Nerd Poker
Obsessive readers of this blog may have noticed that I have mentioned a few times on here that there's a group of friends I play Xbox Live games with on a regular basis.
Today the LA Times took notice and wrote an article about our little group, which we call Nerd Poker, and how it's kind of a new generation of Hollywood networking -- meeting people who you'll do business with while fragging them, rather than over drinks or
golf or good old fashioned non-nerd poker. I think it's a fun piece even if you don't give a sh*t about what I do with my time, so I highly recommend taking a look.
That photo, stolen from the LAT story is (L to R) my friends and fellow Nerd Poker founders Derek Douglas (a videogame agent at William Morris), me, Misher Films executive Kevin Chang, and screenwriter Justin Marks (who has done several guest posts on this blog). That's my living room (hopefully with nothing in the background that gives away my address to those still bitter about my "Super Mario Galaxy" review of "Colonization" comments) and that pile of games on top of the TV is mine (I had to put up "Gears" since it's mentioned in the story that we play it a lot and for the other one, I figured I might as well take the the opportunity to promote a really good game like "The Orange Box." And I didn't even realize at the time but you can see my Rock Band/Guitar Hero instruments in the back corner).
A few of you may remember that I wrote a more personal story about Nerd Poker last year for Variety. But this LAT story is much more objective and also, since it's written for a mass market newspaper, accessible for non-gamers and non-Hollywood types.
Chris Morris reports on the business and culture of video games and offers analysis of recent events and industry trends.
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Posted by: jim | March 01, 2009 at 03:04 PM
I also like how you posed for a photo. Journalism!
Posted by: Tinkerbell | August 29, 2008 at 03:02 PM
That couch came from Levitz, thank you very much!
Posted by: Ben Fritz | August 28, 2008 at 03:33 PM
Nice IKEA furniture.
Posted by: Tinkerbell | August 28, 2008 at 03:03 PM
We don't have a public site for the group, as it's a relatively private thing. But if you want more info, you can always email me: ben-dot-fritz-at-variety-dot-com
Posted by: Ben Fritz | August 26, 2008 at 01:35 PM
Very cool - need a fifth (or is it 96 now)?
Posted by: Alex Keen | August 26, 2008 at 11:16 AM
I found the article quite interesting. Grown Up Gamers are doing a lot of active work to carve out quality interaction zones, I've observed.
The article doesn't mention any URLs for more information on the group. Is there any public place for that?
Posted by: Eudaimo | August 26, 2008 at 10:48 AM