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Live 12-Hour Oblivion Marathon

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nothing-to-do-tonight dept.

HarvardFrankenstein writes "Gamespot's Greg Kasavin will be playing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for 12 straight hours tonight (Monday, March 20th) and the entire marathon session will be broadcast live. Kasavin will be 'offering commentary about the experience as it transpires. Subscribers will see a picture-in-picture view of Kasavin as he spends an increasing number of successive hours playing the game, and they will be able to chat with each other over the course of the event.'" The event starts tonight at 6pm PST, if they get started on time.

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  1. The Koreans do it better by DrSkwid · · Score: 4, Funny


    50 hours
    http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2005Aug/bga20050 810031766.htm

    Second gamer dies after massive binge
    http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2120472/second-g amer-dies-massive-binge

    etc.etc.

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  2. In related news... by ZombieRoboNinja · · Score: 4, Funny

    David Cross has seen remarkable success in his business model of eating barbeque pork ribs and describing the experience to Orthodox Jews.

    "Mmm, this is delicious! Falling off the bone! Too bad your God won't let you eat this, mine doesn't give a crap!"

    Seriously. I want to PLAY THE GAME, not watch some media guy play the game (and almost certainly ruin the plot for me in the process). What kind of masochist would watch this?

  3. I won't be tuning in... by mackil · · Score: 2, Funny

    because there is nothing more frustrating then watching someone else play a game you'd love to be playing yourself. It's a frustration and anger that can be tied directly to road rage. You just want to take a tire iron to someone who just can't make a certain jump or keeps shooting the enemy in the feet instead of the head. I think I'll wait until I can pick up the game itself, save myself the consternation.

  4. This can only end in tears. by Keith+Russell · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bethesda Nightmare Scenario #1:

    T + 1:00:00: Oblivion.exe has experienced a problem and needs to close.
    T + 2:20:54: Oblivion.exe has experienced a problem and needs to close.
    T + 3:54:29: Oblivion.exe has experienced a problem and needs to close.
    T + 7:32:47: KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

    Bethesda Nightmare Scenario #2:

    T + 9:29:30: "Done!"

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  5. Not impressed... by dud83 · · Score: 3, Funny

    12 hours?
    My grandmother could play 12 hours straight... Get back to me when you've played Elite for 2 days straight you damn toddler!

  6. Re:Well, remember, this *is* Greg Kasavin. by syukton · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nobody will be comfortable in the same sitting position for 12 hours

    Hi, I'm Nobody. Pleased to meet you.

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  7. Umm what? by ClamIAm · · Score: 5, Funny
    Subscribers will see a picture-in-picture view of Kasavin as he spends an increasing number of successive hours playing the game

    As opposed to what, a decreasing number of successive hours?