Welcome and thanks for making an appointment with the first ever The Doctor's Prognosis...... Giant Bomb eidtion! It's basically a cut and paste of my last GameSpot blog....

I wanted to clear something up real quick about my name. DrCLos, or Dr. C-Los as I refer to myself, is pronounced "Doctor See-Los" and NOT pronounced as "Doctor Close" or "Doctor Claus." Many people get this wrong so I felt I should clarify. Not that it won't happen again.

Anyway, sorry for not being on much lately but I worked a lot over the weekend and also partied a bit due to a couple birthdays.

GameSpot's E3 Studio Experience

So it's been almost a whole week since I went to the GameSpot E3 Studio and it was quite exciting. I met with Jody, the GameSpot community manager, in the hotel lobby. She was very friendly and took me to the studio. When I walked in I was quite surprised. The stage is just a green screen which makes sense but I guess I never thought about it and just assumed it would look like it did in the videos.

Anyway I was introduced to some nice ladies when I walked in who offered me soda, beer, or wine. I took some water. One of the coolest things about this little trip was being able to see how everything worked backstage. Seeing them do the live stage demos for like 10-15 minutes and then a taped segment for another 10-15 minutes. During the taped segments they got ready and set up for the next live segment so it all worked out.

Now they had this area set up for "guests" like me, and fellow GameSpotters Jediskilz173 and DouglasBuffone who were also in attendance at the time, including bean bags and a swank HDTV for viewing the live stage demos. This TV looked incredible and really helped sell the games better than watching the demos over the net.

However, I opted to sit near the opening for a good while before sitting in the guest area because that way I got a better view to observe how things worked around the studio. Like how everyone interacted and how much work goes into the show.

Also, being near the entrance I saw many people from different developers come in and announce what company and games they were there to represent to the ladies that offered me drinks. It was especially cool to see Koji-san of Castlevania fame come in with whip in tow.

Seeing the games on the big HDTV really helped sell some games to me as well. What a sucker I am. The stage demos that got my attention were Darksiders: Wrath of War and Dead Space. I wasn't very interested in these games before but their awesome demos got me keeping an eye on things as they develop. And this is why stage demos are important! They get people excited to play your games and maybe buy them!

Another game of note was Soulcalibur IV. Seeing it in action got me excited for it's impending release. Seeing Yoda flipping around with his light saber cemented my want for the 360 version. Nothing against Darth Vader, but I loved Yoda's fighting sty|e.

I also saw the new DS Castlevania game, Order of Ecclesia, which looks great. The Wii fighting game, Castlevania Judgment, didn't look that good but I may pick it up for two reasons: it links with the DS game and it has AWESOME music featuring some of my favorite tracks from the series. The DS game is a sure buy though.

The day ended with a great stage demo/performance of Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" featured in Guitar Hero: World Tour. Everyone got into it as they rocked the stage. Man am I happy that it will be compatible with Rock Band's instruments. Now I don't have to spend another $100+ on new peripherals.

After the show ended I got to talk to my fellow GameSpotters a bit and thanked Jody for everything before heading out to have dinner with friends to celebrate a birthday. It was fun and exciting to see the inner workings of the GameSpot studio and the staff was really nice and accommodating. They even fed me the same stuff they fed the great Koji-san. No doubt giving the Doctor what he deserves.

I have a great respect for what the GameSpot people do. There are so many people working on the show it really is incredible. Behind the stage and my seating area, there were rows of computers and GameSpot staff doing what they can to help with the show and the site.

Anyway I want to thank Jody and the GameSpot staff again for helping make this happen as it was a fun and enlightening experience. It also made me consider another line of work. Game journalism could be fun and it's definitely something I'm passionate about. And believe me, I got plenty of opinions I wouldn't mind sharing.

Cosplayer of the Blog

I wanted to write a review for The Dark Knight but this is running long and I'm tired so let's just end with the real reason anybody visits my blog.... Hardcore nudity!

Wait... what? I can't post nude images? Well okay then here is my second best ploy for readers! An attractive cosplayer!

Uh..... Let's try this again...

Yeah! That works! And this one's for the ladies.... or guys that are into that sort of thing!

Thanks for making another appointment with The Doctor's Prognosis with Dr. "See-Los." Next time I will have a review for The Dark Knight so keep an eye out.

See you next time!