Yes! How exciting! Wake the kids and call the neighbours! It's another Playing Gods blog entry! I can now reveal the existence, though not the name, of the super-secret crack team of world-class marketing experts I have assembled to help me find new and creative ways...
News
Spencer’s Refuses to Carry Playing Gods
As I mentioned in a blog a few weeks ago, I struggled mightily to get a foot in the door for Playing Gods at the Spencer Gifts chain: Spencer's had all sorts of obnoxious, inappropriate crap: Kiss dolls, fart machines, Hustler-branded babydoll shirt for teens, gag...
Easy work, $100 per day, long white beard and crazed look a plus
Nothing too terribly much to report on the Playing Gods front.... A local newspaper article that I had thought would come out several weeks ago has not appeared yet. I politely inquired of the reporter, who assured me it was slated--- though not for Easter weekend....
Playing Gods and the Corporate Runaround
To be honest, there's not much new to report on the Playing Gods front. I had a bit of a setback in terms of getting the game in stores across America. About, oh, 9 months ago I walked into a local mall and wandered around, looking for stores that might sell the...
Playing Gods at the NY Toy Fair! And PG goes to Sweden
Playing Gods: The Board Game of Divine Domination premiered at the New York Toy Fair two weeks ago. Yes, my nasty little game was (apparently) hobnobbing with the Big Boys like Hasbro and Mattel. I don't know that for a fact, though, because I wasn't there and I paid...
Playing Gods rolls along— and QC Headaches…
The gods are not smiling upon me at the moment... Over the past month or two I have recieved a handful of complaints. Not about me, or my service, of course, as that has been exemplary. (That's not just a gratuitous, self-serving statement-- well, actually it is, but...
Playing Gods Premieres at the NY Toy Fair! And cost-cutting tips…
Okay, so I'm a lame-o blogger. I never said I'd be banging out one of these every day! Big news is that Playing Gods: The Board Game of Divine Domination will be represented at the prestigious New York Toy Fair (February 15 to 18 in the Big Apple). How did I manage to...
Playing Gods 2009
As 2009 opens up, I'm pleased to report that around 1000 Playing Gods games have been sold. Not all have been paid for yet (a few slow accounts need prodding), but on the whole a very respectable number for, as one person put it, "a crappy, no-name company" like Balls...
Happy New Year Reflectiions from Balls Out
Well, another year spent. As 2008 comes to a close, Playing Gods has been unleashed upon the world for a few months now. It's been a slow, arduous process, but according to my volunteer accountant Emilie (thanks, Em!) I've moved nearly 1,000 games. Note that "moved"...
Ye Gods! The Xmas Rush! And Suing God!
The last week has been busy (in a good way of course) for the Balls Out / Playing Gods team (which is me). A few orders came in from the Web site, and we got a another call from EvolveFISH folks, wanting more games! So I quickly packed up another 4 cases of games (in...