Our friends over at Gallery1988 went all out with this year’s He-Man art installation titled Under The Influence: Masters of the Universe Tribute Art Show.  We were expecting to see some awesome He-Man art pieces at the gallery, but got an extra treat when we found out that the entire gallery had been transformed wall-to-wall like the inside of Castle Grayskull itself!  Over a hundred artists contributed to the cause and helped bring the He-Man characters to life.  The art show wraps up this week but the hard work gone into this exhibit will have a lasting impression!

See more of the art here – http://ihavethepowerart.blogspot.com/

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The team from BusyGamer.com flew in from Texas to be the first guests on COIN-OP TV LIVE in 2010. They presented the Gamette of the Year trophy and honors to Hailey Bright in person on the show! The live broadcast also featured interviewed from Yvonne Strahovski who plays Miranda in Mass Effect 2 and an interview from the studio behind Global Agenda. Also – a video skype with Godfree and Peter from GamerTagRadio.com who spoke about their upcoming Community Vibes V event in Feb 2010.

Link to COIN-OP TV LIVE episode 326 – http://www.thestream.tv/watch.php?v=1985

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LA RIOTS II is an invitation Street Fighter IV Tournament in which you have to win other specific tournaments to make it into the 8 player rotation.  This was the second LA RIOTS tournament and was bigger and better then the first.  The top four players from LA Riots I included Combofiend, Keno, Kai and Shizza who went up against the top four players from the last Bar Fights tournament which included Alex Valle, Ken I, Jayce The Ace and Yeb.

Once again the tournament was an 8 player double elimination, streamed live with multiple cameras, player profiles, professional commentary and player interviews.  LA RIOTS II is shaping up to be a major force in the Street Fighter IV playground and ties into other competitions through cross promotions and player involvement.  The grand finals came down to an exciting match between experienced pro Alex Valle (Ryu) and upcoming star Shizza (Chun-Li) with Alex taking home the grand prize of $500 cash, a trophy and the top three players walked home with brand new Arcade Sticks from MadCatz!

Once again the tournament was sponsored by GOOTECKS, COIN-OP TV LIVE, EVO ENERGY DRINK, MADCATZ and THESTREAM.TV.  Highlights and video from the event will be available soon but in the meantime check out this promo video from LA RIOTS I highlights!

See more LA RIOTS TOURNAMENT PIX/COVERAGE HERE:
http://gootecks.com/la-riots/la-riots-ii-results-wrap-up/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71845948@N00/sets/72157622824641251/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52744200@N00/sets/72157623226198952/
http://gunitver1world.blogspot.com/2010/01/la-riots-ii-megapost.html
http://gytnews.com/articles/multimedia/pictures-and-podcasts-from-la-riots-ii.html
http://hadouken.tv/2010/01/la-riots-ii-results-wrap-up/
http://games.qq.com/tvgame/09sf4/

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LA RIOTS – An eight player Street Fighter IV tournament bringing So-Cal’s top players to compete for high stakes and more – all streamed live with multiple cameras and professional commentators! This broadcast is brought to you by GOOTECKS, COIN-OP TV LIVE, EVO ENERGY DRINK, MADCATZ and THESTREAM.TV.

LA RIOTS II will broadcast live SAT Jan 16, 2010 starting at 2PM PST
on www.TheStream.TV with the following players:

Combofiend (Abel)
Keno (Balrog)
Kai (El Fuerte)
Shizza (Chun Li)
Alex Valle (Ryu)
Ken I (Rufus)
Jayce
Yeb (Gen)

For more information about the tournament check out www.gootecks.com

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Ever heard of the CLICKER AWARDS? Neither have we!  But the team behind the website has been following us and what we’ve been doing at COIN-OP TV LIVE and so for that we thank them!  We’re also happy to say that COIN-OP TV LIVE was in the runnings for Best Live Shows of 2009 on their site and say congratulations to fellow network show and friends Live From The Future who were honored the top award.

COIN-OP TV LIVE was a finalist in the live category alongside major productions from the NFL, Katie Couric and Kevin Pollak.  A special thanks for the recognition and achievement from everyone at COIN-OP TV LIVE – we hope to take home the top prize next year!

See all the Clicker Awards 2009 Live Show Finalists here:
http://www.clicker.com/gallery/best-live-show-2009/

More about Clicker from their website:

Clicker is the complete guide to Internet Television. Our mission is to make it simple for you to find the right show, right now.

As massive amounts of programming move online, consumers are entering a world of infinite choices, all on-demand. Great! Finding the show you want to watch? Painful. Thousands of episodes from thousands of shows are housed on thousands of different sites, mixed among billions of random clips and videos.

Clicker catalogs all broadcast programming online, along with TV-quality Web originals, from these silos and delivers them in one seamless, organized experience so you can easily discover what’s available to watch (and what isn’t) online, where to watch it, and what’s worth watching.

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As part of Microsoft’s big CES 2010 announcements they showed a trailer for GAMEROOM for the Xbox 360 and PC.  Trick out your arcade with awesome virtual renditions of classic arcade cabinets, complete with sound effects and graphics on the screens.  For those not old enough to remember the sights and sounds of walking through an arcade this is a fantastic addition from Microsoft.  GAMEROOM allows your colorful avatar the ability to walk around and explore the different arcade games so you can relive all the thrills of classic arcade machines.  All this sounds great but our friends over in the MAME community have already been doing this for years.  Check out the trailer for GAMEROOM from Microsoft and compare it to the famous Arcade 84 video from CinemArcade.

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Parris Lilly from TalkingAboutGames.com helped organize a video gamer community meetup over the weekend at the Dave & Busters in Orange County.  The meetup was loose and friendly and attended by video gamer journalists and forum/community members.  Always great to meet positive members of the gaming community – let’s hope we can do it again soon!

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BusyGamer.com featured Hailey Bright as their Jan 2009 Gamette of the Month!  Since then she has helped shape the gaming community and participated in numerous events and panels.  Thanks to your fan support and votes – Hailey Bright was named BusyGamer’s ‘Gamette of the Year‘ for 2009!

Read about it here – http://www.busygamer.com/blog1/?p=5648

Winner – Hailey Bright 33%
1st Runner Up – Jessica V. 30%
2nd Runner Up – Miss Jinx 13%

More about www.BusyGamer.com from their website:  We’re not saying we’re wasting our time so you can’t waste it for us. It’s our goal to ensure that the ratings we put up will educate you on the games you can play with a minimum amount of time or hassle with maximum return on your investment. We’re wasting our time on the long, the boring, the outright obnoxious games to try and save you time and money before you drop sixty dollars on a game you’re not going to have the time to enjoy.

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COIN-OP TV wishes you all a happy holiday season!  Our mailbox has received a decent amount of Holiday Cybercards from friends in the video game industry and we thought we would share our top three favorites with you!  Congratulations to Atlus, 2K Games and Namco Bandai for sharing the most festive love via email and the Internet! COIN-OP TV LIVE returns Thursday Jan 21, 2010 – thanks for your help and support in 2009!

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