The same guy that did the UK Wired Pony article wrote a new one for Forbes, dedicated to pony, Skyrim, and Sopa. On top of an already excellent piece on how Hasbro is dealing with our "little" demographic here, he also landed a full interview with Linda Steiner, the Executive Vice President for MLP at Hasbro. (She totally calls it "pony" too, they should just adopt that name!).
Both are excellent reads, so head on over to the article and give your eyes some love. It has been what, five days since the last episode? They could use it!
Looks like Kotaku did it too!
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mayor mare
ReplyDeleteinb4 first
ReplyDeleteaw yeah
ReplyDeleteSWEETNESS!
ReplyDeleteSweet let the reading BEGIN !
ReplyDeleteTime to use my eyes for something useful today
ReplyDeleteHeh, speaking of which...
ReplyDeletehttp://kotaku.com/5877516/skyrim-faces-the-greatest-threat-it-has-ever-seen-giant-friendship+breathing-ponies
Oh, goody! I love me a good news repirt/interview!
ReplyDelete@Howdy
ReplyDeletekewl
Pretty cool article, and the Flutterdragons are awesome.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had a game console and/or computer powerful enough to play Skyrim.
I pointed this out this morning and noted that Hasbro's stance on youtube episodes is that they are more after the HD ones that compete with the iTunes offerings.
ReplyDeleteWhich is completely fair on their part.
@Howdy
ReplyDeleteRPS, VG247 and Eurogamer also reported on the Mod this morning
Good article indeed. "Death on fluttery goldenrod wings" made me chuckle.
ReplyDelete@Masem
ReplyDelete...And?
yay.
ReplyDeletemaybe our kind of success can help keep things the way they are.
Four articles of "wow." That's what I've just read here. Pretty significant coverage of the series and the fandom. And they were pretty well written. They do concede that our following of My Little Pony unexpected, but they don't go after us like some of the other articles that are floating around out there. They did some research and even gave us some media to refer to. Thumbs up to them.
ReplyDeleteCool new banner
ReplyDeleteHappy 1 year anniversary
"This is why people want to ban genetic experimentation on animals, you know."
ReplyDeleteThat made me giggle. :P
But yeah, it's a great article that makes a lot of sense.
I still wonder why I like MLP.
ReplyDeleteIt really makes no sense. But, then again, it doesn't have to, because ponies.
Both articles were very amusing and informative. These Hasbro chaps have a phenomenal sense for responding to their prospective consumers.
ReplyDeleteTThe Linda interview was really cool. Nothing really new was said, but cool none the less.
ReplyDeleteReally interesting article, really lays out the level of magical thinking required to seriously believe SOPA or anything else could restore copyright protection to what that meant before the internet.
ReplyDelete@Masquerade
ReplyDeleteYou changed back from Guy-Ra?
@Masquerade
ReplyDeleteExactly. Because ponies.
Why? Because ponies.
ALL QUESTIONS SOLVED FOREVER.
@Masquerade Maybe the though sneaks into my mind. But therein lies the key phrase. Ponies just make sense. Simple as that.
ReplyDelete"We also need to feel our blood run cold at the sound of the beating of tiny pony wings over the frozen fields of Skyrim."
ReplyDeleteBest. Quote. Ever.
Why are ponies so addicting?
ReplyDeleteWHY?
I... must... look... away... from... the... screen!
NO....
PONIES PONIES PONIES
Well... I think that's a record.
ReplyDelete@Travis Smith
Eeyup. Guy-ra's great and all, but I've got to stay true to my name.
@Mysecsha & CityFlyer502
Exactly, because ponies.
@Masem
ReplyDeleteAnd Joystiq.
Here's the secret: honesty, kindness, laughter, generosity, loyalty, magic -- those are the things that make sense. It's the world that rejects them that's insane.
ReplyDeleteThis is so awesome! I saw this article on Forbes at school and was hesitant to click on it. I did anyways! Good article: pro pony, anti SOPA- What more could ya want?
