Author Topic: What's Bloodworth Up To? - The Can't Let Go Thread (Read 247953 times)

Kairon · « **Reply #125 on:** July 05, 2007, 08:42:17 PM »

Who made Vampire Rain? I hope they lose money, then make lots of Wii games to make that money back!

Bloodworth · « **Reply #126 on:** July 05, 2007, 09:24:16 PM »

Artoon. :-)

Kairon · « **Reply #127 on:** July 05, 2007, 10:10:39 PM »

*looks 'em up on wikipedia*

Hmmm.... they've got promise, if only they were pointed in the proper direction...

Bloodworth · « **Reply #128 on:** July 09, 2007, 04:01:36 PM »

Kururin Doughnuts, Enchanted Pastry Gameplay
Puchi Puchi Virus, Virus Stopping Gameplay
Yoshi, VC Gameplay
Air Zonk, VC Gameplay
Mach Rider, VC Gameplay
Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol, Flower Power Gameplay
Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol, Evil Plants Gameplay
Top Ten Most Anticipated Games of E3 2007
(Sorry for the lack of Nintendo love. I tried. Plus the announcement that Smash wouldn't be playable dropped the E3 expectations. I wrote the bit on Super Mario Galaxy.)

Caliban · « **Reply #129 on:** July 09, 2007, 06:37:27 PM »

It ain't your fault Bloodworth. It was a nice piece btw, and if they didn't include Galaxy I think hell would've frozen.

A doughnut game...wow, lol, just as wierd as that game "Go! Go! Minon".

I've kept my eyes virgin from watching any Chibi-Robo PP or Zelda PH vids, even though I really do have this incredible urge to watch them but I don't want to spoil myself.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #130 on:** July 10, 2007, 10:08:12 AM »

Bloodworth, do you love Nintendo less now that you went non-partisan professionally?

IceCold · « **Reply #131 on:** July 10, 2007, 06:37:48 PM »

Freaking independent Ministers of Parliament..

Bloodworth · « **Reply #132 on:** July 10, 2007, 08:33:28 PM »

nah, I'm still most excited to play Metroid the first chance I get. But I do notice the other good stuff more than I would have before.

Bloodworth · « **Reply #133 on:** July 14, 2007, 06:13:35 PM »

Haven't had time to update this thread for obvious reasons, but here are some of the E3 updates, with many more to come. I was involved with these in one way or another, but of course I did a lot more like helping with interviews that other people conducted, downloading dozens of trailers, etc., etc.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force (PS2), Golf Gameplay (Cam)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21804.html

Aqua Teen Hunger Force (PS2), Carl Gameplay (Cam)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21824.html

Blacksite: Area 51, Trailer Park Gameplay (Cam)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21830.html

Blacksite: Area 51, Trailer Park Gameplay 2 (Cam)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21932.html

Blacksite: Area 51, Helicopter Gameplay (Cam)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22047.html

Dungeon Runners, Guitar Beatdown Gameplay (Direct)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21859.html

Dungeon Runners, Spinning Steel Gameplay (Direct)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22079.html

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Interview
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21958.html

Dark Sector, Shotgun Blasting Gameplay (Direct)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22113.html

Dark Sector, Slave to Glaive Gameplay (Direct)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22153.html

Dark Sector, Rampaging Psychos Gameplay (Direct)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22179.html

Dark Sector, Flaming Death Gameplay (Direct)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22181.html

Dark Sector, Street Shootout Gameplay (Direct)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22208.html

Front Mission: The First, Interview
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22134.html

World in Conflict Walkthrough pt 1 (Cam)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22139.html

pt2
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22165.html

pt3
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22171.html

Unreal Tournament III, Interview
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22157.html

Gears of War PC, Cliffy B Walkthrough (Cam)
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22197.html

Mashiro · « **Reply #134 on:** July 14, 2007, 06:33:03 PM »

Man I feel for you if you had to play that ATHF game, that looked so freakin' boring.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #135 on:** July 15, 2007, 04:54:50 AM »

Hey Bloodworth, what did you think of the new E3 overall?

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #136 on:** July 15, 2007, 04:17:00 PM »

Did you get stuck with all the crummy games? You weren't involved with the awesome Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 gameplay videos?

that Baby guy · « **Reply #137 on:** July 15, 2007, 04:19:05 PM »

I bet they do that to freshmen GT staff. You should lead us in a mighty rebellion to let you play the fun games.

Although, I too, would like to know what you thought about the new E3. Better or worse for obtaining info?

Bloodworth · « **Reply #138 on:** July 15, 2007, 06:46:38 PM »

What? There's only two or three crummy games on that list. I wasn't able to play Metroid, thanks to Nintendo not putting it on the floor, but I did go through most of the Mario demo.

As for the new E3, it was easier without the crowds, but having to travel made things a real pain. The first day I made the mistake of driving myself and literally spent over an hour trying to find parking, going from one hotel to the next. Luckily I was on the only crew with two writers, so I was able to drop our other guys off to handle the appointment while I looked for a spot for forty five minutes. E3 attendees were competing with other people parking for Wednesday's Farmers Market (closing off one of the streets), you couldn't park on half the streets because of street cleaning, and the hotel lot was full.

