IGN Live!

On October 23rd I took my bad self on down to the Anaheim Convention Center to check out the IGN Live! event. It was later in the afternoon on the last day so I wasn’t surprised that there weren’t massive crowds to navigate through. Here are some of the highlights:

- XBox 360 playable games! First, Call of Duty Multiplayer on a big HD screen with a nice loud home theater unit. I got to sit in a comfortable black leather easy chair and come in 2nd place. By far this was the best Xbox 360 game shown. Then I checked out Need For Speed Most Wanted 360 which crashed a few times. Looked nice though. Finally, Peter Jackson’s King Kong! Got to compare Kong on Xbox and Xbox 360. Both are fun and look good. And finally they had a demo (which I just watched others play) of Tony Hawk American Wasteland. This looked exactly the same as the Xbox 1 version except you could maybe see further down the street. Great frame rate but not really distinguishable from the Xbox title.

- Miscellaneous hot chicks promoting stuff no one cares about. What would a nerd convention be without the babes???

- Got to meet Tommy T. from G4 TV’s Judgment Day. I complimented him on having the balls to give We Heart Katamai the weak score it deserves! He was nice and much more down to earth than I expected.

- Skateboard ramps with tricksters showing off.

- U.S. Army Tank, wall climbing and goofy light gun exhibits.

- Professional wresting in the back. This was very popular.

- A bunch of old arcade machines… not plugged in.

- Pokemon tournaments on special Poke’tables.

- 8-Bit musicians playing kick-ass-metal versions of your favorite Mario & Co. hits. I can’t believe that tour got canceled!