All About Live Streaming – PGA Event
Live broadcasting has become an integral part of the digital landscape in the form of live streaming to desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices. Technology platforms such as UStream, LiveStream, Justin.tv and Twitch.tv, and YouTube provide powerful tools for producers to reach eager (and massive) audiences. For example, the recent broadcast of RIOT! Games’ League […]
Pinion And Beyond Gaming Announce Massive Esports Events
At the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, CA, Pinion Tech and Beyond Gaming announced the new “Pinion Tournament System: Powered By Beyond Gaming” to bring massive esports events and prizes to the PC gaming community. With our partners at Beyond Gaming we’ll be the first to bring the tournament experience to community servers […]
How My Childhood Friend Became A CEO (and What You Can Learn From Him)
I have an older cousin who I worshipped when I was a kid. He would go on to teach me about punk rock (which I learned how to play), skateboarding (which I admired from afar), and a variety of other corruptions to my person. My cousin had a friend named Blaine Graboyes who was as […]
Multiple Producers, Multiple Platforms
Today’s producers are working on every platform including film, TV, social, games, mobile, events, comics, ARGs, and more. This panel features members from The Producers Guild (PGA) who will share the intimate details on the past, present, and future of producing for multi-platform distribution. Each presenter will discuss a similarly sized project (approximately $1MM budget) […]
QSR Prizes Driving Gamers to “Play For It!” in Online Competitions
TOLEDO, OH–(Marketwired – Sep 5, 2013) – Beyond Gaming, which hosts grassroots online competitions on its platform for hundreds of thousands of gamers, has quickly learned that gamers are passionate and motivated by real world prizes, especially QSR (Quick Service Restaurant) digital gift vouchers. In fact, on their proprietary “Play For It!” platform, both casual […]
Beyond Gaming Names Blaine Graboyes New CEO
Toledo, OH, January 8, 2013 – Beyond Gaming is proud to introduce Blaine Graboyes as the newCEO of the play-for-prizes service. Graboyes is an award-winning Executive Producer and Game Designer with nearly 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry. He has produced thousands of successful projects for dozens of top clients, including DreamWorks, Mattel, […]
Saving Lincoln – StoryCode Presentation
Presentation given by Blaine Graboyes at StoryCode (Lincoln Center) on September 19, 2012 about our use of Twitter to promote the indie film Saving Lincoln. Check out https://twitter.com/savinglincoln for the whole story. Saving Lincoln – StoryCode Presentation from Blaine Graboyes
Story Hackers Talk ‘Post-Apocalyptic Dating,’ Multi-Platform Performance And Plot
It may not be long before you hear a theater announcement, “The performance is about to begin. Please turn on all electronic devices.” Last weekend in New York City, StoryCode’s ”Story Hack:Beta” challenged an intriguing mix of artists and techies to erase the boundaries between old and new forms of storytelling during a 36-hour hackathon. […]
