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Everyone's been saying that E3 09 has marked the return of the "real" E3. What does that mean? I'm not rightly sure, but I think it has something to do with all the batsh*t insane, barely videogame-related stuff that was constantly afoot in and around the convention hall this year. Andy and I tried to capture all of it as professionally as possible, but we definitely weren't able to catch everything. At one point, we had to choose between stopping in the hallway to beg Walter Day for an impromptu interview and racing outside to the far end of the convention center to take a gander at the probably-fake religious activists trying to stop EA's game Dante's Inferno from getting made. I'm still not sure if we chose wisely, but there you go.

So yeah, this video is dedicated to all the "personalities" we encountered at E3 09, booth babes notwithstanding (that video is for later in the week). Highlights include meeting a hamster man (there to promote the upcoming G-Force game/movie), a run-in with the two best pirates of all time, and pitting Napoleon Dynamite against the most important videogame question ever asked ever.

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Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:03
Monodi
Fuck, he got the I Am 8-Bit shirt
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:09
Tubatic
You have lived as few men dared to dream...
Dale North's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:09
Dale North
items of win include jacking off stay puft and that blonde in the firefighter hat
eternalplayer2345's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:16
eternalplayer2345
Don't let it end
ChickenNow's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:17
ChickenNow
@Monodi: Capcom was giving them out to select partners... I have one myself :P
The Prodigal Son's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:17
The Prodigal Son
That's was a whole lot of nonsense. : )~ God bless E3 shenanigans. BTW, I have a case identical to the one the Alienware chick was holding. Ironically, I used it to hold my XPS m170 laptop a few years back (before Dell bought Alienware).
Danl Haas's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:18
Danl Haas
Jesus with giant crab claws?
MAKE IT HAPPEN
PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:20
PappaDukes
Jesus with crab claws!? Now who's absurd? Definitely not the fanatical protesters, if that's what you were thinking.
Secret Cow's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:23
Secret Cow
Electronic Antichrist would be a good name for an album.
gamadaya's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:24
gamadaya
What about all the barely videogame-related shit from the last 2 E3s (Nintendo's entire press conference)?
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:30
Monodi
@ChickenNow

FFFFFFFFFFFFF
Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:30
Face
You the man Holmes, you the man.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:31
Darren Nakamura
Hilarious.
GLORNS's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:36
GLORNS
Oh my. That was something else.
SephirothX's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:39
SephirothX
That was great
Analoge's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:45
Analoge
What game were they protesting?

I'd be down for some baby killing.
Jamie McGinn's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:47
Jamie McGinn
I love these videos

CONFIRMED...confirmed.... confirmed...
icarus's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 16:58
icarus
"Give me your professional voice."

Awesome stuff.
Danzflor's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 17:02
Danzflor
That made my day. Thanks Again Dtoid and Holmes :)
de BLOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 17:04
de BLOO
I WANT THAT FUCKING SHIRT, GIMME!
CjnLion's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 17:08
CjnLion
@ Analoge

Dante's Inferno is my guess, that's EA's baby-killing simulator.
mikeyed's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 17:20
mikeyed
Really? Secret security were there? Deep shit, dude. You are now being closely monitored for your abnormal behaviour I am sure.
Kyle MacGregor's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 17:30
Kyle MacGregor
My favourite bit was where Holmes started playing in the Marshmallow Man's groin.

...that sounded a bit wrong.
burglarize's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 17:43
burglarize
Holmes just topped the others as my new favourite dtoid man person thingy.
grasslunatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 17:53
grasslunatic
Good work. Hilarious work.
Rigby's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 17:53
Rigby
Ok, After this video I think Holmes is the awesomest person ever.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 18:09
Jonathan Holmes
Thank you so much everybody!

I really hope you all don't get sick of me, as I have yet another video ready to post in a few hours, then two for tomorrow, and two for the day after that, and two for the day after that.

But then I'll stop! Promise!
Grimspoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 18:20
Grimspoon
Jonathan Holmes, your videos never cease to amaze me!

After seeing this I think it's pretty clear who the real winner of E3 2009 is.

/golfer's clap.
SpilledMilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 18:46
SpilledMilk
I sincerely hope that somewhere on this planet a baby is born, and his parent look at him at tell that little stinker: "It's all right, kiddo, Jonathan Holmes and cyclops, baby jesus with giant crab claws are watching over you."

Plus, that firefighter gal stunned me for a couple of seconds. She was fly!
madninja's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 18:54
madninja
There needs to be on of these videos a day because this makes me laugh so hard each time.
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 20:49
B-Radicate
I am proud to say I stood next to you on day one as you played Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles ate the Nintendo booth. I didn't want to interrupt you, though. You looked almost as intense as that voice of yours.

Also, that woman had NO CLUE what the hell she was talking about. Poor religious folk... always making themselves look sooooo dumb.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 20:57
Chronic Logic
Professional voice man! Stay in character at all times.
lastdual's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 20:57
lastdual
LOL. It's not the "poor religious folk" who are looking dumb here.

The so-called fanatical protesters were part of a PR stunt, staged and paid for by EA. They were hoping the mock controversy would stir up some viral marketing for them. EA has already confirmed it.
flaming burrito's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2009 22:34
flaming burrito
The intro and stay puft man bits made me literally laugh out loud. well done sir.
Artemus's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2009 01:17
Artemus
Forgot to mention, I dig the cool Mr. DTOID intro!
Holmes, these are some of the most original, fresh video game videos I have ever seen. They have such a cool, calm and funny vibe about them! They are very welcoming!
Don't stop, please.
Keep 'em coming, sir!
Damn, I wish I had spoke with you that day in front of the Ecto-1. Fuck.

Note, you wouldn't have had to beg Walter Day to speak with you. He pretty much came up to my group and spoke with us for quite a while. And your Heder interview was stunning. =)
NSNick's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2009 03:29
NSNick
You have no idea how much I hate those two assholes on the GameStop videos. Mostly because I have to listen to them all the goddamned time.
Tarvu's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2009 04:59
Tarvu
Where do EA get people to fake protest a game? Are they hiring?
NeoGreenLantern's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2009 08:22
NeoGreenLantern
I want that shirt.
Tim Sheehy's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2009 15:34
Tim Sheehy
Jonathan Holmes



IS ALL KINDS OF AWESOME.
Furnimus's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2009 22:02
Furnimus
Why does Jon look black in his profile picture?
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