Area 5 Snack: Hall of Meat and an Update on the Company
matt chandronaitSome of you have probably already seen this since we put it up last week on our YouTube Channel (which you should subscribe to, by the way), but we didn't get around to posting about it here until now. Why? Well it's also the same reason why the next show won't be out until this Friday.
First, one of our team is experiencing a-sudden-but-expected family emergency. Sorry that I can't be more specific, but it's not my place to elaborate. All our love and support go out to everyone involved and we'll all pitch in to pick up the slack in the meantime! Family has to come first.
Second, I've been sick since last Wednesday with the craziest, nastiest virus I've had in about three years. Today is the first day I've felt like even sitting at a computer long enough to put a good sentence together and the rest of the team has been editing like crazy all weekend trying to make up for lost time. And, finally, we had a lot of installing and configuring to do because we were FINALLY able to get some of the hardware and software we needed after PayPal unlocked the donation account. Apparently the amount of small donations over such a short period of time raised some red flags—of the terrorist and/or drug-dealer kind. It took a lot longer to clear up than it should have, but at least it's now good to go. Thanks to a very cool friend who works at Apple, we got a hookup on three copies of Final Cut Studio 2 and a few other tidbits. I know I spoke early on about being transparent about the donation money, but I'm not allowed to say exactly how much the discount was. Apple policy. Suffice it to say, we saved thousands! That will make the donation money stretch out far longer than we originally thought and gives us some breathing room for the immediate future! I can fill you in, though, on what we have left. Around $13,000. Currently the plan is to use about $6,000 of this to buy another camera and some hard drive space. Oh, and another $1500 in lawyer fees; those tricksie, little Hobbitses!
You also may have noticed that we've taken the donation link down. Not because we have a deal signed or that there's actually some money in our hands, but because there's a high probability of something good happening that may take care of us for a few months and we don't want people sending us their hard-earned cash when we can make it on our own for a little while. Maybe the link will have to come back up in the future. Hopefully, not :)
Finally, we received a donation of three computers from someone that we can't reveal. "Flabbergasted," is a word that comes to mind, but it seems almost lazy in comparison to the actual event. Two of the machines have arrived, a MacPro desktop and a 15" powerbook. A second powerbook is on the way! This gives us three—soon four—machines capable of editing video instead of the previous one. Well, 1.5, really. We have occasional access to a loaner, but who wants to drive mom's car when you can have the keys to your own?
Reader Comments (34)
Dudes that is all great news. I'm glad things are picking up at the moment. I hope it continues - you all deserve to be able to keep doing what you love and are so obviously good at as a career.
And I enjoyed the Hall of Meat! :-) When a game developer can make you wince for your avatar, you know they're doing something right!
Yes indeed, through my handy YouTube subscription I caught Hall of Meat a few days ago. Bravo! Love these Snacks.
Great video guys! Also I like that you're updating us so much on the goings on around the site! My thoughts go out to the family member of the staff and everyone around him/her in these hard times.
massive <3 to all you Area 5 boys...youre support has been amazing.
BTW love this Snack so much...Ive watched it at least 5 times in a row! hehe
Seeing you guys use that deck I made is awesome. Great video. I couldn't imagine standing outside screaming like that in my town. People would think I was absolutely insane. Still would have been loads of fun to do though! Keep it up guys. Loving what you have going on here at Area5!
Yay! You guys are really coming back strong.
w00t.
@SeanaLyn ... The <3 don't stop!
@JoshS ... haha! So it was you! When Nick told us about that board we had to have him send it over to us so we could grab footage using it. Nice work! :D
@Peanut ... hehe, yeah, effctive!
This made me smile so hard my face broke ! so glad to hear that things are looking up for the site. Keep doing what your good at !
That video was brilliant. Congrats on the secret cash hookup looking forward to the great video content that is sure to come with it.
I'm happy that things are looking up for you all. You're all hard workers and you certainly deserve it. Looking forward to seeing more!
just realized I used the wrong your when I wrote "youre" earlier hehe. Sorry grammar nazi here so I just had to point out my own error.
Oh and you guys need to abuse Jason more in your videos ;)
Dudes, that's totally awesome. I'm so glad things are looking up for you all!
Also: This snack is GENIUS!
Hope that stuff works out for you guys!
Glad to hear that the money we donated is coming to good use.
(I think I said that last time, but hell, it's still good!)
When things get up to speed and you guys are farther along with creating a business model for your awesome coverage, I have a good feeling that this is gonna be my go-to place or video game coverage. The personalities were/are why I go to 1up, and why I can't wait for things to pick up here.
Matt, get well soon.
Whoever on the team is having a family emergency, my thoughts are with you.
Friday should be awesome.
Great snack, can't wait for the episode. :D
This is great news guys. I'm glad things are looking up and my best of wishes for the family emergency. Hope everything turns out alright.
This snack: Awesomesauce.
Loved the video guys! Cant wait for more.
Big props on the recent progress!
Area 5 ftw!
It seems like the expected emergency is related to a delivery (end of pregnancy), if that is the case, congratulations ! ! !.
Because of your videos, I am looking forward to get Skate 2 (never played a Skateboard game in my life, not even Tony Hawk, yes I know, I suck!), how about your work as a marketing tool!!!
Let them know your work raises the consumers interest for their products!
Great video!
Sorry to hear about the virus and emergency, but it's good to hear that you guys are on the right track.
seeing how you guys took down the "contribute" button, things must be getting exciting. it's great to see you guys kept cool and made some decisions. fridays can't come soon enough.
ps i want guest starz!!!
Awesome stuff. Sorry to hear about family stuff, but good to hear about people's goiod will.
It seems everyone has been getting sick. I am sure though that being late or behind because of illness or other reasons will never anger many. Most of us will always be here waiting. :)
Man, awesome news! So glad that this is happening the way it is right now! Good, good news indeed!
Love the snacks by the way. They are great. Thanks for bring this content to us!
You guys do great work! This video had me ROFL for minutes. Keep em' coming.
Heh, youre throwing concepts at your audience, its like Microsoft with the Xbox 360.
Difference is this is great!
You guys are doing an awesome job. The snacks are great!! I watched this one several times already and it's funny every time.
That was funny guys.
Thanks.
I laughed.
Slow motion swearing is never a bad idea. Never.
I laughed, so mission accomplished.
[...] now seems like a good time for a state of the podcast update. A couple of weeks ago, our buddies at Area 5 announced that they were taking down donations from their site due to the possibility of some sort [...]
So does this mean that you can put your vids on an iTunes podcast, since you're no longer taking donations?
Yes, but perhaps not in the way that you might think... oo! I'm being so cagey! ;)
Don't worry. The cagier the better, I always say.
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