I released a game!!1!!

[Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games)]

Hi,

So, yesterday a game I wrote for the xbox 360 went on sale via Xbox LIVE
Marketplace. It's called Star Hammer Tactics, it's a "tactical battle game"
and there's a site with info at www.starhammer.com. It's a game I've wanted
to write for many years, and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.
(BTW, a PlayStation [PSP/PS3] version is not far away).

I'm putting some effort into promoting the game at the moment. I even wrote
a press release (http://bit.ly/avT0sC)!!

We have a wide range of people on this list, and I was thinking, if anybody
around here perhaps knows anybody in game journalism or blogging that might
be interested in writing about the game, I'd be mighty grateful for either
a) forwarding this message, or b) passing on some contact details.

I'm also able to provide review codes in case that's useful.

(BTW, unfortuneatly, the game is not available in Australia :( because Indie
Games aren't available here).

Thanks!!

L8r, Paul




Paul Turbett
Black Lab Games
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[Mattia Fracassini]

Congrats!!!!

Mattia Fracassini
3D Developer
Email : Mostro@...
Site: mostrocg.blogspot.com.au

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From: Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games) [mailto:paul@...]
Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 11:08 AM
To: pigmi@...
Subject: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!

Hi,

So, yesterday a game I wrote for the xbox 360 went on sale via Xbox LIVE
Marketplace. It's called Star Hammer Tactics, it's a "tactical battle game"
and there's a site with info at www.starhammer.com. It's a game I've wanted
to write for many years, and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.
(BTW, a PlayStation [PSP/PS3] version is not far away).

I'm putting some effort into promoting the game at the moment. I even wrote
a press release (http://bit.ly/avT0sC)!!

We have a wide range of people on this list, and I was thinking, if anybody
around here perhaps knows anybody in game journalism or blogging that might
be interested in writing about the game, I'd be mighty grateful for either
a) forwarding this message, or b) passing on some contact details.

I'm also able to provide review codes in case that's useful.

(BTW, unfortuneatly, the game is not available in Australia :( because Indie
Games aren't available here).

Thanks!!

L8r, Paul




Paul Turbett
Black Lab Games
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[Joel Blackwell]

Cool, I see an indiegamer thread :)

-Joel


On 15/06/2010 11:08 AM, Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games) wrote:

> Hi,
>
> So, yesterday a game I wrote for the xbox 360 went on sale via Xbox LIVE
> Marketplace. It's called Star Hammer Tactics, it's a "tactical battle game"
> and there's a site with info at www.starhammer.com. It's a game I've wanted
> to write for many years, and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.
> (BTW, a PlayStation [PSP/PS3] version is not far away).
>
> I'm putting some effort into promoting the game at the moment. I even wrote
> a press release (http://bit.ly/avT0sC)!!
>
> We have a wide range of people on this list, and I was thinking, if anybody
> around here perhaps knows anybody in game journalism or blogging that might
> be interested in writing about the game, I'd be mighty grateful for either
> a) forwarding this message, or b) passing on some contact details.
>
> I'm also able to provide review codes in case that's useful.
>
> (BTW, unfortuneatly, the game is not available in Australia :( because Indie
> Games aren't available here).
>
> Thanks!!
>
> L8r, Paul
>
>
>
>
> Paul Turbett
> Black Lab Games
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[Josh Whitkin]

Congratulations Paul!  Can't wait to play it in USA. I'll mention it to
my friends there.

Josh Whitkin - Lecturer, Games Art & Design, Murdoch University
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games) [mailto:paul@...]
Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 11:08 AM
To: pigmi@...
Subject: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!

Hi,

So, yesterday a game I wrote for the xbox 360 went on sale via Xbox LIVE
Marketplace. It's called Star Hammer Tactics, it's a "tactical battle
game"
and there's a site with info at www.starhammer.com. It's a game I've
wanted
to write for many years, and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.
(BTW, a PlayStation [PSP/PS3] version is not far away).

I'm putting some effort into promoting the game at the moment. I even
wrote
a press release (http://bit.ly/avT0sC)!!

We have a wide range of people on this list, and I was thinking, if
anybody
around here perhaps knows anybody in game journalism or blogging that
might
be interested in writing about the game, I'd be mighty grateful for
either
a) forwarding this message, or b) passing on some contact details.

I'm also able to provide review codes in case that's useful.

(BTW, unfortuneatly, the game is not available in Australia :( because
Indie
Games aren't available here).

Thanks!!

L8r, Paul




Paul Turbett
Black Lab Games
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[Chris Kruger-2]

Good one Paul! We're proud of you. Here is to wishing your title all
the best. Hurruh

Chris K.
chris.kruger@...

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games)
<paul@...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> So, yesterday a game I wrote for the xbox 360 went on sale via Xbox LIVE
> Marketplace. It's called Star Hammer Tactics, it's a "tactical battle game"
> and there's a site with info at www.starhammer.com. It's a game I've wanted
> to write for many years, and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.
> (BTW, a PlayStation [PSP/PS3] version is not far away).
>
> I'm putting some effort into promoting the game at the moment. I even wrote
> a press release (http://bit.ly/avT0sC)!!
>
> We have a wide range of people on this list, and I was thinking, if anybody
> around here perhaps knows anybody in game journalism or blogging that might
> be interested in writing about the game, I'd be mighty grateful for either
> a) forwarding this message, or b) passing on some contact details.
>
> I'm also able to provide review codes in case that's useful.
>
> (BTW, unfortuneatly, the game is not available in Australia :( because Indie
> Games aren't available here).
>
> Thanks!!
>
> L8r, Paul
>
>
>
>
> Paul Turbett
> Black Lab Games
> www.blacklabgames.com.au |  www.twitter.com/blacklabgames
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Congratulations, Paul. Andy Hawkins and I will tell TAFE students about it as an example of great work done in Perth.

