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Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski Talks Gears Of War 2 At E3, Part 2

Check out part two of Das Gamer’s interview Cliff Bleszinski during Microsoft’s E3 influencer event at The Last Laugh, the tattoo parlor-slash-street wear retail space-slash art installation owned by Mr. Cartoon and street photographer Estevan Oriol. In the first segment Bleszinski focused on the work that still needs to be done on Gears of War 2. In part two of the interview, Bleszinksi talks about building hype around a new title, how the game industry has to sell its product to you more than once to survive and responds to bloggers telling him to shut the fuck up. Hit the jump to watch the video. Read the rest of this entry »

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Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski Talks Gears of War 2 At E3 2008

During E3 Microsoft hosted a small event at The Last Laugh, a tattoo shop and retail space run by LA-based tattoo artist Mr. Cartoon and street photographer Estevan Oriol, to show off Gears of War 2 and Madden 09 in a more intimate setting. And by intimate setting I mean they had free drinks, freshly made tacos and a lot of killer art. Around the shop Mr. Cartoon had his oil paintings, limited edition sneakers, vinyl figures and even a pair of air brushed tricycles that would set you back nearly three grand a piece all on display. Inside guests got to throw back free drinks and got a chance to talk to Gears of War 2 designer Cliff Bleszinski, Mr. Cartoon, Oriol, actor (and voice of Gears character Augustus Cole) Lester Speight, the Konsole Kingz, hip hop artist Murs and Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg.

I got a chance to catch up with Bleszinski to talk about what he has left to work on before shipping Gears 2, “stepping on other people’s skulls,” and the current state of E3 as a post-apocalyptic ghost town. Hit the jump to watch the video and check out a gallery of photos from the event. Read the rest of this entry »

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