AUTOGRAPH SIGNING WITH THE GUILD CAST EVERY DAY at The Guild booth, #4201, listed under “Signal Fire Studios/The Guild.”
Wednesday Night, July 21
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 22
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Friday, July 23
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 24
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
3:15 p.m.- 5:00 p.m
Sunday, July 25
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY (NEW): Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em Improv Comedy show, 9pm (doors at 8:30pm), Lyceum Theatre 79 Horton Plaza, 92101.  Join Felicia Day, Sandeep Parikh, Jeff Lewis, Alex Albrecht, Tony Janning, Tara Perry and Brooke Seguin for the incredibly popular improv comedy show that’s been a huge hit in LA.  Tickets available here (Comic-Con badges not required).

THURSDAY: W00tstock, 7:30pm at live music venue 4th and B.  Join Paul and Storm, with Guild cast member Wil Wheaton and Adam Savage of Mythbusters for “three hours of geek and music.”  As Paul might say, it’ll be a “big huge blastie.”  Info (including the ever-expanding roster of awesome guests) is on w00tstock.net and tickets are available here (this will sell out! – Comic-Con badges not required).

FRIDAY: Panel, “Movies, TV, Comics, Web: Girls Gone Genre,” 5pm to 6pm, 24ABC, with a powerhouse lineup of producers/creators, including Felicia Day, Kathryn Immonen, Laeta Kalogridis, Marti Noxon, Melissa Rosenberg and Gail Simone.

SATURDAY: Panel, “The Guild,” 2pm to 3pm, Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton Bayfront hotel, Q&A with the cast, announcements and debut of new content.  There’s a Facebook event here if you’d like to use it as a reminder.

SATURDAY: “Celebrate the Web,” 4:15pm to 6:15pm, Bristol Hotel. Several web series will be screened, including a sketch from the Sean Becker & Jeff Lewis created “Jeff Lewis 5 Minute Comedy Hour” (FREE, Comic-Con badges not required).

SATURDAY (NEW): Signing, “Dollhouse,” 5pm to 5:45pm, Dark Horse Comics booth #2615, featuring Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Zack Ward and Felicia Day.

SATURDAY: Panel, “The Legend of Neil,” 7:30pm to 8:30pm, room 7ABC, with cast Tony Janning, Felicia Day, Mike Rose, Angie Hill, Eric Acosta, Scott Chernoff, and show creator Sandeep Parikh.

The Guild panel at 2009 Comic-Con

The Guild will be at Comic-Con!  We’re pleased to announce that we’ll have a booth, a panel, new merchandise and some surprises.  For the second year in a row, we’ll be sharing a booth, so you can find us listed in the exhibitor guide under “Signal Fire Studios/The Guild” and we’re at booth 4201.  We can confirm that, at this time, the entire cast of The Guild will be in attendance, and we will have at least one signing opportunity per day at the booth.

The Guild’s panel is scheduled for Saturday, July 24th from 2pm to 3pm in the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton Bayfront hotel, recently announced as one of the new official venues for Comic-Con.  After last year’s standing-room only panel, where we had to turn away several hundred fans, we asked for a larger room and the fine folks at Comic-Con were kind enough to honor that request – so big thanks to Comic-Con.  The panel will feature a Q&A with the cast along with the premiere of some new content from The Guild.  There will be more info and a complete schedule of Guild-related events posted as we get closer to the Con.  Join us on Twitter and Facebook for the most up to date info.

A few other events we’d like to mention:

• Felicia Day will be on a panel called “Movies, TV, Comics, Web:  Girls Gone Genre” on Friday, July 23rd from 5pm to 6pm in room 24ABC, with a powerhouse lineup of producers/creators, including Kathryn Immonen, Laeta Kalogridis, Marti Noxon, Melissa Rosenberg and Gail Simone.
• The Legend of Neil will have a panel on Saturday, July 24th from 7:30pm to 8:30pm in room 7AB with cast Tony Janning, Felicia Day, Mike Rose, Angie Hill, Eric Acosta,  Scott Chernoff, and show creator Sandeep Parikh. (EDIT: we previously listed 24ABC, but 7AB is the correct room)
• Our friends Paul and Storm, with Guild cast member Wil Wheaton and Adam Savage of Mythbusters are bringing their popular w00tstock to San Diego during Comic-Con on Thursday, July 22nd at 7:30pm at live music venue 4th and B.  All the info is on w00tstock.net and tickets are available here (this will sell out!).
• The next Celebrate the Web event will take place in San Diego in conjunction with Comic-Con on Saturday, July 24th at the Bristol Hotel with sessions at 4:15pm and 5:15pm (and mingle time before and after).  Several web series will be screened, including a sketch from the Sean Becker & Jeff Lewis created “Jeff Lewis 5 Minute Comedy Hour” (5minutehour.com).