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[Andy Hawkins-5]

Congrats Paul - I hope you get loads of cash for this one!

Andy H.

> Hi,
>
> So, yesterday a game I wrote for the xbox 360 went on sale via Xbox LIVE
> Marketplace. It's called Star Hammer Tactics, it's a "tactical battle game"
> and there's a site with info at www.starhammer.com. It's a game I've wanted
> to write for many years, and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.
> (BTW, a PlayStation [PSP/PS3] version is not far away).
>
> I'm putting some effort into promoting the game at the moment. I even wrote
> a press release (http://bit.ly/avT0sC)!!
>
> We have a wide range of people on this list, and I was thinking, if anybody
> around here perhaps knows anybody in game journalism or blogging that might
> be interested in writing about the game, I'd be mighty grateful for either
> a) forwarding this message, or b) passing on some contact details.
>
> I'm also able to provide review codes in case that's useful.
>
> (BTW, unfortuneatly, the game is not available in Australia :( because Indie
> Games aren't available here).
>
> Thanks!!
>
> L8r, Paul
>
>
>
>
> Paul Turbett
> Black Lab Games
> www.blacklabgames.com.au |  www.twitter.com/blacklabgames
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[Anthony-S]

Paul, did you forward your press release to gamespress.com?  Free to upload press material and it gets picked up by a lot of the automated news sites.

-- 
Anthony Sweet - RocketHands Pty Ltd

w: www.rockethands.com
e: anthony@...

On 15/06/2010, at 11:08 AM, Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games) wrote:

Hi,

So, yesterday a game I wrote for the xbox 360 went on sale via Xbox LIVE
Marketplace. It's called Star Hammer Tactics, it's a "tactical battle game"
and there's a site with info at www.starhammer.com. It's a game I've wanted
to write for many years, and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.
(BTW, a PlayStation [PSP/PS3] version is not far away).

I'm putting some effort into promoting the game at the moment. I even wrote
a press release (http://bit.ly/avT0sC)!!

We have a wide range of people on this list, and I was thinking, if anybody
around here perhaps knows anybody in game journalism or blogging that might
be interested in writing about the game, I'd be mighty grateful for either
a) forwarding this message, or b) passing on some contact details.

I'm also able to provide review codes in case that's useful.

(BTW, unfortuneatly, the game is not available in Australia :( because Indie
Games aren't available here).

Thanks!!

L8r, Paul




Paul Turbett
Black Lab Games
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Hey Anthony.

 

Yeah, I've been using gamespress for a while now. Always the first place I send a PR.

 

L8r, Paul

 

From: Anthony Sweet [mailto:anthony@...]
Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 6:20 PM
To: pigmi@...
Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!

 

Paul, did you forward your press release to gamespress.com?  Free to upload press material and it gets picked up by a lot of the automated news sites.

 

-- 
Anthony Sweet - RocketHands Pty Ltd

w: www.rockethands.com
e: anthony@...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On 15/06/2010, at 11:08 AM, Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games) wrote:

Hi,

So, yesterday a game I wrote for the xbox 360 went on sale via Xbox LIVE
Marketplace. It's called Star Hammer Tactics, it's a "tactical battle game"
and there's a site with info at www.starhammer.com. It's a game I've wanted
to write for many years, and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.
(BTW, a PlayStation [PSP/PS3] version is not far away).

I'm putting some effort into promoting the game at the moment. I even wrote
a press release (http://bit.ly/avT0sC)!!

We have a wide range of people on this list, and I was thinking, if anybody
around here perhaps knows anybody in game journalism or blogging that might
be interested in writing about the game, I'd be mighty grateful for either
a) forwarding this message, or b) passing on some contact details.

I'm also able to provide review codes in case that's useful.

(BTW, unfortuneatly, the game is not available in Australia :( because Indie
Games aren't available here).

Thanks!!

L8r, Paul




Paul Turbett
Black Lab Games
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[Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games)]

Aw, shucks Chris, you're embarassing me :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Kruger [mailto:chris.kruger@...]
Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 11:59 AM
To: pigmi@...
Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!

Good one Paul! We're proud of you. Here is to wishing your title all
the best. Hurruh

Chris K.
chris.kruger@...

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games)
<paul@...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> So, yesterday a game I wrote for the xbox 360 went on sale via Xbox LIVE
> Marketplace. It's called Star Hammer Tactics, it's a "tactical battle
game"
> and there's a site with info at www.starhammer.com. It's a game I've
wanted
> to write for many years, and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.
> (BTW, a PlayStation [PSP/PS3] version is not far away).
>
> I'm putting some effort into promoting the game at the moment. I even
wrote
> a press release (http://bit.ly/avT0sC)!!
>
> We have a wide range of people on this list, and I was thinking, if
anybody
> around here perhaps knows anybody in game journalism or blogging that
might
> be interested in writing about the game, I'd be mighty grateful for either
> a) forwarding this message, or b) passing on some contact details.
>
> I'm also able to provide review codes in case that's useful.
>
> (BTW, unfortuneatly, the game is not available in Australia :( because
Indie

> Games aren't available here).
>
> Thanks!!
>
> L8r, Paul
>
>
>
>
> Paul Turbett
> Black Lab Games
> www.blacklabgames.com.au |  www.twitter.com/blacklabgames
>
>
>
>
>
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On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:26:20 +0800, "Paul Turbett \(Black Lab Games\)"
<paul@...> wrote:
> Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 6:20 PM
> To: pigmi@...
> Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!

