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The GayGamer Castle is all aflutter in anticipation of its newest, dashing resident, TheDoctor! He will be writing in the morning and evening, bookending the day's news the way only he can. His room is being prepared to his specifications including a London call box, a fish and chips stand, a tube entrance and a silver tea service for entertaining foreign dignitaries. Even now, Tiny is hanging a portrait of the Queen over the fireplace, Asterick is polishing the Dalek and I am desperatley trying to hunt down something called P.G. Tipps. So, please help us bring him into the GayGamer family by welcoming him in the comments!
On a day just like today, a mere forty-one nineteen years ago, Mrs. and Papa Brute gave birth to a bespectacled, mutton-chopped baby blogger. Over the years he grew into a fine and admirable young man, an ever-capable editor, a fantastic gamer, and one of the best homosexuals in modern history.
These are just a few of the reasons why I'm pleased to say: Happy Birthday, Fruit Brute!!!
You see Mr. Brute in this picture, a portrait created by one Mr. Locke in a little game called Soul Calibur IV, which happens to be one of Mr. Brute's favorite games of all time - or at the very least of the moment. If it were only painted on black velvet!
Happy Birthday!
[And many thanks, Mr. Locke]
We are seeking writers for weekday positions and currently we have early morning and evening slots available. Ideally, the morning person would be someone who could write for the 10, 11 or noon EST slots. We are also looking for a local San Francisco writer who has daytimes available to attend/report on events. Finally, we are looking for a European writer or two who could help keep our readers abreast of all the latest Euro game news.
So, if you are interested in writing and making absolutely no money but garnering the admiration of your fellow gay geek, drop us a line at info@gaygamer.net. Please include two samples of your writing. Preferably it would be two game related articles written as if you were writing it for the site. We are looking for personality, sassiness and a strong knowledge of games. Please submit all entries by midnight this Sunday, August 25th with the subject "Weekday Writing Position." Be sure to specify which position you are applying for.
Just a quick reminder, get your entries for the Soul Calibur IV Character Creation Contest in by midnight tonight, PST. Just send us a snap of a player you've created in the Xbox 360/PS3 game based on a character from any medium: film, TV, books, other videogames, etc. No fancy video capture equipment needed - if you have to, just take a picture of the TV screen. The top three entries will each get codes to download the remake of the original Soul Calibur from XBLA. I'm not sure exactly who's judging, but I imagine points will be given for accuracy, creativity, and of course, making it super gay. Send your entries to info@gaygamer.net.
Full details are in Fruit Brute's original post.
As was pointed out earlier this week, I am new to the GayGamer writing staff (and thank you for all the lovely welcoming comments!). I've been reading the site almost since it began two years ago. When I was asked to join as a writer, it occurred to me that despite reading the site every day, visiting the forums, being in the chat room, and listening to the Podcast, I still knew so very little about the other writers I'd be working with.
An idea came to me that I should conduct interviews with the other writers. But I need your help, readers! I have some questions in mind that I want to ask, but ultimately, this should be about what our readers want to know. So I want you to comment on this article with questions you would like me to ask about our writers. You can respond with general questions for all our writers, or questions you might have for a particular individual. (Serious questions only, please)
These interviews will be published every two weeks, which should give me enough time to find the opportunity to chat with our writers and get a great interview! Your input will make all the difference though. Let's really get to know all the writing staff at GayGamer!
Please join me in welcoming our newest resident of the GayGamer Castle, LunarMouse! Lunar comes to us as a long time reader and forum member. He will be covering the early morning slot to give you something to read whilst sipping your coffee and eating your breakfast or dinner depending on where you live! So be sure to give him a big GayGamer shout out in the comments!
Last week we added a new weekly poll to the page, right over there in the right hand column. No, it's not an ad! It's a real, live, working, official GayGamer.net poll! Last week we voted on the hottest Soul Calibur IV male and the crown was taken by Kilik. This week we try to find him a queen by asking who is the hottest female Soul Calibur IV character. Currently Ivy is far in the lead with 132 votes. Will she still be the winner by the poll's end? You have until Monday morning on this one so get on over there and cast your vote!
If there is one thing that is premium in the life of a blogger, it is time. Oh time, how I miss you! Over E3 Tiny and I took some video footage that we were quite proud of, not realizing at the time what a time consuming effort it would be actually compiling and editing it all. It didn't help that I don't know a whole lot about video editing and was basically teaching myself as I went along. Personally I think they came out pretty good for a first try. Long story short, the videos are finally finished in all their lo-fi and unprofessionally edited glory and I'll be posting them over the next couple of days. Hey, better late than never right?
So beginning today we take a look back at the magic and wonder that was E3 2008. We came up with eight questions and asked 25 different game industry journalists their opinions. We got a great variety of people from sites like Kotaku, Joystiq, Destructoid, GameDaily, GamePro, GameInformer, CheapAssGamer, Game|Life and many others. Reading what people wrote about E3 is great, but hearing what the individual reporters actually thought in the moment is even better. Stay tuned for all eight videos which will be appearing here over the next few days. Hope you enjoy them.
Unfortunately there will be no podcast this week due to technical difficulties. Just when we had all our ducks in a row as far as the podcast is concerned, along comes an update for the programs we use to record it and everything goes haywire! Looks like the gaming industry isn't the only one with screwy updates. We are going to try and sort this out so that perhaps we can have something for you on Monday. Sorry about this and we'll try and get back on track as soon as possible. If anyone knows the intricate inner workings of using Audio Hijack Pro and Skype on a Mac and might be able to offer advice, please let us know!
As you all know, E3 is an insanely busy four days for game industry folks, especially journalists. Trying to keep up with everything as it happens can be a daunting task. Since our coverage will be coming in bits and pieces (but awesome) over the next few days you can keep up to the minute watch on our E3 experience through Twitter. If you look to the right column at the top you will see a new Twitter feed. I will be updating this regularly for the whole of E3 so be sure to keep checking back to see our coverage as well as our up to the minute Twitter updates!
In mere moments Tiny and I will be jetting to glamorous Los Angeles, CA for E3 2008. We have a pretty full schedule so postings will probably be a little spotty, mostly concentrated in the mornings and possibly evenings if we are sober enough. We will also have video footage coming in as well, a new thing for us so keep your fingers crossed that we can get it all done! See you soon!
Out of all the contest we had last week, who knew that this one would end up being the most popular! We received a ton of submissions so it was difficult to choose a winner. But, after much deliberation we have chosen and the winner is.... Richie! You can read his prize winning haiku below:
on our gamer quest
brute guides the fruits, like tingle
giving out free maps
Congratulations, Richie! Thanks to everyone who entered and keep your eyes open for a few more prizes we'll be giving away this week!
And girls who like girls who like rumble packs!
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