The other thing that sucks about having to drive around is that there is almost no chance of seeing games outside your appointments. Barker Hanger was far away from everything, and most of the games weren't there anyways - Nintendo's booth only had Mario, Wii Fit, Brain Age 2, and Zelda. Metroid was only at their suite and other Wii games were spread out at other publisher's booths and suites.

What we probably need next year is for the show to return to a central location like the Convention Center, but keep the crowds down and design the booths with plenty of room to move and set up.

Anyways, a few new bits went up today:

Pirates of the Burning Sea, Character Customization Interview
Persona 3, Squad Meeting Gameplay (Cam)
Pirates of the Burning Sea, Ship Combat Interview
Persona 3, Battle Tutorial Gameplay (Cam)
Zack and Wiki, Interview
Blacksite: Area 51, Flathead Frenzy Gameplay (Cam)

that Baby guy · « **Reply #139 on:** July 15, 2007, 11:09:24 PM »

I think you should encourage them to stick it in Seattle, to where PAX will be this year. I went there once, to a pharmacy convention, and it looked pretty big, had a stage area, and everything. It's Seattle, so it's about as close to Japan as the USA can get, Nintendo and MS are already based there, and it makes a nice vacation spot, too.

Bloodworth · « **Reply #140 on:** July 16, 2007, 05:13:01 PM »

Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron (PSP), Interview
Balloon Fight (VC), Gameplay
Paper Mario (VC), Gameplay
Silent Debuggers (VC), Gameplay
Dragon Quest Swords, Town and Field Gameplay
Dragon Quest Swords, Knight Gameplay
Dragon Quest Swords, Forest Gameplay
Dragon Quest Swords, Golem Gameplay

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #141 on:** July 17, 2007, 04:12:06 AM »

"I'm Leon.

Be my buddy."

Fantastic. This is the best video game writing ever.

Mashiro · « **Reply #142 on:** July 17, 2007, 04:37:11 AM »

DQS looks pretty cool . . . may be the first DQ game I get!

Svevan · « **Reply #143 on:** July 17, 2007, 06:42:47 AM »

Blood, was it really a better environment for playing the games and everything? In my mind, this new E3 is an experiment that has to die soon. I think next year it will be back to the festival convention type thing, but more toned down.

I don't think it's good to limit access to non-professionals either. In this industry, those that don't get paid do a lot of the work of the gaming press, and there's no way to break into professional game writing without first doing volunteer game writing. I think the new E3 might kill fansites (which is both good and bad).

Can anyone tell me if places like GoNintendo, TMK, and the like got to go? How many people from these websites made it to the show?

MegaByte · « **Reply #144 on:** July 17, 2007, 08:01:52 AM »

GoNintendo, yes. TMK, no.
The distribution of passes wasn't exactly uniform among different sites.

Bloodworth · « **Reply #145 on:** July 17, 2007, 05:05:14 PM »

The "environment" varied from booth to booth of course, but overall, once you got somewhere, it was much easier to cover everything in the booth/suite. No worries about putting bags down or shouting over crowds or waiting in line. The biggest problem, again, was the time lost traveling from one location to another, often on the other side of town during busy traffic.

I'd say E3 needs to refine who they let in/don't let in, but I get the feeling that whoever does the screening doesn't know who's been around and who hasn't.

Bloodworth · « **Reply #146 on:** July 18, 2007, 05:36:26 AM »

Thrillville: Off the Rails, Interview
Crash of the Titans, Interview

Bloodworth · « **Reply #147 on:** July 18, 2007, 05:51:35 PM »

Wild Tangent, Website Walkthrough pt 1
Wild Tangent, Website Walkthrough pt 2
Best of E3 2007
(I wrote Best PSP and Best New Franchise. Actual selections were made locked in a conference room all day Saturday. More to come all week.)

Bloodworth · « **Reply #148 on:** July 23, 2007, 04:39:01 PM »

Our Best of E3 Awards are all up, including the section I wrote for Best Wii Game.
Baroque (PS2), Dungeon Danger Gameplay
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology (PSP), Brave Adventurer Gameplay
Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology (PSP), Dangerous Dungeon Gameplay
Kirby's Dream Course, Virtual Console Gameplay
Devil's Crush, Virtual Console Gameplay
Touch! Bomberman Land 2, Battle Gameplay
Touch! Bomberman Land 2, Story Mode Gameplay
Shining Force, Virtual Console Gameplay
Mario Strikers Charged, Goal Scoring Gameplay
Mario Strikers Charged, Koopa Kicking Gameplay
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSN), Whip Cracking Gameplay
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSN), Alucard's Rage Gameplay

Bloodworth · « **Reply #149 on:** July 26, 2007, 05:49:09 PM »

Soroban DS, Abacus-learnin' gameplay
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Wii, Base Hit Gameplay
Momtaro Dentetsu 16, Gameplay
Mario Strikers Charged, Super Charged Gameplay Montage - Actually I had very little to do with how awesome this video is. Our editor did such a good job putting it together that several people thought that it was the game intro.
Cinammoroll Sweets Paradise, Pinball Paradise Gameplay
Mushi King Super Collection, Battle Mode Gameplay
Mushi King Super Collection, Story Mode Gameplay
The Metroid Retrospective, Part 1 - All I did for this was play through Metroid II, but it's super-awesome.
Naruto Shippuuden: Ninja Council 5, Gameplay
Rainbow Six Vegas (PS3), Review
NBA 2K8, Dunk Contest Developer Walkthrough

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