http://pwned.com/pennyman/blogs/ Pwned.com - pennyman's Blog Feed en-us http://pwned.com/showblog/5242/pennyman/Command--Conquer-4-Tiberium-Twilight-interview/ Hailey Bright of COIN-OP TV interviews Sam Bass, Lead Designer, CommandConquer 4 Tiberium Twilight. Find out how EA plans to wrap up the storyline and how the team approached working with live actors in the game.http://coin-op.tv/?p=2297 http://pwned.com/showblog/5242/pennyman/Command--Conquer-4-Tiberium-Twilight-interview/ http://pwned.com/showblog/5231/pennyman/Dragonica-Online-special-offer-for-our-fans-/ On episode 329 of COIN-OP TV LIVE we had Chris Lena from THQ ICE talking about Dragonica Online (a free to play action mmo).nbsp; When questioned about his clever looking tshirt he responded that it was NOT available to the general public.nbsp; Our team at COIN-OP TV LIVE pressured their public relations firm to somehow let our fans get their hands on a free tshirt and here’s how you do it! Dragonica Online is running a special offer called ”Side-Scroller Challenge‘ now until March 9th 2010.nbsp; They want you to sample their game (which is free to download on your PC), try their challenges and then send proof that you completed everything.nbsp; If you liked Dragonica Online enough and want more they’ll reward you with in-game bonus dollars but if you feel like one of their competitor games is more fun then they’ll offer you rewards for those other game http://pwned.com/showblog/5231/pennyman/Dragonica-Online-special-offer-for-our-fans-/ http://pwned.com/showblog/5228/pennyman/Battlefield-celeb-interviews-/ Hailey Bright from COIN-OP TV red carpet interviews at the Battlefield Bad Company 2 Celebrity Bracket Challenge. Interviews with Battlefield Producer from DICE Patrick Bach and celebrities Matt Lanter and Tristan Wilds (from 90210), Perez Hilton (celebrity blogger), Greg Grunberg (Heroes) and Hal Sparks (Actor/Judge PSN show ‘The Tester’).http://coin-op.tv/?p=2247 http://pwned.com/showblog/5228/pennyman/Battlefield-celeb-interviews-/ http://pwned.com/showblog/5213/pennyman/Dragonica-Online-guest/ Join hosts Robert Welkner and Hailey Bright talking video game industry news, events and more! This week we welcome Chris Lena, producer for THQ*ICE and Dragonica Online team to talk about their Free 2 Play online MMO!http://www.thestream.tv/watch.php?v=1988 http://pwned.com/showblog/5213/pennyman/Dragonica-Online-guest/ http://pwned.com/showblog/5207/pennyman/Jon-Gibson-confirms-i-am-8-bit-show-in-2010/ COIN-OP TV LIVE provides a weekly dose of high quality entertainment as a live/interactive talk-show on the video game industry, people and events.Jon Gibson, famous for creating the ‘I am 8-bit’ art exhibition and Nerdcore Calendar was a guest on COIN-OP TV LIVE episode 328 to discuss his most recent efforts in the I’m With CoCo movement.nbsp; I’m With CoCo is an artist movement/rally in support of late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien with an art illustration by Mike Mitchell.As an un-expected surprise, Mr. Gibson announced on the live show that there will indeed be an ‘I am 8-bit’ art show later in 2010 (this came about 41:00 minutes into the show).nbsp; Jon also announced the re-launch of their website and more behind the scenes info on his active career.Jon Gibson as a guest on COIN-OP TV episode 328 segment starts about 26:00 minutes into the show which can be found http://pwned.com/showblog/5207/pennyman/Jon-Gibson-confirms-i-am-8-bit-show-in-2010/ http://pwned.com/showblog/5202/pennyman/NYKO-shows-off-Wand--on-COIN-OP-TV-LIVE/ NYKO ON COIN-OP TV LIVESHOWCASES WAND+ FOR NINTENDO WIISanta Monica, CA, Jan 30, 2010 – COIN-OP TV LIVE provides a weekly dose of high quality entertainment as a live/interactive talk-show on the video game industry, people and events.At CES 2010 Nyko announced that their new Wand+ controller would incorporate both the regular Nintendo Wii-Mote and Motion Plus into one compact design.nbsp; COIN-OP TV LIVE welcomed Nyko’s Director of Marketing Chris Arbogast on the show to field questions about the Wand+ and other products as well as expand upon their special Trans-Port Technology.Chris Arbogast as a guest on COIN-OP TV episode 327 segment starts about 17:00 minutes into the show which can be found archived