The Legend Of Zelda The Collecting Pills T248 - World-of-Newave.info World-of-Newave.info http://www.world-of-newave.info/ 2008-10-13T18:11:14Z Latest news and articles about The Legend Of Zelda The Collecting Pills T248 Copyright (c)2004-2008.§/Newave SARL. All rights reserved. {LITERATURE > CYBERPUNK} - Play based on the Legend of Zelda in London closes tonight: "Liink and Zellda" At London's Cockpit Theatre (and closing tonight!), a play based on the Legend of Zelda called "Liink and Zellda: The Misadventure" -- don't know if it's any good, but I applaud the spirit nevertheless! Written and Directed by Serena Obhrai. Starring Serena Obhrai, Sarah Evans, Darren Stoneham, Simon Newton, Rachael Wharton, Sarah Westman, Helen Lynch and Eleanor White. Liink and Zellda do what they always do to obtain the Tryforce. She gets into trouble and loses it. And he saves her and gets it back. But, after Liink and Zellda come to blows, they part ways to decide what?s best for them ? can they survive alone? Don't miss this exhilarating sword fighting adventure with two of your favourite game characters who encounter Gannon for the umpteenth time! Join Liink, Zellda, Marioh, Peech (and more!) on this delightful adventure. NB; Contains foul language. Liink and Zellda: The Misadventure tickets, [liink & zell-da: the mis-ad-ven-ture] production notes (via Wonderland)... http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/literature/genres/cyberpunk/play-based-on-the-legend-of-zelda-in-london-closes-20080852111.htm 2008-08-11T06:50:00Z 2008-08-11T06:50:00Z Boingboing.Net http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/10/play-based-on-the-le.html Play based on the Legend of Zelda in London closes tonight: "Liink and Zellda" {new window}   Www.Boingboing.Net - At London's Cockpit Theatre (and closing tonight!), a play based on the Legend of Zelda called "Liink and Zellda: The Misadventure" -- don't know if it's any good, but I applaud the spirit nevertheless! Written and Directed by Serena Obhrai. Starring Serena Obhrai, Sarah Evans, Darren Stoneham, Simon Newton, Rachael Wharton, Sarah Westman, Helen Lynch and Eleanor White. Liink and Zellda do what they always do to obtain the Tryforce. She gets into trouble and loses it. And he saves her and gets it back. But, after Liink and Zellda come to blows, they part ways to decide what?s best for them ? can they survive alone? Don't miss this exhilarating sword fighting adventure with two of your favourite game characters who encounter Gannon for the umpteenth time! Join Liink, Zellda, Marioh, Peech (and more!) on this delightful adventure. NB; Contains foul language. Liink and Zellda: The Misadventure tickets, [liink & zell-da: the mis-ad-ven-ture] production notes (via Wonderland)...
