Due to EG’s new, somewhat pre-produced format, we end up with several skits after the show that we can toss out to YouTube, Wire, EG and other sites. This week, we have three segments that made it out of the mix: First, we find how Summa comes up with his arguments, then get an exclusive, inside look at one of the most popular gaming blogs.
Lastly, there’s a promo trailer for Up All Night: Burnout Paradise, which will debut Feb. 13 at upallnight.ggl.com! Check it.
Burntmatches is now camicami. Summa is a blurry mess. Tockwork ruins the internet’s biggest secret. djWheat loves video game cakes. Why is there a size limit on Xbox Live Arcade games? Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 < Nintendo Wii? What goes on inside the news room of you’re favorite gaming blog? We find out how the World Famous Robert Summa decides his arguments. We run down the Top 10 gaming guns that never made it. Cake!
As a very close follower of trends within the gaming media space, one particular interesting trend has stuck out to me over the past week: Kotaku, a property of the blog group Gawker Media, has gone out of their way to mention and include everything related to MTV. Now, it could be coincidence that MTV and its related media properties are particularly hot this week, but sometimes the phrase “where there’s smoke, there’s fire” comes out to actually be true.
Everyday this week there has been an increased focus on MTV and Viacom properties. With guest blogger and GameTrailers and Spike TV (both Viacom properties) correspondent Geoff Keighley taking guest editor duties all week, the co-branding is either a somewhat blatant advertising deal or an even bigger deal involving the potential sell of Gawker to Viacom — a company trying to increase its videogame presence more and more.