here:http://www.thestream.tv/watch.php?v=1986 http://pwned.com/showblog/5202/pennyman/NYKO-shows-off-Wand--on-COIN-OP-TV-LIVE/ http://pwned.com/showblog/5191/pennyman/Yvonne-Strahovski-----Mass-Effect-2-interview/ Yvonne Strahovski interview from COIN-OP TV. Yvonne plays Miranda in Mass Effect 2 from Bioware/EA and also Sarah Walker in the TV series CHUCK. Get an exclusive inside look at what to expect from the game and Yvonne’s involvement.http://coin-op.tv/?p=2183 http://pwned.com/showblog/5191/pennyman/Yvonne-Strahovski-----Mass-Effect-2-interview/ http://pwned.com/showblog/5151/pennyman/Make-Hailey-Bright-Gamette-of-the-Year/ Last day to nominate Hailey Bright of COIN-OP TV fame to be BusyGamer’s official ‘Gamette of the Year’.nbsp; BusyGamer.com featured Hailey Bright as their Jan 2009 Gamette of the Month! nbsp;Since then she has helped shape the gaming community and participated in numerous events and panels.nbsp; With only one week left to cast a vote – please consider voting Hailey Bright as ‘Gamette of the Year’! Vote here – http://www.busygamer.com/blog1/?page_id=867 http://pwned.com/showblog/5151/pennyman/Make-Hailey-Bright-Gamette-of-the-Year/ http://pwned.com/showblog/5035/pennyman/Blizzcon-2009-pix/ http://pwned.com/showblog/5035/pennyman/Blizzcon-2009-pix/ http://pwned.com/showblog/5029/pennyman/Muramasa--The-Demon-Blade-interview/ Muramasa: The Demon Blade interview with Shane Bettenhausen from Ignition Entertainment. We take an inside look at why Ignition is jazzed about releasing this game (Sept 2009) and what makes it extra special for the Nintendo Wii.http://coin-op.tv/?p=1562 http://pwned.com/showblog/5029/pennyman/Muramasa--The-Demon-Blade-interview/ http://pwned.com/showblog/5006/pennyman/Meet-ROB--HAILEY-at-the-San-Diego-Comic-Con--/ Meet Robamp;Hailey of COIN-OP TV fame at the San Diego Comic-Con (July 23-26) We'll be there in support of Nexon America at booth #5135 giving a short presentation on their upcoming game DUNGEON FIGHTER ONLINE followed by free t-shirts and other goodies! If you're going to the Comic-Con make sure to stop by the booth everyday at 1:00 PM for all the action! http://pwned.com/showblog/5006/pennyman/Meet-ROB--HAILEY-at-the-San-Diego-Comic-Con--/ http://pwned.com/showblog/4987/pennyman/COIN-OP-TV-celebrates-5-years-at-CA-Extreme/ COIN-OP TV celebrated five years of Internet broadcasting July 11thamp;12th at California Extreme (San Jose).nbsp;nbsp; California Extreme is an annual event, which took place at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara this year, with over 400 original arcade and pinball machines set to ‘free-play’ during weekend. COIN-OP TV founder Robert Welkner and host Hailey Bright spoke at a panel at CA Extreme and gave a retrospective look back at the first five years of the show including a short video presentation followed by a raffle giveaway. TWIN GALAXIES and BILLY MITCHELL commissioned a special limited edition poster and Rick’s Hot Sauce labels to help commemorate the five year anniversary.nbsp; Fans who attended the panel were given posters and host sauce in the raffle to help celebrate the event. An informal COIN-OP TV 5 year anniversary party followed the panel at the Hyatt http://pwned.com/showblog/4987/pennyman/COIN-OP-TV-celebrates-5-years-at-CA-Extreme/ http://pwned.com/showblog/4977/pennyman/COIN-OP-TV-Celebrates-5-Years-at-CA-Extreme-July-11th--12th/ Join me and Hailey as we celebrate COIN-OP TV 5 years of broadcasting the video podcast at CA EXTREME this weekend in San Jose! We'll have a panel on Sat July 11th at 5:15PM and an after party at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Santa Clara! http://pwned.com/showblog/4977/pennyman/COIN-OP-TV-Celebrates-5-Years-at-CA-Extreme-July-11th--12th/ http://pwned.com/showblog/4883/pennyman/Wolverine-game-producer-on-COIN-OP-TV/ COIN-OP TV LIVE WITH WOLVERINE GAME PRODUCER CHRIS PALMISANO IN STUDIO Santa Monica, CA, May 7th, 2009 – COIN-OP TV LIVE hosts Robert Welkner and Hailey Bright welcomed Activision’s Chris Palmisano as a studio guest to talk about the making of the new video game X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Chris helped field live questions from both host and people in the chat room.nbsp; COIN-OP TV LIVE is unique in that it is one of