Housekeeping!
Scatter-shot updates:
- THE HICKMAN and I did a quick video interview for Game Focus in Canada last week. It’s up on their site now!
- G4’s in the studio today. I sat down with them for an hour, as did RvR superstar Jeff Skalski. Paul then kidnapped the film crew and disappeared for four hours. Lord only knows what they were subjected to, but keep your eyes peeled for us on G4 and its affiliate sites and shows in the coming weeks.
- Tomorrow I have to make a quick trip to Vegas to wave at the GameStop managers shindig that’s going on there this week, but then I’m home through launch, which will represent the longest stretch of time I’ve been in the office in… well… many months. Aubrey is very pleased.
- Speaking of Aubrey, I fear I’m about to become a Spore Widower (while we don’t TECHNICALLY get married until next May, I feel entitled to that label). I grabbed her a Galactic Edition because I’m just nice like that.
- Obviously, we’re less than two weeks out from launch. Energy and emotions are running high as the team puts the finishing touches on WAR. We’ve got a great game and we know it, now we just need to get it out the door and into the hands of the players.
- Speaking of things worth getting your hands on, I got an early copy of the graphic novel that’s bundled with the Collectors Edition. It’s very nice. I think I still prefer the art book, but the graphic novel turned out really well.
- That’s about it for now. If you haven’t already, follow me and Barnett on Twitter. Or, if you’re only going to Twit with one of us, pick me. Paul’s got enough followers as it is.
That is all.
Twittering.
I must admit that I am disproportionately pleased with Twitter. In many ways, the strict limitations of the system encourage me to post more. There’s something about the microblog format that frees you to offer up a much more frequent, if less dense, amount of content on the fly.
I think it’ll be extremely interesting to use during the launch of WAR - fragments and glimpses of unvarnished front-line reportage, launched out at break-neck speed throughout the event. Of course, if things go WELL that day, my hope would be that no one would be watching Twitter feeds due to… you know… playing the game. But still, it’s something to look forward to.
Anywho, if you haven’t already, hop on Twitter. It’s not as ridiculous as it sounds when someone first explains it to you, I promise.
What does WAR mean to you?
This is GREAT:
What does WAR mean to you? from Stone Falcon Productions on Vimeo.
MBJ blogs!
If you haven’t seen it yet, Mark Jacobs (Mythic’s Lead Designer and GM) has started a new blog!
Curse you, Web 2.0!
After some prodding from people in the office who shall remain nameless, I’ve created a Twitter… uh… thing.
I have no idea how useful or interesting that will be to anyone, but it may offer wacky insight into what the lastfew weeks before launch are like.
Or I might forget about it entirely.
Stay tuned and find out!
BigCast Pax ‘08 - with Jeff/Paul/Josh
Jeff, Paul and I did a podcast with the guys from Joystiq/Big Download at PAX. It was late in the day, we were all still on Leipzig time (nine hours ahead of Seattle), we hadn’t eaten and then our heroic PR handler Chris brought us bourbon, so we were all a bit… um… surly. We don’t talk much Warhammer at all, but we DO mock each other relentlessly, brag about our Olde School arcade skills, rant about Germany, bemoan the state of things in the world of gaming shows and delve into such sensitive subjects as girl gaming and the quality of Bacon Salt. And we spew profanity randomly.
As such:
NSFW Warning: Naughty language within.
So if you’re looking for 50 minutes of bourbon-fueled rage, this is the podcast for you! As always, leave comments on the host-site so they know we’re famous and that you love us a lot.
Also, regarding the Bacon Salt thing, we were handed little packets on our way our of the show that night and they were filled with this. I became fixated with the near-poetic labeling on the back of the package. So, that’s what you keep hearing me read at random times.
An urgent request.
I need you all to go and read The Hickman’s PAX blog over at Ten Ton Hammer. I need you to do it tomorrow and Sunday as well. Despite my arguments to the contrary, Jeff doesn’t think you love him because not enough people are reading the blog thus far.
Extra credit: Post comments for him too!
Please, do it for The Hickman.
Off to PAX.
This is it - our last major US show prior to launch. I get on a flight with Paul and The Hickman in a few hours, then it’s off to Seattle. I’ve never been to PAX before, so I’m excited about getting a chance to be there showing off WAR one last time before we unleash it on the general public. As always with consumer shows, we’ve got the traveling booth with us, so come on by and enjoy some RvR action!
I’ll see you guys at the show!
Justin Goes to Leipzig
WAR Senior Designer Justin Webb has been posting a series of wacky video blogs all about last week’s Games Convention in Leipzig.
Check them out here.
And leave some comments so he knows you’re out there watching.
AU YEAH!!!
And… uh… apologies for the terrible chemistry joke in the title.