http://pwned.com/pennyman/blogs/ Pwned.com - pennyman's Blog Feed en-us http://pwned.com/showblog/2951/pennyman/Talking-E3-on-ManiaTV-s-show-Arcade/ Robert Welkner of COIN-OP TV guest appeared on ManiaTV for the show ARCADE on its season finale episode. ManiaTV is an internet TV channel with roots that date back as far as 2004. Upon launch it was one of the first live/interactive internet channels out there which helped launch Tom Green Live and Dave Navarrorsquo;s Spread TV. ARCADE is one of the few lsquo;carry overrsquo; shows still attached to the channel since their move from Denver to Los Angeles. ARCADE is hosted by Rob Talbert, a Detroit native who started gaming with the NES and also has a passion for music and movies. Robert Welkner helped sit in on Arcadersquo;s lsquo;War Roomrsquo; segment and contributed his two cents about the upcoming E3 expectations. Check out the segment here: http://coin-op.tv/?p=389 nbsp; http://pwned.com/showblog/2951/pennyman/Talking-E3-on-ManiaTV-s-show-Arcade/ http://pwned.com/showblog/2887/pennyman/Metal-Gear-Solid-4---Los-Angeles-Launch/ COIN-OP TV coverage of the METAL GEAR SOLID 4 midnight launch at Best Buy in Los Angeles! Jessica Villarreal from All Games Interactive interviews Kenichiro Imaizum (Lead Producer), Ryan Payton (Associate Producer) and voice of Solid Snake David Hayter. http://www.dailymotion.com/pennyman/video/x5r49k_metal-gear-solid-4-los-angeles-laun_videogames http://pwned.com/showblog/2887/pennyman/Metal-Gear-Solid-4---Los-Angeles-Launch/ http://pwned.com/showblog/2810/pennyman/Pwned-shirt-spotting-on-COIN-OP-TV/ heeeeey I wore my spiffy pwned.com tshirt on the show this week on COIN-OP TV LIVE! The week in video games, events and people with your favorite hosts Rob Welkner and Hailey Bright. Special appearance by Brian Gramo! Hot news items from Tecmo and Ninja Gaiden 2, Sony's FanFaire and clips from interviews with Fatal1ty and Mark Friedler founder of GameDaily.com Coin-Op TV Live - June Boom - episode 227 nbsp; nbsp; Watch it here: http://www.thestream.tv/watch.php?v=855 http://pwned.com/showblog/2810/pennyman/Pwned-shirt-spotting-on-COIN-OP-TV/ http://pwned.com/showblog/2742/pennyman/Donkey-Kong-underdog-Steve-Wiebe-still-hunts-for-glory/ This Sunday (June 1st 2008) The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters will see its World Television Premiere on the G4 network. This documentary film chronicles much of the arcade gaming champions and their quests for titles and glory but mostly features Steve Wiebe and his attempt to face Billy Mitchell in a mano a mano Donkey Kong face off. The King of Kong was championed at film festivals across the world with much fan approval and appreciation at the Slamdance film festival where it was picked up for distribution. The DVD release of the film features an abundance of extras including commentaries by the filmmakers and deleted sequences which help flesh out some of the lsquo;charactersrsquo; in the movie. As most of you know COIN-OP TV has been following and interviewing many of these classic arcade champions since 2004. Wersquo;re all anxious and excited to see the movie pre http://pwned.com/showblog/2742/pennyman/Donkey-Kong-underdog-Steve-Wiebe-still-hunts-for-glory/ http://pwned.com/showblog/2489/pennyman/Rob-featured-on-The-Gamers-Garage-podcast/ Our friends over at The Gamers Garage featured COIN-OP TV host Rob Welkner as part of their podcast roundup this week! The Gamers Garage is a community based website with reviews and stuff across the board. This weekrsquo;s discussion tuned into Robrsquo;s specialty which is arcade and old school games. The podcast featured regular hosts Crash, Okatta and CamaroGuy along with Rob for the first half of the show.The group touched based on some of the favorite arcade and retro classics from their youth and experiences with remaining arcades like Dave and Busters and some upcoming arcade titles like Street Fighter IV and Soul Caliber IV. Also in the discussion was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comparing the arcade experience to the home Xbox console experience.Be sure to check out more podcasts from The Gamers Garage in the future or on their archive!http://thegamersgarage.com http://pwned.com/showblog/2489/pennyman/Rob-featured-on-The-Gamers-Garage-podcast/ http://pwned.com/showblog/2367/pennyman/SC3-Arcade-Party-Pix/ April 2008 marked another SC3 Arcade/Party gathering and COIN-OP TVrsquo;s Rob joined about fifty other arcade and video game fans for the festivities! For those unfamiliar - the party takes place at Steversquo;s house in Claremont CA where the owner dusts off his arcade collection (over 30 games) and puts them all on freeplay.Other SC3 