Hey Spoony, as someone who has done Media work for IGN and other small sites for E3, you'll have a blast, however as you mentioned Square, be careful there, as depending who exactly you are, you will not be greeted with open arms. Media coverage is restricted to whom they deem and they WILL stop you from shooting, period. No photography either. They're not exactly the nicest people and it's a real let down, so do not expect much. Don't even try to get media of their games at Sony's booth or where ever, SE goons will be around watching like hawks. However, Nintendo is the nicest group of guys you will ever meet and from my experience, really listened to you and your thoughts. Hell, even the voice actor for Mario was a great guy and remembered me both years I went. Great, great people, you'll have a blast.

Don't worry about getting your Media pass, it's a short process and enjoy all the free stuff. As a protip, for even more free stuff, flash your badge at the counters of booths and request a Press Kit if they have one. Be prepared to hand over a business card as payment possibly, although this may've all changed in the few years. Also, Media is not as “compensated” as you'd think man, do not think it'll be royalties all about. There'll be a TON of you covering stuff, but enjoy it, definitely a fun experience. Enjoy!

Not to be a whiny bitch or anything, but OH PLEASE GOD cover VALVe's main event!

Thanks.

I don't understand why people are reccomending Super Mario Galaxy 2. I rather play Final Fantasy XIII. I really feel like Nintendo is running out of ideas. SMG2 is a by the books sequal. It's like a modern day Mega Man sequal. The same old stuff with some new ideas. I prefer original concepts. The only game I think would be fun to redo was Dead Rising. Don't listen to these guys. Heavy Rain is the game I reccomend. I seriously mean it. Nintendo has no new fresh ideas. They're running off of 25 year olf franchises.

Wow….apparently no one is allowed to voice any criticism here whatsoever or else we get our comments deleted. What a free and open community we have here…..delete any opinions that differ from your own….awesome! I actually had to post this from a different IP! Man o man, do they hate the free thinkers here or what? I personally find it very hypocritical that someone who makes his career out of tearing apart and ranting about different movies/shows/games, refuses to allow any negative comments about him or his work whatsoever on the site. What kind of Mickey Mouse organization do you think you're running here? Anyway, here is what I wrote before it got deleted:

No, he can't “postpone videos as long as he wants” because people will stop coming here and also he”ll lose any credability as “a member if the media”. You know what that means? It means he'll lose money.

Also, have no fear, no matter how many people trash talk him, he won't be quitting the spoony experiment any time soon. Do you people seriously think he does this out if the kindness of his heart? He does it because its a fun job that makes him money. Do you honestly think he'd stop doing it and go to a 9-5 job like the rest of us for the same pay just because some people piss him off? Not likely. What would you rather do? Have a desk job at some office or stay at home and get paid to watch movies and play games and then post an occasional v-log that keeps the site going, creates revenue (from ads in the video) and doesn't take any work whatsoever. Why the hell would anyone want to quit that? Jesus, you ass kissers seem to think he isn't getting anything out of this. Do you guys not see the ads on the site? Do you not see the ads on his videos? He makes a little bit every time you watch one. He will continue doing this until he no longer makes money from it. And when that day comes, you will never see another video again. You guys thinking he's some kind of philanthropist are either retarded or just very very ignorant.

Oh and btw, I AM going to E3 because I ACTUALLY work in the industry (major video game publisher).

Wow do you ever have a stick up your ass. Are you seriously treating E3 as some gentleman's club where only “real” media are allowed to enter? Give me a break. He asked for a pass and they gave him one. You expect him not jump at that chance? Half of the people there are probably faux internet media. It's not a prestigious event, they had glorified “dancers” walking around for you guys only a few years ago.

Also he isn't postponing shit. He already said he's working hard on the next FFX review and many others before he leaves. And this is only going to give him more footage and ideas for future videos. Yes, he makes money from it. We all know this, why are you harping on it?

Why are you even commenting? You don't even sound like a fan, just a troll. Real professional, Mr. Major Video Game Publisher.

Plan the games you wanna check out and questions that you may wanna ask the dev's before you go! Remember what happened last time ;)

Instead of getting into first edition (which is what AD&D is), why not try out 3.5E? Maybe even 4E, if that floats your boat, but it's far removed from what classic D&D is.

Jesus Spoony (who could also probably look like Jesus if he wanted…), I've never seen anyone pull off 'on top of the world' and 'gasping for air' so well.

The E3 news is fantastic, the numerous projects sound just as good. If you want my advice,

DON'T PISS AROUND WITH LIVEBLOGGING.

Everyone does it, and fact is there is NO WAY in hell it can match the live video service IGN, Gametrailers and so on can put up. We come here for your opinion so give us exactly that. Have a sweet time with Angry Joe, show us some footage and reactions and just stick some commentary (maybe as a group) with your personal opinions on top of it. No need to rush, you can polish it as much as you want and nobody would be disappointed.