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]]> {NEWS > BREAKING NEWS} - Gallery: Comic-Con's Costumed Crusaders : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com SAN DIEGO -- Maybe they should call it Comic-Con Intergalactic. An astonishing number of people dress up like space aliens, superheroes and videogame characters when they attend Comic-Con International, the annual pop-culture convention that draws comics and sci-fi fans from around the globe. The elaborate costumes, many of them handmade, transform the fanboys and fangirls into their favorite pop-culture icons, at least for the day. This year's Comic-Con sold out in advance, with organizers expecting 125,000 people to cram into the San Diego Convention Center through Sunday. Here are some of the more eye-catching costumes spotted at Comic-Con on Thursday. Name: Demir Oral Age: 23 Hometown: San Diego Times at Comic-Con: Nine Geekiest hobby: Making costumes What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con? Seeing all the imagination that goes into everything. Day job: Web designer Dream job: Inventor Describe your costume and how you made it:It's something that I just made up throwing various items together. : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Name: Cathy Clark Age: 28 Hometown: Anaheim, California Times at Comic-Con: Seven Geekiest hobby: Attending Comic-Con! What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con? I just saw The Freakazoid panel, and I'm excited to see Mystery Science Theater 3000. Day job: Designer Dream job: Artist Describe your costume and how you made it:It's Steampunk, based on an illustration that I did. I had my friend sew it for me. : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Name: Amanda Raymond Age: 29 Hometown: Santa Clarita, California Times at Comic-Con: Four Geekiest hobby: Costuming and watching Darkwing Duck. What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con? The Disney panels. Day job: Production secretary Dream job: Producer Describe your costume and how you made it:I'm Mrs. Incredible, and she can stretch! I commissioned a seamstress to make it. : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Name: Zachary Lytle Age: 21 Hometown: Chico, California Times at Comic-Con: One Geekiest hobby: I build combat robots. I'm actually the three-time world champion of RoboGames. What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con?The Transformers display. Day job: Machinist Dream job: Robotics engineer Describe your costume and how you made it:I'm Link from Zelda. All my equipment is real metal -- 80 pounds of steel, bows, arrows and a 12-pound sword. : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Name: Diana Tarlson Age: 23 Hometown: Chico, California Times at Comic-Con: One Geekiest hobby: Collecting Disney movies. My favorite is Sleeping Beauty. What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con?Tiny Toon Adventures and Freakazoid -- it's the most-anticipated new cartoon. Day job: I work at Jo-Ann Fabrics. Dream job: To work in a machine shop. Describe your costume and how you made it:I'm Kid Icarus. The two daggers that click together are what he's most known for. I sowed feather boas, cut felt and pinned up the tunic myself. I crafted the entire thing by hand. : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Names: Nick Evans, Jason Sunday and Kyle Sunday (clockwise from top left) Ages: 20, 21 and 19, respectively. Hometowns: Orange, California; Portland, Oregon; and Ashland, Oregon Times at Comic-Con: One Geekiest hobby: We love Star Wars. It's at the top, but nothing is off-limits -- Jason What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con?The Watchmen movie, I'm a big fan of the book -- Nick Day job: Students Dream jobs: Lawyer (Nick), computer technology (Jason) and chef (Kyle) Describe your costumes and how you made them:Cyclops, Gambit and Professor X based on the '90s classic X-Men. We just bought different pieces and put them together. I had to get my glasses on the internet. -- Nick : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Name: Tom Paige Age: 38 Hometown: Los Angeles Times at Comic-Con: Two Geekiest hobby: Music, especially hard-core heavy-metal comedy. What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con?Seeing hot chicks in spandex. Day job: I'm a facilities manager in the motion-picture industry. Dream job: Musician Describe your costume and how you made it:I'm wearing a really gay, royal blue, spandex rocker costume that is a combo of wrestling and music. I pieced it together from dance clothing. : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Name: Christian Benavides Age: 14 Hometown: Houston Times at Comic-Con: One Geekiest hobby: Dressing up as the Joker and making costumes. What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con?I want to meet Stan Lee, maybe meet someone from the