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Re: Let's share our press and interviews

Matthew Doucette — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:15:29 GMT

We were recently covered in Develop magazine, issue #100 (Download PDF, Read online) on page 52, as a part of a Canadian Special which starts on page 35. The other companies that were covered were Ubisoft (Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, and Vancouver), Funcom, Trapdoor, Frima, Davis, Enzyme Labs, Autodesk, Audiokinetic, Bedlam Games, Huminah Huminah, and Silverback Games! The last two are also from Nova Scotia!

Our blog entry: http://xona.com/2009/11/09.html

Re: Let's share our press and interviews

Noogy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:40:09 GMT

That Famitsu bit is hardcore Nathan :) Seriously, you don't get much bigger than that in video games media.

Re: Let's share our press and interviews

MommysBest — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:55:09 GMT

I recently did an interview for WoC in the print version of Famitsu, here's some pics:
http://mommysbest.blogspot.com/2009/09/otaku-is-forever.html
And Studio "Crosstown" Hunty set me straight in the comments on the current public impression of "otaku".

Re: Let's share our press and interviews

Funkmasonry Industries — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:55:20 GMT

CVO:
Good stuff man. I am curious as to whether any of this was solicited in any way, or if it came about just from being released. Like were these in response to your press releases, a mix of both, etc?

Initially when Groov came out I sent out some emails to various sites and made posts on a few message boards, but I didn't have a very organized approach to PR. Nick Suttner, who used to write for EGM and 1UP and hosted 1UP FM and later Rebel FM (now works at Sony), mentioned my game on an episode of Rebel FM. From there, I got in contact with Nick, who also mentioned Groov on Listen UP. I had done some music work for John Davison's podcast, who is also a host on Listen UP, so they made that connection on air and he later mentioned my game on his podcast. The other podcasts were very happenstance, but mostly stemmed from Nick's original reccomendation which I had zero control over, but was pretty awesome as I have been a big EGM/1UP guy for the past several years (being relatively active in their community probably didn't hurt, though). Come to think of it, I did send the Rebel FM guys codes for Groov when they became available, since I'm a big fan of their podcast, which led to the final on-air mention.

I did solicit the OXM writeup of Groov by contacting Dan and sending him a .ccgame file. Rich from Edge Magazine contacted me though, and gave me a great writeup. I think the support I had from the games press led the relatively small but avid fanbase my game has, which is pretty cool!

Re: Let's share our press and interviews

CVO — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:47:02 GMT

Funkmasonry Industries:
Groov got mentions on 3 episodes of Rebel FM, 3 episodes of Listen UP, was featured on an episode of 1UP Game Night, and got a great sidebar in the Edge magazine article on Community Games. I've been completely blown away by the critical reaction to the game, it's really been awesome.

EDIT: Oh, and also last week's episode of Major Nelson's show! Thanks for representing, Kathleen.

Good stuff man. I am curious as to whether any of this was solicited in any way, or if it came about just from being released. Like were these in response to your press releases, a mix of both, etc?

Re: Let's share our press and interviews

Funkmasonry Industries — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:38:28 GMT

Groov got mentions on 3 episodes of Rebel FM, 3 episodes of Listen UP, was featured on an episode of 1UP Game Night, and got a great sidebar in the Edge magazine article on Community Games. I've been completely blown away by the critical reaction to the game, it's really been awesome.

EDIT: Oh, and also last week's episode of Major Nelson's show! Thanks for representing, Kathleen.

Re: Let's share our press and interviews

Noogy — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:32:21 GMT

You also had some positive talk in the latest RebelFM Nathan, for WoC. Sorry, I can't remember the timestamp, somewhere in the middle I think.

Re: Let's share our press and interviews

MommysBest — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:23:43 GMT

Out of the blue the MTV Multiplayer blog decided to showcase Weapon of Choice.
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/08/07/weapon-of-choice-xbox-live-indie-games-showcase/

And Brad Gallaway of Game Critics spot-lit several games along with WoC here:
http://www.gamecritics.com/brad-gallaway/the-xbox-360s-best-indie-games-part-one

Other game's profiled were: Mithra, Machiavelli's Ascent, CaveIn, Carneyvale, Solar, Trino, Streamline, and Miner Dig Deep. Congrats gang!

Re: Let's share our press and interviews

MommysBest — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:54:29 GMT

Here's a new preview for Grapple Buggy on the Adrenaline Vault.

Re: Let's share our press and interviews

RicMoura — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:45:34 GMT

Bennu appeared on Co-op gaming site... This one was a result of the indie game blog feature, I didn't even e-mail them.

Re: Let's share our press and interviews

Matthew Doucette — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:14:41 GMT

RicMoura:
The Indie Games Blog featured Bennu. :)

Bennu has my attention.

Re: Let's share our press and interviews

RicMoura — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:33:43 GMT

The Indie Games Blog featured Bennu. :)

Re: Let's share our press and interviews

Halfbrick — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:56:54 GMT

Just listened to the HotSpot - thanks very much for the shout out Aaron! Your continuing support for our games is very much appreciated. Great to see your game doing so well also.

Cheers
Phil

Re: Let's share our press and interviews

Matthew Doucette — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:01:41 GMT

Indeed, you can't blame it! Thanks!

Re: Let's share our press and interviews

Nick Gravelyn — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:52:13 GMT

Matthew Doucette:
I also responded more in this thread, but it needs moderator authorization again. I think it's all the links in my posts flag it as spam.

Well when it's like 27 links to Google searches and YouTube you can't blame it. ;)

I've approved both posts and unflagged you as a moderated user. So unless you go crazy off the hook with links, hopefully it will leave you alone. :)