When Harmonix throws a party they get The Who to headline that jam; when Joystiq throws a party, we get Harmonix to headline. The generous devs from Boston brought Rock Band 2 to our E3 afterparty in Santa Monica for the 300 plus attendees to prove their mettle. Take Joystiq superband The Blueberry Muffintops who closed off the night with this rendition of Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up" – take note: by this point in the night, we'd already blown out the setup's speaker. Rawk!
So really, our heartfelt thanks to Harmonix for making everyone's night. But we'd also like to thank Nyko for the peripherals, Naughty Dog for the great signed stuff, and of course Mahalo.com for the super generous use of their space. Most of all, thanks to everyone that showed up. We put Joystiq together every day for you guys and it was flattering, and humbling, to see everyone turn out today. This one's for you (hit play now!).
Not to be a downer, but did you guys really have that much fun? I appreciate the free games and pizza, but there were only four stations set up to play games, for 300+ people. I don't know, I expected there to be tons of games to play and maybe some cool competitions (like a COD4 tournament or something). I found myself thinking that I could be having more fun playing games online at home. Plus that building was pretty large, but about two thirds of it was roped off so everyone was crammed into tight quarters. And a large group of (mostly) men in tight quarters spells B.O. Maybe I'm just lame, but I think I'll skip next time (thanks anyways). At least I got a free copy of the Spore Creature Creator (though I think the gas I burned getting to and from the party cost way more than that).
RIP Heath Ledger, what a great actor and from what I hear he made an incredible joker in his last movie, I'll miss him. I'm gonna try to go see the movie tonight. I know The Dark Knight has nothing to do with this blog lol.