members bring their consoles like the NES, Intellivision, Vectrex and more with a handful of games nearby ready to plug in and play. Other highlights were the Guitar Hero lsquo;room of doomrsquo; which allows players to go head to head on a large projection screen display and for the first time Rock Band took center stage on Steversquo;s giant screen TV for all to witness the pretend concerts.Pizza, booze and a mini-swap meet were other additions to the party. We ran into many familiar friends and met some new people as well! Our hope is that one day this http://pwned.com/showblog/2367/pennyman/SC3-Arcade-Party-Pix/ http://pwned.com/showblog/2033/pennyman/Shwayze-on-DJ-Rossstar-s-Punk-Rock-Show/ Hailey and Robert from COIN-OP TV had the pleasure of crashing DJ Rossstarrsquo;s Punk Rock Show this week for his interview with alternative hip-hop artist Shwayze.nbsp; For those not familiar with DJ Rossstarrsquo;s blend of internet charm - he hosts a weekly internet radio show on Wednesdays and Thursdays and has a knack for catching all the latest and hottest music acts as guests in his studio which doubles as his apartment. This week Warped Tour and current chart busters Shwayze were in town for an interview.nbsp; They joked around with fans during the live show and fielded questions about their music as well as sampled two tracks from their upcoming album.nbsp; The atmosphere at DJ Rossstarrsquo;s is very relaxed and after a while the gang started playing with Lightning Reaction a toy from the Shocking Fun company in which players have to push buttons faster then the next http://pwned.com/showblog/2033/pennyman/Shwayze-on-DJ-Rossstar-s-Punk-Rock-Show/ http://pwned.com/showblog/2001/pennyman/SoCal-Cosplay-Gathering/ This past weekend Mike (BlankLogo Photography) and Robert hit up the SoCal Cosplay Gathering which took place at a park in Irvine, California.nbsp; This event happens about twice a year and is organized independently from a group of friends who love to cosplay and want to share their outfits and time with other fans of cosplay.nbsp; Cosplaying is all about dressing up as your favorite anime or video game character with costumes made from scratch.nbsp; In California we are lucky to have a wide variety of cosplayers who show up to all the events. Beyond hanging out and modeling for photographers the SoCal Cosplay Gathering had Rock Band and Super Smash Bros Brawl tournaments, plenty of food and sodas as well as giveaways and contests like one for lsquo;best cosplay outfitrsquo; which went to our friend Anela who can be found in the COIN-OP TVrsquo;s Anime Expo 2007 interviews. A http://pwned.com/showblog/2001/pennyman/SoCal-Cosplay-Gathering/ http://pwned.com/showblog/1936/pennyman/most-breasts-I-ve-seen-all-year---/ sooooo I rented GOOD LUCK CHUCK and the first half was all about sex and chick nudity - it was kinda strange seeing so much nekkid breast action.... anyway the film had a few remotely funny parts and wasnt so terrible - even Jessica Alba's acting in it was okay ;) nbsp; nbsp; if you wanna see some breasts then rent it! nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; http://pwned.com/showblog/1936/pennyman/most-breasts-I-ve-seen-all-year---/ http://pwned.com/showblog/1891/pennyman/Top-5-Arcade-Games/ heeey gang - we dug up some 'found footage' from COIN-OP TV that was never used - it's clips of some of the World Record Holders talking about their top 5 arcade games of all time - check out Donald Hayes, Todd Rogers, Mark Alpiger and Greg Bond (all featured in the King of Kong movie). nbsp; What are some of your favorite Arcade games of all time?? Check out what the champs had to say here: http://coin-op.tv/?p=322 http://pwned.com/showblog/1891/pennyman/Top-5-Arcade-Games/ http://pwned.com/showblog/1854/pennyman/Portal-song-free-on-Rock-Band/ woooooot - we love free stuff aint this aint no April Fools - so turn on your xbox and download the credit song from PORTAL 'Still Alive' - I just played it on expert guitar and it was kinda fun - felt like I was strumming a harp and not so much a guitar.nbsp; Be curious to see if my pipes can get that high on vocals though! :)"Still Alive"--GLaDOS and Jonathan CoultonRock Band free download song (this week)-Rob http://pwned.com/showblog/1854/pennyman/Portal-song-free-on-Rock-Band/ http://pwned.com/showblog/1751/pennyman/King-of-Kong-DVD--Art-Show-Signing/ Over the Easter Weekend Gallery Nucleus held an art show opening and dvd signing for The King of Kong - a movie about the top two Donkey Kong World Record holders Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell. This is the second art show exhibit for the brand new location of Gallery Nucleus (Alhambra, CA) and I must say