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The nominees for the 2010 Streamys were announced today. The Streamys celebrate online television programming and this year they have a fantastic line up of nominees. Last year was the Streamys debut year and the winners included high profile shows such as Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and the exceptional Battlestar Galactica web series The Face of the Enemy.

This year there is even more competition with some really interesting content now being released on the web rather than through more traditional media routes. Two of my favourites from this year’s nominee list are the excellent Interview Project which is presented by davidlynch.com and the slightly flawed but thoroughly enjoyable Angel of Death, created by Ed Brubaker and starring Zoe Bell, which also received a DVD release last year.

The awards ceremony takes place on April 11th 2010 and the full list of nominees is listed below with handy links...

Gold, the new RPG gamer-themed web series premieres today, offering a comical tribute to "the geekily wonderful world of traditional, pen-and-paper style role playing gaming." Not everyone could imagine spending their bachelor party rolling their multi-sided dice and casting spells, but for Gold lead character, Jonathan Drake (David Nett), that's exactly where he'd want to be: living the life of a Professional Tabletop Role Playing Gamer. The only problem is, his fiancée would rather have him focused on the wedding while his gaming team want him focused on the game. These are the stakes in the first episode (above) "Dark Clouds Gather" created by indie producers Nett, Andrew R. Deutsch, Shannon Nelson and Chad Schnaible under the production banners Brown Corduroy Jacket, and Punisher77. The show focuses on the journey of an American "Goblins and Gold" team as they attempt to win gold in the World G&G Championship, defeating...