E3 2014 Drivestream Waiting Room Thread

I just hope Jeff plans bathroom breaks better this year... the ending last year was tense for all the wrong reasons.

Anyway, looking forward to it! I'm ill at the moment, so a intelligent conversation on games mixed in with witty observations and occasional buffoonery will be great in distracting me from the sickness.

I do wish the Lang Zone was in effect...

*watitng

Any idea if Jeff has said what time he plans to set off?

About 8 to 9 hours from now, judging from Jeff's last tweet.

A good soul on Mixlr shared this:

We can listen to this while we wait.

cue 12 hours of Jeff

Theyll first drive to an airport, right? I expect cops to be involved. Have to set the bar high.

Vinny special guest pls

@jimmyfenix: It's Dan, surely?

@forteexe21: I think Jeff, Alex and at least one other, possible two others are driving the whole way from San Fran to LA. I think the rest of the Giant Bomb West guys are flying in, as are Vinny and Patrick.

Dan was confirmed as one of the two guests.

edit: Oh, thought you meant Danny. If you mean Ryckert; he said he wasn't attending. Could be hoax though, I suppose, however unlikely.

@jesus_phish: They were talking in Mixlr about going to the airport but didn't say why. It could be as insignificant as returning Alex's rental car or mind-blowing as picking up Vinny as a guest.

I don't think it's going to be Vinny. I can't think of a reason to fly in to SFO instead of LAX. A long day of flights then a 6-8 hour drive after a week of driving? No way.

I can't wait for this!

Oh man the ending to last year's drive stream was the best internet content ever.

@mcintyre:

Oh man, that's exactly why I came here, to beg you, Giant Bomb forums. Is there anyone who is going to archive today's stream for those of us who won't be able to catch it live? I humbly beg someone to take up this task, as E3 week can't start until I pretend I listened to Jeff and company drive to E3 as it happened.

I'm sure it will be archived on Jeff's mixlr eventually, but I'd really rather listen to it before the events themselves because, well, I'm neurotic like that.

@duffyside: It will be.

@duffyside:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=115129675&postcount=18465

Man, glad someone made a thread. I was beginning to think it was all a dream. I remember last year's drive was real fun to listen to on and off throughout the day. Somehow, one man talking about games while driving a car for half a day made for an insightful listen. I'm sure it'll be way better with Danny Alex, and mystery guest along for the ride.

Alex it seems is fully prepared https://mobile.twitter.com/alex_navarro/status/475121742797488129

I think the mystery guest is Vinny. At the end of Alex and Jeff's car ride yesterday, there was talk of meeting Vinny at the airport.

Vinny just tweeted and it sounds like he's ready for E3 but he didnt' state his location.

I brought snack mix

I shall listen to it while I play some M&B warband like I did last time, why M&B you ask? I have no idea... it's my go to game for reasons I cannot fully explain, 250 hrs and counting.

It begins!

oh hey, look at all that healthy food stuffs.

IT'S HAPPENING http://mixlr.com/jeff-gerstmann/

Here we go duders. :D

Edit: All aboard the "Cuddle Shuttle"!

#CuddleShuttle

#mysteryguest

#Greg Kasavin confirmed!

Wow, Greg Kasavin is the new hire!!!!

Yay! Greg!

@duffyside: Lots of past Jeff mixlr streams are up at http://mixlr.ez.lv/

Wait...what?

http://www.gerstracker2000ex.com

Here's that interview with Johnny wilson (alleged piece of shit).

Thanks, will check that out later. Guy sounds like incredibly out of touch prick who was terrified of the future.

it's back

Those food items in Jeff's pack look like they'll make one shit bricks... after a week of congestion.

@fattony12000 said:

@duffyside:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=115129675&postcount=18465

Sweet, thanks duder!

@fattony12000: How's that archive coming my favorite duder on the site?

I missed everything after them merging on the 5...was it good for you?

I set OBS to record the rest of the stream while I was away at a concert. Cutting out all the silent parts leaves the file at around 3 1/2 hours. If anyone wants the audio file I'll be posting it here in a few minutes once it's done rendering.

EDIT: I tried to get the file as small as possible but it's still 70MB: https://mega.co.nz/#!6UVFwR4b!sqbS4u1Ik1hPlt6nVBp-pYybp0dqKl8uMS0bWiJbPCQ

Jeff just uploaded both parts to his Mixlr showreel.

http://mixlr.com/jeff-gerstmann/showreel/the-e3-drive-for-2014

http://mixlr.com/jeff-gerstmann/showreel/the-e3-drive-for-2014-part-2/

@aimlessaj: Top man! I wasn't able to listen to the full trip so thanks for this.

The music on this is 10/10 already

Except we did want to hear Benz Friendz and Look Ahead from Honest because they're better songs than Move That Dope and Look Ahead has beat of the year already