My opinion anyway.

Just have fun and good luck mate. We also demand shots of booth babes.

Aside from that, was that 'Humanoid Typhoon' comment a reference to the anime Trigun? which is awesome by the way.

Warrior Within is actually my favourite Prince of Persia game, the music (with or without Godsmack) is fantastic in that game, even if the eastern vibe is a little weaker than the rest. It's the gameplay, the story and the fact that it's so much longer than the others that makes it better for me though, Don't be ashamed, and he's not a depressed emo like Squall… just really angry as anyone in his predicament probably would be.

The ONE ad from blogads is $1000 per month. It's a standard 200×250 ad.
The rest are from Project Wonderful, and pay $21 per day total, or about $700 per month. Click the Project Wonderful link.
And Blip? They get about $10 CPM, and give their content providers half that. That's $0.005 per view, multiplied by his 250,000 pageviews/month, gives you $1250.

That totals to about $35,000 per year before taxes, which is enough to pay bills. Not much more than that.

About Red Dead Redemption, you can turn off the auto aim and make it “expert” which ups the difficulty and it's not THAT bad. You just have to be more careful.

Hey man, check out BioWare and Blizzard, the best producers around.

I don't get why you hate FFX so much. I thought of it as a good RPG and revolutionary at the time. I played it recently after my dad reccomended it. It's one of his fovorite PS2 games for these reasons.
1.It was his first PS2 game.
2.FFVII was the first FF game to come to Korea which is where he came from.
3.It was his 4th FF game.
4.Mom got it for him with the PS2.
5.He liked the characters and cutscenes.
6.He found it better than FFVII.
Funny story. My mom didn't give him a memory card when she got the PS2 and the game. He had to replay the first 3 hours over and over each day when he sat down to play. He eventually got a memory card. EVENTUALLY. Congrats on E3, but could you please help me get into AD&D.

Or even Steven Lang.

About Mario stuff, Mario 64 was better than Mario Galaxy.

Say what you will but I think Mario and all of Nintendo's 25+ year old franchises should die out. Mario, Sonic, Zelda, Pokemon, FInal Fantasy, they should just be laid to rest now.

I also played as a good guy in Red Dead Redemption and I don't think you'd lose any honor for killing that prostitute murderer. Maybe you did like me. Once I knifed a murderer, only to realize I'd cut the prostitute as well – talk about double kill -.-

Loved the game but hated the bugs… except the “flying deer” bug – I love Rudoplh.

Feel bad about what happened with DaishoCon.

Btw, Is anyone going to SGC?

I meant other people that comment here…

Is that financial info true? I was always wondering if/what kind of living spoony made from the site-now i know. I just assumed that it would be a lot more than that, but i was obviously over-estimating the amounts you get per view. I had no idea it was that small. Just out of interest do you happen to know how much it would cost to host a site like this? I dont want to pry into Spoony's financial affairs but im just curious-i dont want exact figures but a rough estimate would be good if you know.

“humanoid typhoon” ? . ok that's a pretty nifty reference :D (provided you referred to trigun)

Not supporting Kickassia.
The rest sounds like a lot of concentrated awesome, though.

Thank you for all of your hard work! We all appreciate it ^_^

Oh snap Spoony and the man who designed both Squall and Tidus, Tetsuya Nomura, are going to be in a building together. Will a confrontation result?

I thought FFX was a good game. Not the greatest FF title. My one gripe is Tidus. He is not as annoying as Spoony says but he is still annoying. Plus, at least it's not another emo character. Jeez I hate these emo characters Square thinks are cool.

Reply to pandaemonium:

I’ll be honest and say I’m not too familiar with how Project Wonderful works, but I’m pretty sure the cost varies due to bids. Also, your figures only take into account the right side one, you seem to forget about the top banner ad which obviously goes for more. As for the other ads, yes, ONE ad from blogad is $1000 per month. In case you haven’t noticed though, there are usually 2-3 ads on the side at any given time (this month being an exception). You also don’t give Spoony’s viewership enough credit. 250,000 per month? Hah. He gets roughly between 50,000 – 80,000 PER DAY. But hey, just for argument’s sake, let’s say only 1/3 of those people watch a video when they come……so we’ll say 25,000 per day. $0.005 x 25,000 is $125 per day made off viewership….that’s $3875 per month. Add that to his ad revenue (on average between $3000 – $4000) and you’ll see that Spoony nets at LEAST $6875 per month. Not too bad for someone who gets to stay at home all day, watch movies, and play video games. Oh, and maybe once every 3 weeks when viewership starts to drop, he’ll put out a decent video. Most of the time it’s just a rambling v-log. Yeah, I’m sure that takes a ton of work to do. Anyway, try to think twice next time before you’re guys rush to hit the donate button.

