In 2005 I joined GameTap as the VP of Content. My job was to manage all the game licensing, original content production, and overall content strategy. One of my favorite parts of the job was the GameTap TV component. The idea behind it was to create video content that would expose users to games they may not have heard of or played by using video programming. It worked for the most part. We would create “pull” content like animated shorts or celebrity segments, and wrap game promos or game related programming around them.

The content we created ran the gamut from documentaries to game shows to news programs.

We even won several Emmys! (Tomb Raider and GameTap News)

ReVisioned: Activision 2600

After a year in the can, finally released via YouTube! Credits on the series include Mark Waid and Christos Gage. Dave Foley, Ed Begley Jr., and Nicole Sullivan provide the voice talent.

ReVisioned: Tomb Raider
An animated series based on, yes, Tomb Raider. We roped in mega comic luminaries like Warren Ellis, Jim Lee, Ivan Reis, Gail Simone, Brian Pulido, and a bunch of others. 10 episodes of Tomb Raider goodness. Below is a YouTube playlist of all 10 episodes. Pirated of course.

10 Years of Tomb Raider
I really loved working on this one. A globe spanning 10 part web documentary/1 hour broadcast doc, on Lara Croft. Coolest parts? Getting the live action Lara Croft actresses together for a latex clad photo shoot and seeing the Lara über fans. All 9 webisodes and the model shoot out takes below.

Webisodes

Model Shoot

Sonic Documentary
Arguably the most comprehensive documentary on the blue hedgehog, EVAR!

Retrospectives
Mini-Doc-In-A-Box. Basically mini-documentaries on series or career spanning subjects. Some great ones on Castlevania, Metal Slug and Street Fighter.

Tapped In
An even Minier-Doc-In-A-Box. Less spanning, more fun, than Retrospectives, but some great stories. We did one on Lord British that was AWESOME! Also some good ones on Yar’s Revenge and Psychonauts.

Computer Lab
This little gem was from the fine folks at Soup2Nuts, the people that did Home Movies on [adult swim]. A bunch of geeky, funny vignettes about a, yes, computer lab. My role was mainly, “Yes, I like that” or “No, I don’t like that” but it exists because of ME! Ha ha ha ha!

Day in the Extra Life
To be fair, I didn’t come up with the idea for this. Our ad agency did. But I got to produce a bunch of ‘em! Fun fun.