<br/><a href="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-CA&#038;vid=ed36f5e6-10be-4663-8eda-82f9610b7a41" target="_new" title="&#39;The Guild&#39; Season 3 Recap: Auto-Tuned">Video: &#39;The Guild&#39; Season 3 Recap: Auto-Tuned</a>

Please share this with friends! And for more info about The Gregory Brothers, check them out on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.  They also have a debut EP called “Meet the Gregory Brothers” available via their website and iTunes.  And join us in our community forums (or in comments below) to discuss the Season 3 recap.  If you’d like to watch the previous season recaps, you can find them here: Season 1 and Season 2.  And yes, this video is our first official word on the release date for Season 4 – coming July 13th!

And coinciding with the release of The Guild #3, issue #2 is now live in the iTunes Store.  You can purchase issue #1 and issue #2 for 99 cents each, viewable on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.  Issue #3 should arrive to the iTunes store in about a month.

Again we’d like to state that the response to the comic has been amazing, proving once again that fans of The Guild are the best ever – thanks for all the support.  Felicia has blogged about how rewarding (if difficult) it was to extend the world of The Guild into a new medium, and all the cast has been thrilled to be depicted as comic book characters.  Join us in our forums to discuss the comic.  And if you’re a Guildie who is new to comic books (many of you told us you were), we direct you again to this insightful “Making of” feature from Dark Horse Comics that shows issue #1 in various stages.

Also, we’ve answered some frequently asked questions below

-The Guild management

Q: Just 3 issues, is that all?
For now, yes.  Dark Horse Comics has been a great partner, Felicia enjoyed writing the comic and the reviews from critics and fans was very positive.  If you would like to see more, the number one thing you can do is purchase the comics in print and via iTunes, because that speaks the loudest in terms of a business decision to produce more comics of The Guild.  In addition, you can contact Dark Horse and Felicia (via The Guild contact form) and let us know you want more of The Guild in comic form.

Q: Can I get the comics outside the US?
It depends.  We know that in the UK it’s available (check Forbidden Planet). Some online retailers in the US do have international shipping options.

Q: Will these 3 issues be compiled and released in graphic novel form?
There are no plans to at this time, but it might be a possibility in the future.

Q: Will the comic app work on my (Android/PC/non-iPhone-iPad-iPod) hardware or on another comic book reader?
No, it’s an app for the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch only.  If you’d like to encourage Dark Horse Comics to develop for other platforms, we suggest writing them via their contact form.

Season 3 DVD in stores now

The DVD of season 3 of The Guild arrives in retail stores today throughout the US and Canada.  The artwork and content is identical to the previous Amazon.com DVD released in February, except that the retail release is on a single disc.  Look for the DVD in FYE, Suncoast, Borders, Barnes and Noble and other fine retailers.  If your favorite retail store isn’t stocking it, ask them to!  If you pick up the DVD in a store, share your picture with us on Flickr, Twitter and/or Facebook.

Bonus features on the DVD include the “Do You Want to Date My Avatar” Music Video, The Making of “Do You Want to Date My Avatar,”  the Halloween episode, Guild Applicant Rejects, How to Build Vork’s Sword, Audio Commentary with the Cast, Audio Commentary with the Creator, Director and Producer, Axis of Anarchy Interviews, Gag Reels, PDF of Script, Play All Feature and English Subtitles.  The DVD is NTSC format, region 1 and is distributed by New Video.

NOTE: For you International fans, we are still working on getting DVD releases out for non-North America regions.  We’ll keep you posted.  Amazon.de is currently carrying Seasons 1-3 (region-free NTSC, imported).

Thanks for your support!
-The Guild Management

Season 3 is currently available on DVD exclusively in stores at FYE, Coconuts, Wherehouse and Suncoast.

NOTE: This in-store appearance was originally scheduled for Wednesday, May 19 but a change in the production schedule for Season 4 required this rescheduling.  Apologies to the fans and to the store – and thanks for your patience!

Address & Map Link:

SUNCOAST MOVIES
DEL AMO FASHION SQUARE
21712 HAWTHORNE BLVD
TORRANCE, CA  90503
Google Maps Link

Dark Horse Comics alerted us to the fact that due to a distributor glitch, stores in NY, PA, MI, parts of TX and MO, and most of Canada did not receive issue #2 yesterday but will be getting it next week.  They also announced the release of issue #1 as an iTunes App, so you can now enjoy the comic for 99 cents on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.  Here’s the link to the iTunes Store. Dark Horse will release each of the three issues to iTunes, about a month after the print version (exact dates are hard to know, since iTunes has an approval process which affects the release, but we’ll keep you posted).

