It's Here!
After months of waiting, The Guild Season 4 finally hit YouTube today, so let the commenting, liking and sharing begin! Of course, many people have already watched the whole season on MSN and/or Xbox, but a surprising number of people don't watch there. They are in for a treat....! @theguild report that they will be releasing Season 4 episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, which means we'll be through the whole season in four weeks. That's great news for fans, but makes me wonder why they have chosen to do this. I'm going to hopefully speculate it's because we'll have something new to see soon enough (like Dragonage: Redemption, for instance?). But that is pure speculation.
Amazon.ca now shipping The Guild S4 DVDs!
And more good news today, in the form of an email from Amazon.ca:
Festival of The Sea, Anyone?
Tomorrow sees the penultimate episode of Season 4, but how about Episode 10 first?
I've reviewed on The Festival of The Sea on PinkRaygun.com. And, because I've been very preoccupied with preparations for VCON 35 in Vancouver this week, I decided to do a quiz. I wonder what score you will get? Only one way to find out!
Help needed - apply within!
I'm away in the big city for a few days for VCON 35 so my review of Episode 11, "Hostile Takeovers" will be delayed a little. Of course, if I had a bit of help reviewing Episode 11, it might be up before the Season Finale, and wouldn't that be awesome? So if you have any suggestions for crowd sourcing and want to offer your services let me know!
Hang on...so we can meet up this week in Vancouver??
Oh yes! If you are any where near Vancouver why not pop over to VCON 35 and find us, HigletFilms, on Artists Alley (we're under 'Registered Art Merchants' on the program). We will be promoting our new webseries, Mind My Brains, Darling! and will be there all three days. There might even be home-baked goodness for you...
And speaking of Mind My Brians...
The funding drive on Indiegogo is going brilliantly thanks some very generous people. We've been overwhelmed by the support, emails, tweets and message - THANK YOU ALL!!!!! As soon as we've recovered from VCON we'll be getting the sets made cracking on with the rest of the pre-production.
Reviewing The Guild
I've been reviewing all the episodes of Season 4 of The Guild over at PinkRaygun.com. If you haven't caught up with Episode 8 yet, here it is:
Season 4 is really stacking up to being the best season yet. The storylines, acting and sheer joy is hard to describe. But I've been trying! Here's all my reviews, for your reading pleasure:
Felicia tweeted the above last week. It's not because Season isn't doing well, but because it's easy to forget that some people aren't hanging around in Guild Chat on Monday at midnight waiting for the new epsiode to load:
It's up to us, as fans, to get the word out about The Guild. They don't have a fancy PR company, but they do have legions of fans. Every time you rate, comment, share and tweet about The Guild it helps make sure we'll be enjoying the team's work for a long time to come. Do your bit! Epsiode 9 is out on Tuesday, and you can find ALL Season 4 easily on The Guild's MSN Parallel Universe Channel. Let people know how much you enjoy it :)
I'm on a course!
...all week, so my review of S4 Ep6 on PinkRaygun.com will be slightly delayed. So let's mix it up a bit. Between now and Friday why don't you tell me your favourite bits of "Weird Respawn" and I'll include them in my review? Either leave a comment here or via Twitter. Got to go - bye for now!
The Guild Season 4 knocks it up a notch
If you haven't seen this week's episode, watch it now!
My full review of "Loot Envy" is on PinkRaygun.com, and you can find my reviews for the rest of Season 4 (plus all of Season 3) there, too. One of the things I talked about was the way The Guild is taking Season 4 in a new direction - and interacting with the fans in a whole new way.
There be spoilers ahead, mateys!
Cyd Sherman has a new job! Yes, our sometime Guild Leader has taken a step into the world of work and is now the social media hub of Cheesybeards. And not content with just playing out this new storyline as part of the weekly series, there is a new website, Facebook page and Twitter account for Cheesybeards. There is even a Yelp entry for Cheesybeards!
A C health rating is a good thing??
More interestingly still - Cyd's struggle to get bums on seats in Cheesybeards is being played out through these different websites right now. The Yelp entry above is from a not-very-satisfied customer how mentions the C health rating. 'Ollie C' (who must be Cyd since Ollie has never even turned his computer on) replies: "We worked really hard to get that C rating :("
And dealing with difficult customers has driven Cyd to complain about them on Twitter already:
I wonder who would ring from Brazil.....?
Having fun with Cyd
A quick look at Facebook, twitter and Yelp shows that fans are already enjoying dipping into the world of Cheesybeards and are being rewarded with replies. If you fancy doing your own Yelp review about the spicy wenches or asking about the cute redhead in the back office (which seems to be popular) then why not give it a go? Who knows how long Cyd will have this job...?
Season 4 Outlook: Epic with a side of gAArlic fries (or garrrrrrrrrrlic fries?)
