Video Games Live

Hey Gipface,

This is Becky Young, Events Director for Video Games Live. I wanted to thank you for this great write up about the concert.

I also wanted to just comment on a few things.

First, the laptop is only given away during the Frogger competition. This is because each event is sponsored by a company (IE: the Interactive Symphony starring Frogger presented by AMD.... The Interactive Symphony starring Space Invaders presented by ATI... etc) Therefore, you wouldn't have won the laptop on the Space Invaders one. The ATI card is pretty sweet though!!

In regard to picking the audience members... I do that MYSELF so I can assure you that it is not fixed. At each event I try to pit two people against each other who you may not always see... a mom and a little kid (not related of course) a dad type and a little girl type. This is so our very wide audience base all has someone to root for. Remember, this is a symphony and we have a lot of the older generation out there getting introduced to all of this "video game" stuff.

The way it worked this time was that I went down into the bar area and shouted "WHO WANTS TO PLAY FROGGER" The very first person to come to me was that dad with his son. I asked him if he had ever played before and he said all the time. So... OK... score one.

I then said "I need a girl now" and that is when the girl came up to me. I asked if she ever played and she said never.

So, it is by no means fixed (in fact, there was a room full of people who saw me do this) I really had no idea the girl would win at all! By all odds, it seemed daddy was going to take the cake.

Anyhow, thanks again for all your enthusiasm. You definitely were a bright star of the event that night!

Keep Gaming,
Becky Young
Events Director
Video Games Live

P.S. My feet!?!?! Interesting...... :doh:

Jam it back in, in the dark.