As for my gripe with the media thing, for those of you going to E3 this year, you know how unbelievably tight it is. Companies are only given a certain number of passes. There are some great, hard working people at my office who can’t go, even though they literally work on games. Then I see the news that Spoony here, a guy who’s only mention of new games is on a freakin video blog, gets a media pass to “cover” E3. Is that really fair? Is it really fair that some industry professionals are left out while people who have little to nothing to do with new games are able to worm their way in? I mean, the only mention of a new game that stems outside of the frequent v-log is that cheaply done live-walkthrough of Premonition. And I promise you, that was only thrown together at the last minute because he knew the E3 guys would be verifying his site to see if he does, in fact, have mention of new games. If he hadn’t done that game, he wouldn’t have gotten a pass, plain and simple. In terms of coverage, he’s not going to give you guys anything that reputable game sites can’t give you 10000x better. If the guy really wanted to go, he should have just bought a pass off craig’s list or ebay or something, there are plenty there. Instead we have someone that doesn’t deal with new games (in fact, doesn’t deal with much of anything these days) who finds a way to exploit the system, worm they’re way in, all with the claim of “media”. Then, with a twinkle in his eye, he makes sure to let fans know that they can’t go because “the event isn’t open to the public”. Spoony, YOU ARE THE PUBLIC. Jesus, can he get anymore smug? Hey Spoony, don’t forget to book more no-name cons as fast as possible!

Ho man, that is so cool! Attending E3's a damn good privilege. I can't tell ya how lucky you are, Spoony. Hey if you come through Modesto on your way to LA, stop by and say hi to me. Haha. In any case, have a safe trip and more importantly have a blast, though I know that won't be hard for you! :)

Dude, I'm going, too! Hope to see you and Joe there. Big fan. They do allow video, but only at areas where the big “No Filming” signs are hanging.

There is still potential in Mario games. They just shouldn't focus on selling those games on the character alone or make them complete “kiddie” games. Mario 1,2 and 3 were not kiddie games at all. It just feels like they are trying to reinvent the wheel here and overlooking the plain basics. Same with Zelda. What is a Zelda game about? Exploration, being a hero and great gameplay. Zelda games aren't about cutscenes in which the paperthing plot is being shoved down your throat like it's some kind of masterpiece with annoying NPCs constantly stopping you in your tracks and using you as their errand boy. I don't want to be forced where to go, where's the exploration? Also, Link is a darn hero, stop treating me like Im a five year old with downs, point me in the right direction and I'll figure it out since I'm the Goddamned Linkman. Don't force me to go fetch some snotnosed kids in a game of hide and seek when I'm on a quest to save the damn world unless you want me to smack em upside the head with a boomerang. And collecting Deku sticks and nuts? What, did Link turn into a damn Squirrel or monkey? Or collecting fish for a pedo with a huge bulging package in a green fairysuit? Who thought that was a good idea? Seriously, they should go back to the basics, just bigger and better.
/rant off.

It's hard to pick just one thing to look forward to the most. Each and every project you announced or hinted sounds awesome. But most of all I hope you and Joe have a blast on E3. Safe to say that if you do, we will too after the footage is posted. Best of luck, man.

Okay, I've been reading your comments since yesterday (yes, they're still there except whatever the first was) and I've been trying to not get involved because I'm not one for conflicts but I am failing at that.

Okay, quickly, and I'm not going to try and do the math on things so if you want to ignore this, that's fine. But, Spoony is a single male with no dependents, wonder how much the government takes come tax time of his total.

Also,Spoony going wouldn't be such a horrible thing if they (the people who run E3) hadn't started closing it several years ago.

And I'm not even sure why you're so upset. If Spoony is making as much as you say, why are you upset? He provides entertainment. Yes, YOU and others might consider it BAD entertainment for your own reasons but that's pretty subjective. There are many people in Hollywood who get paid insane amounts for work that I consider bad and they don't have to buy their own equipment, do their own editing, or gather the material.

I am honestly sorry people in your office wishing to go can't go. I think how E3 is being run in general is getting not the greatest but there are many of us who will be wanting his opinion, an opinion he is going to give us and that will influence what we decide to buy. And not blindly but if he says a game is bad, many will want to see why he thinks that, get the game to try and see if he is wrong, if he likes the game, many will get it to see if he was right.

As for your ending comment about the cons, I was hoping he'd actually go to the con he mentioned in the V-log since some of us can't afford to travel to the bigger ones…

Again, this is as easy as saying this:

He can do whatever he wants, if you don't like him, his site or something else about him; then leave this site and don't support it.
And I'm sorry those guys in your office won't go, but there's a reason, and that reason is that they're not as influential as Spoony. That's it. What gives you the right to dictate what's fair and what's not?

