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.
Hit the jump for the video.
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Jonathan Holmes is the most lovable Associate Editor on Destructoid. Catch him on videos, original editorials, and on back episodes of the Destructoid Show and MTV's Road Rules. Jonathan is a retro gamer's gamer.
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4:00 PM on 06.08.2009
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MAKE IT HAPPEN
FFFFFFFFFFFFF
I'd be down for some baby killing.
CONFIRMED...confirmed.... confirmed...
Awesome stuff.
Dante's Inferno is my guess, that's EA's baby-killing simulator.
...that sounded a bit wrong.
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!
After seeing this I think it's pretty clear who the real winner of E3 2009 is.
/golfer's clap.
Plus, that firefighter gal stunned me for a couple of seconds. She was fly!
Also, that woman had NO CLUE what the hell she was talking about. Poor religious folk... always making themselves look sooooo dumb.
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.
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. =)
IS ALL KINDS OF AWESOME.