PAX 2009
Wow where do I start, I got to do everything I wanted to do (that I wasn't sure I could do) and then DOUBLE that today at PAX.
1) Shook hands with Todd Harris of Global Agenda/Hirez and had a brief conversation.
2) Played Borderlands and talked to THREE Gearbox devs, talking specifically to their community manager in depth about the game.
Borderlands Reflections: Diablo with guns (like hellgate) but done RIGHT. The game plays like call of duty or any other smooth shooter, so you can melee, throw grenades, etc, as if you were playing one of those. Overlaid on top of that is the complexity of a class-based coop game, and on top of THAT is a huge pile of RPG mechanics and stats. It's amazing fun, I didn't want to put it down for a second.
3) Played Diablo 3 as a Monk briefly, plan on heading back in for more.
Reflections: AMAZING. The scroll wheel/two abilities on the mouse thing works really well to help you chain together abilities, the only thing I worry about is how you're almost always using your skills, not your normal auto attack, but maybe that's not a bad thing?
4) Got together with a bunch of TF2 cosplayers and had an amazing time, and helped hand out some PORTAL CAKE to random guys.
5) Watched L4D2 in action and saw a Valve dev take pictures of Emily's costume for "the blog", she might show up on the official tf2 blog now?
6) Got to meet the Hey Ash people and Emily and I will be IN THE NEXT EPISODE OF HEY ASH.
AMAZING.
1) Shook hands with Todd Harris of Global Agenda/Hirez and had a brief conversation.
2) Played Borderlands and talked to THREE Gearbox devs, talking specifically to their community manager in depth about the game.
Borderlands Reflections: Diablo with guns (like hellgate) but done RIGHT. The game plays like call of duty or any other smooth shooter, so you can melee, throw grenades, etc, as if you were playing one of those. Overlaid on top of that is the complexity of a class-based coop game, and on top of THAT is a huge pile of RPG mechanics and stats. It's amazing fun, I didn't want to put it down for a second.
3) Played Diablo 3 as a Monk briefly, plan on heading back in for more.
Reflections: AMAZING. The scroll wheel/two abilities on the mouse thing works really well to help you chain together abilities, the only thing I worry about is how you're almost always using your skills, not your normal auto attack, but maybe that's not a bad thing?
4) Got together with a bunch of TF2 cosplayers and had an amazing time, and helped hand out some PORTAL CAKE to random guys.
5) Watched L4D2 in action and saw a Valve dev take pictures of Emily's costume for "the blog", she might show up on the official tf2 blog now?
6) Got to meet the Hey Ash people and Emily and I will be IN THE NEXT EPISODE OF HEY ASH.
AMAZING.