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CliffyB Interview

by Maarten Goldstein Jul 08, 2002 11:50am CST tags: CliffyB, Unreal Tournament 2003, Interview

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So E3 was a couple of weeks ago, and I finally managed to get a video interview I conducted with Epic's Cliff Bleszinski at the show edited and up on the net. I asked Cliff about Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal 2 and even Unreal Warfare though don't expect any shocking news about that. You can grab the 13 minute video from FileShack courtesy of Speakeasy in two flavors, a 21mb Windows Media file or a 76mb MPG version (Note that the popup might be slow, just keep the window open and it will load after a while). I apologize in advance for sounding incomprehensible and Dutch at times ;) However it doesn't really matter as CliffyB's answers should be clear enough. Enjoy the great production values!

Update: Unfortunately a sound error managed to end up in the final version, slightly interrupting Cliff's voice at around the 6 minute mark. I have re-encoded the video to fix this. Both versions have been replaced.

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Will it kick doom's ass though?

Nice, Maarten :-)

Way to stick it to Cliffy!

Actually, I'm pretty glad Epic's been hush hush about UW, I'd much rather hear about a game 2 weeks before it comes out than 2 years.

Jul 08, 2002 12:14pm CST

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Will it kick doom's ass though? Nice, Maarten :-) Way to stick it to Cliffy! Actually, I'm prett... : freshview
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Hey, could someone (maybe the author) post a transcript of the video interview, for us 56kers? That would be really nice.

Cheers, Lugg

Jul 10, 2002 2:44pm CST

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- Ok, should've read all of the comments first. :-/ Man, get that mp3 up FAST!!! :D : Lugg

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When will the redneck put down the mike and let CliffyB talk?

/ducks

Jul 08, 2002 12:02pm CST

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When will the redneck put down the mike and let CliffyB talk? /ducks : joejoe55
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- hhhahahahhahhhah man im loving reading these forums all you guys who post on here rule@! : puppetmasta

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Cliffy B seems like a really cool guy, possibly the first interview with a developer which hasn't left me feeling that the Dev was a social retard. He seems to know what he's talking about and he's enthusiastic. Nice interview.

Highlight quote "Its a balls to the wall Sp experiance..."

Jul 08, 2002 2:13pm CST

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Cliffy B seems like a really cool guy, possibly the first interview with a developer which hasn't left me... : disembodied potato
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Is that a PC microphone?

Jul 08, 2002 12:17pm CST

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Is that a PC microphone? : Zillax0rz
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I was expecting to see a sit-in down interview with Cliffy being in a blue suit or some such, and instead heâs in a PacMan tank top and wearing shiny blue sunglasses. He comes off as quite the cool and casual guy. Good stuff.

Jul 08, 2002 2:17pm CST

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I was expecting to see a sit-in down interview with Cliffy being in a blue suit or some such, and instead... : zerologik
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  pac-man tanktops are cool? gah! someone forgot to tell me! : zyklonbee
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    You don't have a pacman tank top?? ... Why am I TALKING to you?? : rubicant
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      I'm wearing PacMan underoos!!! AND NOTHING ELSE!!! I do this in public sometimes, but the walmart basta... : Vorlonesque
      
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      omg you guys are hilarious! underoos! : puppetmasta
- I think I want to mate with him (I grew up on pacman) : abrasion

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great interview, but i couldnt even hear the questions. I had to turn the volume way up to even hear maarten's voice. Put a mic on man! :) heh, otherwise, its pretty cool to see one of the developers and see that they arent some white collar people.

Jul 10, 2002 10:45am CST

great interview, but i couldnt even hear the questions. I had to turn the volume way up to even hear maa... : puppetmasta

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TEH CLIFFYB keeps talking about how Unreal 2 will focus just on single-player.... but what about CO-OP multiplayer?!??! That was one of the best parts of Unreal! I just played through the whole Unreal from start to finish with a friend of mine (spread out over a few weeks) in coop mode. It was fantastic! If Unreal 2 won't have coop, well I just might not really care about it anymore.

Jul 08, 2002 6:05pm CST

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TEH CLIFFYB keeps talking about how Unreal 2 will focus just on single-player.... but what about CO-OP mu... : valiance
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  Those last few levels were a nightmare..i wish ihad someone to play with me in coop, i had to cheat to ge... : veggie
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    What eventually happened? Never finished Unreal... the shit just went on and on and on. Kudo's to the p : indeego
    - i can't remember exactly but i think it had something to do with space dungeons and lots of aliens gettin... : r3v3lat10n
- yah co-op unreal 1 was super fun back in the day... : sshock

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For those of us in the Dark, what is Unreal Warfare supposed to be?

Jul 08, 2002 11:53am CST

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For those of us in the Dark, what is Unreal Warfare supposed to be? : [RnP]Venom
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Yes, I got beat up in school.

Yes, I've been going to the gym.

Yes, I will kick all of your asses if you'd like me to.

And yes, we all want to play Doom 3. Duh.