Watchmen and see the Punisher panel. Day job: Student Dream job: Movie director Describe your costume and how you made it:I'm Joker dressed as a nurse from the new Batman movie. I stitched it together myself. : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Name: Raymundo Benavides Age: 25 Hometown: Houston Times at Comic-Con: One Geekiest hobby: Watching movie trailers. What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con?I want to see Stan Lee and probably Kevin Smith. He's speaking at the Scream Like a Girl contest. Day job: Cable guy Dream job: Movie director Describe your costume and how you made it: I'm Tommy, the Green Ranger from the original Power Rangers. I bought the majority of it, and my girlfriend made the rest. : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Name: Jonathan Corpuz Age: 26 Hometown: San Diego Times at Comic-Con: 15 Geekiest hobby: I'm a videogame nut. Action, RPGs, everything. I was raised on videogames. What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con?I'm a big Lost fan. Basically I want to see the entire Saturday TV slate. Day job: Photographer Dream job: Videogame designer Describe your costume and how you made it:I'm the original 8-bit Super Mario. I'm even carrying around a plunger. This is a Halloween costume from last year, and I made the star myself. http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/breaking-news/gallery-comic-con-s-costumed-crusaders-20080717540.htm 2008-07-25T05:00:00Z 2008-07-25T05:00:00Z Wired.Com http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2008/07/gallery_comiccon_faces Gallery: Comic-Con's Costumed Crusaders {new window}   Www.Wired.Com - : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com SAN DIEGO -- Maybe they should call it Comic-Con Intergalactic. An astonishing number of people dress up like space aliens, superheroes and videogame characters when they attend Comic-Con International, the annual pop-culture convention that draws comics and sci-fi fans from around the globe. The elaborate costumes, many of them handmade, transform the fanboys and fangirls into their favorite pop-culture icons, at least for the day. This year's Comic-Con sold out in advance, with organizers expecting 125,000 people to cram into the San Diego Convention Center through Sunday. Here are some of the more eye-catching costumes spotted at Comic-Con on Thursday. Name: Demir Oral Age: 23 Hometown: San Diego Times at Comic-Con: Nine Geekiest hobby: Making costumes What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con? Seeing all the imagination that goes into everything. Day job: Web designer Dream job: Inventor Describe your costume and how you made it:It's something that I just made up throwing various items together. : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Name: Cathy Clark Age: 28 Hometown: Anaheim, California Times at Comic-Con: Seven Geekiest hobby: Attending Comic-Con! What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con? I just saw The Freakazoid panel, and I'm excited to see Mystery Science Theater 3000. Day job: Designer Dream job: Artist Describe your costume and how you made it:It's Steampunk, based on an illustration that I did. I had my friend sew it for me. : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Name: Amanda Raymond Age: 29 Hometown: Santa Clarita, California Times at Comic-Con: Four Geekiest hobby: Costuming and watching Darkwing Duck. What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con? The Disney panels. Day job: Production secretary Dream job: Producer Describe your costume and how you made it:I'm Mrs. Incredible, and she can stretch! I commissioned a seamstress to make it. : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Name: Zachary Lytle Age: 21 Hometown: Chico, California Times at Comic-Con: One Geekiest hobby: I build combat robots. I'm actually the three-time world champion of RoboGames. What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con?The Transformers display. Day job: Machinist Dream job: Robotics engineer Describe your costume and how you made it:I'm Link from Zelda. All my equipment is real metal -- 80 pounds of steel, bows, arrows and a 12-pound sword. : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Name: Diana Tarlson Age: 23 Hometown: Chico, California Times at Comic-Con: One Geekiest hobby: Collecting Disney movies. My favorite is Sleeping Beauty. What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con?Tiny Toon Adventures and Freakazoid -- it's the most-anticipated new cartoon. Day job: I work at Jo-Ann Fabrics. Dream job: To work in a machine shop. Describe your costume and how you made it:I'm Kid Icarus. The two daggers that click together are what he's most known for. I sowed feather boas, cut felt and pinned up the tunic myself. I crafted the entire thing by hand. : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Names: