T w e n t y S i d e d
So E3 is this coming week, and Twitch.tv is doing something new. They’re allowing people to re-stream their feed. Which means we can watch a press event and comment on it in real-time. Josh and I (and maybe some other guests, I dunno) will stream the Bethesda press conference, and talk over it like a couple of opinionated jerks.
Honestly, I have no idea if this will work, if it makes sense, or if you will enjoy it. We’re off the edge of the map here.
But maybe it will be fun. I’m sure they’re going to spend a lot of time talking about Fallout 4. You can be there to witness the hardening or melting of our hearts in real time. You can type questions into chat like, “Will you fix your reprehensible karma system?” Josh and I can ask each other those questions, conclude that we have no idea because Bethesda is still talking about plasma rifles or whatever.
The event is at 7pm on Sunday night on the West Cost. Here’s a countdown to to event:
If the Bethesda thing falls through, maybe we’ll just hang out and watch Josh play a videogame. If it works out, we might cover a few other events later in the week.
When the event is live you’ll find it here: twitch.tv/spoilerwarningshow
Dead Island
A stream-of-gameplay review of Dead Island. This game is a cavalcade of bugs and bad design choices.
Are Lootboxes Gambling?
Obviously they are. Right? Actually, is this another one of those sneaky hard-to-define things?
Starcraft: Bot Fight
Let's do some scripting to make the Starcraft AI fight itself, and see how smart it is. Or isn't.
Shamus Plays WOW
Ever wondered what's in all those quest boxes you've never bothered to read? Get ready: They're more insane than you might expect.
A Star is Born
Remember the superhero MMO from 2009? Neither does anyone else. It was dumb. So dumb I was compelled to write this.
This ought to be fun at least.
9:00 on a SUNDAY? Curse you, Bethesda!
How long is the event scheduled to be?
(Just figuring out if I need to call in sick again on Monday… :P )
AKA 4 AM on a monday for me. WTF Beth! Stupid sexy timezones.
Hey, this is NOT during one of my gaming sessions. Maybe Bethesda isn’t so bad after all.
WE HAVE FAILED.
two best friends have done this kind of thing few times, they were pretty good. always good to get hours of spoiler warning all at once :)
If I’m getting the timing right on this, this stream will be… 4 AM, Sunday night.
Somehow, I doubt I’ll be able to be there.
IT IS BECAUSE YOU LACK CONVICTION.
Sleep is for the weak.
I can come and talk in a funny accent if you want.
Hate being that guy, but….their instead of there? “You can be their to witness the hardening of […]”
Also, won’t be there, wrong timezone :(
And it’s 7 PM on the West Cost? Dammit, I’m horrible with exchange rates!
If anyone is having trouble with timezones for E3, here’s a handy table that someone made.
So the stream is on the 19th or 20th, and E3 is from 16th to 18th?
Someone’s going to have to explain that to me… does Bethesda not care about official E3 times? is the timer wrong (it says 7 days plus change right now for me). Or am I just bad at math? (Never do math on live tv, children)
Edit: NVM after reloading the timer decided to show 1 day amd change instead. Wonder what went wrong
And for some inexplicable reason, they’ll never do this again.
Seems like a fun idea.
Can you archive the stream, in case we miss it?
Pleasantly surprised that Twitch is allowing this. I’ve watched some of the award shows before with other people restreaming and commentating over it, but they had to use a different site since it was against Twitch TOS. It’s pretty fun, as when the conference gets inevitably drudged up in marketing speak you have people to crack jokes about it.
…but plasma rifles are cool….
Given the Diecast is usually recorded on Sundays, how will this press conference hangout thing effect this week’s podcast?
We record on Saturdays. So, recording all done for this week.
For those with half an hour to spare. Kung Fury (Movie Short) 31 minute playtime. (free, official channel)
And here’s the trailer.
I’m sure most here has seen this movie by now but if not, at the very least check out the trailer. The movie was a kickstarter project.
And word has it that the short will become a full feature movie later thanks to the popularity.
The short was also screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
What the I don’t even… ahh… David Hasselhoff?
Yeah, apparently he was asked to do a song (sing), he watched the first 15 or so seconds of Kung Fury and said “I’m in”.
I’ve seen Kung Fury more times than I can count (partly due to watching other people react to it on youtube), some go into full nostalgia mode for the 80s while others just can’t process what they are seeing.
Sounds like a fun idea! Can’t wait to see your reactions during the Bethesda press conference. Also, have you checked out omegle new? It’s a great way to chat with random people while streaming!