S1E16 - E3 2016 And The Warcraft Movie - “E3 E3 E3, Zug Zug”

E3 2016 + The Warcraft Movie (Non-Spoilers)


In this episode:


E3!


Void has spent every second of his spare time this week
watching E3 press conferences and compiling the news for people
like Beej who want to know but don’t have the time (or patience
in Beej’s case) to watch the feeds.

This year’s E3 is a mixed-bag, but there is a lot of good
stuff being talked about. There are no “blow up the internet”
announcements, but we do finally get to see progress and gameplay
from titles that have only been previously announced, such as The
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

We go through each of the press conferences and live streams
that have happened at the time of recording and talk abotu what,
if any, standouts there are and discuss the big trend of E3 2016:
early 2017 release dates.



The Warcraft Movie!


Both of us fall solidly into the 8/10 category for the
Warcraft movie. We went in expecting nothing, but were more than
pleasantly surprised with how it turned out. We aren’t raving
fanboys, but are fans of the universe and think that the creative
team handled the IP very well.

We discuss our favorite cameos and moments in the movie, how
well it was adapted from the source material, and even talk
briefly about the cinematographer’s use of establishing shots
that work for worldbuilding, but also setup moments that only
Warcaft fans will get (such as the first time we see
Ironforge...plus there’s a murloc in the river, y’all!
Murgleurglrurglrlrlrlrgurglr!).

While we were both in the theater with only a handful of
other people, the movie did so well in China that it is already
making profit. That gives us hope for the sequels and franchise
that we had no idea we even wanted.



Weekly Geekery


Void - Forfeited his geekery for our major E3 discussion this
week. Check out his massive roundup at Video Game News Now

Beej - Went to “An Evening with Stephen King” at the Ryman
Auditorium in Nashville, TN, and walked out with three (3!)
autographed copies of King’s new novel, End of Watch. Beej kind
of fanboyed out a bit, and it was adorable.



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