No, you're not dreaming. :P I am proud to announce that The Silver Lining has now transcended from online and print media to TELEVISION! XD
The Silver Lining will be featured on G4 - Electric Playground (http://www.g4tv.com/electricplayground/) on Monday, July 17, 2006 at 1:30pm EST and PST (GMT -05:00 and -08:00) and then replayed on the Space (http://www.spacecast.com/shows_ElectricPlayground.aspx) television network between July 22 and 30th, 2006.
For those that do not subscribe to these television stations, we will provide a digital video of the episode on our site soon. Keep checking this thread and Home (http://www.tsl-game.com/) for further details.
Lastly, I would like to thank Trevor Westerlund of Electric Playground (http://www.elecplay.com) for contacting us and providing this coverage for our game. As well, I would like to thank our team, press and all our fans out there whose hard work and support have helped us accomplish our largest PR achievement to date. :)
Sit back, relax and enjoy! 8)
8) COOL!! 8) I look forward to that. I don't get those stations but I'll be waiting for it here.
*Dances to the new intro on the site* ;D
I will try to tune in to G4 on that day! Yay!
;D Yay, well done guys, that's great news!
Sounds good.
I'll have to wait until the video appears here, and I do so expectantly.
Thanks everyone! ;D
Quote from: DeathDeli on July 15, 2006, 12:40:29 AM
*Dances to the new intro on the site* ;D
Hahaha, I've been doing that myself for the past few days. :P And don't worry guys, I'm going to contact Black Eyed Peas / Interscope Records for legal permission. :)
Awsome, congratulation for getting this far. :D
Now you have Competition with VU, :P i just hope they dont do anything stupid again. ???
I shall wait for the TV Interview and the July 30 Interview to be Posted on the Forum. :)
Quote from: daventry on July 15, 2006, 09:09:16 AM
Now you have Competition with VU, :P i just hope they dont do anything stupid again. ???
Competition? ??? If anything, they'll be getting as much publicity out of this as we are. XD
I’m curious, has the interview already been done and it’s just waiting to air and who is going to be on it?
Quote from: Shades2585 on July 15, 2006, 10:29:03 AM
I’m curious, has the interview already been done and it’s just waiting to air and who is going to be on it?
Most likely it's already been done, since I don't think they work on weekends. But I actually have no idea what is going to be covered exactly because I haven't seen it yet. I know for sure they will be showing the TSL Trailer (http://www.postudios.com/archivedTSL/media/promos/trailer/), but they promised me they'll be making good use of all the other cool stuff I sent them. 8)
I have tears in my eyes. XD
I'm not really sure why, but this could be because of it. :P
And are you SURE I'm not dreaming? XD
Wait....No... TSL'S GOING TO BE ON TV!!! :D :D :D :D :D I'd better have that channel, or we're paying way too much for digital cable. :P
Hahah! XD
I'm not sure but I think the Space network may be a Canada-only station, but G4 is definitely American. 8)
WOW! I guess i came back just in time to find this out! :stabs:
What wonderfull news. It shall indeed be entertaining to see you guys in "live" action ;)
LOL! Well it's not exactly "live", since their footage will be based on pre-recorded video, but still it'll be nice to watch. XD
King Graham got a new cap that looks just like his old one?!? :o
Wait...
*Checks thread title*
OMG SO COOL!!! ;D
HOORAH!
This wasn't worth staying up until 6 AM for, :P but it's still pretty great news. :) I can't wait to see it. :D
Quote from: Deloria on July 15, 2006, 04:01:21 PM
This wasn't worth staying up until 6 AM for, :P
How
dare you?! >:(
;P Actually, yeah. I probably would have just checked the site the next morning when I woke up, if I were you. :P
We are SO awesome.
Congrats. Looking forward to watching it.
Quote from: KatieHal on July 15, 2006, 08:26:41 PM
We are SO awesome.
LOL What a statement. ;P But yes, it's very rare for even commercial games to get TV coverage, let alone non-commercial indie ones like ours. This is definitely a great opportunity for our project, and G4 is probably the best (and only, I believe?) station dedicated purely for video games. :)
Why doesn't it mention TSL?
Show info link (http://www.g4tv.com/electricplayground/episodes/5666/Euphoria.html)
Quote from: koko_99_2001 on July 16, 2006, 11:32:06 AM
Why doesn't it mention TSL?
Show info link (http://www.g4tv.com/electricplayground/episodes/5666/Euphoria.html)
Probably because we're not big enough to be mentioned among the top headlines yet. :P
That was weird.
They called TSL "An official new chapter, King's Quest 9: The Silver Lining." Doesn't that make it seem like Vivendi is doing it? :S And are they allowed to call you "King's Quest 9" anymore?
I don’t see the link for the new show yet at G4. How much time was dedicated to TSL? (Doubt I’ll be able to watch it at work anyway.)
It was like, 1-2 minutes.
Thanks. I was hoping for more. :( Is it worth the wait?
Quote from: Shades2585 on July 17, 2006, 01:15:51 PM
Thanks. I was hoping for more. :( Is it worth the wait?
From what I heard about it... no, it's not worth it.
Well, 1-2 minutes is better than no minutes.
Except they apparently didn't know the title of the game.
It seems they didn't use anything I gave them, nor did they even do enough research about our game to even know its title.
