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See The Who Live In Concert From The Front Row ('Rock Band' Party Photos)

Posted 7/17/08 11:25 am EST by in Celebrities, e3, harmonix, rock band

Last night The Who performed at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles for a crowd of 1,000 people at Harmonix's E3 "Rock Band" bash. The legendary band played a two-hour set including classics like "My Generation," "Behind Blue Eyes," "Who Are You," "The Seeker," "The Kids Are Alright," "Pinball Wizard," "Baba O'Riley," "Won't Get Fooled Again" and many more. Basically, it was the best concert ever.

I was lucky enough to sit in the front row with Kotaku's Brian Crecente and GameLife's Chris Kohler. Check out all my photos on MTV's flickr page.

The Blood And Cake Of 'Fat Princess' For PlayStation 3

Posted 7/17/08 11:17 am EST by in e3, fat princess, PS3, PSN

'Fat Princess'

Even the people demoing "Fat Princess" are surprised that their little downloadable PS3 game with the catchy name has become one of the buzz games of the show. But with a title like that, how could it not be?

Shown just for a few seconds during the Sony briefing, "Fat Princess" was being demoed at Sony's booth in the Los Angeles Convention Center. It's still a work in progress, with some rough edges and room (at least I think so) for one Totilian idea.

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E3 Impressions: 'Bikini Zombie Slayers'

Posted 7/17/08 10:22 am EST by in Bikinis, e3, Slayers, Wii, Zombies


I didn't know much about the Japanese-imported "Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers" when it was announced last week, but I knew that it had bikinis and zombies in it.

In other words, I had to see it.

Alongside demos for kid-friendly titles like "Ben 10" and "Naruto," I entered a private booth within D3Publishers's E3 meeting room through beaded curtains. It kind of felt like I was entering the adult section at a video store (not that I've ever been).

However, fans of zombies and girls who kick butt should take note...

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EA Chief: Slow-Starting Wii 'Boom Blox' Is Video Games' 'Dark Side Of The Moon'

Posted 7/17/08 9:33 am EST by in Boom Blox, e3, ea, Wii

Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon'The critically-acclaimed EA Wii game "Boom Blox" is not a failure commercially, EA CEO John Riccitiello told me yesterday during an interview in his company's E3 booth regarding the state of the games publisher. Instead, it's a success with Pink Floyd potential. And he'd even like to do a sequel.

Here's our chat about that topic. The rest of my E3 interview with him will run next week.

MTV Multiplayer: "Boom Blox" is a lot of people's favorite Wii game so far. But a lot of those same people have been looking at the sales figures, seeing that only 60,000 copies were sold in the first month, and I need to know what you were expecting in terms of performance for "Boom Blox." Are you as worried or panicked as some of these fans are about what "Boom Blox"'s success -- or lack thereof -- means?

John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronic Arts: First off, we had a week's sales with no advertising. Last time I checked MTV wasn't a financial network, but .. it met our expectations. "Boom Blox" was a competent seller in the month it was introduced and only had a week of sales without advertising. So it's doing actually quite well. We haven't announced a sequel, but I would tell you that I certainly am curious [about doing one]. It's a hit title.

Multiplayer: So everything you guys were doing in terms of making "Boom Blox" -- making an original game for the Wii -- is still something you guys feel will work? This is not a sign to EA that "Boom Blox" wasn't the right direction?

Riccitiello: Given that you come from a music network, I think "Boom Blox" is going to be the "Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon'" for games. It's going to last a long time. I think it's going to be a favorite for a long time. If you haven't picked it up there's really nothing like it out there… frankly I'm addicted to it. My kids are into it. It's a great title.

Miyamoto: 'Wii Music' Is 'More Interesting Than A Video Game'

Posted 7/17/08 12:13 am EST by in e3, Wii, Wii Music

'Wii Music'I'm trying to find some time to post my impressions of "Wii Music," the newly announced Wii game that you can't lose and that didn't seem to go over with the E3 press corps as well as "Wii Sports" or "Wii Fit." My short take: I liked it better after I played it today.