Congratulations, Paul! That is such awesome and win-ful news. \o/

> Yeah, I've been using gamespress for a while now. Always the first place I
> send a PR.

What is the gamespress site? I have been building a small list of
people/sites/emails to send info to once my game is finished:

* TIG Source + forum post (as suggested by Avril a while back)
<http://www.tigsource.com/>
* Offworld - Brandon Boyer - <http://offworld.com/>
* Indie Games blog - Mike - <http://indiegames.com/blog>
* Rock, Paper, Shotguy - Kieron Gillen -
<http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/>

Here is a great article by Kieron  about using the game press to market
your game:
<http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/?page_id=693>

Other blogs which wrote about my game when I made a demo video:

* Dutycycle
* Gay gamer
* Game Set Watch
* Atlanta Chronicle (huh?)

I think Dutycycle wrote something first (because I used music by an
mp3death artist) and then that got picked up by heaps of other blogs
since Jordan from Dutycycle is very well connected!

What other suggestions do people have? Would it help if a few other
people agreed to email some publications about your game independently?
Maybe we could get the wheels of the unofficial PIGMI marketing machine
into action. :)

I guess a more comphrehensive list of sites and people to contact would
be a good resource for all of us - maybe Let's Make Games are interested
in hosting something like that? Or else I could put up a page on
pigmi.org if not.

Chris.

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[Anthony-S]

What is the gamespress site?

http://www.gamespress.com/   ! 

I have a kind-of-decent sized list of sites we've sent promo codes to in the past, but they're all iDevice App review sites - not necessarily helpful to everyone on this list.  Still happy to share though for anyone interested. =)

Also I think AussieIndie is still up and running - www.aussieindie.com - not sure what the traffic is like?, but definitely matches the bill for what this list could possibly use.

-- 
Anthony Sweet - RocketHands Pty Ltd

w: www.rockethands.com
e: anthony@...

On 16/06/2010, at 9:40 AM, chrism wrote:

On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:26:20 +0800, "Paul Turbett \(Black Lab Games\)"
<paul@...> wrote:

Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 6:20 PM

To: pigmi@...

Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!

Congratulations, Paul! That is such awesome and win-ful news. \o/

Yeah, I've been using gamespress for a while now. Always the first place I

send a PR.

What is the gamespress site? I have been building a small list of
people/sites/emails to send info to once my game is finished:

* TIG Source + forum post (as suggested by Avril a while back)
<http://www.tigsource.com/>
* Offworld - Brandon Boyer - <http://offworld.com/>
* Indie Games blog - Mike - <http://indiegames.com/blog>
* Rock, Paper, Shotguy - Kieron Gillen -
<http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/>

Here is a great article by Kieron  about using the game press to market
your game:
<http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/?page_id=693>

Other blogs which wrote about my game when I made a demo video:

* Dutycycle
* Gay gamer
* Game Set Watch
* Atlanta Chronicle (huh?)

I think Dutycycle wrote something first (because I used music by an
mp3death artist) and then that got picked up by heaps of other blogs
since Jordan from Dutycycle is very well connected!

What other suggestions do people have? Would it help if a few other
people agreed to email some publications about your game independently?
Maybe we could get the wheels of the unofficial PIGMI marketing machine
into action. :)

I guess a more comphrehensive list of sites and people to contact would
be a good resource for all of us - maybe Let's Make Games are interested
in hosting something like that? Or else I could put up a page on
pigmi.org if not.

Chris.

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[Chris Kruger-2]

Also maybe www.moddb.com. Many people don't realise but moddb
management lives here in Perth.

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Anthony Sweet <anthony@...> wrote:

> What is the gamespress site?
>
> http://www.gamespress.com/   !
> I have a kind-of-decent sized list of sites we've sent promo codes to in the
> past, but they're all iDevice App review sites - not necessarily helpful to
> everyone on this list.  Still happy to share though for anyone interested.
> =)
> Also I think AussieIndie is still up and running - www.aussieindie.com - not
> sure what the traffic is like?, but definitely matches the bill for what
> this list could possibly use.
>
> --
> Anthony Sweet - RocketHands Pty Ltd
>
> w: www.rockethands.com
> e: anthony@...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 16/06/2010, at 9:40 AM, chrism wrote:
>
> On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:26:20 +0800, "Paul Turbett \(Black Lab Games\)"
> <paul@...> wrote:
>
> Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 6:20 PM
>
> To: pigmi@...
>
> Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!
>
> Congratulations, Paul! That is such awesome and win-ful news. \o/
>
> Yeah, I've been using gamespress for a while now. Always the first place I
>
> send a PR.
>
> What is the gamespress site? I have been building a small list of
> people/sites/emails to send info to once my game is finished:
>
> * TIG Source + forum post (as suggested by Avril a while back)
> <http://www.tigsource.com/>
> * Offworld - Brandon Boyer - <http://offworld.com/>
> * Indie Games blog - Mike - <http://indiegames.com/blog>
> * Rock, Paper, Shotguy - Kieron Gillen -
> <http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/>
>
> Here is a great article by Kieron  about using the game press to market
> your game:
> <http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/?page_id=693>
>
> Other blogs which wrote about my game when I made a demo video:
>
> * Dutycycle
> * Gay gamer
> * Game Set Watch
> * Atlanta Chronicle (huh?)
>
> I think Dutycycle wrote something first (because I used music by an
> mp3death artist) and then that got picked up by heaps of other blogs
> since Jordan from Dutycycle is very well connected!
>
> What other suggestions do people have? Would it help if a few other
> people agreed to email some publications about your game independently?
> Maybe we could get the wheels of the unofficial PIGMI marketing machine
> into action. :)
>
> I guess a more comphrehensive list of sites and people to contact would
> be a good resource for all of us - maybe Let's Make Games are interested
> in hosting something like that? Or else I could put up a page on
> pigmi.org if not.
>
> Chris.
>
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[Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games)]

