GameOn Bernie Stolar
thursday, march 25, 2004
Acknowledging the huge consumer appetite for interactive entertainment, GameOn NY, a division of Expo International, today announced the launch of the first-ever video game consumer show. Scheduled for November 12-14 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, the show promises unprecedented consumer exposure for its sponsors and exhibitors. Additionally, GameOn NY has appointed three experienced industry professionals, Bernard Stolar, Paul Eibeler and Sarah Anderson, to the Company's Advisory Board. Bernie Stolar, recognized as a prolific leader in the video game industry has held leadership roles at several of the industry's foremost companies, including Executive Vice President Sony(R) Computer Entertainment of America, president and Chief Operating Officer of Sega(R) of America.

Bryo is shopping for PC titles
friday, march 19, 2004
Italian based Bryo (www.bryo.it), after the successful launch of Northland last week, is actively looking for unsigned PC titles to publish in Italy. "Our strategy to use newsstands, in conjunction with retails and chains, as distribution network, worked very well and we, and our developers, are happy of the results" commented Pietro Montelatici, MD of Bryo.
Bryo reaches more than 20.000 point of sale in Italy, literally covering all territory. Such a wide distribution require good mass market titles and a strong marketing campaign: "Just as an example, the marketing for Northland covered all the major magazines, Internet sites and radio. We also set up a dedicated community site and our external PR agency pushed the title into non-specialist press. For the official game of the Big Brother we also reached national TV. All this generates good returns for everyone." added Montelatici. Bryo is now looking for finished PC full price games to insert in its line-up.
Interested developers with unsigned PC titles can write to: devs@bryo.it

Jason Rubin Denied from gamedaily.com
wednesday, march 10, 2004
The San Jose Mercury News website has an interesting tidbit relating how Tara Reid’s entrance to a Sony party, while he was denied entrance, helped to fuel a speech by Naughty Dog’s Jason Rubin at last week’s D.I.C.E. Summit. Rubin apparently called on game developers to band together in a way similar to what Hollywood actors did earlier this century by forming United Artists. According to the story, he feels “that video game developers are the underappreciated talent of the industry and that publishers hold too much of the power and profits.”

Joseph Huang Reviews 2 Games
monday, march 8, 2004
Joseph Huang is Back! Writing 2 reviews in the time of just one. Bladerunner gets reviewed as well as the more anticipated review of Final Fantasy XI Online. This review will surprise you and goes against everything him and his friends do every night. Final Fantasy XI Online could probably sell subscriptions just by name alone, but you'll need to see what Joe says in this one. Click on the reviews button or click here to read this controversial review.

David Gray's Birthday
saturday, march 6, 2004
Today is David Gray's Birthday. Well known for his years at Sega and EA and his famous website featured in Yahoo's best and Evening Magazine where he tried to Outdo Malou, he is nearly always found to be in the top 10 rankings of all Airhockey players and his website is Airhockeynews.com. David Gray promises to be at the GDC this year but because of his incredibly busy schedule at Pacific Power and Lighting, it is unknown if he will meet this commitment. Gamelord.org was fortunated to catch David Gray on his cell phone yesterday as he left for lunch at 5:30pm. David was recorded saying, "Yeah, who's this? Gamelord.org? Yeah, Fuck off and die. Sure, I'm going to be at GDC and you can kiss my ass!"

Nemer Velasquez Birthday
thursday, march 4, 2004
Today is Nemer Velasquez birthday. Nemer Velasquez was credited on a game as early as 1994 and as recently as 2001. His/Her career probably spans more years than those displayed since these dates are based on the credits documented in MobyGames (which are incomplete). Nemer Velasquez has been credited with the roles Production, Support and Other. Nemer Velasquez has been credited on games developed by the following companies: SCEI , Naughty Dog , Game Arts , Insomniac Games , Metro Graphics , Artdink , LightWeight , Media Vision, Inc. , Seibu Kaihatsu Inc. , Sega AM2 Co., LTD. , Clapping Hands , Killer Game , Sony Interactive Studios America , Polyphony Digital , The Code Monkeys and Eighting/Raizing . This does not imply employment by these companies.

Pete Clark sent to Free Agency
thursday, february 12, 2004
With a magnitude of experience under his belt, Pete Clark, well known for his time at Sega and Sony, has been sent to free agency. On Tuesday, sources reveal that among other lay-offs in the company, Pete Clark could not escape the list. Pete is considered one of the tops in his profession and there will be plenty of companies that will want to pick him up. Nemer Velasquez, close friend of Pete's stated, "Peter clark? wtf were they thinking? he's an industry veteran that was an asset to any company... what does he do again?"

Joseph Huang Reviews Zero Hour: C&C
monday, february 9, 2004
It's the review you've been waiting for. The verdict on this year's most anticipated expansion. Click on the Review section to your left to read this and other great Joseph Huang reviews or click here to read this great review.

Half Life 2 Set for Summer from CNN.com
thursday, february 5, 2004
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – When Gabe Newell, founder of Valve Software, confirmed last October that hackers had wormed their way into the developer's network and stolen the source code to "Half-Life 2," it sent shock waves through the gaming industry. "Half-Life 2," you see, wasn't just a title any gamer worth his or her salt was drooling over, it was the title industry insiders were counting on to help revive the struggling PC gaming business.As Valve developers gathered their wits, an executive from publisher Vivendi Universal Games told media outlets that the theft would delay the game until April 2004. That date was nothing more than a blind guess, though. Valve, the only company that really had a firm grasp on the impact of the theft, wrapped itself in a cocoon, refusing all questions from the media and not saying a word about when the game would hit shelves – until now. Click here to read full story from CNN/money.