Nick Evans, Jason Sunday and Kyle Sunday (clockwise from top left) Ages: 20, 21 and 19, respectively. Hometowns: Orange, California; Portland, Oregon; and Ashland, Oregon Times at Comic-Con: One Geekiest hobby: We love Star Wars. It's at the top, but nothing is off-limits -- Jason What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con?The Watchmen movie, I'm a big fan of the book -- Nick Day job: Students Dream jobs: Lawyer (Nick), computer technology (Jason) and chef (Kyle) Describe your costumes and how you made them:Cyclops, Gambit and Professor X based on the '90s classic X-Men. We just bought different pieces and put them together. I had to get my glasses on the internet. -- Nick : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Name: Tom Paige Age: 38 Hometown: Los Angeles Times at Comic-Con: Two Geekiest hobby: Music, especially hard-core heavy-metal comedy. What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con?Seeing hot chicks in spandex. Day job: I'm a facilities manager in the motion-picture industry. Dream job: Musician Describe your costume and how you made it:I'm wearing a really gay, royal blue, spandex rocker costume that is a combo of wrestling and music. I pieced it together from dance clothing. : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Name: Christian Benavides Age: 14 Hometown: Houston Times at Comic-Con: One Geekiest hobby: Dressing up as the Joker and making costumes. What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con?I want to meet Stan Lee, maybe meet someone from the Watchmen and see the Punisher panel. Day job: Student Dream job: Movie director Describe your costume and how you made it:I'm Joker dressed as a nurse from the new Batman movie. I stitched it together myself. : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Name: Raymundo Benavides Age: 25 Hometown: Houston Times at Comic-Con: One Geekiest hobby: Watching movie trailers. What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con?I want to see Stan Lee and probably Kevin Smith. He's speaking at the Scream Like a Girl contest. Day job: Cable guy Dream job: Movie director Describe your costume and how you made it: I'm Tommy, the Green Ranger from the original Power Rangers. I bought the majority of it, and my girlfriend made the rest. : Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com Name: Jonathan Corpuz Age: 26 Hometown: San Diego Times at Comic-Con: 15 Geekiest hobby: I'm a videogame nut. Action, RPGs, everything. I was raised on videogames. What are you most excited about seeing at Comic-Con?I'm a big Lost fan. Basically I want to see the entire Saturday TV slate. Day job: Photographer Dream job: Videogame designer Describe your costume and how you made it:I'm the original 8-bit Super Mario. I'm even carrying around a plunger. This is a Halloween costume from last year, and I made the star myself.
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]]> {VIDEO GAMES > W} - Gallery: Nintendo Keeps Casual, Ignores Hard-Core at E3 : LOS ANGELES -- Nintendo loves casual gamers like Mario loves mushrooms. At a press conference kicking off day two of the E3 Media and Business Summit, the maker of Wii and Nintendo DS said Tuesday that while imitators copy its winning strategy, the company will continue to aggressively pursue nontraditional gamer markets. Nintendo introduced a new line of products aimed at a wider audience, like a new entry in multiplayer community game series Animal Crossing, a sequel to the hit Wii Sports and a music game that, unlike Rock Band, doesn't give you a "game over" if you play the wrong note. But if you're a hard-core gamer who wants a new Mario or Legend of Zelda, Nintendo had nothing for you. Left: E3 might have been scaled back, but Nintendo's press conferences still bring out the crazy fans, like this Destructoid.com writer in a robot mask. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com : Olympic gold medalist Shaun White kicks off Nintendo's press conference Tuesday. White demonstrated the Wii version of the snowboard game that bears his name, to be published later this year by Ubisoft. White, left, and Nintendo Executive Vice President Cammie Dunaway both played the game, which uses the Wii Balance Board that comes with Wii Fit to simulate real snowboarding moves like leaning forward to speed up. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com : Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, a former game designer who helped create the Kirby series, recaps Nintendo's newfound success over the past few years with Wii and DS. He said the company's teams in Japan were hard at work making new games in the Super Mario and Legend of Zelda series, but didn't say much else about them. