Rob on top of iPhone Tri-Towers
Posted By: Rob on Jul 23, 4:22 pm

If I’m gonna play a game, I am gonna play to win.

Former GameSpot Employees Launch GiantBomb - The Gaming Encyclopedia
Posted By: Rob on Jul 23, 12:42 pm

As is being reported on a number of tech and gaming websites, Jeff Gerstmann and a number of former employees of GameSpot have teamed up to launch GiantBomb, a video-game website that features both editorial contest and user-edited database of gaming information.

Gerstmann says that his team of 3 writers and a video guy will be like a video game “strike team”, covering the most important issues in gaming.

Gerstmann’s experienced team will be facing long odds - the gaming space is very crowded, and is dominated by a number of well established players like Kotaku, IGN, and GameSpot. That said, GiantBomb may well turn into a place for gamers “in the know”, who respect the team’s experience and are ready for a change.

[Source: TechCrunch]

Vimeo Bans “Game Videos”
Posted By: Candace on Jul 22, 9:29 pm

Yesterday, the Vimeo staff blog announced that they will no longer allow “game videos” to be uploaded to the site. A direct quote from the blog explains this; “The Vimeo staff has decided that we are no longer going to allow gaming videos on Vimeo. Specifically, we are no longer going to allow game walk-throughs, game strategy videos, depictions of player vs player battles, raids, fraps, or any other video gaming videos that simply depict individuals playing a video game. Videos falling into this category will be subject to deletion as of September 1st; new videos of this type will be removed.”

However, Vimeo did say that machinima will be allowed on the site; “We currently do not feel that Machinima films fall under the category of gaming videos described above and, therefore, assuming compliance with our site’s general terms & conditions, we will continue to accept such videos on Vimeo. We are not, at this time, banning films that fall into the Machinima genre.”

If you’re one of our audience members or, a TGM Affiliate who uses Vimeo there are options to look at. Many of you make machinima only so, this should not be an issue. The Geek Media always has heavily supported We Game and, encourage any of you Vimeo users who do post these types of videos to head over to We Game.

Iron Man DVD Confirmed for September 30th
Posted By: Candace on Jul 22, 8:00 pm

Video Business has confirmed that Paramount Home Entertainment has set a September 30 release for Iron Man on DVD and Blu-ray Disc.

Amazon.com is currently accepting pre-orders for Iron Man and lists the title as being offered in three different versions - a Two-Disc Special Collector’s Edition, a Special Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Disc and a Single-Disc Edition.

Marvel Studios will pass out a flash drive containing a sneak peek of the DVD at its Comic-Con booth this week.

Source: Video Business

Why Project Lore Will and Will Not Work
Posted By: Candace on Jul 22, 5:57 pm

Alright World of Warcraft fans, there’s a new site for you all to check out. It’s called Project Lore. The site says “Five dudes. Four cameras. One World of Warcraft.” They’re two episodes into the project and, have already covered Hellfire Ramparts and Heroic Slave Pens.

I’m sure a few of you scratched your head at Hellfire Ramparts and Heroic Slave Pens. I know even I was thinking “Yeah…I did that a year ago.” The content is outdated. Many WoW players looking for game guides are looking for end-game PVP or, end-game content. Currently, heroic setting dungeons are not end-game content. I think Kara is even a debate for end-game these days. (That was a joke)

Second, there’s some serious competition. Sites like WeGame.com , and WarcraftMovies.com are full of in-game guides for World of Warcraft and, other games. Not to mention these sites also contain strategy for end-game content from top guilds. That’s some tough competition to go against when you’re covering content that was out with the release of The Burning Crusade.
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