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Feb 08
2009
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I'm presently waiting for the "Dollhouse" panel to get under way. Nothing starts a mile long line-up at a Comic Con faster than something Whedonesque. Believe it or not, the line-up started at 10 am this morning; pretty much since the minute the con opened. By the time I walked towards the IGN theatre again at 12:20, the line had filled the foyer, turneddown a hallway, and went out through the food court. It was only through my quick talking ways that I was able to skirt the line and sneak in with the help of a sympathetic red shirt (that is con staff, not the Star Trek variety).
Anyway, it's five minutes till this thing roles so I'll be brief. I was doing some glad-handing this morning; some meeting and greeting. Then I decided to go to the Marvel/Activision show. There wasn't a lot of new footage, except with one difference which I'll get to in as sec. But the discussion was good, a lot of insights into what's going to be in the games "Ultimate Alliance 2" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine." UA2, or Ooh-Ah 2 as the designers called it, say that the fact that the game is based on Civil War won't have much of an affect on gameplay. Certain characters will have to be on one side or the other, but no matter what side you choose, most of the playable characters will side with you.
And that new clip shown from "Wolverine." It's from a level called Sentinel Mark One, so three guess what that means. Too bad the game froze. Twice. But that's okay because the Raven guys apparently weren't supposed to be showing us it anyway. If you're in Activision PR, ignore that last sentence...