Hey Chris

I see Anthony has already explained Gamespress, but thanks for the others. I shall endevour to get onto them.

A central list could be useful...or we could just share lists around??

L8r, Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: chrism [mailto:chris@...]
Sent: Wednesday, 16 June 2010 9:40 AM
To: pigmi@...
Subject: RE: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!

On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:26:20 +0800, "Paul Turbett \(Black Lab Games\)"
<paul@...> wrote:
> Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 6:20 PM
> To: pigmi@...
> Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!

Congratulations, Paul! That is such awesome and win-ful news. \o/

> Yeah, I've been using gamespress for a while now. Always the first place I
> send a PR.

What is the gamespress site? I have been building a small list of
people/sites/emails to send info to once my game is finished:

* TIG Source + forum post (as suggested by Avril a while back)
<http://www.tigsource.com/>
* Offworld - Brandon Boyer - <http://offworld.com/>
* Indie Games blog - Mike - <http://indiegames.com/blog>
* Rock, Paper, Shotguy - Kieron Gillen -
<http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/>

Here is a great article by Kieron  about using the game press to market
your game:
<http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/?page_id=693>

Other blogs which wrote about my game when I made a demo video:

* Dutycycle
* Gay gamer
* Game Set Watch
* Atlanta Chronicle (huh?)

I think Dutycycle wrote something first (because I used music by an
mp3death artist) and then that got picked up by heaps of other blogs
since Jordan from Dutycycle is very well connected!

What other suggestions do people have? Would it help if a few other
people agreed to email some publications about your game independently?
Maybe we could get the wheels of the unofficial PIGMI marketing machine
into action. :)

I guess a more comphrehensive list of sites and people to contact would
be a good resource for all of us - maybe Let's Make Games are interested
in hosting something like that? Or else I could put up a page on
pigmi.org if not.

Chris.

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[Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games)]

Good idea! I did this (http://www.moddb.com/games/star-hammer) a while ago,
forget about to add one for Tactics though. Sweet :)

L8r, Paul

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From: Chris Kruger [mailto:chris.kruger@...]
Sent: Wednesday, 16 June 2010 1:29 PM
To: pigmi@...
Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!

Also maybe www.moddb.com. Many people don't realise but moddb
management lives here in Perth.

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Anthony Sweet <anthony@...>
wrote:
> What is the gamespress site?
>
> http://www.gamespress.com/   !
> I have a kind-of-decent sized list of sites we've sent promo codes to in
the
> past, but they're all iDevice App review sites - not necessarily helpful
to
> everyone on this list.  Still happy to share though for anyone interested.
> =)
> Also I think AussieIndie is still up and running - www.aussieindie.com -
not

> sure what the traffic is like?, but definitely matches the bill for what
> this list could possibly use.
>
> --
> Anthony Sweet - RocketHands Pty Ltd
>
> w: www.rockethands.com
> e: anthony@...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 16/06/2010, at 9:40 AM, chrism wrote:
>
> On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:26:20 +0800, "Paul Turbett \(Black Lab Games\)"
> <paul@...> wrote:
>
> Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 6:20 PM
>
> To: pigmi@...
>
> Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!
>
> Congratulations, Paul! That is such awesome and win-ful news. \o/
>
> Yeah, I've been using gamespress for a while now. Always the first place I
>
> send a PR.
>
> What is the gamespress site? I have been building a small list of
> people/sites/emails to send info to once my game is finished:
>
> * TIG Source + forum post (as suggested by Avril a while back)
> <http://www.tigsource.com/>
> * Offworld - Brandon Boyer - <http://offworld.com/>
> * Indie Games blog - Mike - <http://indiegames.com/blog>
> * Rock, Paper, Shotguy - Kieron Gillen -
> <http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/>
>
> Here is a great article by Kieron  about using the game press to market
> your game:
> <http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/?page_id=693>
>
> Other blogs which wrote about my game when I made a demo video:
>
> * Dutycycle
> * Gay gamer
> * Game Set Watch
> * Atlanta Chronicle (huh?)
>
> I think Dutycycle wrote something first (because I used music by an
> mp3death artist) and then that got picked up by heaps of other blogs
> since Jordan from Dutycycle is very well connected!
>
> What other suggestions do people have? Would it help if a few other
> people agreed to email some publications about your game independently?
> Maybe we could get the wheels of the unofficial PIGMI marketing machine
> into action. :)
>
> I guess a more comphrehensive list of sites and people to contact would
> be a good resource for all of us - maybe Let's Make Games are interested
> in hosting something like that? Or else I could put up a page on
> pigmi.org if not.
>
> Chris.
>
> -------------------
> http://mccormick.cx
>
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[Nick Lowe-3]

FYIs: I'll put this stuff up on the Let's Make Games website under a new
"Resources" section.

