my first three thoughts:
1) Giga TV?
2) overhyped feature vids with DEV comments and loaded with action that invites disappointment once youre in game?
3) Gremrods podcast "Incoming Transmission" with DEVs invited and the 24h DEV/GM ingame coverage
N0 Clue wrote: I just believe that seeing the people, and hearing them speak about what Perpetuum is, and where they have their intentions of going in the future
That point was covered in a nice way with the podcast. This and the 24h coverage (I know i know its hard to do so right now) gave a really good feeling to the game and its community and you always knew that there was someone on you could poke with your problems. For the world-of-mouth this was already sufficient, many new players that time came and stayed because of the 24h coverage which is quite rare for any MMO.
Videos are always a double-edged sword. If its about representing the game itself they are good, but the DEV-team will still be felt as from another world. This rift is disincentive to players, so it needs to be bridged somehow (like with meet&greets, podcasts, online presence, daily news,...).
So rather than a video, I'd like to listen to a podcast of the DEVs (like every 2 weeks; doesn't always need to be about the game, can also be about exploding toasters; maybe even with a "mailbox" where a few questions of players are answered ; that can be downloaded from the official website).
Just like you said:
N0 Clue wrote:Nothing is better then Verbal Communication to it's people!