Cliff Bleszinski Responds To Being Told To Shut The F*** Up, Sundry Other Items

Das Gamer has posted two video interview segments featuring Cliff Blezinski. In the second segement he talks about how game developers and publishers have to sell gamers their product more than once to survive, playing scene it and being asked by bloggers to shut the f*** up. The first video segment covers what he has left to work on before Gears 2 ships and a few of his favorite parts of the game.

[darkshiz]

Didn't read or listen to it but from the title alone...

*waggles finger* Bad Cliffy bad bad boy!

[morganfell]

Whether you like him or not you have to realize one thing. When a developer gets into a predicament like this they have to be very careful. They can easily say or do the wrong thing and their public image will nosedive. You don't easily recover when that happens as you become a parody.

Since he doesn't have Dave Jaffe's flair for handling haters he would have been better off not addressing this issue and instead discussing something else.

[The Dark Knight]

cliffy is cool as

[bpac123456789]

to me cliffy B seems to care even more about getting attention than he does about promoting his game. he seems to want to give an opinion on everything. just because he made gears doesn't mean he can't shut the f*** up every once in a while.

[godofthunder10]

I'm laughing my a** off at what some people are posting.People are agreeing that he should shut his mouth up but i bet that the majority of the people that's agreeing are ps3 fanboys,not fans because they act their age and want lie or disagree about something if it's against the console that they have.
The guy who created mgs4(ps3 fans thinks he's a god)had to respond to anything about video games.He had to talk about the wii,360 and all the exclusive games on them.He claimed that they can't compare to his mgs4,and he was dead wrong.It's a really good game but i've played better games and the graphics are not that much better then some games on the 360.
If it was him that was saying the same thing the ps3 fanboys would be saying that he's right because ps3 fanboys think that he's a god and he is just a arogant game developer that thinks he is the greatest one that they ever had.He just had one big hit and that was with mgs.The truth is that they have a lot more developers that's a lot better then he is.They have at least two developers that worked for nintendo that made most of their hits for them and most of your biggest selleing games in history are on the nintendo brand.They had a lot of hits but i've never heard one of them bragging about their selfs and how their games are the greatest that was ever made,he** cliffy b didn't either.The only one that i know of that claimed he created the greatest game in history is the one that made mgs4 because he is arogant and that a fact.some one that claim that his on work is the greatest is arogant and he claimed his was.

[Skizelli]

Maybe you guys should actually watch the video. It's the journalist whom asks CB the question and he gives a mature answer. I don't know why people get so hostile. He's just trying to make a living and is very passionate about his games. And it shows. Why hate him for that?

That whole blog post where this originated is garbage. You can't really tell people to shut up when you spew garbage yourself.

[Evil Rant Monkey]

<ahhh...i thought it was a video of somebody bad mouthing him to his face... maybe next time!)

[ash_divine]

that'd be REALLY funny.

[juuken]

Lol, that would be a laugh riot.
Oh well, better luck next time.

[Boldy]

Well, he was a good sport about it. Is it just me or did his voice seem a little higher pitched then usual?

[Arsenic13]

Hes been talking to much?

[midgetsanx]

He said "Bigger, Better and more Badass" too many times I guess. xD

I'm just joking Cliffy. Keep making the games.

[s827]

He was definitely pretty even keeled about it. He seemed kind of pleased actually.

[JasonXE]

You didn't notice how loud the music was playing in the background. He was talking a bit fast though.

[divideby0]

Peter M, Cliff B and Jay A....all wannabe rockstars...most come across so unkewl, when they try to be kewl, its skin crawling lame....just see any interview with Ted Price from Insomnaic games. He clearly gets his point across and he puts this bozos to shame..

[Figboy]

comes off as an extremely honest, confident, all around nice guy.

he KNOWS for a fact that his teams are some of the best developers in the industry, and as much as i'm sure he WANTS to say "Insomniac F*CKING ROCKS, B*TCHES!!" he maintains his composure, and gets to the damn point. he never talks down about the competition either, while not demeaning his own work too much.

i loved that one interview with hiphopgamer, where, when asked about Resistance 2 vs Gears 2, he says, "well, i have to say that if you own a PS3 and an Xbox 360, you are going to have a GREAT holiday season."

keep speaking the truth, Ted.

[meepmoopmeep]

Ted Price maturity FTW

[donator]

That's why Insomniac was named one of the best places to work.

