Doing This Just In… From Gen Con for the four days of the convention is a full-time job. Besides the recording time, there is also pre-production, guest wrangling, info gathering, editing and uploading of the audio files, and posting the episodes to the feed among other little things, and this is done twice a day each day. In years past, the hosts have sought corporate sponsor to help offset the costs associated with all the work done. This year, however, we’re trying something different. This year, we’re turning to you, the fans.
We have launched a crowdfunding campaign via IndieGoGo. Become a supporter and get neat perks like TJI stickers and T-shirts, as well as sponsor credits on the show. Thanks to some of our friends in the gaming community, we are also able to offer some neat gaming perks as well, like exclusive content to Jeremy Keller’s new game, Technoir, and a free PDF of Chris Perrin’s game, Mecha! And there might even be more coming!
We hope you will become a partner in this year’s season of This Just In… From Gen Con.
As we count down the days to Gen Con, Rich and I have been busy getting the show ready behind the scenes. By now we have secured a few guests for the shows at the con and we’re both very excited about the variety of Gen Con angles we’ll be able to bring you.
We’ve also been busy setting up TJI on the various social networks so news and updates can be spread far and wide across the internet. Apart from the main website, you can now find TJI at:
@TJIGenCon: Arguably our main chatty place on social media. We’re making sure all posts to the website and Tumblr show up as links here. This account will also be active during the show, if you wanna talk to us.
Facebook.com/TJIGenCon: Give us a Like and follow along. Website and Tumblr posts should also show up here for those that prefer to use this social network over others.
TJIGenCon.tumblr.com: Follow along and catch Gen Con as it happens through our eyes and ears. The multimedia nature of Tumblr means we’ll be adding pics, video snippets, audio clips, quotes, etc as the show goes along, giving you the closest experience to being there with us. Posts will syndicate to Twitter and Facebook, too.
This Just In...From Gen Con! is a special podcast produced live at Gen Con Indy. Hosted in 2011 by Daniel M. Perez and Rich Rogers, they work hard to capture the excitement and mania that is Gen Con -- both for listeners who can't make it and for those who sync their MP3 players at the show!
If you'd like to come to the show live, you can find the TJI crew at the Indiana Convention Center, Room CSO-4, broadcasting 11am & 5pm Thursday through Saturday, and 11am Sunday.
Doing This Just In… From Gen Con for the four days of the convention is a full-time job. Besides the recording time, there is also pre-production, guest wrangling, info gathering, editing and uploading of the audio files, and posting the episodes to the feed among other little things, and this is done twice a day each day. In years past, the hosts have sought corporate sponsor to help offset the costs associated with all the work done. This year, however, we’re trying something different. This year, we’re turning to you, the fans.
