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Here at EoN we have always supported the indie market. From indie movies to especially indie games, the small time guys with a ton of talent have made some incredible stuff that not many get to see and play. Since our start we have hired a writer who specializes in and loves the indie game scene; he has been a huge part of our project to bring some exposure to the lesser known games out there. There is a wide and expansive collection of independent titles out there in the world, and one of our goals is to help bring some exposure to what we can, along with our topical (not always) discussion on the mainstream side of the entertainment industry.
Let me take this opportunity to introduce new readers who have come due to the offering of free stuff, to tell you what the purpose of this all is by first explaining the vision of this site (since we are quite new to the whole thing).
East of Nowhere is a collaborative effort started by entertainment lover and critic Brendon Nutt, and comic artist Chuck Conary. Brendon (thats me!) has followed the gaming and movie industry since childhood, and has always anspired to be involved with the business in one way or another. A starving writer (not really, I’m doing okay) and a huge fan of all things entertainment (not Paris Hilton), he has come together with a good friend of his, the talented, but sometimes lazy illustrator, Chuck, to collectively attempt to bring something to those that share their love and passion for what has entertained them throughout their lives.
Since EoN is made up of a small group of writers (and an artist) along with the occasional guest author (always looking, hit us up in e-mail if you want to guest post), we realize that being on-top of news just isn’t going to be our thing. Instead, the direction of East of Nowhere is to create a community of fans of television shows, video games, movies, or just nerd life in general and present reviews and conversational and analytical editorials about the things we love. There is no one more passionate about something than a fan, and that is what we strive to do; entertain and create topics of conversation about all those things we enjoy (along with build up a collection of reviews to one day be seen as a source of reliable criticisms on new projects… and build connections, reviews build connections).
We are new to all this being out on our own, creating new content and working our assess off on providing you, our readers, with something of value. From a webcomic, to reviews, to editorials and articles, we work ourselves to try and create an atmosphere of fandom and community. So, why a contest?
Make it rain!... modest prizes.
Well, thanks to the innovative minds at the video game publishing company Rockin’ Android, we have been given the opportunity to run a contest. Our reviews of a few of the games they have made available for PSN and Steam have caught their attention, and they have given us the resources to run our very first contest! Rockin’ Android is best known for localizing the great indie games of Japan to the states by translating and sometimes remixing the games, as well as giving them a wider release. They are a company who supports the indie market fully, and has released some fantastic games for us, the American audience, to enjoy.
They have supplied us with the prizes to give all of you, in exchange for participating in this contest. So, since this is our first one, and we are a fairly new site. We here at EoN decided to have the readers work with us to help make this site a better place for them. That’s right, not only do we want to hear from you and get your ideas, we want to give you stuff for helping make us a better place for all of you. I think the best thing we can do now is lay out the prizes, then talk about how to enter, and wrap it all up with the thing everyone hates: Rules.
Thanks to Rockin’ Android our main prize is a full copy of their big title release, Gundemonium Collection. This is a classic SHMUP (Shoot em’ Up) game that is a ton of fun, and comes as part of a new sub-genre within the SHMUP formula known as “Bullet Hell.” It is a great collection that includes three inventive and fun as hell games from the mind of the one man Japanese developer, Platine Dispositif.
The Gundemonium Collection includes all three games in the series:
Gundemonium Recollection
GundeadliGne
Hitogata Happa
All three of the games will be reviewed on this site, so make sure to check them out as I get through them. So far, expect to have many hours sucked away from your life as the gameplay becomes quickly addictive. Winners will receive free access codes for the steam version of the game on PC, and there will be one more prize on-top of this for the grand prize winner.
Grand Prize Winner Will Get:
The Grand Prize winner will get to select what they want, and the prize value will differ depending upon how successful this contest is (let us put it this way, the prize value starts at 15 dollars, expect to hear updates as this picks up steam). The more contestants we get, the bigger the grand prize. Now on to the contest itself, followed by rules and how prizes can be won.
The contest is simple, we want to hear from all of you. There are many things you can do, and since we have 2 different types of prizes to give away, there will be a couple of ways to enter.
1. Comment here on the contest post with comments about:
2. Comment on one of our posts:
3. Tweet about the contest
That’s about it folks. Help us help you. By supporting our work, and helping us create better content for fans of entertainment, we may be able to hold more contests like this and better our craft at giving all of you something worth reading.
With three different ways to enter, that’s three different chances to put your name into the drawing for the main prize of a free copy of the Gundemonium Collection. Each entry from comment posts, comments on this post, and tweets will all go into a drawing for 1 of 6 available codes.
The Grand Prize, on the other hand, will be selected by the staff. The individual that contributed the best ideas, comments, and helped support us and our growth through this contest will be selected for this prize.
So, let’s get some ideas rolling. That is up to 3 entries for the random draw of a free copy of the Gundemonium Collection (5 possible winners) and as many entries as you want for the 1 selected winner for the grand prize (Gundemonium Collection, and a prize of your choice from the options listed in the prize list; Value to stack as more people enter). That makes it both easy to enter, with multiple ways to enter, and a grand prize given for those that put in the effort to really support what we are working towards, and that’s giving the community a site that supports them.
Grand Prize - @DanDlionRo
Free Game Winners:
1 – Nina Mustang
2 - @fadedispirit
3 – Joseph Cortez
4 – @EmpressDonna
5 – @Fox Synergy
Those with e-mails provided have been contacted, Twitter contacts have been sent private message. If for whatever reason you have not received any e-mail, feel free to contact us via e-mail or on twitter and we will get back to you.