[sajj316]

Ted Price for President!

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Ted Price is amazing.

If I ever get into the gaming industry, I want to work with Insomniac.

[IQUITN4G]

Just to confirm, you're not talking about Peter Molyneux i hope - decent bloke

[thenickel]

The funny thing is that if there were more people with Teds attitude on both sides of the fence (MS and Sony)then there probably wouldn't even be a stupid console war.

[Figboy]

Peter Molyneux as a person. to me, he comes off as quite a nice guy. i think he's funny, with moderate charm, but that could just be his accent. those damn Brits always sound so affable! lol.

anyway.

his problem, is that he gets so excited by his own projects, that he's prone to hyperbole (see: Fable, Fable 2). i happen to ENJOY his games immensely (like Black and White, and the aforementioned Fable), but he just needs to rein it in a bit. stop telling people that your game is going to "redefine" anything, and just tell us why the damn game is FUN (Fable had it's issues, and i was disappointed with the features they cut out of it at the last minute, but the game itself is quite enjoyable and charming. i think i play that on my 360 more than my actual 360 games. lol).

[Highwayman]

There's nothing wrong with Peter M. He has after all brought forht a lot of innovation with his games.

You have to respect the man he does what he loves to do and he's passionate about it.

[EastCoastSB]

I wanna have Ted Prices' kids. No joke.

He's seems like he would make a great father, right?

[IzKyD1331]

its true, how many other devs do you see touting their games as much as cliff?

[i_like_ff7]

Lol he wants to play scene it...

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

If I had a 360, I'd buy every Scene It coming out...and the one already out. I freakin' love trivia games!

[Figboy]

Scene It is a lot of fun. me, my fiance, my two roommates, and his fiance had a great time playing Scene It one night.

Trivia games (as long as you are somewhat in the loop), are fun.

[spandexxking]

hey cliff.....shut the f*** up!

[UltimaEnder]

Cliffy B. is right, most of the time bloggers don't know what the hell they are talking about, either way Gears 2 is gonna be epic so who gives a crap what he says!

[Pedobear]

Calling metal gear "pasive entertainment". You dont mock games with status that you will never achieve.

[Highwayman]

Pedobear.

Is this why everyone is making such a big deal over Cliffy B? It seems like more and more, everytime this guy even farts he gets crucified for it. Geez relax. DO you even know what "passive entertainment" means? Metal Gear is a great series with a proven track record. With Gears 2 around the corner no one knows how much it'll sell...It could sell 8 million copies, maybe not.

The point is, there's no need to hold a hate grudge against the man over it. People put their foot in their mouth often, I am sure you've done it. I've done it, everyone has done it.

[Lyan]

You should probably read the full quote on when he mentioned passive entertainment and MGS4. Also if you don't think cut scenes are passive entertainment then you should analyze the meaning a little before getting butt hurt over the idea/point within the quote.

[Orange]

when you can drive around the MK2 during a cut scene and shake the controllers to make the jubblies bounce, that's passive entertainment beyond! get your facts straight.

[360rxorz]

cliff blesanki is best developer.... much beatter than any ps3 deveolopeer..... whoevr toald him to shut up is jsut a ps3 fanboy and dosnt kno that xbox haas best games and etobest develop[ers.... gears 2 will eebeat any game on ps3 that comes out in next yoear

[silverchode]

wow american schools suck.

[TheColbertinator]

Oh my god!Learn to S-P-E-L-L correctly

[spandexxking]

blesanki? hohoho that was funny!

[dachiefsman]

Since he is slaughtering the English language, would it not make more sense to think he was not from an English speaking or writing country.

My brother is a dumbass and he doesn't type that bad.

[Ali_The_Brit]

Foolish child! everyone knows there is NOBODY better than Hideo Kojima

[Thoas]

Very true

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Repeat: "wow american schools suck." <---- Can you see it?

Try this "wow american" <----

Even I can see it, and I'm dyslexic and have horrible grammar. Not to mention my spelling and punctuation needs much improvment, but I have a disability. Whats your excuse?

[xtreampro]

so your saying the most experienced developers, thats Kojima and Nomaru, the developers of the MGS and FF series who have had years of experience, including the guys back at Naughty Dog and Insomniac are all crap (even though their games were one of the best in the history of gaming) compared to a low life loser who comes up with nothing but an alien invasion for a story (don't think about bringing up RFOM2 cus the stories way WAY different and you'll just DISS your self so HUSH!) has no twists, doesn't know how to make a twist in a story and remakes the same game as a sequel, then you sir have a FREAKING ATOM OF AN ATOM (if thats even possible) FOR A BRAIN!

