Last Call!
The demo does include an early version of the arcade sequence. (There's a
few spots where an old bitmap was used by accident – they were re-rendered
for the final. And this version doesn't have the audio track which was
added by the client.)
Nope, it was made for an interactive cable show here in SF this last
week. (I guess they used the arcade sequence as the intro to the
'Next Step' portion of the local news. [Richard Hart – who does the
Next Step show which airs on the Discovery channel at 10:30 Tuesdays
– is a local reporter for KRON, and he covered the interactive cable
show.] I missed the report :^(, but according to what I heard, they
used it as the teaser in the evening news intro, and for the open and
close of the report on the interactive cable show. It ended up being
shown about 4 times during the report. (I bet that made my client
happy! :^) I really wish I'd caught it on tape, but there's a chance
I can get a copy from the guy who was telling me about it. (Maybe
it'll be on the Next Step show they produce for the Discovery Channel
– I don't know if anyone caught it, but they did a GREAT report on
NewTek about 3-4 weeks ago. It was surprisingly upbeat, considering
the appearant Mac-centricity of their coverage up 'til then.)
A movie by the name of 'Arcade'? Hadn't heard of it. (Though if they need
graphics guys, I'm ALWAYS available for film jobs. :^)
Keep On Toastin'
Erik Flom