Praise all you want about Metal Gear Solid 4, Uncharted 2, Ratchet & Clank and Little Big Planet but the real reason I bought a PlayStation 3 was to play GOD OF WAR III.  Kratos is as memorable a hero to me as Mario and Sonic are to some people.  The third installment of the series promises to unleash even more brutally beautiful graphics, giant sized boss battles and plenty of surprises! John Hight (Director of Product Development/Sony Studios) teased about God of War III a bit on COIN-OP TV LIVE episode 322 but now everyone can get their hands on the game.

The COIN-OP TV crew witnessed the God of War III midnight launch at the Gamestop location in Hollywood, California.  Most industry insiders helped celebrate the release a week prior at GDC 2010 but this was a chance for fans to score goodies and meet the development team.  Lucky fans at this location got to meet and greet at least 20 members from Sony’s Santa Monica Studio who worked directly on the game including the Lead Game Designer, Todd Papy.  Friends Warren Price, Jennifer Kyle, Tedakin, Damon Scott, Beau Ryan and Roger Barr (see photos below) came out to score a copy of the game!

God of War related links:
COIN-OP TV coverage of God of War book signing – http://coin-op.tv/?p=83
COIN-OP TV coverage Anime Expo 2006 with Kratos cosplayer – http://coin-op.tv/?p=6

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What do Twitter, an iPhone and zombies all have in common?  TWEET DEFENSE!

Our friends at Promethium Marketing Group have released Tweet Defense, a unique mobile game which interfaces your Twitter account with an iPhone to help you fight colorful zombies and play with your friends all over the zombie invested Internet!  Call upon the help of your friends via Twitter to reinforce and strengthen your weapons and barriers to fight back the hordes of zombies.

The game not only includes a fun and clever way to interact with friends but some top stellar voice talent like Carlos Ferro (famous for ‘Dom’ in Gears of War) and COIN-OP TV’s very own Hailey Bright as the voice of ‘Mombie’ (the red-headed pregnant zombie antagonist).

Any zombie on the block will tell you that Tweet Defense for under a buck is carnage worth owning!
Find out more here: http://tweetdefense.com

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Hailey Bright of COIN-OP TV interviews Sam Bass, Lead Designer, Command & Conquer 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.

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The 2010 Streamy Award Nominations were announced Monday March 1, 2010 via live broadcast and from their official website www.streamys.org.  COIN-OP TV LIVE with hosts Robert Welkner and Hailey Bright are nominated in the category of ‘Best Live Production in a Web Series’.  COIN-OP TV LIVE is an Internet TV show on the video game industry, people and events with live demonstrations of games, band performances and direct interaction with the live viewers.

Congratulations to the other shows nominated in this category including our friends The Radnerd Show, Fantasy Football Live!, Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show and TWiT.tv! Hosts Robert Welkner and Hailey Bright were both in attendance of The Streamy Awards in 2009 and recently joined the International Academy of Web Television membership to help shape and influence the web-tv community.  Thanks to all your support and help along the way – The Streamys Awards will be announced via live broadcast out of Los Angeles on Sunday April 11, 2010!

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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).  When questioned about his clever looking tshirt he responded that it was NOT available to the general public.  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 31th 2010.  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.  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 games.  You can read all the rules and regulations here: http://go.thqice.com/sss

On COIN-OP TV LIVE episode 330 – we announced that THQ ICE would give away free collectible/limited edition tshirts (remember there’s no way to buy these) to the first 5 fans that complete the challenge and send us an email with a screen shot proof, your mailing name/address and tshirt size.  How’s that for a bargin – make sure you give the challenge a whirl as there’s only a couple weeks to go!  Be sure to email your proof and mailing info to us at pennyman [at] thirstyfilms.com [dot] com with the subject ‘Dragonica Challenge‘.

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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’).

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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!

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More about the game here – http://dragonica.thqice.com

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How can you make an opening night receptions fun, hip and cool?  Just ask Ben Zhu who runs Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, California!  COIN-OP TV has supported Gallery Nucleus for the past few years, even way back in their ’small’ location.  Ben now has plenty of space to open his doors to amazing art, installations, booze, a DJ, food, an awesome shop and much more.  Themed art shows are some of our favorites and this time around zombies got their due.  The Zombies In Love art exhibition runs from Feb 6th to Feb 22th, 2010 – be sure to check it out!

Link to the artwork here:
http://gallerynucleus.com/gallery/pieces/221

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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. 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). Jon also announced the re-launch of their website and more behind the scenes info on his active career.

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