Posts Tagged Aion
Set the Stage videos
Posted by Rockjaw in Community, MMO-related, Pimpin' on September 13th, 2008
Almost the last hurrah, this. Below the ‘cut’, if you will, you’ll find two videos that I edited and subtitled (well, except for the actual translation). Both were shot by Jörg ‘Kerensky’ Koonen during the Games Convention in Leipzig.
They’re performances of the winning entries for Set the Stage, the competition that we ran to get players to write scripts for the Aion and Guild Wars characters to perform. (The scripts were reworked by me to become suitable for performance, but these two are quite similar to the original material, with many lines remaining intact. You can download my script drafts for all six final entries at the official Aion and Guild Wars sites.)
The sound quality is not excellent – source was basically the speakers on the stand, which had to compete with everything around – so I’ve embedded the ‘normal’ and English subtitled versions. (There are also French and German versions of each – see below.)
As I said before, these stage performances were probably what I was most proud of achieving during Games Convention. Trust me; there were some obstacles to overcome! However, I personally feel the performances were excellent, given the lack of rehearsal time we had and the environment they were performing in, and I’m very proud to present them to you.
NCsoft’s panel at PAX
Posted by Rockjaw in Community, MMO-related on September 3rd, 2008
By complete coincidence – I was looking at Aion-Welten.de, who’ve been driving traffic this way recently (Hello, Germans!) – I found a video of NCsoft Interactive’s panel presentation at Penny Arcade Expo, which is embedded below. This first part deals mostly with Aion, and is a good general overview of the game.
You’ll quickly see that this has been recorded by a fan in the audience, so excuse the quality. Come to think of it, that leads me to ask your opinion: wouldn’t you like to see this stuff recorded and presented officially through NCsoft channels?
Indeed, perhaps this is something my team should be doing (given we’re doing so much other video stuff). Hmmmm? Do let me know in comments. The more of you who want it… the more likely it’ll happen for future events.
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Early PAX impressions of Aion: good
Posted by Rockjaw in Links of Others, Press on August 30th, 2008
While it’s not a full-fledged preview, Shawn Schuster over at Massively gave special mention to Aion’s presence at PAX, which is holding its own against ‘MMOs With Three-Letter-Acronyms That Begin With W’:
With the NCsoft booth occupying some precious real estate in the middle of the exhibition floor, the Aion side of that booth faced the entrance, which worked well in their favor. Even the buzz around the booth and from passersby seemed very positive during the first ever public hands-on of this fantasy/flight MMO.
(Although of course, technically, PAX is hosting the first ever US-based public hands-on – as we debuted Aion at Games Convention.)
Let’s hope players like what they see (and play), eh?
Three GC pics of, well, me (and others)
Posted by Rockjaw in Events, MMO-related, Weird self portraits on August 26th, 2008
Before I forget, a few pics that ended up on Flickr…
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- Reyna, myself and Gwen
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- Namiya and I
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- Alma and I
Images by Mat, of course. A few more (just a few!!) are on the official Flickr feed for us.
Introducing our Aion characters
Posted by Rockjaw in MMO-related, Pimpin' on August 15th, 2008
I’m very proud to introduce our two latest NCsoft characters, drawn from Aion: The Tower of Eternity.
First, say hello to Namiya – a sorcerer of the Elyos, born in light…
And her opposite number; Alma, a chanter of the Asmodians.
These images are the final result of several months work, so I’m pretty happy they’re finally out! I’ll be revealing a lot more about the casting process in the weeks ahead – a post is near-done on the whole thing.
For now though, if you’d like to learn more about Aion: The Tower of Eternity, visit the official site. If you’d like to meet Namiya and Alma, come to Games Convention (although they’ll appear at other, future shows, too).
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