The Blitz's Progress

[Cobalt Katze]

Earlier today Brad McQuaid, as Aradune Mithara, posted a great compilation of every bit of information released about Vanguard since the infamous Media Blitz began. Since it is such a great resource, I thought I would repost the compiled list here for your convenience! Enjoy, and thanks Aradune.

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Recent (2006/end of 05) Mainstream Gaming Coverage (web/print)

(in no particular order)

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IGN Preview

http://pc.ign.com/articles/688/688718p1.html



MMORPG.com interview with me

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/g...oadFeature/399

Gamespy Preview

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/vanguard-sa.../689468p1.html

Gamezone Preview

http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/p23701_3.htm

Gamespot Preview

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/vangu...ml?sid=6144313

Yahoo Games Preview and Interview

http://videogames.yahoo.com/gameprev...e=0&eid=438284

http://videogames.yahoo.com/gameprev...e=0&eid=438285

1up preview

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3148657&did=1

Computer Games Magazine cover mention plus 3 page preview (woot! One of my favorite thus far!)

PC Gamer mention in a larger article on MMOGs in general, plus some quotes from me and others re: MMOGs and the industry

CGW Interview with Jeff (the tongue & cheek one that covered housing)

Recent podcast interview with me on MMORPG.com (don't know if it's up yet)

Game Informer Interview with me on both Vanguard and the industry in general (in the most recent issue -- just came out -- and please do enjoy photoshopping around with the 'intent' picture of me they chose, heh)

Affiliate Site Interviews/Articles

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Vanguard Spheres Interview

http://www.vanguardspheres.com/forum...ead.php?t=4850

http://vs.warcry.com/scripts/columns...487&colid=8936

Silky Venom Interview

http://www.silkyvenom.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3083

Lots of Fanguard Info, Pictures, Video at the Safehouse and elsewhere

http://www.thesafehouse.org/mugshots...106/index1.php

Various Profiles at VanguardGate

http://www.gatecentral.net/vg/vangua...d=421&catid=26

Epic Vanguard Interview

http://www.epicvanguard.com/index.ph...interview_id=6

http://www.epicvanguard.com/index.ph...interview_id=8

Jeuxonline Interview (French)

http://vanguard.jeuxonline.info/?article=1747

General discussion, debate, lively topics and such not on our boards that readers here may have missed (not really part of the blitz, no, but since I'm posting all of this anyway, here goes

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Slashdotted a few times

http://games.slashdot.org/games/06/02/15/1940239.shtml

Lively, courteous, friendly (and short - only 31 pages) debate on the FoH site:

http://www.fohguild.org/forums/mmorp...ewsletter.html

(btw, the march beta newsletter while fairly specific to the beta was made to be accessible to those not in the beta and isn't under NDA, *unlike* some other posts here and there which are violations and being dealt with -- in any case, this thread evolves as they often do to cover a myriad of issues to which we responded in detail so I thought it worth mentioning).

Thread(s) from Graffe's Wizard Compliation that also ended up covering a lot of interesting topics:

http://www.graffe.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38288

[Pirotess]

Lot of broken links there CK. Did they just get lost in the copy or were they broken in Aradunes post as well? If broken in his post we need to update him on the correct link to our interview.

[Cobalt Katze]

Yeah, faulty copy. Got them fixed up now