September 30, 2011
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September 9, 2011
The Guild S5E7 – Downturn
Delayed from yesterday as there was some problem with the embed.
September 1, 2011
August 26, 2011
August 18, 2011
August 11, 2011
August 7, 2011
The Guild, appearing in a Munchkin game near you
The Daily Illuminator had an interesting pre-announcement today:
As the delightful Felicia Day mentioned in her panel at San Diego Comic-Con, The Guild will have its very own Munchkin expansion next spring. We’re keeping the details under wraps for the moment, but you may want to watch The Guild‘s fifth season — airing now in a variety of places. Just sayin’.
(Also watch Felicia in Eureka on SyFy — not just for her rocket scientist character Dr. Holly Martin, but because Eureka is one of the geekiest shows on TV right now.)
You can see the entire panel on YouTube.* The Munchkin announcement is around the 6:00 mark . . . and if you were in that audience, thank you for the huge response!
July 30, 2011
Randall (the Honey Badger guy) recaps the first four seasons of The Guild
If you know Randall, you know that there’s some NSFW commentary in this recap. If you don’t, you do now.
July 28, 2011
Marking the 4th anniversary of The Guild
Greg Aronowitz has posted a retrospective of the first four years of The Guild:
I was fortunate enough to come aboard right at what could be argued as the tipping point for the show, with the “bonus feature” music video “Do You Want To Date My Avatar?” The video broke records, and went No.1 on several charts, including iTunes. People who had never played a video game or watched a web series were suddenly aware of The Guild, and the cross-over audience catapulted the show to numbers that previously were reserved for network television.
I had a great time working on the music video, but I had no idea at the time of the opportunities and adventures my association with The Guild would lead to. After reading Felicia’s article, I thought it might be fun to chronicle my involvement with the show on this special day. I went to my iPhoto, opened The Guild folder, and realized that I have over 4,000 photos! So I cancelled my lunch meeting, and put this quick run down memory lane together for you…
Update: The first episode of Season five just got posted:
July 15, 2011
The Guild season 5 begins July 26th
A press release provides the details:
Season five of The Guild will return to Xbox LIVE on the Zune video Marketplace and MSN Video on Tuesday, July 26, sponsored by Microsoft and Sprint. Picking up where season four left off, season five takes the Guild members out from behind their computers and throws them into the real world like the show has never seen before, with new locations, guest stars, celebrity cameos and more!
The Guild stars writer/creator Felicia Day (Eureka, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog) as Codex, a lovable geek gamer addicted to an online role-playing game. Season five follows the characters of The Guild as they travel to a gaming convention called MEGAGAME-O-RAMACON. “Conventions like San Diego Comic-Con and Penny Arcade Expo have been a part of our experience promoting The Guild and connecting with fans,” says Felicia Day. “I wanted to bring that unique experience of a going to a con to the screen.” In addition to regular cast members Vincent Caso, Jeff Lewis, Amy Okuda, Sandeep Parikh and Robin Thorsen, season five will feature recognizable guest stars from the science fiction and genre community as well as over 200 extras.
March 9, 2011
Felicia Day, Wil Wheaton, and Amy Okuda panel discussion
And, part two, with Wil Wheaton’s immortal advice “Guys . . . when a woman joins the game, don’t be a dick.”:
March 3, 2011
Sneak preview of the next Guild comic
Whitney Matheson has a preview of the next comic starting the members of The Guild. This one is about Tink:
This should be in the stores by mid-March.
February 11, 2011
The Guild renewed for a fifth season
Felicia Day and friends will be back for another season, thanks to Microsoft:
The Guild, in case you’re new, is the long-running series about a pack of socially awkward MMORPG addicts, created by Felicia Day and produced by Kim Evey. Launched independently in July 2007, the show has received over 100 million views (according to an official release) and attracted a worldwide fan base that fills convention halls.
I mention the convention thing because, as promised at the end of Season 4, the action of Season 5 will involve the characters attending a convention for the unnamed game they play. According to Evey, to handle this production requirement they’re not only considering shooting certain scenes at a small convention, but working with additional brands.
“We haven’t really had success with brand integration aside from Microsoft and Sprint, who help us make sure their brands are visible but not obnoxious,” Evey said via phone. “But the brands that we need now are brands which would sell their wares at a convention like this, and are willing to be in our show.”