the few live/interactive shows on the video game industry produced independently as part of www.TheStream.TV network. Topics covered during the interview revolved around the making of the game, how they tackled producing an M-rated title to coincide with the PG-13 rated movie and how star Hugh Jackman was involved early on in the project. COIN-OP TV LIVE EPISODE 304 can be viewed on the archive here:http://www.thestream.tv/ http://pwned.com/showblog/4883/pennyman/Wolverine-game-producer-on-COIN-OP-TV/ http://pwned.com/showblog/4868/pennyman/Mutant-Chronicles-LA-Premiere/ Hailey Bright (COIN-OP TV) at the Mutant Chronicles Los Angeles Premiere. Interviews with Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki, Anna Walton, Jack Finney and director Simon Hunter.http://coin-op.tv/?p=1088 http://pwned.com/showblog/4868/pennyman/Mutant-Chronicles-LA-Premiere/ http://pwned.com/showblog/4829/pennyman/DSi-Launch---Universal-Citywalk---Los-Angeles/ The Nintendo DSi promises to usher in a new era of personalization and sharing so we at COIN-OP TV were curious to see what exciting things were planned for the midnight launch at the Citywalk Gamestop. Much like midnight launches in the past, Citywalk had a stage with G4tv Attack of the Show host Kevin Pereira helping MC the precedings, Jon Gibson hosted the i am 8-bit artist spotlight and there were plenty of chances to demo the new Nintendo DSi and grab cool swag their street team.Footage includes interviews with David Young of Nintendo, Tony Bartel from Gamestop and performance footage from Gym Class Heroes.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEU1lLckMUA http://pwned.com/showblog/4829/pennyman/DSi-Launch---Universal-Citywalk---Los-Angeles/ http://pwned.com/showblog/4706/pennyman/COIN-OP-TV-DVD-VOLUME-2---OUT-NOW-/ COIN-OP TV DVD - VOLUME 2 NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM COIN-OP TV DVD Volume 2 is now available on Amazon.com.nbsp; Volume 2 features the best COIN-OP TV episodes from the second year of production with hosts Robert Welkner, Taryn Southern, Danielle Kotzias and Hailey Bright! COIN-OP TV brings you unique interviews and event coverage from all over the world.nbsp; DVD Volume 2 includes interviews with Eugene Jarvis (Defender creator), Cliff Bleszinski (Gears of War), Tommy Tallarico (Video Games Live), Falcoon (King of Fighters SNK), Donald Hayes (World Record Holder), Leonard Herman (Author of Phoenix: The Fallamp;Rise of Videogames), Adam Wood (World Record Holder from The King of Kong movie), numerous artists from the ‘I am 8-bit’ art shows from 2005 and 2006, a Galaxian tribute and more! All episodes have been re-mastered for DVD - featuring over 90 minutes of conten http://pwned.com/showblog/4706/pennyman/COIN-OP-TV-DVD-VOLUME-2---OUT-NOW-/ http://pwned.com/showblog/3992/pennyman/Ultimate-Gamer-TV-Show/ WCG Ultimate Gamer show coming to Sci-Fi ChannelIn March, the Sci-Fi channel will bring us the World Cyber Games Ultimate Gamer competition show!nbsp; Teasers and trailers have filtered through the Internet since Janurary but details about the show have remained locked up.nbsp; Twelve pro-gamers from around the world were given a chance to compete head to head for the title of ‘best all-around gamer’.nbsp; In addition to video games like Rock Band and Halo - the challengers will face obstacles like paintball and have to learn how to jam with real guitars.nbsp; Many of the contestants like sWooZie, StarSlay3r and Calyber have been guests on COIN-OP TV so be sure to check out their interviews on the archive (links below).nbsp; In the meantime - have at the longer and latest trailer below and place your bets now to see who’ll be crowned the world’s best all-around pro-gam http://pwned.com/showblog/3992/pennyman/Ultimate-Gamer-TV-Show/ http://pwned.com/showblog/3977/pennyman/Phoenix-Comicon-2009-come-and-gone/ A new face in the world of Comic Book Conventions is the Phoenix Comicon!nbsp; Hailed as ‘the signature pop culture event of the Southwest’, this event launched in 2002 and has been going strong since.nbsp; Rising attendance each year and a roster of guests that included the world famous Todd McFarlane and Star Trek stars Brent Spiner, Wil Weaton and Marina Sirtis equals plenty of hype and excitement.nbsp; The Phoenix