Scott Tortorice
Senior Member
I have to hand it to Seth Schiesel of the New Zork Times - he wrote a great piece about why gamers so love gaming:
Best Friends, in Fantasy and Reality
[video=youtube;Kl1hxzzXVX0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl1hxzzXVX0[/video]
I've never been one for conventions, but I have to admit that I wouldn't mind going to a BlizzCon one day. Blizzard really pulls out all the stops for their fans.
BTW: Mark Levin went with his son again. You can hear his thoughts on the convention in the first few seconds of the show, here:
http://www.marklevinshow.com/sectional.asp?id=32930#
Click on the link for the 10/24 show.
Best Friends, in Fantasy and Reality
BTW: Here's a good behind the scenes vid from BlizzCon 2011:But the most important moment, the one that illuminated the passion that weaves Internet gamers into global communities that often make the leap from pixels to reality, did not come in the vast, thronged convention hall. It was not when Blizzard announced the next expansion for its signature product, World of Warcraft. It was not when thousands of spectators perched in rapt attention as the top two players of StarCraft II, Blizzard’s science-fiction strategy game, battled for $50,000 as winner of the convention tournament. And it was not the costume and dance contests hosted by the comedian Jay Mohr or the closing concert by the Foo Fighters.
Rather, the moment arrived after the official event had ended on Saturday night. In the atrium lobby of a hotel next door, at least 1,000 fans milled about in a scene that evoked the last night of camp, when no one wants to say goodbye and go home.
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“People don’t realize that in many ways this event is as important for us, personally, as it is for the fans,” said Rob Pardo, Blizzard’s executive vice president for game design. “If we moved BlizzCon to Los Angeles or something, we could make it a lot bigger, but that would make it harder for Blizzard employees to come, and we want them to be able to experience the fans’ passion.”
In the hotel lobby Hubert Thieblot, founder and chief executive of Curse, a top gaming community company, surveyed the crowd of fans and developers. “For the hard-core people who play these games, it’s not just a game,” he said. “It’s a lifestyle. It’s part of who they are. This is a celebration of that.”
[video=youtube;Kl1hxzzXVX0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl1hxzzXVX0[/video]
I've never been one for conventions, but I have to admit that I wouldn't mind going to a BlizzCon one day. Blizzard really pulls out all the stops for their fans.
BTW: Mark Levin went with his son again. You can hear his thoughts on the convention in the first few seconds of the show, here:
http://www.marklevinshow.com/sectional.asp?id=32930#
Click on the link for the 10/24 show.