Pick up your copy from your local comic shop, or buy online from Things from Another World or any number of online retailers.

If you just can’t get enough of the comic, here are some additional links for your enjoyment: Felicia’s blog entry about issue #2, a quick interview with Felicia by Dark Horse, and a cool “Making of” feature that shows issue #1 in various stages of production.

-The Guild management

Felicia is putting the finishing touches on the script for Season 4, which will pick up where Season 3 left off.  Pre-production is underway, keeping producer Kim Evey and Streamy Award winning director Sean Becker very busy as cameras are set to roll sometime in May.  Seasons 1 through 3 are currently available on watchtheguild.com, iTunes, Amazon and YouTube.

Microsoft has sponsored The Guild since season 2.  The Guild thanks Microsoft – along with all the fans – for continued support of the show.

-The Guild management

Although the show isn’t real, a ton of hard work went into orchestrating this elaborate prank. Extra special thanks goes to Greg Aronowitz and his animation team for doing 3 months of work in 3 weeks, Paul and Storm for writing a theme song so catchy that only death will get it out of our heads and Marc Hustvedt and Jenni Powell at Tubefilter for writing hilariously convincing articles that kept some of our fanbase guessing!  The full credits have been added to the “more info” box on YouTube. And there are a few behind the scenes photos on The Guild’s Flickr page.

The reactions to this ran the whole spectrum, from “this is awful” to “this is amazing” and from “please be an April Fool’s joke” to “I hope this ISN’T a joke.” We appreciate all the comments and discussion and encourage you to continue discussing them in the comments of the video on YouTube.

And for those of you wondering about Season 4, don’t worry, it’s coming.  We’ll have some announcements coming soon. Here’s the video from yesterday in case you missed it (bonus! we uploaded a deleted scene of Vork’s monkey for those of you that want more Lil’ Guildies):

-The Guild Management

We’ll post more details as soon as we are allowed to (or as soon as we make another mistake that leaks top secret project info!), but for now, you can read Jenni Powell’s exclusive write up on Tubefilter, watch the opening credits sequence on YouTube, and discuss the new development in Guild Chat or on our discussion boards.  Here’s the clip:

Special thanks to the fabulous Paul and Storm (website, twitter) who created the theme song and Greg Aronowitz (blog, twitter) who is leading the project.  Behind the scenes photo below of Greg working on the animation.

Thanks,

The Guild Management

First, on Monday, January 25th, The Guild seasons 1 through 3 will be available for purchase on iTunes for the first time!  Because of the short length of our episodes, on iTunes they will sell as bundles of 2-3 episodes (each approximately 10 minutes in length) so it’s a bit confusing at first glance, but all the episodes are there, we promise! (See the end of this post for the complete iTunes episodes listing, and here’s the link to iTunes).

Season 1 will be available in standard definition for $0.99 per iTunes episode bundle or $2.97 for the full season of 10 episodes.  The first episode bundle from Season 1 (episodes 1-3) will be available for FREE download.

Seasons 2 and 3 will be available in both standard and high definition, priced at $0.99 per episode bundle (SD) or $1.99 per episode bundle (HD).  Full “Season passes” are $5.99 (SD) or $9.99 (HD).  Note: The iTunes downloads are episodes only.  Downloads are US and Canada only, with a UK release coming soon.

As an exclusive bonus, the iTunes Season 3 Season Pass will include the free bonus extra: “Tips on Making a Web Series” with producer Kim Evey, director Sean Becker and creator Felicia Day.   The three answer questions, submitted by fans through Twitter and our website, about how to make a web series.  Er, the title explains it all

Then, on Tuesday, February 15th, Season 3 arrives on DVD exclusively on Amazon.com with a retail price of $14.95!

Bonus features on the DVD include “Do You Want to Date My Avatar” Music Video, The Making of “Do You Want to Date My Avatar,”  the Halloween episode, Guild Applicant Rejects, How to Build Vork’s Sword, Audio Commentary with the Cast, Audio Commentary with the Creator, Director and Producer, Axis of Anarchy Interviews, Gag Reels, PDF of Script, Play All Feature and English Subtitles.  The Amazon.com DVD release comes on two DVD-R discs by Amazon’s Create Space, and is NTSC format, region-free.

Later in the spring, Season 3 will be released to YouTube and to retail stores via a DVD from New Video (with identical content and cover art but on a single disc).

