stephentotilo
Behind The Games
Hi guys,
Yes, this is baldly promotional, but I've seen enough complaints about the state of video game programming on TV that I want to make sure you all know about a show that I think respects the intelligence of gamers.
Many of you also know I cover games for MTV News. I worked hard what has been called MTV Gamer's Week 2.0 was neither sophmoric nor promotional. And thanks to my bosses' support I wrote and we aired pieces on Austin's connections to Gears of War and Retro Studios (first time TV cameras got in there), Chinese gold farmers in WoW (first TV interviews with any of them that I know of), and more.
We rolled all this out on MTV and MTVNews.com over the week. The Retro piece, for example, can be viewed here: http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?name=news&id=1545687. It's part of a larger piece on Austin game development and includes a glimpse inside Retro, some bits of us hanging out with them at the gym, of all places, plus a shot of Retro's Metroid mural made of painted NES cartridges.
We're now compiling those segments into one half hour special, airing Saturday at 6PM ET/PT: "MTV News Goes Big Gaming"
If that's the kind of thing you want to see more of, then please tune in. It will help send a message about what gamers really care about.
-Stephen Totilo
Yes, this is baldly promotional, but I've seen enough complaints about the state of video game programming on TV that I want to make sure you all know about a show that I think respects the intelligence of gamers.
Many of you also know I cover games for MTV News. I worked hard what has been called MTV Gamer's Week 2.0 was neither sophmoric nor promotional. And thanks to my bosses' support I wrote and we aired pieces on Austin's connections to Gears of War and Retro Studios (first time TV cameras got in there), Chinese gold farmers in WoW (first TV interviews with any of them that I know of), and more.
We rolled all this out on MTV and MTVNews.com over the week. The Retro piece, for example, can be viewed here: http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?name=news&id=1545687. It's part of a larger piece on Austin game development and includes a glimpse inside Retro, some bits of us hanging out with them at the gym, of all places, plus a shot of Retro's Metroid mural made of painted NES cartridges.
We're now compiling those segments into one half hour special, airing Saturday at 6PM ET/PT: "MTV News Goes Big Gaming"
If that's the kind of thing you want to see more of, then please tune in. It will help send a message about what gamers really care about.
-Stephen Totilo