[HuntTheWumpus]

2.1: Did you think that maybe English isn't his first language? Wow, talk about being harsh on someone and then throw in a little bigotry for good measure. Your own grammer and punctuation could use some work.

[Solid_Snake666]

i can tell you a better developer than Ciffy b its Ted Price

[TheBatman_Fanatic]

FF versus Xiii looks better than garbage gears 2 lol

[silverchode]

is I have a C in english a good excuse?

[pixelsword]

... Whatever.

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@1 PC programing is for hacks and lazy dorks.

[sajj316]

I will admit. I like Gears of War (multiplayer aspect). As long as the game lives up to the hype that spews out of his mouth, all is well. If the game fails to deliver ... communities like N4G and GAF will have a field day with him. It WILL be much worse than the Too Human backlash of Dennis Dyack!

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

I'm glad he didn't fight back.

I would actually like to see the following people in a giant death-brawl:

CliffyB
Ted Price
Hideo Kojima
David Jaffe
Reggie Fils-aime (The man is huge)
Gabe Newell (For kicks and giggles)

[Bigrhyno]

Gabe would eat them all. It's really no contest.

And now I scroll down and see someone beat me to that response.

[poopsack]

Hmm

Cliffy B would take out a lancer and try to chop them all up
Ted Price would use a shield and then blow his brains out
Hideo Kojima would then snap ted price's neck with CQC
Jaffe would then cut him up with a sword and trash talk
Reggie would then bore them all to death with charts and invite him to a game of wii fit
Gabe newell would then eat them all and complain about how hard it is to develop on PS3
Hideo kojimas clone would then shoot him in the head from across the room and say: I made MGS4 b!tch.

The end.

[midgetsanx]

Hideo Kojima will reveal he has injected everyone in the duel with Nanomachines. He then uses his hand, which he shapes into a gun, and goes "BANG!" to everyone heads. CliffyB and Ted Price would shoot themselves with guns. Jaffe would commit seppeku, or ritual suicide, with the Blades of Chaos. Reggie would shove the wiimote down his throat. Gabe Newell would eat his own flesh to death. Hideo Kojima would then say............"DID YOU RIKE IT?!"

[poopsack]

lol that was a draw!

[Orange]

I think Gabe did eat them all. Have you seen the size of that man? He's almost as big as his mouth!

[IQUITN4G]

Thank f!ck great games come about from knowing how to make them great and not how supposedly mature you are

[VMAN_01]

At No 10...

Gabe Newell will eat them all.

[deeznuts]

if there are no twinkies around

[s827]

Ouch. Why you gotta hate on Gabe?

[poopsack]

this is why

http://www.bruceongames.com...

[midgetsanx]

Awesome Picture.

[BlackTar]

Is some of the funniest sh*t ive ever seen nice one. Popeye's and church kill KFC

[RAM MAGNUMS]

but he thinks his game is teh shizz but ut3 mods do it better therfore cliffyb
stfu!
You gets no love from the droids you homo.
gears is a homo game & fits well with the homo avatars.
dont like it?
tuff luck. What has epic done for me lately?
you get 1 chance.

[enjoi187]

i wanna smoke pot and play some gears with Cliff B

[THELANDOFSAND]

me too!

gamertag= MachinegunBANG

[DarkSniper]

Game development on Xbox 360 is taken a nosedive since it's inception.

Xbox 360 only has 115.2 gigaflops per second which makes it very limited to the processing speed which clocks at 3.2 gigahertz. The 90mm chip inside the console really hinders the Xbox 360 when it comes to generating the graphics needed to realize a developers true vision.

With so many bottlenecks, Dark Sniper can only imagine how frustrating it may be to develop for the Xbox 360.

$niper

[dachiefsman]

please watch this video. don't forget to have you pet's spayed or neutered.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

OMG! That vid was funny as hell.

[BUKKAKALYPSE]

that vid pretty much sums up all of Snipers posts

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Ok,funny video and all but..nobody really said anything to counter what Sniper said soo..arent you fanboys the ones who failed..?