- Nick

On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 18:59 +0800, Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games) wrote:

> Good idea! I did this (http://www.moddb.com/games/star-hammer) a while ago,
> forget about to add one for Tactics though. Sweet :)
>
> L8r, Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Kruger [mailto:chris.kruger@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, 16 June 2010 1:29 PM
> To: pigmi@...
> Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!
>
> Also maybe www.moddb.com. Many people don't realise but moddb
> management lives here in Perth.
>
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Anthony Sweet <anthony@...>
> wrote:
> > What is the gamespress site?
> >
> > http://www.gamespress.com/   !
> > I have a kind-of-decent sized list of sites we've sent promo codes to in
> the
> > past, but they're all iDevice App review sites - not necessarily helpful
> to
> > everyone on this list.  Still happy to share though for anyone interested.
> > =)
> > Also I think AussieIndie is still up and running - www.aussieindie.com -
> not
> > sure what the traffic is like?, but definitely matches the bill for what
> > this list could possibly use.
> >
> > --
> > Anthony Sweet - RocketHands Pty Ltd
> >
> > w: www.rockethands.com
> > e: anthony@...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 16/06/2010, at 9:40 AM, chrism wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:26:20 +0800, "Paul Turbett \(Black Lab Games\)"
> > <paul@...> wrote:
> >
> > Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 6:20 PM
> >
> > To: pigmi@...
> >
> > Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!
> >
> > Congratulations, Paul! That is such awesome and win-ful news. \o/
> >
> > Yeah, I've been using gamespress for a while now. Always the first place I
> >
> > send a PR.
> >
> > What is the gamespress site? I have been building a small list of
> > people/sites/emails to send info to once my game is finished:
> >
> > * TIG Source + forum post (as suggested by Avril a while back)
> > <http://www.tigsource.com/>
> > * Offworld - Brandon Boyer - <http://offworld.com/>
> > * Indie Games blog - Mike - <http://indiegames.com/blog>
> > * Rock, Paper, Shotguy - Kieron Gillen -
> > <http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/>
> >
> > Here is a great article by Kieron  about using the game press to market
> > your game:
> > <http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/?page_id=693>
> >
> > Other blogs which wrote about my game when I made a demo video:
> >
> > * Dutycycle
> > * Gay gamer
> > * Game Set Watch
> > * Atlanta Chronicle (huh?)
> >
> > I think Dutycycle wrote something first (because I used music by an
> > mp3death artist) and then that got picked up by heaps of other blogs
> > since Jordan from Dutycycle is very well connected!
> >
> > What other suggestions do people have? Would it help if a few other
> > people agreed to email some publications about your game independently?
> > Maybe we could get the wheels of the unofficial PIGMI marketing machine
> > into action. :)
> >
> > I guess a more comphrehensive list of sites and people to contact would
> > be a good resource for all of us - maybe Let's Make Games are interested
> > in hosting something like that? Or else I could put up a page on
> > pigmi.org if not.
> >
> > Chris.
> >
> > -------------------
> > http://mccormick.cx
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > For additional commands, e-mail: pigmi-help@...
> >
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[Nick Lowe-3]

Up:

http://letsmakegames.org/2010/06/16/now-collecting-resources/
http://letsmakegames.org/resources/
http://letsmakegames.org/resources/releasing-a-game/

:)

On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 20:18 +0800, Nick Lowe wrote:

> FYIs: I'll put this stuff up on the Let's Make Games website under a new
> "Resources" section.
>
> - Nick
>
> On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 18:59 +0800, Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games) wrote:
> > Good idea! I did this (http://www.moddb.com/games/star-hammer) a while ago,
> > forget about to add one for Tactics though. Sweet :)
> >
> > L8r, Paul
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Kruger [mailto:chris.kruger@...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 16 June 2010 1:29 PM
> > To: pigmi@...
> > Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!
> >
> > Also maybe www.moddb.com. Many people don't realise but moddb
> > management lives here in Perth.
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Anthony Sweet <anthony@...>
> > wrote:
> > > What is the gamespress site?
> > >
> > > http://www.gamespress.com/   !
> > > I have a kind-of-decent sized list of sites we've sent promo codes to in
> > the
> > > past, but they're all iDevice App review sites - not necessarily helpful
> > to
> > > everyone on this list.  Still happy to share though for anyone interested.
> > > =)
> > > Also I think AussieIndie is still up and running - www.aussieindie.com -
> > not
> > > sure what the traffic is like?, but definitely matches the bill for what
> > > this list could possibly use.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Anthony Sweet - RocketHands Pty Ltd
> > >
> > > w: www.rockethands.com
> > > e: anthony@...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 16/06/2010, at 9:40 AM, chrism wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:26:20 +0800, "Paul Turbett \(Black Lab Games\)"
> > > <paul@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 6:20 PM
> > >
> > > To: pigmi@...
> > >
> > > Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!
> > >
> > > Congratulations, Paul! That is such awesome and win-ful news. \o/
> > >
> > > Yeah, I've been using gamespress for a while now. Always the first place I
> > >
> > > send a PR.
> > >
> > > What is the gamespress site? I have been building a small list of
> > > people/sites/emails to send info to once my game is finished:
> > >
> > > * TIG Source + forum post (as suggested by Avril a while back)
> > > <http://www.tigsource.com/>
> > > * Offworld - Brandon Boyer - <http://offworld.com/>
> > > * Indie Games blog - Mike - <http://indiegames.com/blog>
> > > * Rock, Paper, Shotguy - Kieron Gillen -
> > > <http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/>
> > >
> > > Here is a great article by Kieron  about using the game press to market
> > > your game:
> > > <http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/?page_id=693>
> > >
> > > Other blogs which wrote about my game when I made a demo video:
> > >
> > > * Dutycycle
> > > * Gay gamer
> > > * Game Set Watch
> > > * Atlanta Chronicle (huh?)
> > >
> > > I think Dutycycle wrote something first (because I used music by an
> > > mp3death artist) and then that got picked up by heaps of other blogs
> > > since Jordan from Dutycycle is very well connected!
> > >
> > > What other suggestions do people have? Would it help if a few other
> > > people agreed to email some publications about your game independently?
> > > Maybe we could get the wheels of the unofficial PIGMI marketing machine
> > > into action. :)
> > >
> > > I guess a more comphrehensive list of sites and people to contact would
> > > be a good resource for all of us - maybe Let's Make Games are interested
> > > in hosting something like that? Or else I could put up a page on
> > > pigmi.org if not.
> > >
> > > Chris.
> > >
> > > -------------------
> > > http://mccormick.cx
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: pigmi-unsubscribe@...
> > > For additional commands, e-mail: pigmi-help@...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> >
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[Joel Blackwell]

