Ok, I'll write it up tonight (busy right now), but you guys are SO going to love what I picked up today.
Todays E3 Impressions is sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet.
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Todays E3 Impressions is sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet.
. Hope it's something really cool....
Where to begin....
Ok, first off, I was going to say that this one would be shorter than the last two posts, but I'm not promising anything since today was REALLY nice (and that's knowing that the best part has yet to come).
Ok, got there early, yadda yadda yadda. I shoot some video, I play some games, things go on (see, I can wrap up a few hours in just a few lines!![]()
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I'm filming the Warcraft III displays over at Blizzard's booth, and the PR rep that I had tried (unsuccessfully) to contact for the past few weeks. He see's my media badge and me filming, and decides to stop me. Not to be a hard-ass about letting me film, but he offered to send me some B-Roll footage of the game. Great! So, thanks to Beau over at Blizzard for starting things going in the right direction.
SEGA!!!
The past two days, I was turned down at Sega's booth, where maybe 150 people were gathered outside, and maybe 15-20 people were inside. I had an appointment with them at 12:30, and hoped I would get to see something. Well, my prayers had been answered.
Inside the Sega booth (which I now had access to) were maybe 20 displays, showing everything like:
PSO v.2 (DC)
Shenmue II (DC) [YES!]
Virtua Fighter 4 (Arcade)
Sega Sports Tennis 2K2 (DC) [Note: This IS the sequel to Virtua Tennis, which kicked major ass)
PSO (GC)
JSRF (XBox)
Crazy Taxi 2 (eh...DC I think)
and a few others.
So I'm talking with the rep, and filming some displays, and things are going nice. I filmed the entire NEW Shenmue II trailer off the display, which wasn't great quality since it was a handheld camera shot, of a tv screen (through glass), on a vhs tape, recorded from a DC. So, trying my luck, I asked if I could get some B-Roll footage of Shenmue II, and possibly anything else. BAM! Within minutes, the very polite rep from Sega handed me a beta tape with the direct feed vids from all the games in the booth (i.e.: everything the public wasn't able to see).
Cool. Add that to the fact that this was all in a nice lounge-type setting, complete with some funky music and a catering staff, serving beverages and "10th Anniversary Sonic" pieces of cake. Sweeeeeeet.
Yadda yadda, yadda...I decide to go around asking for more b-roll footage, hoping I can get some REALLY cool stuff for CHV. After all, we ARE promoting the games by showing this stuff to you, and if we're going to promote anything, we might as well have it in the highest quality possible. In the end, I got a few more tapes from various companies such as Rockstar/GOD/Take 2 (Max Payne), Midway (NHL Hitz 2002), Microsoft (Halo, Oddworld), and Nintendo (Smash Bros. 2, Metroid Prime, Mario Kart Advance). So, things went pretty good in that respect.
BUT....since I wanted the highest quality possible, I got all of these on BetacamSP tapes, and since I do not have IMMEDIATE access to a beta player, it'll be a little bit before I can offer this stuff to you guys (or for that matter, watch it myself).
Anyways, things were a lot more detailed and complex than that, but I'm out of time for now. So, for the last time, this is Jim (a.k.a. Ed) signing off from E3 2001.
~
Ok, first off, I was going to say that this one would be shorter than the last two posts, but I'm not promising anything since today was REALLY nice (and that's knowing that the best part has yet to come).
Ok, got there early, yadda yadda yadda. I shoot some video, I play some games, things go on (see, I can wrap up a few hours in just a few lines!
). I'm filming the Warcraft III displays over at Blizzard's booth, and the PR rep that I had tried (unsuccessfully) to contact for the past few weeks. He see's my media badge and me filming, and decides to stop me. Not to be a hard-ass about letting me film, but he offered to send me some B-Roll footage of the game. Great! So, thanks to Beau over at Blizzard for starting things going in the right direction.
SEGA!!!
The past two days, I was turned down at Sega's booth, where maybe 150 people were gathered outside, and maybe 15-20 people were inside. I had an appointment with them at 12:30, and hoped I would get to see something. Well, my prayers had been answered.
Inside the Sega booth (which I now had access to) were maybe 20 displays, showing everything like:
PSO v.2 (DC)
Shenmue II (DC) [YES!]
Virtua Fighter 4 (Arcade)
Sega Sports Tennis 2K2 (DC) [Note: This IS the sequel to Virtua Tennis, which kicked major ass)
PSO (GC)
JSRF (XBox)
Crazy Taxi 2 (eh...DC I think)
and a few others.