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com : Animal Crossing: City Folk is one of Nintendo's big Wii releases for the upcoming Christmas season. The game lets you create characters that live in a town full of animals and go about their daily lives even when you're not playing. You can go online and join friends so everyone can play together, and the new Wii Speak microphone, designed to sit on top of your television, lets everyone communicate with each other. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com : Nintendo's E3 press conference takes place in the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, the site of the Academy Awards ceremony each year. Nintendo's event has a slightly different dress code than the Oscars. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com : Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé demonstrates a virtual Jet Ski game that's included in Wii Sports Resort, a newly announced package set for release in spring 2009. The game will include Wii MotionPlus, an add-on to the company's current motion-sensing controller that gives the Wiimote an even more accurate reading of players' movements. In this game, Fils-Aimé twisted the controllers to move his handlebars. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com : Fils-Aimé, left, and Dunaway face off in a fencing minigame included with Wii Sports Resort. The onscreen swords matched what the executives did with the Wiimotes in their hands. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com : Nintendo closes its conference with a demonstration of Wii Music, another game the company plans to release this Christmas. Legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, right, teamed up with three other Nintendo employees to rock out to the Super Mario Bros. theme song, pressing buttons and moving the controllers to simulate playing instruments. In total, the game will feature 50 different virtual instruments to play. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com http://articles.world-of-newave.info/games/video-games/news-and-reviews/w/gallery-nintendo-keeps-casual-ignores-hard-core-20080724614.htm 2008-07-15T23:30:00Z 2008-07-15T23:30:00Z Wired.Com http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/multimedia/2008/07/gallery_e3_nintendo Gallery: Nintendo Keeps Casual, Ignores Hard-Core at E3 {new window}   Www.Wired.Com - : LOS ANGELES -- Nintendo loves casual gamers like Mario loves mushrooms. At a press conference kicking off day two of the E3 Media and Business Summit, the maker of Wii and Nintendo DS said Tuesday that while imitators copy its winning strategy, the company will continue to aggressively pursue nontraditional gamer markets. Nintendo introduced a new line of products aimed at a wider audience, like a new entry in multiplayer community game series Animal Crossing, a sequel to the hit Wii Sports and a music game that, unlike Rock Band, doesn't give you a "game over" if you play the wrong note. But if you're a hard-core gamer who wants a new Mario or Legend of Zelda, Nintendo had nothing for you. Left: E3 might have been scaled back, but Nintendo's press conferences still bring out the crazy fans, like this Destructoid.com writer in a robot mask. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com : Olympic gold medalist Shaun White kicks off Nintendo's press conference Tuesday. White demonstrated the Wii version of the snowboard game that bears his name, to be published later this year by Ubisoft. White, left, and Nintendo Executive Vice President Cammie Dunaway both played the game, which uses the Wii Balance Board that comes with Wii Fit to simulate real snowboarding moves like leaning forward to speed up. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com : Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, a former game designer who helped create the Kirby series, recaps Nintendo's newfound success over the past few years with Wii and DS. He said the company's teams in Japan were hard at work making new games in the Super Mario and Legend of Zelda series, but didn't say much else about them. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com : Animal Crossing: City Folk is one of Nintendo's big Wii releases for the upcoming Christmas season. The game lets you create characters that live in a town full of animals and go about their daily lives even when you're not playing. You can go online and join friends so everyone can play together, and the new Wii Speak microphone, designed to sit on top of your television, lets everyone communicate with each other. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com : Nintendo's E3 press conference takes place in the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, the site of the Academy Awards ceremony each year. Nintendo's event has a slightly different dress code than the Oscars. