This morning I shot out a questionnaire to everyone registered on our media list (not on there? Have you completely ignored my repeated pleas?!), as we continue our efforts to improve PR in an industry that has gone a bit stagnant (on the PR/marketing front… the games just keep getting better). In case you aren’t [...]
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Evolve Roundtable: Looking Ahead to 2012
Posted by Shannon Drake on January 5th, 2012
We like prognosticating as much as anyone does and 2012 is either going to be a big year or the demise of us all as the Mayan prophecy comes true. No one at Evolve took the Mayan option, so here’s what we’re looking forward to in the new year. Tom Ohle, Director 2012 should be [...]
Rating Descriptor Showdown: Witcher 2 vs. L.A. Noire
Posted by Tom Ohle on April 21st, 2011
On May 17 I’m going to be going totally crazy, because not only will I be busy with The Witcher 2 launch, but I’ll be trying to focus on work instead of L.A. Noire, which is also supposed to come out that day. Now, both games should be awesome and garner wonderful reviews. But which [...]
Blast From the Past: Dungeon Siege Live-Action Promo Vids
Posted by Tom Ohle on March 22nd, 2011
Was just reminiscing about the good ol’ days, when social media didn’t really exist and I was really just getting started in the freelance PR biz. Went ahead and tracked down some videos we put together to promote Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony for PSP. Yes, this was a time when people also actually cared [...]
The Good Publicist
Posted by Tom Ohle on March 11th, 2010
You’ll have to pardon me if I go off on a few tangents here. This whole thing was sparked by some lovely chats I had with some other PR folk last night. Here I sit, perched high above the streets of San Francisco in a swank Japanese theme hotel that I couldn’t possibly afford were [...]
Off to GDC I go! Tomorrow.
Posted by Tom Ohle on March 9th, 2010
Keeping with the tradition of highly frequent blog updates, here’s another highly frequent blog update! I’m heading to San Francisco tomorrow for the illustrious Game Developers Conference, a show that brings together loads of game-industry folks and those who would someday very much like to be game-industry folks for a few days of panels, lectures, [...]
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No Comments »Treevenge: Awesome
Posted by Tom Ohle on August 27th, 2009
This video is too funny for words. Fun to see some of the Trailer Park Boys alums, including the host of Jonovision (if you live in Canada and are between the ages of, I dunno, 24 and 28, you are the only people who know wtf Jonovision is), but the baby squashing totally makes this [...]
I’m a pooet, and I never even knew it.
Posted by Tom Ohle on August 18th, 2009
Okay, so I’m really just reaching for more opportunities to whip out the ol’ elephant-butt header. I’ve been known to do some writing here and there, and since it pains me so to actually come up with interesting PR-related posts on a daily basis, I thought it would be a good idea to share some [...]
Video Games Are Dead, or It’s All a Big Lie
Posted by Tom Ohle on August 17th, 2009
Just finished watching the second part of Mr. Scott Steinberg’s video doohickey, Video Games are Dead, which he’s posted over at Digital Trends (Part 1). I’ve got some thoughts on the whole thing. (Video after the jump) I think the video offers a fascinating look at changes happening in the games industry due to the [...]
I’m not an ass… just a little behind.
Posted by Tom Ohle on August 12th, 2009
Two months after his last performance the handsome stranger returned to center stage to share more enthralling stories about his highly enviable career. The audience erupted in excitement, tossing a seemingly endless cascade of roses at the unheralded hero and shouting, “Bravo! Bravo! Encore!” before he had even muttered a single word. Or something like [...]