Hey Nick, I know it says to make comments below the articles, but since
I'm on the list... :) In regards to,

"It’s a good idea to write a press release and to distribute it as
widely as possible."

I don't believe it's good idea to write a press release yourself, unless
you know what you're doing. Paul's turned out fairly well, but that
typically doesn't happen for the vast majority. (assuming Paul that you
wrote yours) A good idea is to pay $100 (or so) and hire a professional
to do it for you. You can usually find them on indiegamer, since they
tend to come and go. We hired a guy back in the day and wound up on some
very prominent websites with no effort on our part. I think we paid $70,
and it was well worth it, since there's a ton that can go wrong with
them if you're inexperienced.

-Joel


On 16/06/2010 9:35 PM, Nick Lowe wrote:

> Up:
>
> http://letsmakegames.org/2010/06/16/now-collecting-resources/
> http://letsmakegames.org/resources/
> http://letsmakegames.org/resources/releasing-a-game/
>
> :)
>
> On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 20:18 +0800, Nick Lowe wrote:
>> FYIs: I'll put this stuff up on the Let's Make Games website under a new
>> "Resources" section.
>>
>> - Nick
>>
>> On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 18:59 +0800, Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games) wrote:
>>> Good idea! I did this (http://www.moddb.com/games/star-hammer) a while ago,
>>> forget about to add one for Tactics though. Sweet :)
>>>
>>> L8r, Paul
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Chris Kruger [mailto:chris.kruger@...]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, 16 June 2010 1:29 PM
>>> To: pigmi@...
>>> Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!
>>>
>>> Also maybe www.moddb.com. Many people don't realise but moddb
>>> management lives here in Perth.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Anthony Sweet<anthony@...>
>>> wrote:
>>>> What is the gamespress site?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.gamespress.com/   !
>>>> I have a kind-of-decent sized list of sites we've sent promo codes to in
>>> the
>>>> past, but they're all iDevice App review sites - not necessarily helpful
>>> to
>>>> everyone on this list.  Still happy to share though for anyone interested.
>>>> =)
>>>> Also I think AussieIndie is still up and running - www.aussieindie.com -
>>> not
>>>> sure what the traffic is like?, but definitely matches the bill for what
>>>> this list could possibly use.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Anthony Sweet - RocketHands Pty Ltd
>>>>
>>>> w: www.rockethands.com
>>>> e: anthony@...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 16/06/2010, at 9:40 AM, chrism wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:26:20 +0800, "Paul Turbett \(Black Lab Games\)"
>>>> <paul@...>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 6:20 PM
>>>>
>>>> To: pigmi@...
>>>>
>>>> Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!
>>>>
>>>> Congratulations, Paul! That is such awesome and win-ful news. \o/
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, I've been using gamespress for a while now. Always the first place I
>>>>
>>>> send a PR.
>>>>
>>>> What is the gamespress site? I have been building a small list of
>>>> people/sites/emails to send info to once my game is finished:
>>>>
>>>> * TIG Source + forum post (as suggested by Avril a while back)
>>>> <http://www.tigsource.com/>
>>>> * Offworld - Brandon Boyer -<http://offworld.com/>
>>>> * Indie Games blog - Mike -<http://indiegames.com/blog>
>>>> * Rock, Paper, Shotguy - Kieron Gillen -
>>>> <http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/>
>>>>
>>>> Here is a great article by Kieron  about using the game press to market
>>>> your game:
>>>> <http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/?page_id=693>
>>>>
>>>> Other blogs which wrote about my game when I made a demo video:
>>>>
>>>> * Dutycycle
>>>> * Gay gamer
>>>> * Game Set Watch
>>>> * Atlanta Chronicle (huh?)
>>>>
>>>> I think Dutycycle wrote something first (because I used music by an
>>>> mp3death artist) and then that got picked up by heaps of other blogs
>>>> since Jordan from Dutycycle is very well connected!
>>>>
>>>> What other suggestions do people have? Would it help if a few other
>>>> people agreed to email some publications about your game independently?
>>>> Maybe we could get the wheels of the unofficial PIGMI marketing machine
>>>> into action. :)
>>>>
>>>> I guess a more comphrehensive list of sites and people to contact would
>>>> be a good resource for all of us - maybe Let's Make Games are interested
>>>> in hosting something like that? Or else I could put up a page on
>>>> pigmi.org if not.
>>>>
>>>> Chris.
>>>>
>>>> -------------------
>>>> http://mccormick.cx
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: pigmi-help@...
>>>>
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Updated: http://letsmakegames.org/resources/releasing-a-game/

"When releasing a game, it’s a good idea to have a press release and to
distribute it as widely as possible. If you are a confident writer, you
can write it yourself. If you aren’t, you may want to pay $100 (or so)
to hire a professional writer to do it for you. You can usually find
writers on Indie Gamer.

