Albuquerque, New Mexico —
Online entertainment is a booming market, and plenty of players are making their play; back in March of this year The Walt Disney Company bought the multi-channel network Maker Studios. What is web entertainment, and the arts therein? And, who are the people venturing into this field? Wikinews interviewed Mario Lucero and Isabel Ruiz, the founders of Heaven Sent Gaming, a small entertainment team. This group has been responsible for several publications, within several different media formats; one successful example was aywv, a gaming news website, which was #1 in Gaming on YouTube in 2009, from September to November; Heaven Sent Gaming was also the subject of a referential book, released in 2014, entitled Internet Legends - Heaven Sent Gaming.
((Wikinews))  What is Heaven Sent Gaming?
((Wikinews))  How did you two meet?
((Wikinews))  Who else is involved in this project?
((Wikinews))  What is your purpose behind this venture?
((Wikinews))  How do professionals gauge your market?
((Wikinews))  How much money does this generate?
((Wikinews))  What major hurdles have you overcome related to Heaven Sent Gaming, or life in general?
((Wikinews))  Is there freedom in [...] publishing your own work, or do you find it more difficult?
((Wikinews))  What does your family do?
((Wikinews))  Which creative individuals do you admire?
((Wikinews))  Which entrepreneurs do you admire?
((Wikinews))  Why should individuals spend time ingesting your content?
((Wikinews))  As demonstrated in your logo, you publicly adhere to Christianity, are you afraid of alienating your audience?
((Wikinews))  How important is being a Christian to your projects, and how does it affect your team?
((Wikinews))  Why is it important for Christianity to be prominent in your work?
((Wikinews))  What caused you to start creating web comics?
((Wikinews))  What inspired each of your individual series?
((Wikinews))  Do you have a set plan for where these comics are going?
((Wikinews))  What has your experience been in the game industry?
((Wikinews))  Why did you include "Gaming" in your name?
((Wikinews))  What is your favorite aspect of music production?
((Wikinews))  What is your musical background?
((Wikinews))  Do you have formal training in writing?
((Wikinews))  Do you publish directly, or is there an editing process involved?
((Wikinews))  Who's involved in the video process?
((Wikinews))  It's publicly known that you had your Google AdSense account on YouTube shut down, how did that affect your video aspirations?
((Wikinews))  Is the creative process for web video creation impacted by external influences outside the company?
((Wikinews))  The two projects listed as "web" on your website, are a gaming news site and a Bible translation, are two broadly different creative endeavors. Why are they grouped in the same media format on your site? And, isn't your site, itself, a "web" project?
((Wikinews))  What are your thoughts on the book that was written about you? And, how accurate is it?
((Wikinews))  According to the Bitcoin wiki, you are considered a proponent of Bitcoin. If that's true, how important is decentralization to you?
((Wikinews))  Being headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, isn't exactly conducive to your field. Wouldn't it be more convenient to be located in Los Angeles, California, or even the relatively nearby Austin, Texas?
((Wikinews))  Thank you for answering the questions, and I wish you luck on your future endeavors.

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Wikinews interviews Mario J. Lucero and Isabel Ruiz of Heaven Sent Gaming