Chillin' with Khail and Bill

Taking some time to rest following the day’s activities, we geared up and headed to the Lucky Strike bar by the ESPN Center, where Riot Games and THQ were showcasing League of Legends, which is essentially DotA made into a full game. Meeting up with our friend Bill, I was introduced to Khail Anonymous, producer with Dark Hero Studios, David Hayter’s (Solid Snake himself and screenwriter for X-Men and X2) production company, which tripped me out. We wound up hanging out with Khail and Bill after the party at Lucky Strike ended, which was really cool, especially when I talked with Khail about his work with Hayter.

After heading out of Lucky Strike, we headed down to the EA/NOS party. While an exclusive party, we managed to get in thanks to Khail and Bill. I have to say, for how exclusive the party was made out to be, I wasn’t impressed. Even with the gorgeous NOS girls there, the party seemed somewhat bland. We stuck it out at that for a while before heading out to the Microsoft party at J.

Sign at the front of Club "J"

This party was surprisingly easier to get into than the EA party but it was definitely more interesting, though it was obvious it was more of a networking event than anything. Still, I got to meet some interesting people, such as Mark aka Talladega (yes, like the Will Ferrell movie) from Capcom, who I was introduced to by Capcom Producer Sean Mountain. Talladega was definitely a cool guy and meeting with him led to me meeting Gamer Ranger President Scott Kevill and High Impact Games Lead Tester Jason Wilson, who I found out was a Bay Area native.

After talking about a few of our favorite eateries up in Berkeley, we got to talking about things, including High Impact’s work on the upcoming Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier, which I am personally excited for. Scott was a cool guy too and, being from Australia, he, Jason, and I talked about cultural differences and the like.

Surprisingly, I didn’t have much to drink that night, given that I was too caught up with talking to gaming industry people to even notice I didn’t have a drink in my hands. I have to say, as a gamer and someone who has always expressed interest in the goings on of the industry, getting a refill on my drink was the last thing on my mind. After a while, however, we headed back to our hotel to retire for the night, with me looking forward to the third and final day of the E3 Expo.

Tags: e3, ea, microsoft, riot games, thq