"A mean secret that stays in this room." Media Relations; Star Trek Games

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Stephen is still in missing in Chicagoland, so we once again retained the services of guest co-host Holly Harrison for an episode featuring two topics that could not be more completely unrelated to each other.First, Holly teaches us some media relations skills that gamedevs need to know (even if they don't want to), and then, because Stephen isn't around to stop us, Mark and Martha (but mostly Mark) talk about the history of Star Trek games!0:01:25Media RelationsHey you, indiedev, use presskit()!Write a better press release using the Inverted PyramidTodd VersteegSignature StyleHolly recommended “trying out” Buzzsumo and Buzzstream.Artist Statement GuidelinesGetting Your Sh*t TogetherSimilarwebWikipediaAsk Holly your PR questions on twitter: @hollharris.0:31:20Star Trek Games“How a Star Trek card game quietly continues, 10 years after its official end”Cyrus FarivarArs TechnicaThe unreleased sequel to the Star Trek VCR board game was called “Borg Q-Uest.”…The "Q the Referee" CCG card that features a still taken from that game's unused footage.The fictional VCR board game from Community we mentioned was called “Pile of Bu…Mark talked about the end of the 90s-era Star Trek action figure line. That sto…“Looking At The Star Trek: TNG Interactive Technical Manual From 1994”Will StapeTreknews“The inside story of Apple's forgotten project: Quicktime VR”Kif LeswingBusiness InsiderYou can actually play “Star Trek: Klingon” on YouTube!“Language App Duolingo Finally Added Klingon”David MurphyLifehacker“The best Star Trek games”Richard CobbettPC Gamer“Jeff Bezos announces Amazon is picking up 'The Expanse'”Richard LawlerEngadget“Retrohistories: Secret of Vulcan Fury: Trek's Lost Adventure”Chris ChapmanYouTube“The Game Archaeologist: Perpetual's Star Trek Online”Justin OlivettiEngadgetUbisoft teased on Twitter that DS9’s USS Defiant will appear in Bridge Crew.Mark praised Star Trek: Ascendancy on a previous episode of the program.Nicest of 2016“Hogwarts Mystery Players Upset With Use of Microtransactions”Shabana ArifIGN