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com : Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé demonstrates a virtual Jet Ski game that's included in Wii Sports Resort, a newly announced package set for release in spring 2009. The game will include Wii MotionPlus, an add-on to the company's current motion-sensing controller that gives the Wiimote an even more accurate reading of players' movements. In this game, Fils-Aimé twisted the controllers to move his handlebars. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com : Fils-Aimé, left, and Dunaway face off in a fencing minigame included with Wii Sports Resort. The onscreen swords matched what the executives did with the Wiimotes in their hands. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com : Nintendo closes its conference with a demonstration of Wii Music, another game the company plans to release this Christmas. Legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, right, teamed up with three other Nintendo employees to rock out to the Super Mario Bros. theme song, pressing buttons and moving the controllers to simulate playing instruments. In total, the game will feature 50 different virtual instruments to play. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com
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]]> {NEWS > BREAKING NEWS} - It's Fun and Games ... And a Paying Gig News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio Top McCain Fundraiser Fined for Shady Dealing in Haiti What a Way to Blow a Weekend Nationalization May Be the Way to Go Subscribe to Portfolio magazine Although Benny Torres recently graduated from college with a degree in psychology and advertising, he got his current job simply by being himself: a 23-year-old guy who's totally into videogames. Torres spends most of his waking hours playing the latest games and reading all the latest gaming news and gossip online. And since last year, he's been doing it from a cubicle in the Chicago headquarters of ad agency Leo Burnett. Torres first joined Burnett as an intern last June?and quickly became known as the go-to guy on videogames. Creatives on the Nintendo account turned to Torres for answers on everything from the key plot points of games to the types of fonts that were used in them. By fall, he had a full-time staff job as an associate planner. That's his official title, but unofficially, he's still the go-to guy on videogames. "We just realized what an incredible wealth of knowledge he had about Nintendo, about gamers, about their habits, about where they talk and where they live," says Rose Cameron, senior vice president and planning director for Leo Burnett. Now, Torres' job is to research any games that Burnett is going to develop ads for. He pulls together a "game brief" on how it's played, its history, and the advance buzz about it from the dozens of videogame-related websites, blogs, and message boards that he reads on a regular basis. "I basically scour the Web for anything and everything that I can possibly find about it," says Torres. He also relies on the connections he's built from blogging about gaming in the past and from attending industry events and conferences. Torres' game brief was instrumental in the development of a recent television ad for Mario Kart Wii, a cart-driving game. In the commercial, a huckster named Cowboy Jed enthusiastically tells viewers to check out all the carts they can drive in the game as banjo music jangles in the background. "I made sure our whole team understood this whole game is all about the mayhem and the frenzy and just the craziness of racing," Torres says. The resulting ad was "very true to the spirit of the game," he adds. The Miami native got his first game system, a Nintendo Entertainment System, when he was not yet 5-years old, and even recalls seeing the delivery truck pull up to his house from his bedroom window. His parents had been avid Atari players when they were younger, and their enthusiasm for videogames rubbed off on him (Torres remembers playing Wheel of Fortune with his mom until late into the night on one occasion). Torres says his favorite game remains the 1998 action-adventure game, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, for the Nintendo 64. The bestselling game, in which the player has to travel through time to defeat an evil king, was one of the first to incorporate high-quality 3-D graphics. "It's almost like the Gone With the Wind of videogames," Torres says. "It was the first game, for me, that created an immersive world that I truly lost myself in." Torres realizes that getting to play and talk about games like Zelda and its successors is a dream gig, and he credits the videogame industry for being one that inspires such enthusiastic consumers. "Honestly, I feel just really lucky to be given the opportunity," he says. "I don?t think there's much of a passionate fan base for laundry detergent." http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/breaking-news/it-s-fun-and-games-and-a-paying-gig-20080722211.htm 2008-07-14T16:35:00Z 