Скачать или смотреть Darren Gladstone Chops Off His Finger at E3 and Other Fine Stories | Episode 19

Former games journalist Darren Gladstone (CNet, Computer Gaming World) drops by The BeeRPad to set the record straight about the time he chopped off his finger at E3. More importantly, this is one of his rare public appearances since moving to the publishing side of the videogames business. Darren Gladstone shares some stories from his journo days and talks about the BlockBuster VR game he worked on, while our hosts Marcus Beer and Raymond Padilla ask him about how the gaming press has changed from the print days and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Please check out the game Darren contributed to at http://blockbustergame.com/

#videogames #E3 #BlockBusterVR


Timecodes
0:00 - Schmarren Gladstein?!?
1:40 - It’s Darren Gladstone!
6:22 - Darren’s credential, for the gen Z viewers
9:19 - Marcus went the other way
12:29 - Where have the game journalists gone?
18:32 - Darren Gladstone chops off his finger at E3
28:13 - Darren’s Hunter S. Thompson days and our funerals
34:18 - How Darren got into games journalism
40:42 - Ripping up Darren’s business card in front of J Allard
43:07 - Do you miss working for print publications?
44:40 - Darren’s favorite memories as a journalist
49:17 - Darren’s most memorable press event
56:57 - Who do you miss working with from games journalism?
1:00:32 - When games journalism becomes West Side Story
1:04:20 - Would you go back into games journalism?
1:14:22 - The golden age of videogames?
1:19:21 - What we learned during the pandemic