Cliff

Jul 09, 2002 2:13am CST

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There needs t be some AA on the stair railing in that interview. That would be fucking sweet!

Jul 09, 2002 3:11am CST

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There needs t be some AA on the stair railing in that interview. That would be fucking sweet! : indeego
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- AA? : JennasBush

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cliffyb is hot. :(

Jul 08, 2002 11:59am CST

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cliffyb is hot. :( : pupismyname
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Is Cliffy 3 feet tall?

Jul 08, 2002 11:46pm CST

Is Cliffy 3 feet tall? : sliver

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Maarten: you sound like the russian grad students at my school ;)

for what it's worth :)

Jul 08, 2002 8:56pm CST

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Maarten: you sound like the russian grad students at my school ;) for what it's worth :) : Paranoid Android
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  - b0rk b0rk b0rk! : -Panther-

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CLIFFY B. SI IN TEH BUSHES BEHIND YUO

Jul 08, 2002 9:41pm CST

CLIFFY B. SI IN TEH BUSHES BEHIND YUO : r3v3lat10n

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Cliffy reminds of the kid that got beat up every week at my highschool.

Jul 08, 2002 8:41pm CST

Cliffy reminds of the kid that got beat up every week at my highschool. : -Panther-

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Cliffy B on Unreal 2's length:

"It'll be damn well worth your fifty bucks."

Now that's an answer I like to hear. No beating-around-the-bush bullshit, just the straight up answer. Cliffy is teh man!

Jul 08, 2002 6:56pm CST

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    no, as opposed to: "well...ummmm...nobody's played the whole thing through with a stopwatch yet...but.... : -3rd(*.*)Nipple-
    - or in games like JK2 "well, it's 20 hours, but 14 of them are retracing your steps to figure out what ite... : fluze

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Cliffy definitely seems like the kind of guy I'd hang around with.

Great interview, guys! I love to see the original content.

Jul 08, 2002 8:02pm CST

Cliffy definitely seems like the kind of guy I'd hang around with. Great interview, guys! I love to s... : firethorn

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Maarten sounds girlish!

Jul 08, 2002 7:59pm CST

Maarten sounds girlish! : OverBurN

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The d/l keeps crappin out on me before 5 meg... ;/

Jul 08, 2002 7:41pm CST

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The d/l keeps crappin out on me before 5 meg... ;/ : sshock
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- That's about where the Dancing Maarten theme song kicks in. : snuff

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Maarten, please fix the MPEG version of this video, as it looks like ass :\ its interlaced+very jaggy.. wtf did you use to encode it? Xing's shit? :P

Jul 08, 2002 7:28pm CST

Maarten, please fix the MPEG version of this video, as it looks like ass :\ its interlaced+very jaggy.. w... : eiopa

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actually after seeing this interview he isnt as wiggerish as i thought. he just types that way online

Jul 08, 2002 12:15pm CST

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actually after seeing this interview he isnt as wiggerish as i thought. he just types that way online : boobie
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- Yo' G. Why you gotta be hatin'. : insta
- What is wrong with sounding Wiggerish? hmmm??? : BlackGangsta

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So much for DivX...

Jul 08, 2002 6:49pm CST

So much for DivX... : snoozy

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Why does the news post say "80MB mpg version' when the download is only 73.8MB?

Jul 08, 2002 6:11pm CST

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Why does the news post say "80MB mpg version' when the download is only 73.8MB? : veggie
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- to fool you! : Maarten Goldstein

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By: Cygnus X-1 x Show Full Post

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Great job Maarten. Good questions. Well done!

Jul 08, 2002 1:25pm CST

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Great job Maarten. Good questions. Well done! : Cygnus X-1
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- Yeah, the interview was pretty well done :) Thanks. : moz

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Would there be a transcript available for the bandwidth impared?

Jul 08, 2002 2:57pm CST

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Would there be a transcript available for the bandwidth impared? : creep
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  After the MPG upload is done (still gonna be a while) i'll have a 2.3mb audio MP3. I might do a transcrip... : Maarten Goldstein
  - you'd have to type your part out phonetically or it won't be the same : halfwaybastard

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Now,... I hate to whine but I have to say..

Where the fuck is the demo eh? cmon - don't pull a DNF on us.

Jul 08, 2002 5:08pm CST

Now,... I hate to whine but I have to say.. Where the fuck is the demo eh? cmon - don't pull a DNF ... : abrasion

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why must the biorifle be in ut2k3, that gun was a piece of crap

Jul 08, 2002 4:41pm CST

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why must the biorifle be in ut2k3, that gun was a piece of crap : yellow
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- that gun rocked...you just had to learn how to use it right...just had to charge it up and fire a big blo... : okellyc

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Maarten I â¥ u

Jul 08, 2002 1:51pm CST

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Maarten I â¥ u : brutal
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Argh, file stopped around the 6mb mark. Never had that problem before :( Firewall stuff again?

Jul 08, 2002 3:55pm CST

Argh, file stopped around the 6mb mark. Never had that problem before :( Firewall stuff again? : aggressor

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