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The Cliff Show: Epic's CliffyB Interviewed

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the getting-to-know dept.

Warrior-GS writes "GameSpy has a rather unorthodox video interview with Epic Games designer Cliff Bleszinski. Entitled 'The Cliff Show,' the two-part streaming video takes place entirely in a swimming pool in Cabo, Mexico, during an Atari University event. The 15-minute interview touches on Unreal Tournament 2004 briefly, but also talks about Cliffy's 'gay' dogs, a few odd web sites and the possibility of getting a syndicated gaming show."

37 comments

  1. Points for style. by keiferb · · Score: 4, Funny

    The world needs more interviews like this.

    Tomorrow on Dateline NBC, Matt Lauer interviews Dick Cheney in a vat of Jello(tm). ...or maybe...

    This week, on Meet the Press: Tim Russert and President Bush have a heart-to-heart in a kiddie pool of rice pudding.

    1. Re:Points for style. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Dick Cheney in a vat of Jello

      It's a vat of blood, not Jello.

    2. Re:Points for style. by jasonla · · Score: 2, Funny

      Bleszinski's "fruity" dogs? The interview needs to do some introspection... Kettle, I'd like to introduce you the the Pot. He's black too.

  2. WMP Video download links by timothv · · Score: 5, Informative

    Part 1
    Part 2

    1. Re:WMP Video download links by ricotest · · Score: 1

      I'm getting "connection refused" for these.

  3. UT2005 by Peter+Cooper · · Score: 1, Interesting

    So the real question is.. will we see a UT2005? If so, what will it be like?

    1. Re:UT2005 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      What you want UT to be like Madden and so we have to buy the same fucking game over and over? No thanks. As it is UT2004 is like a mod to UT2003. The whole reason UT was so great was that it was out on its own for years allowing lots of mods and a nice fanbase to build up. If UT2005 comes out and breaks compatibility once again that many less people will be upgrading after the whole UT2003 to UT2004 shuffle.

    2. Re:UT2005 by KDR_11k · · Score: 3, Informative

      Well, they have registered the domain names up to unrealtournament2010.com, but that's all we know. Oh, and they said that every two years they'll have major changes, we're likely going to see Unreal Championship 2's meelee combat in UT2005.

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    3. Re:UT2005 by unclethursday · · Score: 2, Insightful
      As it is UT2004 is like a mod to UT2003.

      Hardly.

      UT2004 is much more than just a mod for UT2003. It takes UT2003, expands upon it, and brings it up to what UT2003 should have been in the first place.

      Assault returning, Onslaught and it's vehicles, vehicle capture the flag, new characters, and the return of the original sniper rifle, as well as the removal of those God awful shoulder lights for teams and the return of colored armor are all things that UT2003 should have had.

      UT2004 feels more like UT than UT2003 did. It's a return to what UT should be, and a divergance from the Quake-ness that UT2003 felt like.

      It's way more than mod to UT2003; it completely erases UT2003 from the face of the Earth for the game that should have been in the first place.

    4. Re:UT2005 by Tobias+Luetke · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Yea, you could almost say UT2004 is the game UT2003 should have been !

    5. Re:UT2005 by shoptroll · · Score: 1

      "As it is UT2004 is like a mod to UT2003"

      Do you realize that UT was originally intended to be a mod of Unreal? Don't make it sound like the fact that UT2004 feels like an add-on to UT2003 is a bad thing.

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    6. Re:UT2005 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      " What you want UT to be like Madden and so we have to buy the same fucking game over and over?"

      You don't HAVE to buy every single year of Madden. I don't understand why people get SO upset that Madden et. al. are released every year, and people come up with the argument that they now *have* to buy the new version. The only reason to get the new release is if you want to get the updated rosters and some added gameplay. Don't want, want to just play a good football game, stick with the older version.

  4. Direct Links to the Videos by a5cii · · Score: 2, Interesting

    http://xfersf02.ign.com/%5E1989086416/movies/strea mingmovies.ign.com/docroot/pc/article/542/542143/t hecliffshow_ep1_part2_wmvlow.wmv?position=front

    part 1 seems to be unavailable

  5. obligitory JEFF K. INTARVIEW link by jeffehobbs · · Score: 1, Offtopic


    an oldie, but a goodie:

    http://www.somethingawful.com/jeffk//cliifyintarvi ew/

    ~jeff

    1. Re:obligitory JEFF K. INTARVIEW link by Pluvius · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      The best webcomic ever written. Except maybe Jerkcity.

      Rob

  6. UT's future by MachDelta · · Score: 4, Informative

    No one knows if we'll see a UT2005, but what HAS been announced is "UT2004: Editors Choice Edition". Its gonna be all of UT2004, plus new maps, three new vehicles, six new characters (return of the Necris and MetalGuard AFAIK), and some of the top mods in the community today (Frag Ops, Red Orchestra, and UnWheel are all i've heard of so far). Some people might consider this to be sort of like a "UT2005", though its supposed to be released sometime this fall. At any rate, the good news is all the additional Editors Choice content will be available to UT2004 owners for free. So really, this 'update' is no different from when the original Unreal Tournament was re-released as the "Game of the Year Edition" (GOTY). Same game, only patched with some new toys and a bunch of mods right in the box, for all those people who missed the boat for the original release. :)

    So will we ever see a UT2005 or UT2006? The only definitive answer is maybe. Chances are pretty good though, that if there IS an 05 or 06, they'll merely be re-releases with updated content that any existing UT2004 owner can snag for free.

    As for a UT2007 (or '08)... now THAT we might have to pay for again. But it'll be a totally new engine (yes, supposedly that swanky new Unreal Engine 3 that has everyone drooling) and game content, so its all good. But we'll just have to see what Epic cooks up for us next. All I know for sure is that, free or not, i'll be there allong with half a million others in the Unreal Legion.


