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Wednesday
Feb042009

Can You Hear Me Now?

It was pretty quiet around Area 5 HQ today. Ryan, Cesar, Rob, and Jason were out all day shooting for this week's episode which left Matt and I alone to work quietly on various administrative and business tasks. Now that we've finished our retrospective on 2008 it's time to look at the growing list of great games coming out this year. I would also like to announce that we have finally attained a boom mic! As many of you know, sound was one of the more frustrating issues we had to deal with when we started making CO-OP but, thanks to you guys, there should be a noticeable improvement in the next episode. Our PayPal account finally got unlocked last week, meaning we can actually put your generous donations to good use! Highest up on the priority scale was audio gear. A shotgun mic, boom pole, wind-screen and wireless kit. These things totaled around $550 and arrived yesterday. Next up is the really expensive stuff: cameras, software and computers.

Here's a few photos from yesterday's shoot.

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[caption id="attachment_130" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="You\'ll hear us real good now."]You'll hear us real good now.[/caption][caption id="attachment_132" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Cesar performs a test...it\'s very technical."]Cesar performs a test...it's very technical.[/caption][caption id="attachment_134" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Two nice additions to Area 5 HQ."]Two nice additions to Area 5 HQ.[/caption][caption id="attachment_135" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Team sets up to talk about a videogame. Find out what on Friday!"]Team sets up to talk about a videogame. Find out what on Friday![/caption]

Reader Comments (28)

Yay for Friday! As always, looking forward to whatever comes next from the fine gentlemen over at Area 5.

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJeremy

BOOM mic, right? With an M?

Can't wait for the next ep!!!

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterbagofbeef

Awesome. Can't wait.

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJames Taylor

that is one sexy boom!

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered Commentermonkeystick

I just loved the final seconds of last episode, the red sky and the aura of nostalgia. Are you located behind Twin Peaks?
I wonder if you have any contact from publishers to appear in your new show!
Keep the good work!

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterDrMnike

Glad to see our donations are finally coming to good use. :)
Can't wait to see what's up next from Area 5.

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterD3stiny_Sm4sher

I´m really looking forward to friday.

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRobert B.

It looks like you guys actually love doing what you do and I couldn't be more excited to see what you guys have in store. Keep up the great work!

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterG3NK1E

I only got one thing to say to this guys...

http://tinyurl.com/bdux86

Can't wait to hear the new Sound improved Show.

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKenneth Hoegh

Digging it so much! And love these pic blogs, they are pure awesome!

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterVedran

That's one badass mic, Friday's show is gonna be awesome.

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMatthew Moore

When are we going to see a video version of backlog? That would be awesome. So do it.

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAndrew H

@Andrew H ... a video version of backlog would be awesome! We're still working on how to pay for what we do right now, but believe me that it's definitely on all our minds!

@DrMnike ... We're down in the Mission District, if you're familiar with San Francisco at all :) -- and yeah, part of the plan is to bring on a lot more industry people to talk about games in the same way we always did with the 1UP/EGM staff. I think it would be fun to rope in the community, too :)

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered Commentermatt

Love it so far. The final moments of last week's episode were really heart-warming. I can't say that I watch your show for the emotional content, but it's nice when it's peppered in so elegantly. I want to hear about games, but I also want to know what you're all going through.

And I'm sure you're getting all kinds of conflicting feedback, but I for one love the comedy skits sometimes found in the 1UP show. Sure I'd rather have game content... But a little bit of funny here and there never hurt anyone.

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMrGYoureSwell

WOOOOOOOO! Now you need HD and then I will definitely pay for the episodes... but I would pay for standard def. ones anywhere! Keep up the awesome work, I can't wait for Friday!

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterDan Barker

Nice mic. Look forward to the improved quality, although it wasn't that bad to begin with.

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAJ Jenkins

@Matt. I actually live in Mexico city, but I have relatives down in Florentine Street, near the MacDonalds at Mission St, so I´m familiar with the zone.

How we, the community, could help you guys to increase (attract, turn the eyes) the awareness of the publishers from your work, so they can know we are a reliable source for their advertisements and product exposure?. the unique way of product placement you did when talking about games in a strange place (like in an alley, cafe shop, bar, Shane office, etc)is what stand out your quality and keep us gamers concentrated in your words,as gamers for gamers, away from the tv, blending the game + your trademark style.

I really want to contribute so you guys could live from these concept, aside from the the donations. The other day Anthony threw a question about T-shirts and stuff you could sell through eat-sleep-game / Area5.tv, don´t forget the idea.

Thanks

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterDrMnike

Fantastic! Audio Equipment!

As for making money on the show, I highly suggest that for the time being you guys talk to Audible.com about becoming a sponsor. Also, create an amazon associates account and list links to games that you talk about using the affiliate ID. I hear Leo Laporte over at Twit.TV is well up around $2 million/year on interstitial commercials alone.

- Nick Allain
brokenwallfilms
nicholasallain.com

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterNick Allain

Is it Friday yet!?

February 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterCJ

I love how transparent you guys are keeping the new bizz. much respect.

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterPhil

Thank you for the transparency. Much better than RebelFM.

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJason

the arthur quotient is also vastly superior to rebelfm

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered Commentersdf

Great to see more behind the scenes pics, guys! Looking forward to the next episode.

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterkumo35

I'm glad you guys are doing this. Since you have a built in audience, you probably already have pretty decent numbers... Let me know if you guys need any video editing, filming, web dev or marketing help.

Either way, Nick Allain made some interesting points above. I hope this all works out for you.

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJeff Sawyer

that picture of Cesar mic testing is making me think bad naughty things hehe

February 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterSeanalyn

behind the scenes stuff is cool, keep doing it!

tiny tips: the subtext for the pictures is too light to read easily and put the comment-link at the bottom of the article instead of the top please :)

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