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  1. About to start development of an old-school game by CySurflex · · Score: 1 · on Timeline of Online Gaming
    We are in the early design stages of a turn-based strategy game. In the gaming industry, you're always asked "What's the BFI?" (Big Fucking Idea). If you don't have a BFI, it's just a rehash of an old game.

    Well the spin here is that I work at a TV channel (G4) - and therefore the idea is that the game will somehow integrate with some on-air elements within it's universe. (Live or pre-recorded). Not yet sure what those elements will be, but there are quite a few possibilities. (From just displaying stats to actually having some of the gameplay on TV, etc.)

    You can read the post here, where we're soliciting input from the G4 community before starting development.

    -CySurflex

  2. Re:Call me ignorant, but.. by CySurflex · · Score: 1 · on Five PVR Users Allowed To Join Replay Court Fight
    The TV industry is adapting. I work at a TV channel, and I'm seeing it first hand. We have a huge sponsorship deal with Pringles (Procter & Gamble).

    Obviously part of the sponsorship includes ads on TV, but it also includes changing one of the show titles from "Cheat" to "Cheat Pringles Gamers Guide", and changing the actual set of the show to include Pringles "stuff". The show home page on our web site (for this show) is also part of it.

    You get exposure even if you fast forward the commercials.

  3. This was kind of a shady move by bigbigbison · · Score: 1 · on G4: The Pong Channel?

    I've been following the progress of this channel for a few week. Over at their website they have been advertising "only X days till launch" and people have been clamoring for a listing of cable companies that will carry it. So the big day comes and its only on Comcast, and it isn't even beginning programming. Pretty crappy if you ask me. I didn't evpect to get it on my cable system (even though we have like 4 financial cahnnels in a rather rural ohio college town...) but I did, and I'm sure that everyone frequenting the G4 message boards were expecting actual programming to start that day.

  4. Get G4 on your local provider! by NickV · · Score: 2 · on The Lure of Heroinware

    Apparently G4, the gaming channel is only going to be avalible for Comcast out of the box. However, go to the g4tv website and if you wade through all the flash you can write an EMAIL to your provider demanding G4.

    With digital cable and DSS providers and their excessive channel capacitiy, all that needs to be done is have your voice heard and I'm sure we'll get it everywhere soon. Use the /. effect for good! :)