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It’s a question Kotaku gets a lot: Why do you refer to Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski as “Dude Huge”. There is a reason. This is it.
Amazon.com has announced an exclusive Gears of War 2 Lancer. Yours for a mere $US 139.99! Out November 7th, the life-sized replica of course doesn’t work, but hey, don’t let that stop Dude Huge from pretending it does. Look how much fun he’s having! If that is not a blast, will someone please tell us what one is?
If you pre-order the Lancer, you even get the standard edition of Gears of War 2, free of charge. And that’s not a bad deal at all.
Every year E3 comes and goes and we wind up with the same people being quoted over and over again. Is it because we respect their position in the games industry, or is it simply because they won’t stop flapping their gums for five minutes to let anyone else get a word in? Crispy Gamer has gathered the most obnoxiously vociferous members of the gaming business together into a little feature they call “The 10 People We Hope Will Shut the F*** Up at This Year’s E3″. I’m not sure whether I agree with their choices or not…not because they are dubious or anything…it’s just I’m not sure which of these guys I could take in a fight, and E3 is next week. Nintendo’s Reggie has those crazy eyes going for him, and Clifford “The Big Red” Bleszinski could easily be hiding Wolverine-like scrappiness under his cool, collected demeanour. Peter Moore is chiseled from granite…hmmm. I bet I could take the founders of Gamecock, but only by exploiting their penchant for wearing capes.
The best part of the article comes at the end, where they mention the people they want to hear more from. They need to just sit Tim Shafer down in front of a PA system and have him deliver a running commentary for the entire length of the show. The 10 People We Hope Will Shut the F*** Up at This Year’s E3 [Crispy Gamer]
The Cliffster is making Gears of War 2, and the dude’s totally hoping he can improve. Make a better game, you know. And in doing so, The ‘ster has things he’s looking at, things he wants to avoid. And one of those things is Metal Gear Solid. Says The Cliffster:
We wanted a blockbuster pace [in Gears of War 1] , and in doing so, we lost the story a bit. So that’s one of the lessons we learned. This time round there’s more repetition. Games aren’t movies and aren’t consumed in a single sitting. So secondary characters will remind you about stuff, which is re-established in plot cues. Metal Gear Solid is our example of the game we’re not doing. Passive entertainment is on its way out — you need to hook up with this web 2.0 stuff.
The ironic thing? Kojima Productions was influenced by Gears of War‘s controls for MGS4. Gears of War 2 Multiplayer Hands-On [IGN via ripten]
Gears of War was a big hit for The Cliffster and Epic. Unless Gears of War 2 is totally rotten, that game will probably be another big hit for The Cliffster. And if Gears 2 makes money, then yes, we’ll probably see another sequel. If that sequel does well, then another. Endless! But, The Cliffster and Epic are so not counting their eggs before they are hatched. Says The Cliffster:
It’s Cliff Bleszinski — not CliffyB, Cliffy B, Cliff B, Cliffy or Gears of War dude. Cliff Bleszinski. The game designer is dropping his “CliffyB” moniker and wants to be called by his real name. According to CliffyB Cliff Bleszinski, it’s “time to grow up.” But CliffyB Cliff, we didn’t think your nickname was immature! CliffyB It’s just unfortunately way easier to spell than Cliff Bleszinski! We really hope that CliffyB Cliff Bleszinski reconsiders. And stops eating puppies. Well at least our favourite CliffyB Cliff Bleszinski nickname, The Cliffster, is totally safe!
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For those of you that missed out on GDC and Cliffy B’s epic entrance (see what I did there?) you can now experience the magic for yourselves on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. In two separate videos (available for free), Epic Games President Mike Capps and Lead Designer Cliff Bleszinski tell you all about what you can expect from the fllow up to one of the biggest games of 2006. Also available is a video documenting the technical aspects and features of the updates Unreal 3 engine by Epic Games CEO and Technical Director Tim Sweeney. All three clips are available now for your downloading and viewing pleasure.
Oh no, Cliffy, you so did not just say PC gaming was in disarray. How could you? Epic and PC gaming are tight, and you’ve even signed up to PC gaming’s very own super friends! Time for Mark Rein to step in and set the record – and your message – straight. Speaking with MTV, the pair said: MR: We want all these people buying laptops and reasonably priced PCs, to at least be able to be exposed to gaming. They can go out later and upgrade to something better, but let’s at least give them a baseline experience.”
