COIN-OP TV celebrated five years of Internet broadcasting July 11th & 12th at California Extreme (San Jose). California Extreme is an annual event, which took place at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara this year, with over 400 original arcade and pinball machines set to ‘free-play’ during weekend.
COIN-OP TV founder Robert Welkner and host Hailey Bright spoke at a panel at CA Extreme and gave a retrospective look back at the first five years of the show including a short video presentation f…
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Added by Rob Welkner on July 13, 2009 at 1:41pm —
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Wassup gang - COIN-OP TV was at E3 all week - lotsa fun games and interviews done and done. Want the full recap on the blog - then check out the links below!
Monday - Day 0
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Tues - Day 1
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Wed - Day 2
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Thurs - Day 3
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Added by Rob Welkner on June 5, 2009 at 2:27am —
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COIN-OP TV LIVE WITH WOLVERINE GAME
PRODUCER CHRIS PALMISANO IN STUDIO
Santa Monica, CA, May 7th, 2009 – COIN-OP TV LIVE hosts Robert Welkner and Hailey Bright welcomed Activision’s Chris Palmisano as a studio guest to talk about the making of the new video game X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Chris helped field live questions from both host and people in the chat room. COIN-OP TV LIVE is unique in that it is one of the few live/interactive shows on the video game industry produced independently as…
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Added by Rob Welkner on May 8, 2009 at 4:19am —
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The Nintendo DSi promises to usher in a new era of personalization and sharing so we at COIN-OP TV were curious to see what exciting things were planned for the midnight launch at the Citywalk Gamestop. Much like midnight launches in the past, Citywalk had a stage with G4tv Attack of the Show host Kevin Pereira helping MC the precedings, Jon Gibson hosted the i am 8-bit artist spotlight and there were plenty of chances to demo the new Nintendo DSi and grab cool swag their street team.
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Added by Rob Welkner on April 12, 2009 at 6:51pm —
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COIN-OP TV LIVE Season 3 kicks off with a live performance of
Guitar Hero: Metallica with Neversoft designer Andy Gentile!
COIN-OP TV LIVE hosts Robert Welkner and Hailey Bright welcomed Neversoft and Guitar Hero: Metallica designer Andy Gentile into the studio as a guest. Andy is considered the ‘Drum Master’ at Neversoft and the person responsible for further advancing the Guitar Hero franchise to include a double bass kick drum for the new ‘Expert Plus’ mode of the game.
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Added by Rob Welkner on April 6, 2009 at 11:36pm —
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Final Fantasy XI Fan Festival 2008 went down over the weekend at the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood, California. Rob Welkner (COIN-OP.TV) along with Jessica and Mandie from Girls Got Game checked out the show on Saturday. This gathering of FF XI fans is not about showing off and large scale production but more about micro-managing your time in a step-by-step exploration of the Fan Festival. When something big is going down like the Costume Contest then all the other rooms are closed off - shovin…
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Added by Rob Welkner on December 8, 2008 at 1:36am —
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Sadie aka UltraNeko studio guest! She is an indie game reviewer with fun videos and spoofs on the net. Topics on episode 244 of COIN-OP TV LIVE include end of The Championship Gaming Series, a review of FRAG the documentary and a review of Mirror’s Edge on the Xbox 360. Check out the fun with your favorite hosts Robert Welkner and Hailey Bright!
Coin-Op TV Live - Sadie's Gaming Infection!
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Added by Rob Welkner on November 30, 2008 at 11:51pm —
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Alex Albrecht will be our special guest in the studio. Alex has made a name for himself on TV and the Internet with Diggnation and The Totally Rad Show. Also - a review of Spider-Man: Web of Shadows. Join Rob & Hailey for some video gaming excitement and other surprises!

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Added by Rob Welkner on November 14, 2008 at 7:39pm —
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Steve Wiebe, who received fame from movie The King of Kong, interview at the E For All Expo 2008. Find out if fame and fortune have changed one of the most famous Donkey Kong players!
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Added by Rob Welkner on October 18, 2008 at 2:50pm —
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COIN-OP TV ANNIVERSARY PARTY – HUGE SUCCESS!
The headlines this week may very well read ‘E For All Expo so-so but COIN-OP TV party a smash’. Many thanks to all 300 guests who attended our first big party to celebrate 4 years of COIN-OP TV broadcasting both live and as a video podcast. We had a VIP room with Rock Band 2 going on and complimentary 'COIN-OP TV Blasters' drinks, a large screen with highlights from the show running all night long, Paul Dean brought his Ms. Pac-Man and Donkey Kong ma…
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Added by Rob Welkner on October 6, 2008 at 5:37am —
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Rob Talbert host of ARCADE on ManiaTV.com was on COIN-OP TV LIVE episode 235. He brought along his lovely co-host Kathryn Lyn. In addition to talking about video games and a review for Guild Wars - we had some fun playing ‘Know Your Co-Host’ - an impromptu game show much like The Newlywed Game. Catch all the fun at the link below!

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Added by Rob Welkner on September 27, 2008 at 3:05am —
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Robert Welkner of COIN-OP TV guest appeared on ManiaTV for the show ARCADE on its season finale episode. ManiaTV is an internet TV channel with roots that date back as far as 2004. Upon launch it was one of the first live/interactive internet channels out there which helped launch Tom Green Live and Dave Navarro’s Spread TV. ARCADE is one of the few ‘carry over’ shows still attached to the channel since their move from Denver to Los Angeles. ARCADE is hosted by Rob Talbert, a Detroit native who…
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Added by Rob Welkner on June 28, 2008 at 4:11pm —
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COIN-OP TV explores the new uWink restaurant which opens this week in Hollywood, California. This new high tech restaurant promises to be a great social environment and the talk of the town! So how does it stack up upon first impressions? Pretty smooth indeed.
Waiting outside uWink is a cute motion sensor game in which the player moves his or her body around to hit white boxes on the screen and try to avoid red ones. You control a bubbly looking avatar impression of yourself which resembles the…
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Added by Rob Welkner on June 23, 2008 at 11:32pm —
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Our friends over at The Gamers Garage featured COIN-OP TV host Rob Welkner as part of their podcast roundup this week! The Gamers Garage is a community based website with reviews and stuff across the board. This week’s discussion tuned into Rob’s specialty which is arcade and old school games. The podcast featured regular hosts Crash, Okatta and CamaroGuy along with Rob for the first half of the show.
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Added by Rob Welkner on May 7, 2008 at 6:22pm —
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April 2008 marked another SC3 Arcade/Party gathering and COIN-OP TV’s Rob joined about fifty other arcade and video game fans for the festivities! For those unfamiliar - the party takes place at Steve’s house in Claremont CA where the owner dusts off his arcade collection (over 30 games) and puts them all on freeplay.
Other SC3 members bring their consoles like the NES, Intellivision, Vectrex and more with a handful of games nearby ready to plug in and play. Other highlights were the Guitar Her…
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Added by Rob Welkner on April 30, 2008 at 12:39am —
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