E3 - HecklerSpray

Guff About Videogames: Ban All Violence Ever Edition

August 5th, 2012 By Ian Dransfield

That’s it, we’ve had enough. No more shooting, no more blood, no more swearing and definitely no more insulting other players or their mothers. No more. We’re done with it.

As we all know, playing violent games makes you a killer. Every individual at hecklerspray who has ever played a video game has a kill ratio of three people per game played.

It’s just common sense.

So thank Thor for the Germans and their incredible foresight when it comes to violent games potentially being entirely banned in their great nation.

Hecklerspray at E3 ? Some Games We’d Buy, Some We Wouldn't

August 5th, 2012 By David Schwartz

Forget the various industry events and announcements at E3 – it's time to get down to business.

In other words, which games were good and which were bad.

Now, I have adopted a very scientific approach to this ? I basically played or viewed demos of any games I liked the look of during the three days and rated them either in the ‘buy’ or ?don't buy? categories.

It was tough and took me ages, but I just wanted to let you know I really wanted to go the extra mile for you, the Hecklerspray public. Enjoy!!

Hecklerspray At E3 ? Winners And Losers From E3

August 5th, 2012 By David Schwartz

With E3 over with for another year, I thought it was time to take stock.

Well, I have had a great time and really enjoyed trying out lots of new games.

The highlight of the trip was meeting McLovin from Superbad, but really, I have to say, my celebrity quota has been quite poor ? maybe they have actually heard of us.

In fact, the only thing I've probably caught is pig flu.

Anyway, I thought now was the time to reflect and being the bloke who does most of the lists on this site, I thought I would go through the biggest winners and losers from E3.

Hecklerspray at E3 ? Snubbed by the Beckhams

June 8th, 2009 By David Schwartz

Victoria Beckham was the last person I expected at a video games conference.

Before yesterday, I would have thought the chances of it happening were on a par with Susan Boyle doing kids? TV and Jordan saying anything out loud that doesn’t immediately make me want to hurl myself under a train.

But in she trotted with her small army of publicists and scary-looking bodyguards to have a look around the centre with her kids Brooklyn, Romeo and the other one.

Guff About Video Games – Special “Let’s Ignore E3” Edition

August 5th, 2012 By Ian Dransfield

It’s E3 this week in LA, and we have our intrepid reporter Dave over there covering everything in his periodic updates.

What this means is there’s little else going on in the gaming world and it’s hard for us to think of much else to cover.

So why not just go read Dave’s E3 columns for your fix on the breaking news and just to see him boasting about how he gets to go to LA for free like a massive, massive twerp.

Jealousy: our strong point. But read on for things we’ve been trying to think about this week while we avoid the thought of E3. Namely: why summer is stupid and ruins gaming, why Demon’s Souls is stupid and ruins gaming and why the recession is stupid and ruins gaming.

Hecklerspray at E3: Rock Band: The Beatles

August 5th, 2012 By David Schwartz

Fancy playing the drums as badly as Ringo Starr?

Well, now you can, thanks to a new video game which allows you to sing, strum and drum along to your favourite Beatles tracks ? and Octopus?s Garden.

The Beatles: Rock Band was officially launched by Sir Paul McCartney and Starr at the start of E3 in Los Angeles and will be released in September.

They were even joined by Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison, the wives of the dead half of the Fab Four, John Lennon and George Harrison.

Hecklerspray at E3: Microsoft’s New Motion Controller

August 5th, 2012 By David Schwartz

If your idea of fun is talking to your TV and jumping around your room like an arthritic monkey with an itchy bum then we have some very exciting news.

Microsoft has come up with a way to play console games without controllers.

Compatible with any Xbox 360 system, the ?Project Natal? sensor was finally given its first public outing by Microsoft at a celebrity-packed press conference, prior to E3, in which they also unveiled a strategy for making the company?s game console a gateway for movies, television and social networking.

So what does it do? Well, it's basically a piece of kit that tracks your full body movement in 3-D.

Hecklerspray At E3: Our E3 Predictions

August 5th, 2012 By David Schwartz

This week, erstwhile hecklerspray listmaker extraordinaire David Schwartz has flown out to California to cover the E3 expo. Here’s the first instalment of his E3 diary…

Five minutes in LA and I am stalking someone already ? Snoop Dogg.

He was in the same passport control queue as us and almost made the several days we spent in it worthwhile. Of course, we tried to have word with him but were soon scared off by his bodyguard, who is officially the biggest person I have ever seen (take note Norris McWhirter).

I think he ate the last journalist who had the temerity to ask Snoop a question and then flossed with his photographer.