From the Frontlines of Georgia’s Gaming Community
FNG Co Hosts Glen Martin (L) and Bobby Blackwolf
Bobby is the host and producer of Friday Night Gaming, a new weekly Internet TV show about video games. Launched in January, it’s broadcast live from the Computer ArenA, a gaming center in suburban Atlanta.
A software developer and systems administrator by day, Blackwolf believes his show is one of the only Internet TV programs broadcast from an actual gaming center. It’s a natural extension of his weekly podcast the Bobby Blackwolf Show, which airs on All Games. It’s also example of how a relatively low cost social media solution is transforming content distribution.
Friday’s show featured the debut of just released PlayStation®3’s Killzone 2. An “in studio” gamer got to demo it with others online. In another popular segment, co-host Glen Martin (owner of CC Gaming) took apart and repaired a PlayStation2 console.
Granted the Internet can be unpredictable, and there are always technical hiccups, but Blackwolf can produce and broadcast a live video program around the world. A live video feed is offered on the FNGLive website with streaming video via Ustream.tv and an audio-only simulcast is available on All Games Radio. The chatroom is on chat.allgames.com.
It’s essentially community access with a worldwide distribution. One caller on Friday was from Sweden.
Friday Night Gaming is another example of how technology is helping to build Atlanta’s gaming community. People come into Computer ArenA to observe and participate, call in or chat and play online. Last week they had over 300 viewers and had 150 chat room participants.
In time, Bobby hopes his broadcast will be a fixture in the community and a showcase for local talent and companies. Previously, Atlanta-based Cartoon Network and its new game Fusion Fall was featured. Well-known Georgia video game composer Chris Rickwood wrote the theme for the Friday Night Gaming.
So as the State of Georgia offers tax credits and local companies like Hi-Rez Studios launch new games, folks like Bobby Blackwolf along with the Georgia Games Developer Association at the community level are also trying to put Georgia on the map as a gaming hub.
The show airs live at 8PM Eastern/5PM Pacific on Friday nights, and will run around three hours.
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