Overly Positive

Ah, the convenience of posting from a Blackberry. Isn’t technology grand?

Anyway, in case you didn’t catch it a couple nights ago, Food Network show Ace of Cakes broadcast a show highlighting the Squig cake that was made for Warhammer Online. Master chef Duff made frequent references to this being “the best cake ever”, and it shows.

Putting aside game-related topics about WAR for a moment, this was really great to see for a variety of reasons. First, as always, its great to see mainstream coverage of games that doesn’t relate to some dude who played so long they sprained their groin somehow. The genuine enjoyment that the Warhammer fandom had for Duff’s creation was definitely obvious, and more than that it was clear that this wasn’t some kind of novelty or anything different in terms of clientele. Gamers and revs were seen not as some strange freaks of nature (though there were times the Squig scared the crew) but as just another audience for Charm City Cakes to demonstrate their talent.

There was also the outreach to a different bunch of folks as well. Of all the places for something as geeky as WAR to get more publicity, the Food Network is not a place you’d think of. It’s one thing to get a nod in the news, but entirely another to get a food item made out of something that is definitely fantasy geek chic. The opportunity this might create for other game devs and their fans is neat and exciting (Darth Vader cake anyone?).

Since I was Press at Games Day Baltimore for Curse, I got a chance to have a piece of Squig cake, and let me tell you – the cake just didn’t look good, it tasted damn good as well. Charm City cakes deserve their show and their reputation, and it was great for WAR and Mythic to benefit from it.