Hammersuit Partners with Bitmob, Rebel FM, and The Geekbox

[Rydog]

Exciting news! I'll let the press release do the talking:

Paramus, NJ (May 27, 2009) - Hammersuit LLC, an independent business consultancy in the video games industry, today announced an extensive partnership with popular gaming podcasts Rebel FM, The Geekbox, and Bitmob's Mobcast. The three shows, when combined with existing Hammersuit-affiliated podcasts from Destructoid and GoNintendo, are downloaded over 100,000 times each week, making Hammersuit's podcast network one of the industry's largest.

"I anticipate good things from Hammersuit," says Ryan Scott, Geekbox Founder and Host. "They're quality people, they have a solid track history so far, and -- most importantly -- they're named after the most awesome power-up in all of Super Mario Bros. 3. I'm confident that this relationship will take the Geekbox to great places."

"We're very much looking forward to working with Hammersuit," says Dan Hsu, Co-Founder of BitMob. "Their expertise in the industry will allow us to better focus on our podcast -- they can take care of the business and money stuff, and we can worry about making Mobcast as good as it can be. Plus, Hammersuit's got a damn cool name."

Hammersuit will provide all three companies with ad sales, sponsorship opportunities and other business development services while allowing the independent websites to focus on their acclaimed shows.

"The toughest part of creating compelling destinations is connecting with your audience, and we love the fact that these shows have done that from day one," says Jill Keil, CEO of Hammersuit. "Dan Hsu, Ryan Scott, Arthur Gies, Anthony Gallegos and the rest of the crews from these shows are very well known members of the community, and we're honored to have them on board."

For more information, please visit www.hammersuit.com, www.geekbox.net, www.bitmob.com, and www.eat-sleep-game.com.

Discuss!

[DerBonk]

Sounds great and they do have an awesome name. I think for advertising companies, it's smart to use these podcasts, as they speak to their audience way more directly than, say, a print ad. I have checked out every product Leo has ever advertised on TWiT and payed for two, so it looks like it really works (at least for me).

Oh and the CEO said "compelling destinations," looks Jill Keil could write great reviews about "compelling games with compelling graphics and compelling story."

[ProtocolSnow]

I used to work with the staff of Hammersuit (they're the same people behind GameDaily/GamerFeed/Cloudchaser). They're cool guys, you're in good hands

[lemon-fresh]

It would be nice to have a single forum for all three sites.

[bayfield]

i'm like 5 minutes from Paramus... wtf.

you mean something cool came out of Paramus NJ?!? the city that shuts down on Sunday? (stupid blue laws) *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law#New_Jersey] i mean, i hate malls but i also hate malls more that aren't open on one day that i could actually GO to them.

interesting development guys, i'll be eager to see how this effects the overall feel of your podcast. i prefer to listen to the geekbox since it's a fairly "clean" recording, good levels, and the content/discussion from the contributors is consistently entertaining.

cheers!

[moopmoop]

How does this effect your Frienemy status with Arthur and Chuf?

[Rydog]

How does this effect your Frienemy status with Arthur and Chuf?

Still frenemies as far as podcasting goes.

Seriously though, we're all good friends and support one another. I even work with Anthony again at GameSpy, so it's not like our relationship can be an antagonistic one!

[KindGalaxy]

Technically aren't you his boss again? Make him clean the toilets with a toothbrush!

[Aeolus]

The hammersuit site seems to be down. Stop bumrushing it everyone. Or is it just my crappy connection at school?

[kiwi]

Wow, pretty cool news. It's great to see the amount of love in this community.

Although, there is one thing wrong with the first post. The hammer suit is the second best suit. Tanooki FTW.

[Sokkratez]

Didn't notice this til now. Neato, though.

[harrisbradley]

Kick ass guys! Great news.

[QuantumKilla]

Awesome news! Congrats, guys!