Very disappointing.
Like I always say, TechTV was kind of 'meh' but OK. G4 was 'teh suck' and not good at all. G4-Tech (or whatever they call it) is 'teh ultimate suck' and could never possibly be good. :P
PS: X-Play is overrated.
Quote from: telepathic_cat on July 17, 2006, 01:36:46 PM
Like I always say, TechTV was kind of 'meh' but OK. G4 was 'teh suck' and not good at all. G4-Tech (or whatever they call it) is 'teh ultimate suck' and could never possibly be good. :P
PS: X-Play is overrated.
This was actually Electric Playground, but I know what you mean.
Yeah, I know. But still, after the merger, G4 basically took any good TechTV stuff off the air, replaced it with stuff like 'The Man Show' and car shows, and re-casted shows like 'Attack Of The Show'.
Wow. I didn't see it but it sounds like it was a HUGE let down.
Let down doesn't even begin to describe it. But I will see if I can find out what happened first.
On the bright side, this whole thing has led me to re-listen to/stare at/watch every bit of TSL media I have. Fangirl moments rule. XD
Ok. I sort of found out what happened. They filmed that stuff prior to contacting us for permission to use it, and then didn't have enough time to add any of the stuff I sent them. The host assumed we were the official ninth in the series, because we have official permission from VU. It's an honest mistake, but one that wouldn't have happened, had they went through the stuff I sent them. :P
Anyway, Trevor has offered to do a full segment on TSL, and even have the host come up to interview me personally once he's in the area. XD But, we'll see. In any case, I won't promote that in advance, unless I get to see the final footage before it airs. 8)
Well good job getting on the air at least. Hope to hear more about it.
I wouldn't have known about this unless I didn't read the GameInformer mag when it was featured with the KQ's AGDInteractive made.
Quote from: soave on July 17, 2006, 09:51:03 PM
Well good job getting on the air at least.
Yes, I think at this point getting your name in front of the public is the important thing. Even if that name happened to be wrong, interested people will still Google Kings Quest IX and that will still take them to this site. Of course, I'm not a advertising person, but from this non-professionals standpoint it seems that disappointing as it doubtless is, it makes little difference to the purpose if they called it TSL or KQIX. :)
Yeah, I agree with that to some extent, but still had I known what the footage would be, I wouldn't have promoted it this largely. In any case, I'm not going to make that same mistake twice. :P
If they do in fact make a full segment on The Silver Lining, then I will in-person clarify our game's actual title, among other things. :P
W00t!! Go yonkey!! :P
I didn't even see the part with TSL. Was it in the very beginning?
I have no clue, I haven't seen it yet myself. :P
Anyway, he said the host is currently overseas filming footage for the next Fifa, but he'll contact me for an interview once he's done that. :) And they said they're more interested in fan games like us, than companies who shell out 60+ games per month. XD
Quote from: KingGraham on July 18, 2006, 01:51:33 PM
I didn't even see the part with TSL. Was it in the very beginning?
I think it was somewhere around the 20 minute mark, but I'm not quite sure.
So are you guys going to give us a video clip of the interview?
It wasn't an interview, really. It was more of a "Hey look! A computer game series! *gets back to actual show*" thing. :P
lol, also I haven't received the video yet so there's nothing to show. :P
My goodness, freeware on TV now?
Great!
I will wait until we see video.
Congratulation for another milestone.
Here's the video.
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=4887481944549903249
Ye best thank me, I stayed up for 5 hours getting this. :P
Awesome! !!! Thanks Broomie! ;D
Thanks Broomie! :D
That is kind of disappointing, though. :-\
Yeah, I was expecting a lot more than that. ::)
Well better luck next time. Maybe you reach CNN or any other universal chanel
Yeah. :) I would actually be happy if it were even just an internet-only broadcast, since there are actually a bunch of regulatory restrictions with television that I had no idea about until now. :no:
"That was a little bit before my time" ?? What? Come on...She looked my age! And, why did they show the remakes when talking about the originals? ::)
At least it got Kings quest and TSL in front of the public eye a bit more. Interested people will still google kings quest and that will still take them here, even if they couldn't tell KQ2 from KQ2+. I think it will serve its purpose well enough for all its errors.
Quote from: koko_99_2001 on July 28, 2006, 08:55:24 AM
"That was a little bit before my time" ?? What? Come on...She looked my age! And, why did they show the remakes when talking about the originals? ::)
LMAO! :suffer:
Well, it has to do with them requiring legal rights from Vivendi to show their products. Apparently, any marketing shown on TV (including a URL and/or logo) is
not free and in order to show something, you must pay a government body that regulates television broadcasting. ::)
News broadcasting falls under a different category than "video game and youth culture programming", which is why if we ever appear on TV again, it would most likely be on a news-related network. 8)
It's nice to know I wasn't off with the things I said about it though. XD
Quote from: Yonkey on July 28, 2006, 09:06:38 AM
Well, it has to do with them requiring legal rights from Vivendi to show their products. Apparently, any marketing shown on TV (including a URL and/or logo) is not free and in order to show something, you must pay a government body that regulates television broadcasting. ::)
News broadcasting falls under a different category than "video game and youth culture programming", which is why if we ever appear on TV again, it would most likely be on a news-related network. 8)
Hence, CNN. ;-D