2008-07-14T16:35:00Z Wired.Com http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/news/2008/07/portfolio_0714 It's Fun and Games ... And a Paying Gig {new window}   Www.Wired.Com - News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio Top McCain Fundraiser Fined for Shady Dealing in Haiti What a Way to Blow a Weekend Nationalization May Be the Way to Go Subscribe to Portfolio magazine Although Benny Torres recently graduated from college with a degree in psychology and advertising, he got his current job simply by being himself: a 23-year-old guy who's totally into videogames. Torres spends most of his waking hours playing the latest games and reading all the latest gaming news and gossip online. And since last year, he's been doing it from a cubicle in the Chicago headquarters of ad agency Leo Burnett. Torres first joined Burnett as an intern last June?and quickly became known as the go-to guy on videogames. Creatives on the Nintendo account turned to Torres for answers on everything from the key plot points of games to the types of fonts that were used in them. By fall, he had a full-time staff job as an associate planner. That's his official title, but unofficially, he's still the go-to guy on videogames. "We just realized what an incredible wealth of knowledge he had about Nintendo, about gamers, about their habits, about where they talk and where they live," says Rose Cameron, senior vice president and planning director for Leo Burnett. Now, Torres' job is to research any games that Burnett is going to develop ads for. He pulls together a "game brief" on how it's played, its history, and the advance buzz about it from the dozens of videogame-related websites, blogs, and message boards that he reads on a regular basis. "I basically scour the Web for anything and everything that I can possibly find about it," says Torres. He also relies on the connections he's built from blogging about gaming in the past and from attending industry events and conferences. Torres' game brief was instrumental in the development of a recent television ad for Mario Kart Wii, a cart-driving game. In the commercial, a huckster named Cowboy Jed enthusiastically tells viewers to check out all the carts they can drive in the game as banjo music jangles in the background. "I made sure our whole team understood this whole game is all about the mayhem and the frenzy and just the craziness of racing," Torres says. The resulting ad was "very true to the spirit of the game," he adds. The Miami native got his first game system, a Nintendo Entertainment System, when he was not yet 5-years old, and even recalls seeing the delivery truck pull up to his house from his bedroom window. His parents had been avid Atari players when they were younger, and their enthusiasm for videogames rubbed off on him (Torres remembers playing Wheel of Fortune with his mom until late into the night on one occasion). Torres says his favorite game remains the 1998 action-adventure game, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, for the Nintendo 64. The bestselling game, in which the player has to travel through time to defeat an evil king, was one of the first to incorporate high-quality 3-D graphics. "It's almost like the Gone With the Wind of videogames," Torres says. "It was the first game, for me, that created an immersive world that I truly lost myself in." Torres realizes that getting to play and talk about games like Zelda and its successors is a dream gig, and he credits the videogame industry for being one that inspires such enthusiastic consumers. "Honestly, I feel just really lucky to be given the opportunity," he says. "I don?t think there's much of a passionate fan base for laundry detergent."
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]]> {PEOPLE > RADCLIFFE, DANIEL} - Theme Week #44: Favorite Facial Expressions Lurker now turning poster! :3I'm trying to avoid repeat images (u_u;;))Omonomnom?That floor looks like the magnetic floor in Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess in the Goron Mines (>_>;;)) Tell me I'm not the only Zelda fan on here :xHAHAHA"Oh god they found me."And one that doesn't make me laugh that I actually like:<3Lalala~? http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/people/r/radcliffe,-daniel/theme-week-44-favorite-facial-expressions-20080649134.htm 2008-06-24T05:55:14Z 2008-06-24T05:55:14Z Community.Livejournal.Com http://community.livejournal.com/danrad_daily/333893.html Theme Week #44: Favorite Facial Expressions {new window}   Community.Livejournal.Com - Lurker now turning poster! :3I'm trying to avoid repeat images (u_u;;))Omonomnom?That floor looks like the magnetic floor in Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess in the Goron Mines (>_>;;)) Tell me I'm not the only Zelda fan on here :xHAHAHA"Oh god they found me."And one that doesn't make me laugh that I actually like:<3Lalala~?
