COIN-OP TV: Video Game Events, People and Culture

Hailey Bright (COIN-OP TV) caught up with Michael A. Winchester – the CEO of the Worldwide Federation of Gaming at E3 Expo 2009. Michael talked about plans for this upcoming league and their intentions in professional gaming.

Hailey Bright of COIN-OP TV at the Guy’s Choice Awards red carpet asking the celebrities what video games left the longest lasting impression on them. Check out reactions from Asher Scott, Anvil, Armand Dorian (Deadliest Warrior on Spike), The Dan Band and Bobb’e J. Thompson from Role Models!

Terminator Salvation interview with Chris Ashworth who plays Richter in the film. A special look at his favorite part of being involved in the production and about his character with behind the scenes footage!

COIN-OP TV helped co-sponsor JAB / STRONG / FIERCE (an art show tribute to Street Fighter) which ran from April 25th to May 11th at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, California.  Over 40 artists showcased their talent with amazing works of art revolving around the Street Fighter franchise.  The show was a huge success with a capacity crowd in attendance for opening night. The gallery was filled with cosplayers dressed as their favorite characters from the game.  There was a Street Fighter IV tournament and plenty of artists on hand to chat with.  Ben Zhu, Gallery Nucleus curator, put the show together as a ‘love-fest’ for all things Street Fighter.  Several videos from the event and plenty of photos have appeared all over the Internet and the gallery sold over 50% of the artwork on display.

COIN-OP TV hosts Rob Welkner and Hailey Bright ventured out to Claremont, California, once again to experience the fun of the SC3 Arcade/Retro gamer night party hosted by Steve Hertz.  Steve hosts this party twice a year, once in the spring and again in the fall.  The party is an old school backyard extravaganza in which Steve rolls out about 40 classic arcade games on freeplay with tables set up for retro consoles like the Vectrex, Commodore 64 and the Atari 2600.  Two of the bigger attractions this year were the rare classic arcade game Turkey Shoot and even more rare prototype of The Act brought in by a local collector Damon. Hailey Bright of COIN-OP TV (along with help from Hogan Carter) shot interviews and took plenty of pictures to share from the event.  Mike from www.ChaseTheChuckWagon.com held a raffle in which he gave away over $1,000 worth of retro games and consoles, the Rock Band room was full the entire night and the small vendor section proved to be a worth of value to all!  We had SC3 organizer Steve Hertz as a guest on COIN-OP TV LIVE episode 303 (http://www.thestream.tv/watch.php?v=1313).  For more information on their next event go to their official MySpace page here: www.myspace.com/sc3videogames

Game Time Philly Ballers Club - Madden Tournament 2009 coverage from TheStream.TV The Collective members Justin & Emma for COIN-OP TV. Emma interviews players Dynasty and sixallday with an insiders look at the event and the people involved!

Hailey Bright (COIN-OP TV) at the Mutant Chronicles Los Angeles Premiere. Interviews with Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki, Anna Walton, Jack Finney and director Simon Hunter.

The Nintendo DSi promises to usher in a new era of personalization and sharing so we at COIN-OP TV were curious to see what exciting things were planned for the midnight launch at the Citywalk Gamestop. Much like midnight launches in the past, Citywalk had a stage with G4tv Attack of the Show host Kevin Pereira helping MC the precedings, Jon Gibson hosted the i am 8-bit artist spotlight and there were plenty of chances to demo the new Nintendo DSi and grab cool swag their street team.Footage includes interviews with David Young of Nintendo, Tony Bartel from Gamestop and performance footage from Gym Class Heroes.

Pinball collector Wade Krause and artist Dirty Donny interview from California Extreme about their one-of-a-kind pinball machine tribute to the band The Hellacopters. Find out how the two connected on this project and what makes this pinball machine special.

COIN-OP TV hosts Robert Welkner and Hailey Bright celebrate the winter season in style with some friendly and silly ice skating in Culver City, CA.  With our friends Hogan and Laura in the mix as well.  Smooth as ice!

Spike TV's Video Game Awards 2008 - Red Carpet with Hailey Bright of COIN-OP TV. Interviews with celebrities like Neil Patrick Harris, 50 Cent, Tony Hawk and The All-American Rejects. Also interviews with game developers Alex Evans (Little Big Planet) and Ted Price (Insomniac Games).

COIN-OP TV interviews Bayonetta (Sega) producer Yusuke Hashimoto.  An inside look at why this game is a highly anticipated release in 2009.

Hailey Bright from COIN-OP TV caught up with Miss Horrorfest (Mistress Malice) from the popular indie horror film franchise 8 Films To Die For (After Dark Films) at the San Diego Comic-Con 2008. Find out if her rise to stardom has kept a chill in her bones or not!

Robert Welkner from COIN-OP TV at the Spike TV’s Scream 2008 Awards red carpet! Interviews and coverage with celebrities Stan Lee (Marvel Comics), Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Ozzy Osbourne, Seann William Scott (American Pie), Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) and a bunch more!

Steve Wiebe, who received fame from movie The King of Kong, interview at the E For All Expo 2008. Find out if fame and fortune have changed one of the most famous Donkey Kong players!