the new spot is a vast improvement! The old location was very cramped and made it difficult to enjoy the show but now everything is spread out enough for free movement and pacing. In attendance at the event were all the major players in getting The King of Kong movie made which was director Seth Gordon, producer Ed Cunningham, DVD commentary suppliers Chris Carle and Jon Gibson and special guest Scott C. who flew in for the event. Scott provided the inside alternative art cover for the DVD release. This cover features a vast collect of characters and arcade machines all line http://pwned.com/showblog/1751/pennyman/King-of-Kong-DVD--Art-Show-Signing/ http://pwned.com/showblog/1712/pennyman/P-D-Flo-and-Wizard-World-video-link/ Pedro Flores of P-D-Flo films was a guest on COIN-OP TV LIVE last night - his company is responsible for the hugely popular and successful videos called 'The Kings of MySpace' and 'The Kings of YouTube' - if you haven't seen them check 'em out on youtube.com! Also - we had a video review submission of Army of Two, news on upcoming events, 'the flirt cam', a Seth Green interview from Wizard World and more random fun excitement! you can watch the P-D-Flo episode here:http://www.thestream.tv/watch.php?v=729 Also - I'll be at The King of Kong DVD amp; Art Show signing party this coming Saturday (3/22/08) at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra CA - so come check out the show if you live nearby! They'll have DVDs available and prints and a Donkey Kong challenge! (www.gallerynucleus.com) And finally - check out COIN-OP TV's interviews from Wizard World Los Angeles last weekend - we caught up http://pwned.com/showblog/1712/pennyman/P-D-Flo-and-Wizard-World-video-link/ http://pwned.com/showblog/1634/pennyman/Wizard-World-Los-Angeles-3-08/ Wizard World Los Angeles came and went - it wasnrsquo;t the biggest or loudest show but it was fun and local and worth checking out. Apparently things had been scaled down from last year according to word of mouth but the show floor was bumping and busy on Saturday (not so much on Sunday). We got to meet and interview Seth Green (Austin Powers, Robot Chicken) and also Summer Glau (Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles and Serenity) which will appear in the next video podcast episode. As for cool costumes and gear - the usual group of Star Wars Stormtroopers, Jedi and even some droids were present at the event. A really neat Predator outfit and best group in show award had to go to the Gears of War posse which was in full force. Wizard World LA doesnrsquo;t showcase any sort of costume contest or show - so outfits were at an all-time low at this event overall. In addition t http://pwned.com/showblog/1634/pennyman/Wizard-World-Los-Angeles-3-08/ http://pwned.com/showblog/1472/pennyman/wanted--viewer-submited-video-reviews-/ COIN-OP TV LIVE is making the show more interactive in 2008! We want you - the viewer - to submit your own game reviews for us to showcase during the live show. We've already shown videos from Mike Z and Justin and want to keep this trend going in the new year! Requirements - shoot/record yourself giving a review of a game (new or old) up to 60 seconds. Upload video clip to youtube - then send me the link in a PM so that I can grab the video clip. Submit your review - it's fun - it's free and best of all - we'll send you some EXTRA AWESOME goodies from the swag box! If you have questions be sure to send them my way! here's some samples from past reviews: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ok0G5T3hx5A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MLXvQvtv1s http://pwned.com/showblog/1472/pennyman/wanted--viewer-submited-video-reviews-/ http://pwned.com/showblog/1289/pennyman/COTV-celebrates-50th-episode-with-Pwned-com-founder-Andy-/ Can you believe COIN-OP TV LIVE has aired 50 episodes! We want to thank all the viewers for tuning in over the last year and a half and here's to 50 more! We will welcome PWNED.COM founder ANDY in the studio as a guest. Plus Rob will open a 'box of swag goodies' on the air sent to him from Robert The DCD from GDC. Also Hailey Bright and Brian Gramo helping bring the video gaming news and fun! Haven't seen COIN-OP TV LIVE ? We are a weekly live and interactive video show on the Video Game Industry, People and Events. Episodes are live and full of surprises - we have multiple chat rooms and IMs that co-host Hailey Bright reads on the air during the show. Be sure to tune in to see what Andy from Pwned.com has to say about his awesome community website! COIN-OP TV LIVEThursdays 8PM PSTwww.TheStream.TV http://pwned.com/showblog/1289/pennyman/COTV-celebrates-50th-episode-with-Pwned-com-founder-Andy-/