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Call Cliffy B whatever you want photo

Cliff Bleszinski has a reputation as a bit of a wanker, partly because he decided to stop calling himself Cliffy B, which some people took to be a mark of arrogance. According to Cliff, however, he doesn't really care what you call him. I am going to start calling him Coco Bongos.

"Honestly, that was just a media experiment to me. It was Stephen Totilo who started it," explains Coco. "I had an IM conversation with him and said, 'I'm thinking of abandoning that.' And he broke it on MTV Multiplayer, and it got picked up everywhere, and then it turned into "Who does he think he is?" Dude, the fact that you're getting upset just means you're playing along with my joke here. You can call me whatever you like as long as you play the game."

I've never understood why people hate Coco Bongos so much. He might have a bit of an ego, but when you create one of the most popular shooters of the generation, I think you're allowed at least a little bit of an attitude. So long as he doesn't start Twittering for police help after being attacked by the Black Eyed Peas, he can't be that bad.


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TheToiletDuck's Avatar
TheToiletDuck at 06/23/2009 08:28
I think he prefers, Coco B
garison's Avatar
garison at 06/23/2009 08:31
What an arrogant twat.
Kris S's Avatar
Kris S at 06/23/2009 08:31
As I said before I like him. I still call him Cliffy B but i like Coco Bongos :)
As for that clown Perez Hilton, shame it was only a punch
Qraze's Avatar
Qraze at 06/23/2009 08:32
i'm gonna call him "late for dinner" then.
wadawoodo's Avatar
wadawoodo at 06/23/2009 08:32
that guy Coco Bongos is chainsawing is twittering off frame
Jayge's Avatar
Jayge at 06/23/2009 08:48
I don't know if I like Coco Bongos better, or Kotaku's name for him, which is Dude Huge.
bloodylip's Avatar
bloodylip at 06/23/2009 08:53
Douchenozzle, it is.
Rational Animal's Avatar
Rational Animal at 06/23/2009 09:03
I read this interview in OXM...he came off as surprisingly un-douchey, but he's not fooling anyone.
ElToine's Avatar
ElToine at 06/23/2009 09:08
So I'll go with his proper Christian name, Douchebag McCockgobbler
ikiryou's Avatar
ikiryou at 06/23/2009 09:09
Perhaps Cliffy BJ, Peter Molyneux and Gabe Newell should get together for a circle jerk. They seem to share an innate talent for wanking off at the mouth while producing nothing I care about gamewise.
Y0j1mb0's Avatar
Y0j1mb0 at 06/23/2009 09:13
Coco Bongos is too good of a name for him.
SUPER-WEEDGAN's Avatar
SUPER-WEEDGAN at 06/23/2009 09:23
Clity P?
Pyroph's Avatar
Pyroph at 06/23/2009 10:46
Garison makes me laugh
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-PL- at 06/23/2009 10:58
He's about as arrogant as any normal person. People are just jealous that he's earned the right to be arrogant.
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 06/23/2009 11:11
Coco Bongos is the best name ever for him, you better stick with it!
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psycho terror2 at 06/23/2009 11:12
jazz jackrabbit was nothing special, and i didn't like gears of war, so in my eyes he hasn't earned the right to be arrogant (if such a thing even exists).

just because he made something popular doesn't mean i have to respect him.
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Jon B at 06/23/2009 11:13
Cliffy B is now Coco B.

Oh, and I was going to make a photoshop here.

Remind me to NEVER leave safesearch off when googling Coco Bandicoot.
Blasto's Avatar
Blasto at 06/23/2009 11:15
Jesus people, have some more Haterade. Bunch of haters :P
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-PL- at 06/23/2009 11:18
I'm sure most of the haters can't even point at any specific reason why they hate CliffyB, they just see a lot of pictures of him and see other people doing it.
peachboy's Avatar
peachboy at 06/23/2009 11:22
...haterade? BLASTO!?

anyway,
this is good news, the possibilities are endless.
Blasto's Avatar
Blasto at 06/23/2009 11:27
@ Peach:

LMAO, sorry, I game with quite a few college age kids and they're a bad influence on my vocabulary lol
HiddenAHB's Avatar
HiddenAHB at 06/23/2009 12:21
@-PL-
I agree with you my friend.
I have never talked to Coco Bongos but i've read some interviews and never really felt that arrogance coming from him.
I also don't think that Gabe Newell and Peter Molyneux is arrogant.
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 06/23/2009 13:39
Thank you, Shanky Tittles, wherever you are.
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 06/23/2009 15:27
It's been awhile since a front page post had literally made me laugh. Good show, Mr. Sterling.
buzzhonky's Avatar
buzzhonky at 06/23/2009 16:08
I think Mr. Puddlesticks will do it for me.
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PwnanObrien at 06/23/2009 19:10
May I offer a few?

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DelayedPiano's Avatar
DelayedPiano at 06/23/2009 23:49
This isn't news....
WarZombie's Avatar
WarZombie at 06/24/2009 00:03
He isn't that bad, I don't know why everyone is so harsh about this guy. He's not that big a douche, not to mention he's made two really big franchises (Soon to be three with Shadow Complex). I also agree that Gabe Newell and Peter Molyneux aren't that bad either (Though Molyneux thinks a little too much of his games, though they are good).
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