And I'm really puzzled by something… if I ask if you know what's like to be a producer of media like Spoony, you'll most likely answer me that “yes” (I'm guessing) then I wonder… do you really KNOW what's like to edit a video by yourself? you make this thing? to record? to set chroma keys? costumes? cut movies? etc etc…
I can tell you, its a LOT of hard work, and that's why I wouldn't say that's Spoony is almost like a “free loader”, because I know by myself that's not the case.

This is awesome news! Usually the E3 coverage i see is way too narrow focused.I Hope Stardock is there, i love their games. Good look giving us the alternate E3.

You make Sqeenix sound like a bitch that took your money at your kids XD

Good to hear that. I thought there is no justice if assholes and phonies like Irate Gamer can go to E3, cuz they sucked certain part of body, but finally someone that deserves to go there :)

Oh you lucky bugger you! Ya it will be stressful, but you'll be living the dream dude! Be sure to have fun and not to wig out!

nice kickassia photo in the back :D

That's cool u got into E3. I would love to go there myself. better save the free swag for me lol. Just to let you know that the new FF14 is a f**king an online game. What the hell they alrdy did that shit and no need for another online RPG. WoW really burnt me out online RPG. I think the Motion senser seems cool and would love your comment on it. I know how you feel about all these games that come out. It is f**king work when you play these game's. I know I'm having problems trying to play them all myself. I even stop playing these game's because it's so much time. I might have to check out red dead redeption if you like it. I love playing surviver/horror games myself. I want to check out Deadly Permantion. Looks good, but crap graphics. I love Silent Hill and resident evil games. That's one of the things I notice is that it seem like it's like silent hill and resident evil combined. So I'll give it a try and same with Alan wake too. One of these time I should send a list of movies and c what you think about them. I don't care if you dis on movie's that I like because you know how to put things in a good way that I see and in reality sense that I love. I also know that I love a challenge and I'm a game master that goes through games pretty easy so I have to have a challenge just like you, but I do run into problems just like everyone else does because HOW THE HELL do game designers get things messed up. O well it happens or they just do the most stupidest things ever like finding shit that is freaking hard to do from missing something that can lead me to hours of game play. Same goes with riddles like Playing hard mode puzzles on Silent hill 3 and couldn't leave the first room because I DID NOT READ Shake spears books. Like I said, I love a challenge's that makes the gameplay better. I also forgot Devil May Cry 4 f**king secert missions too. The worst thing I ever have to deal with. I swear this mission were going to give me a heartattack that there so hard to do. I was crazy enough to finish them all(I'm such an Idiot to do so). But love the review you did and I still have a crap load of videos to watch. I think I got through at least 60% of your stuff lol. I'll be writing and comments to support you. If anyone give's you shit. Who care's about them because there screwed when your on your ark when the world floods lol.

Damn your lucky spoony…You get to go to the Heaven of Video gaming.. D:

I'd actually be really curious to see that War of the Ring review, I've been quite curious about the game and how to play it and it would be great to actually just have a video explaining how to actually play it.
Can't WAIT for the E3 stuff!

Omg, Please. Please. PLEASE film the entire Valve demo at E3!!!!!! they canceled portal for a “surprise” and some people are supposing its Half life 3 or half life 2 episode 3

I wish online for RDR you could play poker and black jack.

I wanna play Alan Wake so badly

I totally agree with you on the Red Dead Redemption. But I hear that it was just a test for GTA V with something to do with random events or wildlife. Who knows?

As For Alan Wake.. To be honest was the highlight of May. To be honest I enjoyed it x10 more then RDR. I just felt like I'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE IN GTA IV, or IVE SEEN THIS IN CALL OF JUAREZ TAHOO. Alan Wake is unique and really fun and the story captivated me. But I've also heard that Alone In The Dark is very similar to Alan Wake is with it's TV format.

Also collectibles rule >:). Maybe in the sequel the coffee will play an important role…OH LIKE DEADLY PREMONITION

Have fun at E3!

Hi Spoony,
please try to discover something about the Telltale Games' Back to the Future and Jurassic Park games that are coming this winter!

Have a nice trip!

Congratulations. I will be there attending under a media pass as well for my site. Hope to see you there.

Deadly Premonition is AWESOME!

I’m kind of liking Deadly Premonition (even though looking at the grass hurts my head).

nice “in the mouth of madness” shout out. watched my friend play most of alan wake, really good game fun to watch.

I play Red Dead Redemption as the guy who robbs banks, trains, stores, and even stagecoaches, and I agree with what you said about Marston.

I play Red Dead Redemption as the guy who robbs banks, trains, stores, and even stagecoaches, and I agree with what you said about Marston.