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Hecklerspray At E3 – Winners And Losers From E3
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.
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
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.
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.
Hecklerspray at E3: Rock Band: The Beatles
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
VIDEO: Darth Vader Terrorises Microsoft
Microsoft workers are not exactly the sharpest tools in the box. How else can you explain why one of their customer service staffers failed to recognise someone 'pretending' to be Darth Vader? The guy on the end of the phone is not even pretending to be the Dark Lord of the Sith, he's simply playing ...
Jerry Seinfeld Removes His Last Flake of Credibility. The Cost? $10 Million.
Jerry Seinfeld hasn't really had to do much since his sitcom finished all those years ago. Still ranked by many as the 'funniest thing ever' and 'really, really good' and earning a hell of a lot of money for the people involved in it, Jerry Seinfeld obviously thought he could rest easy. At least until a movie about a bee came about, which was clearly what he'd been waiting for all his life. But now it seems the star of the sitcom with the bloke who drops the 'N' bomb on stage wants some more money - that has to be the reason, as agreeing to star in adverts for Microsoft isn't something you do for integrity's sake.
Jerry Seinfeld hasn't really had to do much since his sitcom finished all those years ago. Still ranked by many as the 'funniest thing ever' and 'really, really good' and earning a hell of a lot of money for the people involved in it, Jerry Seinfeld obviously thought he could rest easy. At least until a movie about a bee came about, which was clearly what he'd been waiting for all his life. But now it seems the star of the sitcom with the bloke who drops the 'N' bomb on stage wants some more money - that has to be the reason, as agreeing to star in adverts for Microsoft isn't something you do for integrity's sake.