For now, though, chew on this:

At a Nintendo developer's roundtable event this evening in Los Angeles, a German journalist asked Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto if it would be more appropriate to call "Wii Music," which lacks goals and points, a "toy" rather than a "video game."

Miyamoto replied tersely: "Yes, that's right. And that's why it's more interesting than a video game."

I hadn't seen that side of Miyamoto before! Could it be -- in this case as in so many before -- that he's right? Are we too hung up on traditional video game constraints to appreciate something more free-form?

(Also: other blogs seem to have posted this already, but in case you missed it, he confirmed that a new "Pikmin" game is in development. "We are making 'Pikmin,'" he said. He did not elaborate.)

Patrick Wraps Today Before Seeing...The Who!

Posted 7/16/08 10:27 pm EST by in e3, rock band, Video

Tonight will be epic!

MTV Games is throwing a massive "Rock Band" party with special guests The Who. It's supposed to be a secret, but Reuters ended up spoiling the much-talked-about surprise this morning. Tracey John and myself will be attending the festivities and reporting back. But before that, I boot up my laptop and reminisce about the latest day of E3 coming to a close.

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Sony's E3 Press Conference Round-Up - Is It The Year Of The PS3?

Posted 7/16/08 5:05 pm EST by in e3, sony

After Sony's E3 press conference yesterday Stephen filed a detailed report over at MTV News about what was announced and planned for the PS2, PS3, and PSP for the rest of the year. Here is the beginning of it, head on over to MTVNews.com for the full story.

LOS ANGELES — Sony packed the Shrine Auditorium on Tuesday (July 15) at E3 to promote the idea that this is the year of PlayStation games, and the company presented a diverse lineup to stress that point.

On a stage with 58 flat-screen TVs, developers came out to show off material like "Resistance 2," a fall 2008 first-person shooter that features its hero fighting a monster as tall as a skyscraper in an alien-overtaken Chicago. The company also revealed a downloadable sequel to the "Ratchet & Clank" series. Subtitled "Quest for Booty" and due out this summer, it's a shorter-than-normal adventure that the developers say is paced like a summer action movie.

Koji Igarashi Has Seen The New 'Indiana Jones' -- But What's His Favorite?

Posted 7/16/08 3:48 pm EST by in castlevania, e3, Movies

Fanboys, prepare to rumble.

Koji Igarashi, head of the "Castlevania" franchise, has told this reporter his thoughts on "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."

The verdict? "Personally, I loved the movie," said Igarashi. "But this time around the story took a very weird arc with -- instead of magic and mystic things, it's like…aliens?! I think that might have thrown a lot of people off."

I couldn't stop there, though. I had to make Igarashi pick a side. What's his favorite "Indiana Jones" movie? It took him a few moments before he decided to answer.

"I like the second one, 'Temple of Doom,' a lot" he said, throwing me a curve ball. "But my favorite has to be 'Raiders of the Last Ark.'"

Good call, Iga.

Stephen's Thoughts On Yesterday's Big News Plus A Look Ahead

Posted 7/16/08 3:42 pm EST by in e3, Video

A fully dressed Stephen Totilo recaps some of his biggest stories from yesterday in his hotel room this morning. Watch to see what big names he is meeting with today, and get a hint at some of the things to come in the next few days right here on Multiplayer.

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Miyamoto Explains Why The World Needs 'Wii Music'

Posted 7/16/08 12:47 pm EST by in e3, microsoft, mtv news, nintendo, sony, Video

With the big press conferences at E3 over, Stephen does a quick wrap up for MTV News of what each company had to show. After a quick run though of the highlights from Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony, Mr. Totilo offers a little bit of insight into who's "winning" E3, and asks the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto about "Wii Music."

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