ReplyDeletethat was a Great article and I didn't know that mod existed it looks just so cool
ReplyDelete@Masquerade
ReplyDeleteI wonder about it myself sometimes but then PONEEEEEEE
Haha 'have to feel our blood run cold', Fluttershy wouldn't do that to my Nord, would she? :O
ReplyDeleteHe makes a good point. If it wasn't for Fallout: Equestria I would never have gone to the shop and bought every Fallout pc game bar new vegas.
ReplyDeleteI refuse to give Kotaku money from my view, but the other article is good.
ReplyDeleteJust what I need for the dissertation essay that I'm doing, on the remix culture. Thanking you for the articles!
ReplyDeleteSee, that's how you do a well written, respectful article on the subject of the fandom. Well done, Forbes Writer.
ReplyDeletei love this guy's articles
ReplyDeletehe's supporting ponies and hating on SOPA
The writer made some great points. I love me some pony positivity, but I also love how he pointed out that "Flutterdragon" probably led to a lot of people purchasing Skyrim who might not have done so otherwise. And in turn, Hasbro gets some promotion for its biggest property (besides maybe Transformers). If I was the head of either side, I would be loving this just like they probably are.
ReplyDeleteGood article... It almost feels like the author's a Brony.
ReplyDelete"My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is currently showing on Cartoon Network's Boomerang channel boomerangtv.co.uk" what the heck?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments, all! I wouldn't claim to be a Brony myself - I don't think I've put in the hours - but I have enormous admiration for Lauren Faust and her team's ability, and am hugely impressed by the quantity and quality of the work produced by the Bronies and (and I hope I've got the terminology right) Pegastisters; also, from a relative outsider's perspective, the way that the community and the property are interacting is fascinating to watch.
ReplyDeleteif theres something im gonna hate its SOPA
ReplyDeleteWell now this bit was very interesting...
ReplyDelete"Hasbro has largely embraced the phenomenon. Uploads of the episodes to YouTube are largely ignored as long as they do not use or impinge on the high-definition versions sold through iTunes."
...I didn't stop to consider the quality of the episodes that got pulled, in that they probably don't mind people putting up logo'd TV quality recordings, but understandably have an issue with the stuff from the iTunes store being ripped and shared wholesale.
That... that is worth nothing but mad props, they condone low-scale sharing and only object to what *would* be considered high-scale pilfering. Hasbro may have just found that happy medium in this digital realm of copyrights, the proverbial "having your cake and eating too".
@Hawkeye92
ReplyDeleteYou not the only one ponies influenced to get into other things. Ponies got me into the Dresden Files and Doctor Who.
@Dyxid
Hopefully that is indeed the case. And if it is, hopefully that mindset spreads.
Best SOPA article I have ever read.
ReplyDeleteBest article period I have read in the past year or so.
"No doubt even as we speak some hardcore bronies are buying copies of Skyrim for the chance to be incinerated by the shy, animal-loving member of the ‘Friendship is Magic’ crew."
This is true. I want Skyrim SO BAD now! Times like this I hate owning a Mac. *Checks Steam page to see if they ported it yet*
Also a small mention over here:
ReplyDeletewww.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/01/19/unlock-your-inner-brony-in-skyrim/
Also a small mention over here:
ReplyDeletewww.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/01/19/unlock-your-inner-brony-in-skyrim/
Excellent article, just what I needed to wake up to (only problem is that now I want Skyrim!).
ReplyDelete@Dyxid
ReplyDeleteThis cheered me right up. I thought Hasbro has being strangely particular in what they took offline.
I do remember iTunes rips being prime targets for being taken down first.
You know...this makes me feel all kinds of warm fuzzies for Hasbro. I think more people absolutely need to hear this! :)
I still say we should strongly encourage folks to watch on The Hub and buy episodes legally, but it's cool that Hasbro also embraces the fandom so much. It's still so awesome to hear that they really love seeing the latest in fan content. :)
But... won't we have to kill Fluttershy now? :(
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