Playmates interviewed me about the Marvel Heroes Battle Dice game the other day, and they’ve just posted the conversation at the new website.
They also have a new page up with shots of the game and its packaging. Scroll all the way down to see the Thing dice chucker. Man, that’s cool.
Playmates tells me that the Marvel Heroes Battle Dice commercial started airing yesterday. Staff Sergeant Brian Bird reported seeing the commercial on Cartoon Network yesterday, and it’s supposed to be running on Nickelodeon, Fox Kids, and maybe ABC Family too.
This is the first game I’ve worked on that’s had a national TV campaign behind it. The concept of how much money goes into mass-market products like this can boggle the mind. But it’s a good boggling.
The people at Playmates would love to see some reviews of Marvel Heroes Battle Dice. If you spy any (or write any), please let me know about it. Thanks!
I just learned that Keith Parkinson (who passed away last year) and Tim Truman used to play in a band together. Several bands, actually. Tim—who is set to take over the reins as the writer of the monthly Conan comic for Dark Horse Comics later this year—met Keith back when they both worked as illustrators at TSR, creating fantastic artwork for Dungeons & Dragons. Years later, they ended up in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, area together.
In honor of his old friend, Tim is getting the rest of the band back together for a benefit concert. Proceeds go toward funding the First Annual Keith Parkinson Scholastic Art Awards, to be given to a senior illustration student at college of art and design near or in Lancaster.
See the full press release after the break.
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