...

Thanks to the following members of the PIGMI mailing list for compiling
these resources: ... Joel Blackwell."

:)

On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 22:00 +0800, Joel Blackwell wrote:

> Hey Nick, I know it says to make comments below the articles, but since
> I'm on the list... :) In regards to,
>
> "It’s a good idea to write a press release and to distribute it as
> widely as possible."
>
> I don't believe it's good idea to write a press release yourself, unless
> you know what you're doing. Paul's turned out fairly well, but that
> typically doesn't happen for the vast majority. (assuming Paul that you
> wrote yours) A good idea is to pay $100 (or so) and hire a professional
> to do it for you. You can usually find them on indiegamer, since they
> tend to come and go. We hired a guy back in the day and wound up on some
> very prominent websites with no effort on our part. I think we paid $70,
> and it was well worth it, since there's a ton that can go wrong with
> them if you're inexperienced.
>
> -Joel
>
>
> On 16/06/2010 9:35 PM, Nick Lowe wrote:
> > Up:
> >
> > http://letsmakegames.org/2010/06/16/now-collecting-resources/
> > http://letsmakegames.org/resources/
> > http://letsmakegames.org/resources/releasing-a-game/
> >
> > :)
> >
> > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 20:18 +0800, Nick Lowe wrote:
> >> FYIs: I'll put this stuff up on the Let's Make Games website under a new
> >> "Resources" section.
> >>
> >> - Nick
> >>
> >> On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 18:59 +0800, Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games) wrote:
> >>> Good idea! I did this (http://www.moddb.com/games/star-hammer) a while ago,
> >>> forget about to add one for Tactics though. Sweet :)
> >>>
> >>> L8r, Paul
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Chris Kruger [mailto:chris.kruger@...]
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, 16 June 2010 1:29 PM
> >>> To: pigmi@...
> >>> Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!
> >>>
> >>> Also maybe www.moddb.com. Many people don't realise but moddb
> >>> management lives here in Perth.
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Anthony Sweet<anthony@...>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> What is the gamespress site?
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.gamespress.com/   !
> >>>> I have a kind-of-decent sized list of sites we've sent promo codes to in
> >>> the
> >>>> past, but they're all iDevice App review sites - not necessarily helpful
> >>> to
> >>>> everyone on this list.  Still happy to share though for anyone interested.
> >>>> =)
> >>>> Also I think AussieIndie is still up and running - www.aussieindie.com -
> >>> not
> >>>> sure what the traffic is like?, but definitely matches the bill for what
> >>>> this list could possibly use.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Anthony Sweet - RocketHands Pty Ltd
> >>>>
> >>>> w: www.rockethands.com
> >>>> e: anthony@...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 16/06/2010, at 9:40 AM, chrism wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:26:20 +0800, "Paul Turbett \(Black Lab Games\)"
> >>>> <paul@...>  wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 6:20 PM
> >>>>
> >>>> To: pigmi@...
> >>>>
> >>>> Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!
> >>>>
> >>>> Congratulations, Paul! That is such awesome and win-ful news. \o/
> >>>>
> >>>> Yeah, I've been using gamespress for a while now. Always the first place I
> >>>>
> >>>> send a PR.
> >>>>
> >>>> What is the gamespress site? I have been building a small list of
> >>>> people/sites/emails to send info to once my game is finished:
> >>>>
> >>>> * TIG Source + forum post (as suggested by Avril a while back)
> >>>> <http://www.tigsource.com/>
> >>>> * Offworld - Brandon Boyer -<http://offworld.com/>
> >>>> * Indie Games blog - Mike -<http://indiegames.com/blog>
> >>>> * Rock, Paper, Shotguy - Kieron Gillen -
> >>>> <http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/>
> >>>>
> >>>> Here is a great article by Kieron  about using the game press to market
> >>>> your game:
> >>>> <http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/?page_id=693>
> >>>>
> >>>> Other blogs which wrote about my game when I made a demo video:
> >>>>
> >>>> * Dutycycle
> >>>> * Gay gamer
> >>>> * Game Set Watch
> >>>> * Atlanta Chronicle (huh?)
> >>>>
> >>>> I think Dutycycle wrote something first (because I used music by an
> >>>> mp3death artist) and then that got picked up by heaps of other blogs
> >>>> since Jordan from Dutycycle is very well connected!
> >>>>
> >>>> What other suggestions do people have? Would it help if a few other
> >>>> people agreed to email some publications about your game independently?
> >>>> Maybe we could get the wheels of the unofficial PIGMI marketing machine
> >>>> into action. :)
> >>>>
> >>>> I guess a more comphrehensive list of sites and people to contact would
> >>>> be a good resource for all of us - maybe Let's Make Games are interested
> >>>> in hosting something like that? Or else I could put up a page on
> >>>> pigmi.org if not.
> >>>>
> >>>> Chris.
> >>>>
> >>>> -------------------
> >>>> http://mccormick.cx
> >>>>
> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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> >>>>
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[Joel Blackwell]

Now I feel all special :)

Thanks. Every now and then the topic pops up on indiegamer, and that's
pretty much the advice given.

