[PIGMI] Hey should we be doing this?

[Kurt Blackwell]

What's there to win?  Do videos with an excited audience clapping for an 
excited person on stage "go viral" better than you normal game trailer?  
I usually find the things pretty annoying.

-Kurt


On 9/11/2010 6:18 PM, Andy Hawkins wrote:
> Got it...  "can't win, don't try"....
>
> :(
>> Very true. They should just stick with TV and internet.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> > Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 11:58:07 +0800
>> > From: joel at superfurious.com
>> > To: pigmi at pigmi.org
>> > Subject: Re: [PIGMI] Hey should we be doing this?
>> >
>> > What Gameloft did was fine- it was slickly done and they had an 
>> audience
>> > ready to listen. The problem is when you try and do a backyard version
>> > of the same thing to a handful of people. It's not effective marketing
>> > at all.
>> >
>> > -Joel
>> >
>> >
>> > On 9/11/2010 11:47 AM, Daniel Stables wrote:
>> > > To be honest i dont see anything wrong with it. They are just 
>> trying to
>> > > market their game. Bungie marketed Halo2 this way. Its just a
>> > > constructive way to show the game as well as give developer 
>> commentary
>> > > and insight at once. Of course this is just my opinion but i would do
>> > > anythin to get a game out :D
>> > >
>> > > > From: avril.cox at gmail.com
>> > > > To: pigmi at pigmi.org
>> > > > Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 11:41:02 +0800
>> > > > Subject: Re: [PIGMI] Hey should we be doing this?
>> > > >
>> > > > Was about to ask where the YouTube "make it viral" option was. ;)
>> > > >
>> > > > I'm imagining it triggering a Picard "Make it so" for some 
>> reason. Heh.
>> > > >
>> > > > Cheers,
>> > > > Avril.
>> > > >
>> > > > --
>> > > > Reveri.es Virtual World
>> > > > www.reveri.es
>> > > >
>> > > > On 09/11/2010, at 10:33 AM, Joel Blackwell <joel at superfurious.com>
>> > > > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > Nah. Most people can't speak that well about their games. Any 
>> home-
>> > > > > made version of that wouldn't go anywhere on Youtube... unless it
>> > > > > was incredibly poor, and it may then go viral for the wrong 
>> reason ;)
>> > > > >
>> > > > > -Joel
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > On 9/11/2010 6:35 AM, Andy Hawkins wrote:
>> > > > >> I came across this bit of marketing. Do you think we should 
>> all be
>> > > > >> marketing our games like this? Perhaps doing an evening 
>> session with
>> > > > >> Lets Make Games and video it, then make it viral?
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEUf6Cg1vwI
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Andy H.
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