Comicon presented a full weekend of scheduled guests and programming for hobbyists interested in gaming, anime, film and TV.nbsp; Our photographer Mike from www.BlankLogo.com attended the event and brought back some awesome photos to share below!More photos on the site: http://coin-op.tv/?p=769 http://pwned.com/showblog/3977/pennyman/Phoenix-Comicon-2009-come-and-gone/ http://pwned.com/showblog/3954/pennyman/Guitar-Hero--Metallica-tracks-released---how-do-they-stack-up-/ We at camp COIN-OP TV are anxiously awaiting the chance to get our hands on Guitar Hero: Metallica.nbsp; This week, our friends over at Joystiq released the full set list not only of Metallica songs but from other artists that will be included in the game as well.nbsp; So in addition to listing the Metallica songlist - we decided to compile them by order of ‘greatness’.nbsp; With so many awesome Metallica songs in their library it was tough coming up with the top five picks but easy to drop some of the songs to the bottom of the list!nbsp; We look forward to hearing your opinions on the list!Guitar Hero: Metallica songlist from greatness to filler: One, Fade To Black, Creeping Death, Whiplash, Master of Puppets, Disposable Heroes, For Whom The Bell Tolls, Hit the Lights, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Battery, Enter Sandman, Seek and Destroy, Dyers Eve, The Unforgiven, Fight http://pwned.com/showblog/3954/pennyman/Guitar-Hero--Metallica-tracks-released---how-do-they-stack-up-/ http://pwned.com/showblog/3947/pennyman/Hailey-Bright-featured-on-G4tv-AOTS/ hey gang - my co-host Hailey Bright of COIN-OP TV was featured today on ATTACK OF THE SHOW from G4tv!nbsp; Be sure to check out the clip and leave 'em some comments!AOTS - http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/womenoftheweb/66096/Warcraft-Goddess-Mila-Kunis-Pics.html http://pwned.com/showblog/3947/pennyman/Hailey-Bright-featured-on-G4tv-AOTS/ http://pwned.com/showblog/3894/pennyman/Black-Nerd-Comedy-s-Konami-Code-Video-/ Black Nerd Comedy's Konami Code Video!nbsp; Song parody of Paper Planes by M.I.A. (MIA) about the best cheat in video game history... the Konami Code! Guest stars Rob Welkner (Coin-Op TV) and Skeletor (STFComedy.com) http://pwned.com/showblog/3894/pennyman/Black-Nerd-Comedy-s-Konami-Code-Video-/ http://pwned.com/showblog/3793/pennyman/Spike-TV-s-Video-Game-Awards-2008---Red-Carpet/ Spike TVrsquo;s Video Game Awards 2008 - Red Carpet with Hailey Bright of COIN-OP TV. Interviews with celebrities like Neil Patrick Harris, 50 Cent, Tony Hawk and The All-American Rejects. Also interviews with game developers Alex Evans (Little Big Planet) and Ted Price (Insomniac Games).nbsp; Even funnyman Jack Black couldnrsquo;t save the award show from being a drag but at least the red carpet was exciting! nbsp; http://pwned.com/showblog/3793/pennyman/Spike-TV-s-Video-Game-Awards-2008---Red-Carpet/ http://pwned.com/showblog/3744/pennyman/Final-Fantasy-XI-Fan-Festival-2008/ Final Fantasy XI Fan Festival 2008 went down over the weekend at the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood, California.nbsp; Rob Welkner (COIN-OP.TV) along with Jessica and Mandie from Girls Got Game checked out the show on Saturday.nbsp; This gathering of FF XI fans is not about showing off and large scale production but more about micro-managing your time in a step-by-step exploration of the Fan Festival.nbsp; When something big is going down like the Costume Contest then all the other rooms are closed off - shoving all the traffic into the main room to witness the activities. More highlights included a Final Fantasy XI developers panel with Hiromichi Tanaka (Producer), which discussed plans to expand the universe in great detail.nbsp; The Art Contest gave aspiring artists a chance to show off their tribute paintings, which were voted on by attendees.nbsp; The weekend was capped o http://pwned.com/showblog/3744/pennyman/Final-Fantasy-XI-Fan-Festival-2008/ http://pwned.com/showblog/3695/pennyman/Bayonetta-interview-with-Producer-Yusuke-Hashimoto/ COIN-OP TV interviews Bayonetta (Sega) producer Yusuke Hashimoto.nbsp; An inside look at why this game is a highly anticipated release in 2009. http://pwned.com/showblog/3695/pennyman/Bayonetta-interview-with-Producer-Yusuke-Hashimoto/