-Joel


On 16/06/2010 10:11 PM, Nick Lowe wrote:

> Updated: http://letsmakegames.org/resources/releasing-a-game/
>
> "When releasing a game, it’s a good idea to have a press release and to
> distribute it as widely as possible. If you are a confident writer, you
> can write it yourself. If you aren’t, you may want to pay $100 (or so)
> to hire a professional writer to do it for you. You can usually find
> writers on Indie Gamer.
>
> ...
>
> Thanks to the following members of the PIGMI mailing list for compiling
> these resources: ... Joel Blackwell."
>
> :)
>
> On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 22:00 +0800, Joel Blackwell wrote:
>> Hey Nick, I know it says to make comments below the articles, but since
>> I'm on the list... :) In regards to,
>>
>> "It’s a good idea to write a press release and to distribute it as
>> widely as possible."
>>
>> I don't believe it's good idea to write a press release yourself, unless
>> you know what you're doing. Paul's turned out fairly well, but that
>> typically doesn't happen for the vast majority. (assuming Paul that you
>> wrote yours) A good idea is to pay $100 (or so) and hire a professional
>> to do it for you. You can usually find them on indiegamer, since they
>> tend to come and go. We hired a guy back in the day and wound up on some
>> very prominent websites with no effort on our part. I think we paid $70,
>> and it was well worth it, since there's a ton that can go wrong with
>> them if you're inexperienced.
>>
>> -Joel
>>
>>
>> On 16/06/2010 9:35 PM, Nick Lowe wrote:
>>> Up:
>>>
>>> http://letsmakegames.org/2010/06/16/now-collecting-resources/
>>> http://letsmakegames.org/resources/
>>> http://letsmakegames.org/resources/releasing-a-game/
>>>
>>> :)
>>>
>>> On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 20:18 +0800, Nick Lowe wrote:
>>>> FYIs: I'll put this stuff up on the Let's Make Games website under a new
>>>> "Resources" section.
>>>>
>>>> - Nick
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 18:59 +0800, Paul Turbett (Black Lab Games) wrote:
>>>>> Good idea! I did this (http://www.moddb.com/games/star-hammer) a while ago,
>>>>> forget about to add one for Tactics though. Sweet :)
>>>>>
>>>>> L8r, Paul
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Chris Kruger [mailto:chris.kruger@...]
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, 16 June 2010 1:29 PM
>>>>> To: pigmi@...
>>>>> Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Also maybe www.moddb.com. Many people don't realise but moddb
>>>>> management lives here in Perth.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Anthony Sweet<anthony@...>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> What is the gamespress site?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.gamespress.com/   !
>>>>>> I have a kind-of-decent sized list of sites we've sent promo codes to in
>>>>> the
>>>>>> past, but they're all iDevice App review sites - not necessarily helpful
>>>>> to
>>>>>> everyone on this list.  Still happy to share though for anyone interested.
>>>>>> =)
>>>>>> Also I think AussieIndie is still up and running - www.aussieindie.com -
>>>>> not
>>>>>> sure what the traffic is like?, but definitely matches the bill for what
>>>>>> this list could possibly use.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Anthony Sweet - RocketHands Pty Ltd
>>>>>>
>>>>>> w: www.rockethands.com
>>>>>> e: anthony@...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 16/06/2010, at 9:40 AM, chrism wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:26:20 +0800, "Paul Turbett \(Black Lab Games\)"
>>>>>> <paul@...>   wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 15 June 2010 6:20 PM
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To: pigmi@...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [PIGMI] I released a game!!1!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Congratulations, Paul! That is such awesome and win-ful news. \o/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, I've been using gamespress for a while now. Always the first place I
>>>>>>
>>>>>> send a PR.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is the gamespress site? I have been building a small list of
>>>>>> people/sites/emails to send info to once my game is finished:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * TIG Source + forum post (as suggested by Avril a while back)
>>>>>> <http://www.tigsource.com/>
>>>>>> * Offworld - Brandon Boyer -<http://offworld.com/>
>>>>>> * Indie Games blog - Mike -<http://indiegames.com/blog>
>>>>>> * Rock, Paper, Shotguy - Kieron Gillen -
>>>>>> <http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is a great article by Kieron  about using the game press to market
>>>>>> your game:
>>>>>> <http://gillen.cream.org/wordpress_html/?page_id=693>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Other blogs which wrote about my game when I made a demo video:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * Dutycycle
>>>>>> * Gay gamer
>>>>>> * Game Set Watch
>>>>>> * Atlanta Chronicle (huh?)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think Dutycycle wrote something first (because I used music by an
>>>>>> mp3death artist) and then that got picked up by heaps of other blogs
>>>>>> since Jordan from Dutycycle is very well connected!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What other suggestions do people have? Would it help if a few other
>>>>>> people agreed to email some publications about your game independently?
>>>>>> Maybe we could get the wheels of the unofficial PIGMI marketing machine
>>>>>> into action. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I guess a more comphrehensive list of sites and people to contact would
>>>>>> be a good resource for all of us - maybe Let's Make Games are interested
>>>>>> in hosting something like that? Or else I could put up a page on
>>>>>> pigmi.org if not.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chris.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -------------------
>>>>>> http://mccormick.cx
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