Actually, I’m just being dramatic. Game|Life’s Kohler was on the other side of the Attack of the Show discussion I just recorded regarding E for All, but we didn't fight. We just butted heads a little on how we thought the expo went.

Honestly, I agree with a lot of the stuff he said: the show was a little too expensive, there could have been way more to play, and trying to compete with PAX next year (E for All 2008 will be the same weekend as next year’s Seattle-based show) is a very bad decision.

But gosh darnit I had so much fun at the show last week and I know there must be people out there that agree with me. Could it have been cheaper? Yeah. Could there have been more stuff to do? Totally. But it was the show’s first attempt and they really should be commended for trying something that keeps the general public in the spotlight. Besides, I got to hang out with some amazing people and I had FUN! Doesn’t that count for something?

Anyway, you can watch how well I defended Chris’s Shoryukens above. I hope I did okay … if not, be gentle.

[Thanks for the quick embed code, Dan of the G4 clan]

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Aerox

I can't get it to work. :(

BlindsideDork

Where was the AMAZING words? And dolphins :(

That guy was a hog though...

Hamza CTZ Aziz

LOL! I loved that you threw your fist up at your name!

Chad Concelmo

@Aerox,
Yeah, the video seems to be running really slow and is taking forever to load. You might want to try back later. Sorry, everyone. :(

Aerox

I blame the stupid fires. I didn't have internet for most of the day at work because apparently Verizon's internet lines were affected or something. It was terrible.

Chad Concelmo

@Aerox,
Actually, I think it is the fires, I just made some phone calls. Damn you, FIRES! *shaking fist in air*

Aerox

I accidentally left my window open Sunday night and now all my shit is covered in a fine layer of ash. Plus I'm going up to the Bay Area Friday and I swear to god if the 5 is closed because of this shit I think I'm going to stab someone.

Chad Concelmo

@Aerox,
Damn you, FIRES!

Bob Muir

So you didn't argue with Chris Kohler over whose retro podcast is better, RetroforceGO! or 1UP's Retronauts (which he usually appears on)?

Bob Muir

So you didn't argue with Chris Kohler over whose retro podcast is better, RetroforceGO! or 1UP's Retronauts (which he usually appears on)?

Aerox

Chad Concelmo

@Aerox,
HA HA HA HA! Since G4 must have burned to the ground, I think this post should now be dedicated to just cursing the fires.

Chad Concelmo

DAMN YOU, FIRES!

Aerox

Darren Nakamura

Man, we're like, surrounded by fires.

And I didn't know that E for All next year was going to be on the same weekend as PAX! That is a HUGE error, if you ask me...

Knivy

@Aerox
I'm don there in Tijuana =D.

Anyway... DAMN YOU FIRES!!!

Aerox

Yea, I actually heard that there's a ton of fires in Mexico too but the US media doesn't care about them so they're not reporting it. What's it like down there? I'm assuming since you're in TJ you're just getting fallout from the SD ones, but are there others going on that are actually in Mexico?

Jordan Devore

Hahahahah fight the power!

Hamza CTZ Aziz

OMG GRIM! EPIC! HAHAHAHAHA

Chad Concelmo

@Grim,
OMG! HA HA HA HA! Take that, fires! Dude, that is seriously amazing.
... wait, did the embed work for you, then?

Wedge

Yeah. You better be at PAX next year Chad =<.

Jordan Devore

Yes, sort of. It's loading, but at an incredibly slow rate.

Clockwork

Next week, UCF. Concelmo vs. Kohler.

Red TheHaze Veron

My friend and I didn't know who it was on TV at first cause I had just turned on the TV. This is what my friend and I thought:

Red TheHaze Veron

FORGIVE ME. All white people look the same to me.

Dead247

zomg chad I called you right when i saw it! Dude u made my day. well evening. it was epic.

Chad Concelmo

@Wedge,
I am totally coming to PAX next year. This year I was too busy reading to blind orphans and petting diabetic puppies to make it. :)

Sharpless

Grim's image has been saved to my harddrive and uploaded to my Photobucket. You will see it often.

Now, maybe I'll get this video to work sometime before I die...

vexed alex

So, there's a wall of hell surrounding me? Fuck, man. Souther California is serious business. You pussies in Oregon wouldn't understand.

DAMN FIRES!

*sigh*

Fire fighters better kick some ass. We need the power of the medics!

vexed alex

So, that Chris guy is really unattractive. Like, his face makes me not want to see him. Then you have Chad. Looking at Chad is like looking at baby Jesus in the face.

"Chad is adorable."

Trufax

Sharpless

Oh hush. Kohler's a good guy. Not all professional bloggers can look like Chad Concelmo. Tragic, but true.

Yashoki

Yeah, forget that fatass. Chris is the way to go.

Chad Concelmo

Chris is awesome and I love his site. He also kicked my ass in this debate, so we should all play nice ... :)

Guruthos

Good job, Chad, but as you will undoubtedly agree, needs more dolphins.

Chris Morris

Who is that sexy beast in the video?

Namelessted

Chris kind of sounds like a douche. He just has that tone of superiority and arrogance in his voice. I don't like it.

Knivy

@Aerox
Yeah, there were/are some fires but nothing as big as on your side. And thankfully not on very populated areas.

Still a lot of people from over here (my self included) have family on the US or some other work over there, so one way or the other we are also affected.

@Chad
You looked more secure this time, you're getting the hang of it =)

Sharpless

The one bad thing I will say about Chris is that he talked too much. Seemed a little over-eager to put in his two cents. Rest assured though, he's a good guy. Any arrogance you heard was probably... uh... not arrogance? I don't know.

midgar777

haha that guy had a massive face :) you pwnd him :)

Tristero

Three cheers for Chad and the power of positive thinking! I love Grim's fire background to your clenched fist. That should replace the Chad face avatar. The people who really know you realize that the kind teddy bear exterior is a deception. I assure you, Chad is a ruthless, power-hungry monster on the inside. Don't get on his bad side.

reno

Destructoid is one of the best game blogs on the net, hell I even bought the T-shirt, literally.

But Chris Kohler is the about most thoughtful, insightful game blogger I read, and I read a lot of game blogs.

Well played Chad and Chris, I just love that guys like you are getting on TV to talk seriously about games and gaming related shit.

Also I am in NZ, but still DAMN FIRES!!!

Maurice Tan

^ what Ted said. He can come across as arrogant in his articles too. But he seems to know most of his shit, so whatever :)

Good show Chad, next ep will be just Chad vs. Chad! FIGHT TEH POWAH!

notalurker

Three cheers for everyone assuming Chris is a douche because you haven't seen him before! I mean, you could at least pretend to have a clue who he is when you insult him about any random thing.
Sorry, I just really like the guy. If anything, he's a good writer.

Phist

Go Chad!

king3vbo

This thread needs moar dolphins

Holyetheline

AOTS is excellent.

ScottyG

Late comment, but I don't care. :P

E for All was a ton of fun, but I completely agree that what I got out of the show really wasn't worth traveling all the way from Atlantic Canada. By lunchtime on Friday I pretty much started to get bored. I still hung around I had fun, but it wasn't the OMFG fun that I was expecting. Thankfully I stayed a whole week and did a lot of other stuff so the trip was completely worth it. If I just went to E for All I probably would have regretted the trip.

BTW, I saw you guys several times and wanted to say hi, but I didn't really know what anybody looks like. I know your voices (Retroforce Go ftw!), but there'd be that awkward moment of "Okay, who is who?". :p