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]]> {NORTH AMERICA > RENTALS} - Master Room in House / Lots of Light / Hardwood Floor / Big Closet (bernal heights) $830 We live in a lovely house in Bernal Heights with 3 bedrooms on the main floor, along with a large kitchen, bathroom with separate shower & claw foot tub, washer/dryer in the house, sun room with a view of the Bay, great sunlight throughout the day and a nice backyard. The garage has been converted into a live/work space so there are a total of 4 roommates including whomever moves in. The room becoming available is in the front of the house, gets a ton of natural light, with west facing windows, hardwood floors, and walls that are currently painted with a blue and black funky geometric design (see photo - you're welcome to paint if you'd like). We like Bernal because parking is plentiful & there is no street sweeping and because there is a quiet community vibe while still being extremely accessible to the city and highways alike. We are right off Cortland which is the main strip of the neighborhood with cafes, a health food store and other assorted shops. We are: Eric, 28, DJ/event producer & man about town, Emily, 29, kindergarten teacher from the East Bay, and Sarah, 27, law student/thrift store shopper/enjoys disco dancing in the sun. (Zelda & Sophia: Kitties) We are looking for: someone who is laid back, financially stable, and interested in contributing to our home. We keep things fairly mellow here and do our partying out and about. Rent is $830 per month and move in would be a $866 security deposit so a total of $1696. The room is available on October 10th. Send us a message telling us a bit about yourself! http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/master-room-in-house-lots-of-light-hardwood-floor-20080917237.htm 2008-09-28T06:10:07Z 2008-09-28T06:10:07Z Sfbay.Craigslist.Org http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/roo/858085495.html Master Room in House / Lots of Light / Hardwood Floor / Big Closet (bernal heights) $830 {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - We live in a lovely house in Bernal Heights with 3 bedrooms on the main floor, along with a large kitchen, bathroom with separate shower & claw foot tub, washer/dryer in the house, sun room with a view of the Bay, great sunlight throughout the day and a nice backyard. The garage has been converted into a live/work space so there are a total of 4 roommates including whomever moves in. The room becoming available is in the front of the house, gets a ton of natural light, with west facing windows, hardwood floors, and walls that are currently painted with a blue and black funky geometric design (see photo - you're welcome to paint if you'd like). We like Bernal because parking is plentiful & there is no street sweeping and because there is a quiet community vibe while still being extremely accessible to the city and highways alike. We are right off Cortland which is the main strip of the neighborhood with cafes, a health food store and other assorted shops. We are: Eric, 28, DJ/event producer & man about town, Emily, 29, kindergarten teacher from the East Bay, and Sarah, 27, law student/thrift store shopper/enjoys disco dancing in the sun. (Zelda & Sophia: Kitties) We are looking for: someone who is laid back, financially stable, and interested in contributing to our home. We keep things fairly mellow here and do our partying out and about. Rent is $830 per month and move in would be a $866 security deposit so a total of $1696. The room is available on October 10th. Send us a message telling us a bit about yourself!
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Category: Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Business and Economy > Real Estate > Rentals

]]> {NORTH AMERICA > LODGING} - Capitola Village-NICE! Upscale condo, parking, view balcony. (capitola) $1800 2bd Nice condo in Capitola Village. Walk to everything, Beach, Shops, Shadowbrook Restaurant, Zelda's, Margaritaville, Pizza my Heart. Onsite covered parking for 2 cars, fully equipped kitchen, washer/dryer, hardwood floors, tile. 2 bedrooms with 1.75 baths. Family room with pull out couch. Sleeps up to 7. Go to www.vrbo.com, listing #189037 for photos/details, check availability calender. $1,800 per week or $250 per night, 3 night minimum. $50 cleaning charge. Please call Dan for more information. 408-314-5626. Thanks! http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/travel-and-tourism/lodging/capitola-village-nice-upscale-condo-parking-view-20080610710.htm 2008-06-10T06:50:57Z 2008-06-10T06:50:57Z Sfbay.Craigslist.Org http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/vac/714418805.html Capitola Village-NICE! Upscale condo, parking, view balcony. (capitola) $1800 2bd {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - Nice condo in Capitola Village. Walk to everything, Beach, Shops, Shadowbrook Restaurant, Zelda's, Margaritaville, Pizza my Heart. Onsite covered parking for 2 cars, fully equipped kitchen, washer/dryer, hardwood floors, tile. 2 bedrooms with 1.75 baths. Family room with pull out couch. Sleeps up to 7. Go to www.vrbo.com, listing #189037 for photos/details, check availability calender. $1,800 per week or $250 per night, 3 night minimum. $50 cleaning charge. Please call Dan for more information. 408-314-5626. Thanks!
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Category: Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Travel and Tourism > Lodging

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