So I'm talking with the rep, and filming some displays, and things are going nice. I filmed the entire NEW Shenmue II trailer off the display, which wasn't great quality since it was a handheld camera shot, of a tv screen (through glass), on a vhs tape, recorded from a DC. So, trying my luck, I asked if I could get some B-Roll footage of Shenmue II, and possibly anything else. BAM! Within minutes, the very polite rep from Sega handed me a beta tape with the direct feed vids from all the games in the booth (i.e.: everything the public wasn't able to see).
Cool. Add that to the fact that this was all in a nice lounge-type setting, complete with some funky music and a catering staff, serving beverages and "10th Anniversary Sonic" pieces of cake. Sweeeeeeet.
Yadda yadda, yadda...I decide to go around asking for more b-roll footage, hoping I can get some REALLY cool stuff for CHV. After all, we ARE promoting the games by showing this stuff to you, and if we're going to promote anything, we might as well have it in the highest quality possible. In the end, I got a few more tapes from various companies such as Rockstar/GOD/Take 2 (Max Payne), Midway (NHL Hitz 2002), Microsoft (Halo, Oddworld), and Nintendo (Smash Bros. 2, Metroid Prime, Mario Kart Advance). So, things went pretty good in that respect.
BUT....since I wanted the highest quality possible, I got all of these on BetacamSP tapes, and since I do not have IMMEDIATE access to a beta player, it'll be a little bit before I can offer this stuff to you guys (or for that matter, watch it myself).
Anyways, things were a lot more detailed and complex than that, but I'm out of time for now. So, for the last time, this is Jim (a.k.a. Ed) signing off from E3 2001.
~
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cant wait to see some of the stuff u got from e3 d00d!! from what ive seen at most other sites, not much vids have been posted yet ![]()
oh wellz!! good on ya Jim [mutters under his breath]lucky bastard[/mutters under his breath]MRk MRK n FnK Mz
cant wait to see some of the stuff u got from e3 d00d!! from what ive seen at most other sites, not much vids have been posted yet 
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heh i still can't believe the e3 is pretty much in my own backyard heh
i remember the first time i heard that the e3 was going to be held in los angeles, i was excited until i found out that you had to be 18 or older, and be a member of the press or a game developer.
So there's my US$0.02 :-)
Randy "MoonKnight" Tabula
(714)507-3807 ext. 7955
[url=mailto:randytabula@socal.rr.com]randytabula@socal.rr.com[/url] ICQ# 1756860
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i remember the first time i heard that the e3 was going to be held in los angeles, i was excited until i found out that you had to be 18 or older, and be a member of the press or a game developer.
So there's my US$0.02 :-)
Randy "MoonKnight" Tabula
(714)507-3807 ext. 7955
[url=mailto:randytabula@socal.rr.com]randytabula@socal.rr.com[/url] ICQ# 1756860
http://MoonKnight.jump.to
"Akirameru da nan te! (I can't give up!)" - Love Hina
hey jim, i was wondering if u saw anything on the new rpg game by square and disney... "kingdom hearts" i think it was called... if u did could u fill us in on wat it's about?
ULTIMATE Tae Kwon Do Team
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Actually, I didn't see much of that game, BUT, the Disney rep IS sending me everything they have on it. So I'll have some stuff shortly.
ALSO, since I'll be in NY for a few days (leaving LA tomorrow, won't be home until Friday), I'll see if I can get this stuff transferred to another tape format by then, since finding a video production services that can do it will be a LOT easier in the city compared to where I am.
Not that I'm likly to be visting E3 any time soon (no money) how did you get access? According to Moonknight you have too be a member of the press or a game developer. I wasn't aware that you were ether, (that said I don't know much about you ![]()
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I ain't no stalker ).Jed
Jaydee ^_^
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being a member of chv.net counts as being a member of the press
hey jim i have a question for ya, how were tecmo's dead or alive booth babes? i heard they were rather... exceptional this year :-D by any chance did you get any pics?
So there's my US$0.02 :-)
Randy "MoonKnight" Tabula
(714)507-3807 ext. 7955
[url=mailto:randytabula@socal.rr.com]randytabula@socal.rr.com[/url] ICQ# 1756860
http://MoonKnight.jump.to
hey jim i have a question for ya, how were tecmo's dead or alive booth babes? i heard they were rather... exceptional this year :-D by any chance did you get any pics?
So there's my US$0.02 :-)
Randy "MoonKnight" Tabula
(714)507-3807 ext. 7955
[url=mailto:randytabula@socal.rr.com]randytabula@socal.rr.com[/url] ICQ# 1756860
http://MoonKnight.jump.to
"Akirameru da nan te! (I can't give up!)" - Love Hina
