Godzilla #1 Posted February 17, 2009 http://www.thelogbook.com/media/cge/ yes another thing I'm gonna have to buy. Im especially interested in the activision panel, the guys talking about programming the 2600 and the vectrex stuff. Looks really cool. Don't know how much I care about watching dinner and an auction tho Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick Weis #2 Posted February 18, 2009 already order mine today! cool stuff! Rick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
homerwannabee #3 Posted February 18, 2009 Kind of blows that there will not be a convention this year for the second year in a row. Hopefully there will be a convention in 2010. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godzilla #4 Posted February 18, 2009 I wonder what the story is with that? Slow economy hurting retrogaming? I could certainly see how having less disposable income might put food ahead of atari 2600 carts, but really, 2600 carts are better than eating! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+selgus #5 Posted February 18, 2009 http://www.thelogbook.com/media/cge/ yes another thing I'm gonna have to buy. Im especially interested in the activision panel, the guys talking about programming the 2600 and the vectrex stuff. Looks really cool. Don't know how much I care about watching dinner and an auction tho Just ordered it myself... though it seems the first DVD is the most interesting. --Selgus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
accousticguitar #6 Posted February 18, 2009 I'd like to get it, but $45? Ouch! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Thag #7 Posted February 18, 2009 already order mine today! cool stuff! Guess we won't have to hit blockbuster the next time I visit, eh? Unless there's another blizzard... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swlovinist #8 Posted February 18, 2009 will eventually get this, it is cool for this to finally be available on DVD. Looks like it will be very well done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lucifershalo #9 Posted February 18, 2009 Kind of blows that there will not be a convention this year for the second year in a row. Hopefully there will be a convention in 2010. has it been confirmed that there won't be a CGE this year? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mayhem #10 Posted February 18, 2009 Unofficially yes, for reasons yet to be specified. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+selgus #11 Posted March 5, 2009 http://www.thelogbook.com/media/cge/ yes another thing I'm gonna have to buy. Im especially interested in the activision panel, the guys talking about programming the 2600 and the vectrex stuff. Looks really cool. Don't know how much I care about watching dinner and an auction tho Just ordered it myself... though it seems the first DVD is the most interesting. Received it today, so guess I have about 3 hours of viewing to do... --Selgus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Linkz1 #12 Posted March 5, 2009 This definitely looks like a must watch DVD, but the price is rather steep...I'm gonna have to check Netflix for this one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godzillajoe #13 Posted March 5, 2009 (edited) This definitely looks like a must watch DVD, but the price is rather steep...I'm gonna have to check Netflix for this one. Netflix? did an actual film studio produce this? I guess maybe I should check for my sister's wedding video next time I'm updating the queue since apparently they now have EVERY DVD ever made, by ANYONE yes. that was sarcasm. Edited March 5, 2009 by godzillajoe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Linkz1 #14 Posted March 5, 2009 Considering Netflix has the DVD produced by Classic Game Room, I wouldn't be surprised if they had this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+selgus #15 Posted March 6, 2009 This definitely looks like a must watch DVD, but the price is rather steep...I'm gonna have to check Netflix for this one. Watched the first DVD, and there are some interesting parts... but they really needed to spend some time in post-production leveling the sound. Not all the speakers were on top of their microphones so at times it is quite hard to make out what they are saying. I found myself cranking up the audio to insane levels at some points, and then bouncing it back down at others. --Selgus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phosphor Dot Fossils #16 Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) As the person who shot and edited and did the post-production on this set, I thought I'd chime in just a little bit. You might be surprised to find out that the audio is what the most time was spent on here - along with my wife having a baby almost as soon as I got home from the CGE trip (and me then becoming Mr. Mom), it was one of the things that accounts for the length of time between the show itself and the DVD release. The big problem here is that the hotel said they'd provide a