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| AMER1CAN GAMER: A documentary about competitive gamers, and the professional e-sports world. The film was shot at the Cyberathlete Professional League's 7th annual summer tournament in Dallas, TX. The film is produced and directed by James Boyd, Director of Photography is Robert Stenger, Audio is Jeff Hefti, with additional camera by Kevin Potter. |
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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 01/29/06 6161 FRAGS PARK CITY WITH FIRST-EVER GAM0RZ LOUNGE 6161 Entertainment has successfully launched the first ever foray into e-Sports for Park City, Utah with the "Gam0rz Lounge" event held January 22, 2006. The event was sponsored by 6161 Entertainment and Auravison, and held a sign-up deathmatch event with the world's best pro gamer, Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel. Fatal1ty was featured on the CBS television show "60 Minutes," and the feed was broadcast live throughout the party. Also held during NFC Championship game, the event sponsored Ipod giveaways for contestants, an Xbox 360 kiosk, and machinima animation screenings on high def plasma displays. AMER1CAN GAMER is a high def documentary on professional video gamers, and the highly competitive world of e-Sports. Directed by James Boyd, AMER1CAN GAMER features interviews from the world's best pro gamers (including Fatal1ty), while combining machinima animation gaming footage with tournament play to bring the digital action into the real world. AMER1CAN GAMER operates two Counter-Strike gaming servers that service over 40,000 gamers in North America, and the AMER1CAN GAMER trailers have been downloaded over 100,000 times across the world. Footage from AMER1CAN GAMER was recently licensed to the MTV show "From Game To Fame: The CPL World Tour Finals," and AG helped provide background research for the "60 Minutes" segment on e-Sports. Auravison is a pioneer in the field of computer peripherals and has literally changed the way consumers and business professionals look at the computer keyboard. The EluminX keyboard by Auravision is the original illuminated keyboard. Fatal1ty is the gaming name of the world's best know PC gamer, Johnathan Wendel. The Fatal1ty brand represents second to none products utilized by gamers of all levels to improve their performance. 6161 Entertainment was founded in 1995. 6161 Entertainment is an award-winning digital production company, and multimedia authoring house based in Hermosa Beach, CA. 6161's first feature film, THE NEW GODS, was an official selection of the South By Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas.
Media Contact: Travis Bickle 6161 Entertainment Counter-Strike™ Source Server IP Address: 209.247.212.133 http://www.thecpl.com |
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6161 is an official sponsor of The Nodance Film Festival based in Park City, Utah |
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