Lastly, on February 1 you will be able to watch all of Season 1 or Season 2 on Netflix.  All episodes have been edited together with only beginning and ending credits, so you can watch them like continuous movie, like the “Play All” DVD feature.

Whew, that’s all for now.  We know you’re impatient for Season 4, we are working as quickly as we can on it, promise!  More info to come as soon as we have it.

Thanks so much for your support!
The Guild Management

‘The Guild’ on iTunes Episode/Episode Bundles list:

Season 1 Episode Bundles:
Episode 1: Wake up Call – Zaboo’d – The Macro Problem (FREE ON ITUNES)
Episode 2: Cheesybeards – Rather Be Raiding
Episode 3: Total Wipe – Home Invasion – Tipping Point
Episode 4: Owning Bladezz – Boss Fight

Season 2 Episode Bundles:
Episode 1: Link the Loot – Block’d
Episode 2: Quest Accepted! – Heroic Encounter
Episode 3: Sacking Up – Blow Out
Episode 4: Panic Attack – Emergency!
Episode 5: Grouping Up – Socializing Sucks
Episode 6: Collision Course – Fight!

Season 3 Episode Bundles:
Episode 1: Expansion Time – Anarchy!
Episode 2: Player Down – Get it Back!
Episode 3: Application’d = Newbtastic
Episode 4: Coping and Stuff – +10 to Bravery
Episode 5: Wit’s End – The Return!
Episode 6: LAN Off – Hero
Tips on Making a Web Series (FREE WITH SEASON)

There are series submissions and individual ones.  Here are the SERIES submission categories (and link to the page):

Best Comedy Webseries – The Guild, http://www.watchtheguild.com
Best Ensemble Cast in a Webseries – The Guild, http://www.watchtheguild.com

Please vote for The Guild in these categories.

And here are the INDIVIDUAL submission categories (and link to the page):

Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series – Sean Becker
Best Writing for Comedy Web Series – Felicia Day
Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series – Vincent Caso / Jeff Lewis / Sandeep Parikh
Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series – Felicia Day / Amy Okuda / Robin Thorsen
Best Guest Star in a Web Series – Wil Wheaton / Michele Boyd / Brett Sheridan
Best Editing in a Web Series – Sean Becker
Best Cinematography – John Schmidt
Best Art Direction – Tyler Robinson
Best Original Music – Eanan Patterson, Don Schiff

Please vote for The Guild cast and crew in these categories.

Thank you so much for taking time to do this, and for your continued support of ‘The Guild!’

elle

So check out this book and know that all proceeds from its sale go to Oprah’s Angel Network. Jeon chose this organization because Oprah matches all administrative costs so none of your money goes to overhead. The Network also fosters leadership in young people, builds and reforms schools, helps orphans and other unfortunate people. So get this book, and feel good about being a gamer and helping the world!

On Friday, October 16 at 8pm at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, 6712 Hollywood Boulevard.  Location and more info on the American Cinematheque website (they’re the non-profit org that programs the Egyptian).  Tickets are $10 and available online via Fandango.

Part of season 2 of ‘The Guild’ will be screened.  Confirmed cast in attendance are Vincent Caso, Felicia Day, Amy Okuda and Sandeep Parikh.  The folks at American Cinematheque are working on arranging a panel/Q&A with Guild and Dr. Horrible cast/creators, details to come.

On Friday, October 30 at 8pm, Whedonopolis presents the 2nd Annual Halloween Charity Screening of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and The Guild.  Details on Whedonopolis.com – tickets are $20 and the event benefits Kids Need to Read.

Today marks the release of the new Season 1 and Season 2 DVD release.  While the individual seasons have been available from us at conventions or on Amazon.com, this release is exciting because it means The Guild is now in retail stores!

The content on the discs is exactly the same as the previous DVD releases, the only difference is this release packages both DVDs in one case, there’s new packaging artwork and there’s a bonus “Note from Felicia” inside.  As of this post, the confirmed retail outlets that will be carrying this are FYE, Suncoast and Coconuts.  Check your local retailer, too, as they may be stocking it – and if they aren’t, ask them to!  Oh, and Netflix users, you can help us by posting a review of the DVD and adding it to your queue – this will help encourage Netflix to add the discs to their inventory.  Here’s the Netflix link.

We’re celebrating the release of this DVD with a contest – please post a photo of yourself purchasing this DVD in a retail store today (9/29) and we’ll pick 10 winning pictures to receive an autographed DVD.  You can either post your picture to our Facebook page as a Fan Photo (here’s the link) or post to Twitter with the hashtag #myguilddvd. (Note: we reserve the right to pick the winners at random if there are too many entries!).  Contest ends at midnight Pacific Time.