[dachiefsman]

"Dark Sniper can only imagine how frustrating it may be to develop for the Xbox 360"

I like to make fun of dark sniper because:

1. He talks in the third person
2. He posts insane comments like the one above
3. He makes stuff up
4. He sleeps with his PS3 every night
5. He talks in the third person

I own a PS3 and like MOST people play all third party titles on my 360. Why? cause most 3rd party titles are developed and then ported to the 360. The PS3 is a great machine and so is the 360 if you are going to be a fanboy fine, but it is much more fun to be a gamer.

[juuken]

...Just wow.
And you guys didn't even refute what he just said. He made everyone of you look like idiots.

[nycredude]

Funny ass video!! Lots of retards out there and knowing they exist makes me feel a little bit better about myself.

As for Sniper's comment they are hilarious!

[pp]

Hideo Kojima is a ass hole thats why his game you will find in a bargain bin . Cliff Blezinski is a great developer and you want find gears of war or gears of war 2 in a bargian bin

[Mc187]

you like banjo and kadoome

[midgetsanx]

"You want find gears of war or gears of war 2 in a bargian bin"

Man, That confused me like crazy.

[Solid_Snake666]

like i said before re read what you write before you click add comment

[xtreampro]

actually 'PlopPlop'(pp) a bin man was interviewed and was asked 'Whats the most discarded litter you find in your daily job?' and WHAT DO YOU KNOW! its GeOW1 lol

[GarandShooter]

There's a saying 'Trust the art, not the artist'. There are a ton of douchebags (and I'm not saying Cliffy is or isn't one) out there that make great music, movies, games, etc. Gears was awesome and I'm sure Gears 2 will be as well and will be a release date purchase for me. Love him or hate him he's getting the press. He's in trouble when people become indifferent to him.

[FFXI101]

If you choose 360 as your best system to crate games for it, fine, that's your choice. But to discredit a game like MGS4 or say something that shows you have no respect to fellow developer or producer like Kojima. Cliff, you have no class at all. There for, you need to STFU!

[TheBatman_Fanatic]

Apparently is clifford Octavius Blezinski III lol!!!

[N4g_null]

Cliffy has a nice ride now he doesn't care what other say. Some one could punch him in the face and he would still keep plugging gears of war. He would just go and Ice it with some cold hard cash. The Cliffy in the bed was hilarious though. I'm sure he could do better with his new car. Did I mention girls like expensive cars? Yeah Cliffy is just getting his hustle on! It's about time!

[TheBatman_Fanatic]

U know i like the way he handled that, i really admire that. I dont like him at all he is too arrogant but i admire the way he dealt with that. Sorry but gears 2 looks like gears 1

[TwissT]

Why shut him up? Cliff Bleszinski is a funny laid back guy and makes great games. Let him talk. (As long as it isn't arrogant and demeaning remarks at the competition.)

[mistertwoturbo]

"(As long as it isn't arrogant and demeaning remarks at the competition.)"

Yeah, this isn't an article about Itagaki.

[big shadow]

its cool how hes looking forward to play resident evil 5 because I am too.

[pixelsword]

...But Dennis is a menace.

[SL1M DADDY]

Bigger, better and more badass doesn't mean 2 player co-op. It doesn't mean virtually the same number of players online that the last game had. It means - imagine this... BIGGER, BETTER and more BADASS. I know it's hard to comprehend, but heck, I take words at face value.

[mistertwoturbo]

I don't care what Cliffy B. has to say. Just keep giving us Gears of War, and let that do the talking.

[n00bzRtehgey]

clifford is the tom cruise of gaming.

[ROCCOZILLA]

hes a 1 hit wonder,dont sweat it it cause all he make is GeOW games.hes a punk.PLAY B3YOND waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay B3YOND!!!!

[Morgue]

Maybe he should just let the game and the fans speak for him and besides, I could care less about the technical aspects of the game and what his faux hawknwess has too say. Also the way he talks or presents himself he sort of reminds me of a motivational speaker.

[jinn]

i got his back

[NinjaRican]

Cliff is so hot... lol ^^

[media73]

At the m$ conference when he came on stag he looked like atransvestite wearing makeup.

And if i hear him say "Buddy" one more time im going to kill something.

[DevastationEve]

Well, I can say that he's just a developer not a spokesperson. Not everyone out there can deal with the public. I mean let's face it: we're assholes and we can say too much sometimes! Maybe we should ALL STFU!