etc. Some personal favourites would have to be the Wingdeer Hair Collection for Cyberpunk and any of AnruiMurasaki’s and Arkhe0’s Cyberware mods. There are way too many clothing ones to mention for Cyberpunk too. I love Toarie’s New Character Creation Presets WIP and Tav’s Hair Salon for Baldur’s Gate 3, but again, the list of amazing character customisation mods for BG3 is endless. Jkrojmal’s enhanced overhauls of the cities, towns, and buildings in Skyrim are incredible too. Honestly, I could go on for days listing more.
Any new or upcoming games you’re excited about?
Nightingale looks so cool, so I’m hoping to play some of that. I’m excited for Fields of Mistria it’s got such a cute art style, I also can’t wait for the next Coral Island update, I’ve loved farming sims ever since playing Harvest Moon as a kid. Speaking of which, I’ve been putting off getting started with Stardew Valley because I know I will love it and lose my life to it. Maybe I’ll dip my toes in, especially with the new early alpha app release coming up — that would be a good excuse to finally give in and give it a go. I’ve already been eyeing up some mods that I’d like to try, like Rustic Country Town Interiors and Date Night.
Any parting thoughts or messages for the community?
I hope that you’re all as excited as I am, and we all are here at Nexus Mods, for more content to be coming out. We love feedback, and anything you’d like to see more of, we’d love to hear about it — we want our content to be community-driven and we don’t want to put stuff out that you’re not going to be interested in.
Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter. At some point, we will be expanding to TikTok as well, so watch this space!
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A moderator has closed this comment topic for the time beingI am not a social media person and I'm not interested in seeing what people do or don't do on their holidays, birthdays or whatever. Too much personal info out there for the wrong type of people to use for their own gains ....
BUT I am an avid gamer having played on pretty much every platform since time began, I'm currently playing FO4 with occasional forays into Skyrim, Morrowind and Sniper Elite 5 on PC and I have to tell you that I don't belong in any of your age groups and I have family members and friends who also don't belong ... as all of us are shall we say of an even older group, gaming is not just for the younger generations ... however I wish you well in your endeavors ...
hellow and welcome to nexus team, its nice to meet you
There are an estimated 120 million active users on Steam. The largest age group on Steam is 20-29, representing 37% of the userbase. The second-largest age group is 30-29, representing 32% of the userbase. 40-49 is the third-largest group, making up 15% of users. 18-19 is the fourth largest group, making up 8% of users. 50-59 is the fifth largest group, making up 7% of users. The remaining 1% of users are 60-64.
You should be able to hit about 60% of gamers who are heavily invested into social media. I am in the 7% older folk group and have zero interest in tik tok. Or ANY of the social media apps. And I am a full time IT person deep into operating systems and networks. But if it helps Nexus I wish you luck in this endeavor.
You also seem a very interesting person and a good soul.
This is exactly our aim as well, we don’t want to polarise our existing community, but we want to take steps to encourage younger generations of gamers to mod, so we need to meet them where they are to do so!
The "socials" aspect of SlugGirl's role is a small part of what we want to be doing better here, which is communicate and engage with our users more. We'll continue to try and reach as many people, old and young, far and wide, in as many formats as possible. Money allowing!
Thanks for the reassurance this won't happen here and congrats on your appointment, SlugGirl!
I haven't logged into FB in years, about the only thing I look at on Twitter is one guy who shares and commissions artwork I like (and that less and less as a certain billionaire keeps ruining the place) or art that's embedded in one of my Discords, and I never use TikTok unless someone links a specific video in one of my Discords or in chat.
Most of my online communication is in Second Life, or the Nexus forums, or YouTube comments on channels I follow, or in a few Discord groups connected to my Second Life groups or to games I play.
Still, I _know_ I'm an oddball in my internet use, and I appreciate meeting players where they are.
Welcome to the Nexus, SlugGirl!
TikTok is for short attention spans and is overwhelmingly used by mobile gamers, since it is an almost purely mobile platform.
It might work for the mods that require two minutes to make and only have two points of interest in the first place :)
Also, I feel that things like Collections, Discord and Patreon has made Nexus feel more empty. Some authors won't respond to you (not even to a Yes/No question) if you don't join their Discords or Patreons. I know there is not much Nexus can do about this. But it's kinda disappointing. I hope this will change.
Anyway, welcome.
You know I don't make mods for money or glory but i still find myself yearning for interaction from my users even if it's just a "hey this part is broken". I guess it's just human nature to want acknowledgement. I understand you even more now Naruto.
This is all too relatable. The wise ones did say that the level of interaction would cut down even more once Collections were up and running, but the sense of emptiness often makes ministering to mod pages a bleak responsibility. I have a few new mods I would like to upload, but my heart just isn't in it these days.