OFF THE RECORD THE RECORD
This week, publishers were showing off their games with some larger than life props for E3, while the LA Times makes quite the headline blunder
HOLY TANK, BATMAN
No, your eyes are not deceiving you – this is indeed a full size replica of The Dark Knight’s ride on the E3 show fl oor to promote Batman: Arkham Knight. Excessive? Perhaps. But insanely cool? Defi nitely. The Caped Crusader’s tank wasn’t the only ridiculous vehicle on display, either. EA had a full size Titan (because why not?), while the folks over at Microsoft had a lurid school bus (complete with dead mutant pancaked to the front) for Sunset Overdrive. Meanwhile Wargaming had a full sized tank for
World of Tanks, complete with scantly clad booth babes. Because they are still a thing, apparently.
THE WEEK IN 140 CHARACTERS The Tweets you might have missed in the last seven days
@philippawarr Why was Lara Croft sad? Because her career was IN RUINS
Phillippa Warr, freelance games journalist Monday June 9th
@totalbiscuit I spent about fi ve seconds in the Youtube comments of that Dota robbery video and realized I am basically Jesus for turning mine off forever.
John Bain, YouTuber Monday June 9th
@JOEL_G People who fi lm press conferences on their phone, or take pictures every ten seconds. The worst.
Joel Gregory, GamesMaster Monday June 9th
@kezamacdonald Open... world... Zelda... can’t... process... joy
Keza MacDonald, Kotaku UK Tuesday, June 10th
@nathanditum Most profound E3 exchange ever. Dev: “Are you OK here?” Journo: “Yeah, I just died.” Dev: “Don’t worry, everybody does.”
Nathan Ditum, PlayStation Access Tuesday June 10th
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@leighalexander It is very hard to add female character bc unlike men they do not ‘walk’. Instead their high heals make them move from side to side swaying Leigh Alexander, freelance games journalist Wednesday June 11th
@jam_sponge “We didn’t have the budget for playable female characters,” said Ubisoft, standing beside an incredible facsimile of 18th century France. Matt Lees, freelance games journalist Wednesday June 11th
@PercyBlackeney63 Nintendo reinforce the fact that they make great games. If you want to play them. Buy a Nintendo console. Old school simplicity
Sterling Ross, Mastertronic Friday, June 13th
@milesSI People of Twitter. 2+2=4 not 17. Just because I have an Oculus Rift doesn’t mean FM is coming for it. I collect gaming devices.
Miles Jacobson, Sports Interactive Friday, June 13th
@JimSterling Rumor: Ubisoft’s reason for locking PC features on Watch Dogs is “We were too busy making a female protagonist and ran out of resources.”
Jim Sterling, The Escapist Monday, June 16th
June 20th 2014
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