means to patch into their little PA sound board, and then when I was setting up before the first keynote, I found that there was no way to do this. So I had to make do with a mix of the audio from both cameras, and I did, in fact, spent a lot of time "riding the levels," trying to make some of the guest speakers audible who seemed to be a bit microphone-shy. The problem there is that you're bringing up the background sound along with the signal, even with everything vigorously EQ'ed. I wish I'd had even so much as a tape recorder at the podium, but again, the hotel led us to believe this wouldn't be necessary. Their "sound board" such as it was would've been overwhelmed by the demands of a four-piece band. With exactly the same setup, I think anyone else would've been hard pressed to come up with significantly better results. There's simply nothing I could do about the guys who decided to park themselves a mile away from the nearest microphone; I would have liked it if there had been four mics instead of just two plus the podium, but again, that was the hotel and not me. (It was a nice enough place, but I'm not shedding any tears over the fact that there's about a 0% chance that CGE, if it returns, will ever be held at the Riv again. I'm only privy to the tip of the iceberg, because I'm not officially attached to CGE in any capacity, but the degree to which the hotel seemed to go out of its way to not help the show was ridiculous.) Anyway, hopefully everyone's enjoying the set and this addresses any concerns you might have. There are still plenty of copies left, by the way. Edited March 6, 2009 by Phosphor Dot Fossils Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flack #17 Posted March 6, 2009 This definitely looks like a must watch DVD, but the price is rather steep...I'm gonna have to check Netflix for this one. I hate to see stuff like this posted. Yeah, it's $45 ... for 11 hours worth of video and another 1.6 gigs of pictures, scans, and other bonus stuff. Compare that to a new 90 minute $20 DVD, which comes out to about 22 cents a minute. At that rate, the CGE DVDs would run around $145 bucks (not including all the extra stuff). Plus shipping. If you get to see all these panels for $45, you're getting off light. I drove to CGE from Oklahoma and spent way more than $45 on gas alone, plus a hotel room, food, and admission to the show. Don't know how much I care about watching dinner and an auction tho ... As I mentioned in my review of the DVD set, the auction is worth watching once, although I don't see myself watching it repeated times like I might the panels. The dinner is actually not a dinner but the Alumni Dinner, which is kind the "behind the scenes" speeches and award presentations and stuff. It's actually pretty interesting, and one of the things on the DVD that, unless you were on staff or personally invited, you would never see. Cool stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Allan #18 Posted March 6, 2009 Don't know how much I care about watching dinner and an auction tho ... As I mentioned in my review of the DVD set, the auction is worth watching once, although I don't see myself watching it repeated times like I might the panels. The dinner is actually not a dinner but the Alumni Dinner, which is kind the "behind the scenes" speeches and award presentations and stuff. It's actually pretty interesting, and one of the things on the DVD that, unless you were on staff or personally invited, you would never see. Cool stuff. You mean it's not a bunch of guys sitting around silently munching on food?!?!?!? Dammit! I want my money back!! Can't wait to see this, considering this might be the last CGEXPO with the economy going the way it is. (I hope not though.) Looking forward to seeing Keithen Hayenga speak. He's one of my favorite programmers and have never seen or heard him before. Allan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godzilla #19 Posted March 6, 2009 QUOTE Don't know how much I care about watching dinner and an auction tho ... As I mentioned in my review of the DVD set, the auction is worth watching once, although I don't see myself watching it repeated times like I might the panels. The dinner is actually not a dinner but the Alumni Dinner, which is kind the "behind the scenes" speeches and award presentations and stuff. It's actually pretty interesting, and one of the things on the DVD that, unless you were on staff or personally invited, you would never see. Cool stuff. you cut out the all important 'smiley' in my original quote. It was meant with a bit of snark. I actually DO care about watching dinner and an auction. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+selgus #20 Posted March 8, 2009 Watched the second DVD last night, and found Al Alcorn's talk the best of the lot, so far. Was great to get that first-hand account how things actually transpired at Atari, in the early days. --Selgus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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