This expansion of The Guild 'verse is a welcome new sideline but only part of what is going on this Season. Many fans are already saying this is their new favourite and it's hard not to agree (although I hate to pick a favourite). There are many other storylines going on - Zaboo vs his mum, Tink and Clara vs enterprise, Codex vs ho-baggertry - and plenty more. Who knows what will happen? And will we ever find out what 'incident' took the 'Sea's Bounty' off the menu?
The most tantalising part of the Cheesybeard's menu
Synchronise Watches! The Guild Season 4 is out....SOON!
EDIT: JULY 13TH IS THE GUILD SEASON 4 START DATE! See more details.
And so the principle fiming for The Guild Season 4 is now wrapped:
Sean Becker has also confirmed on Twitter that Epsiode 1 is now picture locked, so all systems are go for a July release. As soon as we have a confirmed date I will let you know. There is a lot of Convention and appearance news coming up so make sure you are tuned to @theguild and @FeliciaDay on Twitter.
More from The Guild Season 4 Behind The Scenes: Fawkes Handles!
The second episode of our new webseries is now out. As I put on HigletFilms.com site, we put in quite a few references to Dr Horrible plus Red Dwarf and The Two Ronnies. It didn't take long for people to work them out, so congratulations to @alalcoolj, @tonewaugh and @MrsSweeneyTodd
There are some sweet cameos this week so thanks to everyone involved (and The Guild for not setting George on us).
Greg Benson - One Hundred Million thank yous!
I spoke to Greg on Sunday and I'm putting the finishing touches to the interview now. Greg was very generous with his time and we talked about everything from his big break in Hollywood to eating brains - and lots of thing in between, including some of the questions you sent me. The interview will be out very soon so watch out for that. As ever, there will be a new Mediocre Films video out tomorrow, so make sure you are subscribed to them on YouTube (and for goodness sake go and watch the new Yeshmin video - it is truly a work of art!).
Celebrating Towel Day/Geek Pride Day with some Guildie Pride! Since it is Towel Day and Geek Pride Day, I thought I'd celebrate Felicia Day, too...
The Guild Season 3 DVD is now in the shops! Can we get a w00t? All the details are on WatchTheGuild.com, including information for international fans. There are so many extras on the DVD. Even if you've watched them on the internet a million times you'll want to get the DVD because there will be lots you haven't seen.
Cropped image from The Guild comic #3
The Guild Comic #3 is in shops tomorrow! I can't wait to find out what happens next. I'm having them delivered and #2 turned up last week and was instantly devoured by me (and hubby and oldest daughter..). You can get a sneak preview on ComicBookResources.com - it looks like another action-packed, emotion-wringing edition!
Into the third week of shooting for Season 4... And as you can see from the pictures on the WatchTheGuild Flickr stream (above) everyone has been working hard. The end is in sight and @theguild has confirmed via Twitter that Season 4 will be out in July!
Stop Press! You could still get lucky and receive an exclusive MP3 remix of "Broken Lullaby", the Goodnight Princess theme. See here for details - it's easy to enter!
AT LAST!
The Guild Season 3 DVD is now available on Amazon.com and sales are brisk. Okay, you might have seen them all on MSN/Xbox/iTunes already - but that isn't the same as owning your own DVD because there are so many extras you can't get elsewhere!! Felicia blogged about the DVD and there is a special Knights of Guild minicast where some fans (including yours truly) talk about each one of the extras. And no - I'm not telling you how access the special Easter Egg! But it's well worth breaking your remote to find it...
And if you're still not convinced you should buy it, consider this. Felicia has been experimenting with Buzz (the new Social Media whatnot from Google) and someone asked her whether the DVD was monetarily better than asking for donations. Her reply was this:
"Um Robert good question. But out of 5 million views on YouTube we only had 350ish donors for the first season. Unfortunately people sporadically donating 1-5 dollars on average at a time cannot fund a production, and then people only donate AFTER they see the episodes. The DVD is a very important part of our show, and we invest a lot of time and money to make it worthwhile to buy outside of the free episodes streaming. That way people get something tangible in exchange for their purchase/donation. I hope that answers your question! :)"
The comic series promises to show a different side to The Guild characters and I'm really looking forward to finding out more about what their lives are like outside of their Guild activities!
You can see some of the cast of The Guild LIVE tonight on uStream where they will be performing all manner of outrageous and hilarious Improvisations for our delectation. Tune in to their uStream channel and you can take part in the chat with some welcoming Guildies. It kicks off at 8:30 PM so see you there!
And don't forget there is Part 1 of Greg Aronowitz' series on how to make Codex' staff, with instructions, pictures and an hilarious video of Felicia Day (un)abling assisting Greg...
PS: Season 4 of The Guild....
No word yet about whether Season 4 is going to be funded by Xbox Live but....I think we'll be hearing soon. Fingers crossed! :)
