We’re currently working on the design of our HG 2.0 system as described in an earlier post on this blog. You guys are going to be the ones using this system, so we’d like feedback from you guys as far as what features you’d like to see on it. Drop by the Outside Discussions thread to let us know, anything would be very much appreciated!
Hey all, I just wanted to wish everyone happy holidays. Of course, the date of this posting is prompted by the holiday that I celebrate, Christmas…but HeavenGames has people from all over the world from many backgrounds that have holiday celebrations at this time, so happy holidays!
And now, my Holiday gift to everyone:
It’s been a while since things started rolling with changes at HG, so I thought it’d be good to let you all know of some of the things that have been going on.
First of all, we’ve filled all of the Department Head positions except Art, as follows:What have those guys been up to? Well, all kinds of stuff! Brad4321 at Business Development is busy working with the Seraphs to figure out what kinds of things their respective sites need with respect to asset/event support from developers. He’s also working on our pitches to various companies concerning content bundling and beta testing. Elpea has been work giving our dedicated Seraphs feedback about their sites and is working on redesigning HG Main into a page that covers gaming in general rather than just serving as an HG news feed. More details on that will come when the plan has been hammered out. Avidwriter has set up our Myspace page, definitely add it on our friends list! He’s also setting up a list of contacts for various news outlets (such as PC Gamer, Wired, etc) we can send news about HeavenGames happenings to.
These happenings are just a slice of what’s been going on at HeavenGames, and hopefully things will pick up even more when all of our department head positions are filled and everyone’s totally settled in (and finals are over, woo!).
As far as the design for HeavenGames’ content automated system, we’re still busy hammering out the details. Expect a post in the forums soon about getting feedback from you guys, since you’ll be the ones using it! In the meantime, if you have any suggestion, definitely send them to me via email.
Is that it? Well…almost. I need to tell everyone one more thing: 
About a week ago, HG staffers Elpea & Atzy, along with show guest Cheesewiz (HG Seraph from WICH), recorded the first HG podcast. This was intended to be a test of our capabilities and logistics (how to record from Skype, how to do it when your guests span two hemispheres, etc.), and was never intended to be released. However, after getting a lot of positive feedback and learning a lot of lessons, we were encouraged to release the very first episode.
We’re working on future episodes (in fact we finished recording the second one today, but there’s still a lot of editing to do), and we would like to hear from you on what you like and don’t like, as well as ideas and suggestions for upcoming podcasts. Comments welcome 
So, with no further ado, here’s HG Podcast #1: The Pilot Episode (MP3, 19MB):
Show Outline: