Archive for April, 2008
MiniCon Day Four: Monday
Posted by Rockjaw in Day Today, MMO-related on April 10th, 2008
The last day, or half-day to be precise – at least that’s what we planned. Things don’t always go according to plan though, do they…?
MiniCon Day Three: Sunday
Posted by Rockjaw in Day Today, MMO-related on April 7th, 2008
Day Three. Three. Three days. I’m telling you, writing this is almost the same as doing it all over again. Well, not quite.
The big difference between the Ultimate Heroic Weekend (MiniCon, same thing) and any other show we do was simply time. At most shows, we spend an entire day on the show floor, but then with a usually audible sigh of relief (or more likely, cheer of elation) we pack up and go out – or go home.
(The one exception is The Show To End All Shows; the Games Convention in Germany. It’s five days long. Proud monuments stand in the aisles of der Leipziger Messegelände, honoring the booth workers who have fallen there.)
At Omega Sektor though, while we did leave the venue, we never really left the show. So by Day Three… it was starting to wear us down a bit.
Welcome, Brinstar!
Posted by Rockjaw in Community, Links of Others, MMO-related on April 7th, 2008
We’ve got new blood in the Guild Wars community team… but watch out, because that blood’s acidic! Aha-ha-ha-ha-ha-haaaaohgodthatwasanawfulpun, I apologise, I am very tired.
Yes! New person. Specifically, this person, Regina Buenaobra, and I wish I knew how to pronounce her name so it sounded less mangled in my head. Regina’s just started today in fact, as the new ‘on-site’ community manager at ArenaNet (near Seattle, WA). As well as being officially announced she’s also been officially added to the official Guild Wars Wiki. Officially.
Why do I tell you all this? Well apart from being downright neighbourly I also do it because I’ve ‘known’ of Regina for some time, but I have always known her just as ‘Brinstar’, the mysterious online persona that she blogged under. (Well, not that mysterious. It sounds good though doesn’t it?)
Brin’s blogged about Guild Wars for absolutely aaaages, although she occasionally talks about other games too, at Acid for Blood dot net (ah, at last the opening pun makes sense). You should drop by. It’s good blog.
When she’s not there, she’s also writing articles elsewhere, like this one for the online magazine Cerise, which is dedicated to women gamers.
I’m really happy that Regina’s now part of the extended NCsoft family and I’m happy to welcome her into the fold. (One of us, one of us, etc.) Go for it Brin! Good luck!
Know of any good gaming blogs by the way? Lemme know your faves in comments.
The Cape covers COH in-game ads
Posted by Rockjaw in Links of Others, Press on April 6th, 2008
Want to know about the in-game advertising that’s going into COH/COV? The internet to the rescue once again….
I didn’t listen to it live – probably because it went out in the middle of our night – but if you missed it too, The Cape Radio have a downloadable version of the interview they did with Brian Clayton (General Manager of NC NorCal), Matt ‘Positron’ Miller (Lead Designer) and Lighthouse (Community Relations Manager), where they talk primarily about in-game advertising.
Haven’t listened to it myself yet either, but if this Massively article is anything to go by, it’s all good stuff.
Coffee Pictures, Part 4
Posted by Rockjaw in Weird self portraits on April 5th, 2008
@ Moksha
(Was just sitting here sippin’ on a cappuccino and heard my name mentioned on TabulaCast 17, which I’m currently listening to. Weird, but cool. Hey John and Shawn!)
You said what?