    Happy Fragging everyone!

    1. Re:UT's future by BlightThePower · · Score: 0

      Chances are pretty good though, that if there IS an 05 or 06, they'll merely be re-releases with updated content that any existing UT2004 owner can snag for free.

      Well of course, nuclear war could break out at any moment, but I find it helps to be positive personally and at least act is if the human race will survive the next four months until '05.

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    2. Re:UT's future by yuud · · Score: 1

      I believe that Alien Swarm (www.alienswarm.com) will be included on the Ed Choice edition as well.

    3. Re:UT's future by Solder+Fumes · · Score: 1

      Anybody know if someone has successfully made mechs for UT2004 yet?

  7. Internet picture calendar by Donjo · · Score: 1

    When he was talking about that in part 2, what was the 3rd picture he mentioned. I have never heard of that one... If you can't give me a link, directions to google searching would work :p

  8. Unreal 3 by Metsys · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, I think that if they do make a new Unreal Tournament game, it's probably going to be using the new Unreal 3 engine. And CliffyB has said in one of his video inteviews with IGN that Epic is not going to release a new UT game every year to scrape the money pot.

    1. Re:Unreal 3 by Peter+Cooper · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Thing is, I thought the whole reasoning behind using the year in the title was so they could release yearly 'like a sport's game'?

  9. Gay dogs? Naah... by M1FCJ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But I've seen a pair of very funny but gay cats.

  10. So, Who's Paying for this Atari University? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hmm, spending time on a Mexican beach with all the amenities. I wonder who's picking up the tab for these "journalists?" Wonder how it'll affect Atari game ratings in the future...

  11. can someone post a transcript by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    pretty please?

  12. I vote video game channel...another one by Moo+Moo+Cow+of+Death · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I vote for another video game channel, one much like G4 (techtv) except with ALL video games ALL the time.

    And I don't mean the pansy ass players they currently have on where random nub team 1 fights random nub team 2 and we're forced to watch them play Soul Cal 2 using basic attacking only...repeatedly...and then the opponent losing to these awesome tactics...

    Let's get some talent up there :)

    1. Re:I vote video game channel...another one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That sounds about as fun as a root canal.

    2. Re:I vote video game channel...another one by Moo+Moo+Cow+of+Death · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      How is this offtopic? Someone didn't read the fucking article apprently, moron...

      Now you can mark THIS off topic you stupid bastard

  13. This resumes the whole thing... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ======
    Do you want to see something really horrendeous? Then head over to Gamespy and download The Cliff Show video starring EPIC's level designer/pimp wannabe CliffyB. In their infinite wisdom the Gamespy journalists thought it might be cool to make a video where they're 'just chillin' homey' with CliffyB in a pool at some Atari press event that was held in Mexico of all places.

    Hey, G-spy (and CliffyB) here's a goddamn clue! Seeing you fucking geeks going MTV on us while you spend other people's money and act all cool; while the rest of us poor bastards sit behind our desks; doesn't strike me as cool. In fact it makes me wish that instead of that nice pool, someone threw your asses in quicksand. That would've been the shortest and the most enjoyable interview ever:

    G-spy journalist (standing in quicksand): So Cliffy... now that we're just chilling here...
    CliffyB (standing in quicksand with him): Hurry up dawg!
    G-spy journalist: Yeah so... Cliffy! Is he telling me to talk to the hand?
    G-spy cameraman: I think he drowned in the quicksand! I don't think his hand is supposed to just twitch like that while the rest of his body is submerged.
    G-spy journalist: Oh hel....... *goes under*
    G-spy cameraman: That's right, wave to the audience, guys! Cutting edge journalism!
    ======

    From http://www.actiontrip.com/.

  14. bah... by TheRiddler · · Score: 1

    They didn't even finish the image list :

  15. My God... by ftgow · · Score: 0, Troll

    God look what G4 has done. We used to have great TechTV network, now we got all these console playing losers and 12 shows will all the same damn content. On top of that you got that dumbass chucklehead Cliff talking about his own G4 column and scat porn in a pool-bar with some fatass who's scared to swim without a shirt on. This guy has to get off his ass and make Unreal 3, on the planet Na Pali. Their best game, the original, was slapped in the proverbial face by a shitty sequel whos only selling point was a dumbass commander with large breasts. Cliff, your're a pansy.

    1. Re:My God... by Mitleid · · Score: 1

      Couldn't have said it better myself. Too bad you were modded as a Troll.

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  16. Lack of credibility accross the board by PocketPick · · Score: 1

    Looking for quality journalism in the gaming industry's TV media outlets is like looking for a replacement bank security guard at an Ex-Convict Social. You just aren't going to find it unless you lie to yourself about what you're looking at.

    The fact that television provides has potential to provide much higher presentation levels than print magazines or to a lesser-extent, gaming sites, lends the media in general to buddy up with the companies that produce products they cover.

  17. Who cares about UT 2k5... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...DNF is going to blow it away!

    1. Re:Who cares about UT 2k5... by RsG · · Score: 1

      But will it run on my Phantom? :-P

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  18. Whoa slow week (ot) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    (off topic) whoa! this has been a slow gaming week, this interview with cliffy has been on top since yesterday!

    Games.Slashdot next headline:

    We've run out of anything to say!

    any comments?

    come on! , someone must be commiting a crime and blaming it on rockstar somewhere!

  19. Excuse me by BlightThePower · · Score: 1

    How was the above comment three times more overrated than it was rated? Which is to say it only got a single +1 and then had a grand total of -3 taken off.

    This moderation system makes absolutely no sense.

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