ABOUT
Damian Lacedaemion is not your average talk show host.
He lives inside an online game where daily existence is a struggle against overwhelming odds (and other, much better players.) So he has taken it upon himself to create a little oasis of sanity where he can talk to people who aren’t bent on his destruction. He invites guests to join him in a live game where they can walk about and discuss some of the finer aspects of life, music, art, movies and yes, even games. He is joined by Fyberoptik, his usually faithful Chief of Security, and hardest-working stage manager in machinima, MC Aero.
Once the fighting is done and the guests are blue in the face, the Solid Steel Mantis Dancers are there to shake their avatars to the latest chiptune music, booming out of DJ Octobit’s New Mombassa sound system.
“This Spartan Life is Genius” — Cory Doctorow, Boingboing.net
“I really don’t see the need for making a real Halo movie when machinima is this good (Peter Jackson, you’re wasting your time big time.)” — Ludology.org
“…This is real entertainment, weird, smart and very funny.” — Troy Young, ThreeMinds.organic.com
“A mash-up of The Charlie Rose Show and Doom.” — Wired Magazine
TV & Video
NextGen (French TV), March 28, 2008. View online.
EGM, August 2007. Electronic Gaming Monthly’s “Take This Job” profile. Read online.
Wired Magazine, April 2006. “The Late, Late Show from Inside Halo.” Read online.
Joystiq.com “NPR Visits This Spartan Life.” Read online.
G4TV.com “This Spartan Life to Spark Change?” Read online.
BBC World, May 18, 2006.
Google Current (CurrentTV), May 10, 2006.
Reuters TV, May 2006.
G4 TV’s “Attack of the Show,” August 2, 2005. View online.
G4 TV’s “Attack of the Show,” July 13, 2005. View online.
Print Media
Dazed & Confused, July 2006
360 Gamer, June 2006
Tips & Tricks, June 2006
Wired, May 2006 — “Watch This Way,” a round-up of cool internet video sites. View online.
Business Week, January 2006
Stuff Magazine — “Video Killed The Movie Star,” December 2005
DeSmet Mirror, Sept. 2005
Jack Magazine (Italy), Sept. 2005
Web
USAToday.com, May 25, 2006
Boingboing.net, May 5, 2006
GamePolitics.com, June 2, 2006
Boingboing.net, August 19, 2005
if:book Blog, July 12, 2005
Publicknowledge.com, May 8, 2006
TeamXbox.com, August 5, 2005
Ludology.org, February 19, 2006
Zoomin.nl, June 12, 2006
Neural.it, April 24, 2006
Katundu.com blog, May 22, 2006
ValleyWag.com, May 9, 2006
Duby and Caveman, August 29, 2006
TheBlogReader.com, August 4, 2006
GlobeAndMail.com, May 12, 2006
Joystiq.com, June 2, 2006
ReutersTV.com, “And Finally”, April 13, 2006
Kotaku.com, July 13, 2005
CreateDigitalMusic.com, August 19, 2005
WirelessCommunity.info, May 14, 2006
BlogHer.com, May 9, 2006
Publish.com, Aug. 26, 2005
Dead Man’s Hand Blog, May 15, 2006
FrinkTank.com, Aug. 29, 2005
HappyNews.com, Aug. 19, 2005