That’s where you come in! We’re asking for fan questions on the subject. You can submit your questions three ways:

1) Post a comment here (this post)

2) Tweet your question with the hashtag #guildquestion

3) Reply to the Facebook discussion thread that we’ve started.

Submit your questions no later than Oct. 4, 2009 and we’ll pick some to use.

Thanks,

Felicia, Kim & Sean

PAX:  Season 2 Screening, Friday night 9:00 – 10:30 in Unicorn Theater

PAX: Panel “The Making of a Hit Web Show,” Saturday 5:30-6:30, Raven Theater.  Join Producer Kim Evey, Jeff Lewis, Sandeep Parikh and Tony Janning of Sandeep’s “Legend of Neil” to pick the brains behind “The Guild” and “Legend of Neil.”

PAX: Legend of Neil Screening & Panel, Saturday night 9:00 – 10:30 in Unicorn Theater

<br/><a href="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&#038;vid=6f31eb66-4360-439a-ad62-f2bdf28f550e" target="_new" title="Season 3 - Episode 1: Expansion Time">Video: Season 3 &#8211; Episode 1: Expansion Time</a>

Episode 2 will be up across all platforms; Xbox, MSN and Zune, starting next week for the 12 week season run.

Please go to our community site, Facebook page or Tweet @theguild if you have feedback, we love to hear from you! Zune downloads will be available today as well, and Xbox silver members can download in HD as well. Enjoy!

Edit [Thanks Dani!]:
Here is our community Season 3 Episode 1 discussion post, Zune link and Xbox link. Apologies if these links do not work in your regions.

We are lucky enough to be able to offer you the song for purchase, so to support us, you can get it at the following places:
Amazon MP3 (Also available in international Amazon stores)
iTunes MP3 (Also available in international iTunes stores)
iTunes Video
The song will also be offer on eMusic, Napster, Rhapsody, Amie St., LimeWire, Lala and the Nokia Music stores. Check your favorite place, they should have it!

You can also get it for free from:
Xbox Live Marketplace
Zune Marketplace (Video in HD!)
Streaming on MSN

And if you would, please embed, favorite and rate our video. We’d love it if everyone, including new people who are finding the show through your ratings, could enjoy
<a href=”http://videoguide.msn.com/play/?g=601e493a-9f80-4d4e-ad8c-62962c3c5add” mce_href=”http://videoguide.msn.com/play/?g=601e493a-9f80-4d4e-ad8c-62962c3c5add” target=”_new” title=”The Guild: “Do You Want To Date My Avatar?”">Video: The Guild: “Do You Want To Date My Avatar?”</a>

EDIT:
Per request we are posting the lyrics to the song!
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY FELICIA DAY AND JED WHEDON

LYRICS:
Hang with me in my MMO
So many places we can go
You’ll never see my actual face
Our love, our love will be in a virtual space

I’m craving to emote with you
So many animations I can do
Be anything you want me to be
Come on, come on, share a potion with me

CHORUS:
Do you wanna date my Avatar
She’s a star
And she’s hotter than reality by far
Wanna date my Avatar?

You can type commands
I’ve got slots for what I hold in my hands
Don’t care what’s in your character bank
How ‘bout, How ‘bout a little tank and spank

Grab your mouse and stroke the keys
Here in cyberspace there’s no disease
Pick a time, send a tell to me
Just pay, just pay a small subscription fee

CHORUS

Single white human,
Looking for group
My stats so high
Don’t be out of the loop

Got an uber-leet staff
That you can equip
Close your mouths ladies
This is pure nerd-nip

I’m a pixel-based fantasy
A man who is stoic
I hack and slash
Who the heck’s more heroic?

Check me out:
Cloth armor
Fits me like a glove
Just twitta a time
And I’m ready for love

Hang with me in my MMO
So many places we can go
I’m better than a real world quest
You’ll touch, my plus 5 to dexterity vest

What role do you wanna play
I’m just a click away night or day
And if you think I’m not the one
Log off, Log off and we’ll be done

Thank you so much and stay tuned for Season 3 rollout, just around the corner! August 25th on Xbox Live and September 1rst on MSN/ZUNE!

The Guild Management

We are pleased to announce that the whole cast will once again be making a live appearance at this year’s BlizzCon! Taking place next week, August 21rst and 22nd in Anaheim, CA, we will be participating in a discussion panel and chatting with attendees about all aspects of the show at our bigger and badder booth! We’ll have DVDs and pictures with us for sale, and will show some exclusive content, so please stop by if you’re there and say hello!

Check for more info at Blizzcon.com or WorldOfWarcraft.com.